| AFTERNOON | • afternoon n. The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm. • afternoon n. (Figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline. • afternoon n. (Informal) A party or social event held in the afternoon. |
| 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. |
| CONFLUENT | • confluent adj. (Of two or more objects or shapes) Converging, merging or flowing together into one. • confluent adj. (Meteorology, of wind) Converging, especially as viewed on a weather chart. • confluent adj. (Biology) Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass. |
| CONFRONTE | • confronté adj. (Heraldry, of two animals) Face-to-face; facing each other; fornenst. Facing one another, or full-faced. • CONFRONTE adj. in heraldry, face to face. |
| FENTHIONS | • FENTHION n. an insecticide. |
| FOMENTING | • fomenting v. Present participle of foment. • FOMENT v. to foster or promote. |
| FONTANELS | • fontanels n. Plural of fontanel. • FONTANEL n. a membrane-covered gap between the immature parietal bones in the skull of a foetus or infant, also FONTANELLE. |
| FONTANGES | • fontanges n. Plural of fontange. • FONTANGE n. (French) a kind of tall headdress worn in the seventeenth century. |
| FOREANENT | • foreanent prep. (Scotland, obsolete) Over against; opposite to. • FOREANENT adv. (Scots) right opposite to in location, also FERNINST, FORNENST, FORNENT. |
| FRONTENIS | • frontenis n. A racquet sport played on a short pelota court. • FRONTENIS n. a racket used in a Basque ball game. |
| FRONTLINE | • frontline adj. (Military) Located at a front. • frontline adj. Most advanced or important. • frontline n. Alternative spelling of front line. |
| INFECTION | • infection n. (Pathology) The act or process of infecting. • infection n. An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host. • infection n. A disease caused by a pathogen. |
| INFORTUNE | • infortune n. (Obsolete) misfortune. • infortune v. To afflict. • infortune v. (Astrology, of a planet) To have a malign influence. |
| NONFINITE | • nonfinite adj. Infinite. • nonfinite adj. (Grammar) Not finite. • non-finite adj. Alternative form of nonfinite. |
| OFTENNESS | • oftenness n. (Rare) The quality of happening often; frequency. • OFTENNESS n. frequency. |
| SOFTENING | • softening v. Present participle of soften. • softening n. The process of making something soft. • softening n. The process of becoming soft. |
| UNFORTUNE | • unfortune n. (Obsolete) misfortune. • UNFORTUNE n. (archaic) ill-fortune. |