| CONFOUNDING | • confounding v. Present participle of confound. • confounding n. The act by which things are confounded, or confused. • confounding n. (Epidemiology) The process by which an apparent association between an exposure and an outcome is actually… |
| DEFUNCTIONS | • defunctions n. Plural of defunction. • DEFUNCTION n. (Shakespeare) death. |
| DISFUNCTION | • disfunction n. (Now rare) Alternative form of dysfunction. • DISFUNCTION n. impairment or abnormality of the functioning of an organ, also DYSFUNCTION. |
| DUMFOUNDING | • dumfounding v. Present participle of dumfound. • DUMFOUND v. to strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment, also DUMBFOUND, DUMBFOUNDER, DUMFOUNDER. |
| DYSFUNCTION | • dysfunction n. (Chiefly medicine) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder… • dysfunction v. (Nonstandard, intransitive, chiefly biology) To fail to function correctly; to malfunction. • DYSFUNCTION n. impaired or abnormal functioning, also DISFUNCTION. |
| FECUNDATION | • fecundation n. The process whereby a new organism is produced by fertilization. • FECUNDATION n. the act of making fecund. |
| FLOUNDERING | • floundering v. Present participle of flounder. • floundering n. The act of one who flounders; a clumsy struggle. • FLOUNDER v. to struggle clumsily. |
| FOUNDATIONS | • foundations n. Plural of foundation. • FOUNDATION n. the act of founding. |
| FUNDHOLDING | • fundholding n. (Economics) The holding of a fund. • fundholding n. (UK) A former system of state funding of general practitioners in which they were allocated a budget… • FUNDHOLDING n. under the NHS, the system enabling general practitioners to receive a fixed budget. |
| INFEUDATION | • infeudation n. The act, under the feudal system, of putting someone into possession of a fee or fief; enfeoffment. • INFEUDATION n. the granting of feoff; transfer of tithes to layman. |
| INFRASOUNDS | • infrasounds n. Plural of infrasound. • INFRASOUND n. frequencies below the usual audible limit. |
| OVERFUNDING | • overfunding n. Excess funding. • overfunding v. Present participle of overfund. • OVERFUNDING n. the act of funding to excess. |
| UNBLINDFOLD | • unblindfold v. (Transitive) To remove a blindfold from. • UNBLINDFOLD v. to remove a blindfold from. |
| UNCONFIRMED | • unconfirmed adj. Not finally established, settled or confirmed. • unconfirmed adj. (Christianity) Not having undergone the ritual of confirmation. • UNCONFIRMED adj. not confirmed. |
| UNFASHIONED | • unfashioned adj. Not fashioned; unmade, unformed. • unfashioned v. Simple past tense and past participle of unfashion. • UNFASHIONED adj. not excavated. |
| UNFORBIDDEN | • unforbidden adj. Not forbidden; permitted. • UNFORBIDDEN adj. not forbidden. |
| UNOFFENDING | • unoffending adj. Not offending. • UNOFFENDING adj. not offending. |