| BIOREFINERY | • biorefinery n. (Uncountable) the coproduction of a range of biologically-based products (food, feed, materials, chemicals)… • biorefinery n. (Countable) a facility that carries out such production. |
| BODYSURFERS | • bodysurfers n. Plural of bodysurfer. • BODYSURFER n. one who bodysurfs. |
| FERROCYANIC | • ferrocyanic adj. (Inorganic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from a ferrocyanide. • FERROCYANIC adj. pertaining to a ferrocyanide. |
| FERROGRAPHY | • ferrography n. The analysis of particle wear on machine components based on the contaminants found in lubricating oil. • FERROGRAPHY n. a technique for measuring magnetically the wear on machinery. |
| FERROTYPING | • ferrotyping v. Present participle of ferrotype. • FERROTYPE v. to take a photograph by ferrotype. |
| FLUORIMETRY | • fluorimetry n. (Chemistry, physics) fluorescence spectroscopy. • FLUORIMETRY n. measurement by fluorimeter, also FLUOROMETRY. |
| FLUOROMETRY | • fluorometry n. (Chemistry, physics) An analytical technique that uses fluorescence to detect and identify small samples… • FLUOROMETRY n. measurement by fluorometer, also FLUORIMETRY. |
| FORWEARYING | • forwearying v. Present participle of forweary. • FORWEARY v. (Shakespeare) to weary, exhaust. |
| FREEBOOTERY | • freebootery n. The act, practice, or gains of a freebooter. • FREEBOOTERY n. piracy, also FREEBOOTY. |
| FREEMASONRY | • freemasonry n. Alternative letter-case form of Freemasonry: the institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons. • freemasonry n. (Figuratively) Fellowship and sympathy among a number of people. • freemasonry n. (Figuratively) Strange customs which resemble those of Freemasons. |
| INFERIORITY | • inferiority n. The quality or state of being inferior. • inferiority n. An inferior value or quality. • inferiority n. An inferior power. |
| PERFORATORY | • PERFORATORY adj. causing perforation, also PERFORATIVE. |
| PERFUNCTORY | • perfunctory adj. Done only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty. • perfunctory adj. Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote. • PERFUNCTORY adj. characterized by routine or superficiality, mechanical. |
| PREFATORILY | • prefatorily adv. In a prefatory manner; by way of preface. • PREFATORY adv. acting as a preface. |
| REFORMATORY | • reformatory adj. Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative. • reformatory n. A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school. • REFORMATORY n. a penal institution to which esp. young or first offenders are committed for training and reformation. |
| REIFICATORY | • reificatory adj. That reifies. • REIFICATORY adj. effecting reification. |
| WEREWOLFERY | • werewolfery n. Synonym of werewolfism. • WEREWOLFERY n. the state of being a werewolf. |
| YTTRIFEROUS | • yttriferous adj. Containing or producing yttrium. • YTTRIFEROUS adj. (Swedish) of an ore, bearing yttrium. |