| CONFIDANT | • confidant n. A person in whom one can confide or share one’s secrets: a friend. • CONFIDANT n. (French) a (male) person confided in or entrusted with secrets, esp. in love affairs, also CONFIDENT. |
| CONFIDENT | • confident adj. Very sure of something; positive. • confident adj. Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself. • confident adj. (Obsolete, in negative sense) Forward, impudent. |
| CONFIDING | • confiding v. Present participle of confide. • confiding adj. Having or showing confidence or trust in another person. • confiding adj. In confidence; as if with trust. |
| ENFOLDING | • enfolding v. Present participle of enfold. • enfolding n. A folding around something. • ENFOLD v. to envelop. |
| FONDLINGS | • fondlings n. Plural of fondling. • FONDLING n. a pet, a fool. |
| FONDUEING | • fondueing v. Present participle of fondue. • FONDUE v. (French) to cook a dish of melted cheese, also FONDU. |
| FOUNDINGS | • foundings n. Plural of founding. • FOUNDING n. the time of first establishment. |
| FOUNDLING | • foundling n. An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place. • FOUNDLING n. an abandoned child of unknown parentage. |
| GOLDFINNY | • goldfinny n. One of two or more species of European labroid fishes, Symphodus melops and Ctenolabrus rupestris. • GOLDFINNY n. one of two or more species of European labroid fishes, also GOLDSINNY. |
| INFOLDING | • infolding v. Present participle of infold. • infolding n. A folding inward. • INFOLDING n. a folding inwards. |
| LINENFOLD | • linenfold n. A form of decorative carving in wood panelling that imitates folded linen. • LINENFOLD n. a representation of linen laid in vertical folds, of Flemish origin in the 15th century and used by Tudor woodcarvers, mainly for decorating panelling, doors, and chests. |
| NONFADING | • nonfading adj. Not fading. • NONFADING adj. not fading. |
| NONFLUIDS | • nonfluids n. Plural of nonfluid. • NONFLUID n. a substance that is not a fluid. |
| OFFENDING | • offending v. Present participle of offend. • offending n. The act of committing an offence. • offending adj. Responsible; to be blamed. |
| UNFOLDING | • unfolding v. Present participle of unfold. • unfolding n. (Often figuratively) The process by which something unfolds or becomes revealed. • UNFOLDING n. the act of unfolding. |