| FERROSILICON | • ferrosilicon n. An alloy of iron and silicon used in steelmaking. • FERROSILICON n. an alloy of iron and silicon, used in making cast iron and steel. |
| FIREPROOFING | • fireproofing v. Present participle of fireproof. • fireproofing n. The process of making something resistant to fire. • fireproofing n. A fire-resistant coating or substance. |
| FOREORDAINED | • foreordained v. Simple past tense and past participle of foreordain. • FOREORDAIN v. to ordain or appoint beforehand. |
| FRONDIFEROUS | • frondiferous adj. Producing fronds. • FRONDIFEROUS adj. bearing or producing fronds. |
| NEUROFIBROMA | • neurofibroma n. (Medicine) A benign tumor composed of fibroblasts surrounding nerve cells. • NEUROFIBROMA n. a tumour of the nervous fibre. |
| OVERFAVORING | • overfavoring v. Present participle of overfavor. • OVERFAVOR v. to favor excessively. |
| OVERINFORMED | • overinformed v. Simple past tense and past participle of overinform. • OVERINFORM v. to inform excessively. |
| PERFORATIONS | • perforations n. Plural of perforation. • PERFORATION n. the act of perforating. |
| PREFLORATION | • prefloration n. (Botany) The arrangement (vernation) of floral parts in a bud. • PREFLORATION n. the manner in which the petals and sepals are folded in the flower-bud. |
| PREFORMATION | • preformation n. Prior formation. • preformation n. (Biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and… • PREFORMATION n. previous formation. |
| PROOFREADING | • proofreading v. Present participle of proofread. • proofreading n. The act or process by which a document is proofread. • proof-reading v. Present participle of proof-read. |
| RECOMFORTING | • recomforting v. Present participle of recomfort. • RECOMFORT v. (archaic) to comfort, console. |
| REFORMATIONS | • reformations n. Plural of reformation. • re-formations n. Plural of re-formation. • REFORMATION n. the act of reforming. |
| RETROFLEXION | • retroflexion n. The act of retroflexing; the state of being retroflexed. • RETROFLEXION n. the state of being bent back, also RETROFLECTION. |
| TORREFACTION | • torrefaction n. Drying or roasting; especially an anaerobic heat treatment to make wood waterproof. • torrefaction n. (More generally) The act or process of subjecting something to heat or to highly acidic substances. • torrefaction n. (Metaphoric) An angry outburst; vituperation. |