| AFFIANCED | • affianced v. Simple past tense and past participle of affiance. • affianced adj. (Literary) engaged; betrothed. • AFFIANCE v. to betroth. |
| AFFORDING | • affording v. Present participle of afford. • AFFORD v. to have sufficient means for. |
| DAFFINESS | • daffiness n. (Informal) The quality of being silly or foolish. • daffiness n. (Informal) The quality of being crazy or mad. • DAFFINESS n. the state of being daffy. |
| DANDRIFFS | • DANDRIFF n. a scurf that forms on the scalp, also DANDRUFF. |
| DIFFERENT | • different adj. Not the same; exhibiting a difference. • different adj. Various, assorted, diverse. • different adj. Distinct, separate; used for emphasis after numbers and other determiners of quantity. |
| DIFFERING | • differing v. Present participle of differ. • differing n. Difference. • differing adj. (Formal) unlike, dissimilar, distinct; that which differs. |
| DIFFIDENT | • diffident adj. (Archaic) Lacking confidence in others; distrustful. • diffident adj. Lacking self-confidence; timid; modest. • DIFFIDENT adj. hesitant in acting or speaking. |
| DIFFLUENT | • diffluent adj. Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed. • DIFFLUENT adj. readily flowing away. |
| DIFFUSING | • diffusing v. Present participle of diffuse. • diffusing adj. (Of a category) broken down so that its elements are placed in its most specific subset available. • DIFFUSE v. to spread widely or thinly. |
| DIFFUSION | • diffusion n. The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion. • diffusion n. (Physics) The scattering of light by reflection from a rough surface, or by passage through a translucent medium. • diffusion n. (Physics) The intermingling of the molecules of a fluid due to random thermal agitation. |
| FANCIFIED | • fancified v. Simple past tense and past participle of fancify. • fancified adj. (Colloquial) Made fancy. • FANCIFY v. to make fancy. |
| INFEOFFED | • infeoffed v. Simple past tense and past participle of infeoff. • INFEOFF v. to invest with a feudal property, also ENFEOFF. |
| OFFENDING | • offending v. Present participle of offend. • offending n. The act of committing an offence. • offending adj. Responsible; to be blamed. |
| RUFFIANED | • ruffianed v. Simple past tense and past participle of ruffian. • RUFFIAN v. to behave like a tough, lawless person. |
| STIFFENED | • stiffened v. Simple past tense and past participle of stiffen. • STIFFEN v. to make stiff. |