| AFFEERMENT | • affeerment n. (Obsolete, law) The act of affeering or assessing an amercement, according to the circumstances of the case. • AFFEERMENT n. the act of affeering. |
| BEFORETIME | • beforetime adv. (Archaic) Formerly, previously. • BEFORETIME adv. (archaic) formerly. |
| DEFACEMENT | • defacement n. An act of defacing; an instance of visibly marring or disfiguring something. • defacement n. An act of voiding or devaluing; nullification of the face value. • defacement n. (Heraldry, vexillology) A symbol added to a flag or coat of arms to change it or make it different from another. |
| DEFERMENTS | • deferments n. Plural of deferment. • DEFERMENT n. the act of deferring. |
| DEFILEMENT | • defilement n. The act of defiling. • defilement n. The state of being defiled. • defilement n. (Military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering… |
| DEFINEMENT | • definement n. The act of defining. • definement n. A definition or description. • DEFINEMENT n. the act of defining. |
| EFFACEMENT | • effacement n. The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement. • effacement n. Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous. • effacement n. (Medicine) A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour. |
| EFFEMINATE | • effeminate adj. (Often derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine. • effeminate adj. (Obsolete) Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring. • effeminate v. (Transitive, archaic or nonstandard) To make womanly; to unman. |
| ENFACEMENT | • enfacement n. The act, or the result of enfacing. • ENFACEMENT n. the act of enfacing, printing on the face of a bill etc. |
| ENSERFMENT | • enserfment n. The act or process of enserfing; enslavement. • ENSERFMENT n. the state of being made a serf. |
| FARMERETTE | • farmerette n. (US, historical) A member of the Woman’s Land Army of America. • FARMERETTE n. a woman who is a farmer or a farmhand. |
| FEMETARIES | • FEMETARY n. a plant once used to treat scurvy, also FUMITORY, FEMITER, FENITAR. |
| FERMENTERS | • fermenters n. Plural of fermenter. • FERMENTER n. an agent that causes fermentation, also FERMENTOR. |
| FERMENTIVE | • fermentive adj. Exhibiting or relating to fermentation. • FERMENTIVE adj. relating to fermentation. |
| FLEECHMENT | • fleechment n. Cajolery; flattery. • FLEECHMENT n. (Scots) flattery. |
| FREMESCENT | • fremescent adj. (Poetic) Becoming murmurous; roaring. • FREMESCENT adj. growling or muttering. |
| METAFEMALE | • metafemale n. (Biology) A female with triple X syndrome. • METAFEMALE n. a sterile female organism. |
| MUFFETTEES | • muffettees n. Plural of muffettee. • MUFFETTEE n. (obsolete) a muffler, a woollen cuff. |
| PREFERMENT | • preferment n. (Now historical) Prior claim (on payment, or on purchasing something); the first rights to obtain a… • preferment n. (Obsolete) The fact of being pushed or advanced to a more favourable situation; furtherance, promotion… • preferment n. Advancement to a higher position or office; promotion. |
| REFINEMENT | • refinement n. The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material. • refinement n. High-class style; cultivation. • refinement n. A fine or subtle distinction. |