| AFFIRMANCE | • affirmance n. (Uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation. • affirmance n. (Countable, law) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency. • AFFIRMANCE n. confirmation; ratification. |
| AFFIRMANTS | • affirmants n. Plural of affirmant. • AFFIRMANT n. one who affirms or asserts. |
| AFFIXMENTS | • affixments n. Plural of affixment. • AFFIXMENT n. something affixed, also AFFIXTURE. |
| BEMUFFLING | • bemuffling v. Present participle of bemuffle. • BEMUFFLE v. to wrap or muffle. |
| CAFFEINISM | • caffeinism n. A toxic condition caused by excessive ingestion of coffee and other caffeine-containing beverages. • caffeinism n. Addiction to such beverages. • CAFFEINISM n. an unhealthy condition caused by taking too much caffeine. |
| CHROMAFFIN | • chromaffin adj. (Cytology) Having an affinity for (and thus being stained brownish yellow) by chromium salts. • CHROMAFFIN adj. staining deeply with chromium salts. |
| EFFEMINACY | • effeminacy n. The quality of being effeminate. • EFFEMINACY n. the quality of being effeminate. |
| 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. |
| EFFEMINISE | • effeminise v. Alternative form of effeminize. • EFFEMINISE v. (archaic) to make effeminate, also EFFEMINIZE. |
| EFFEMINIZE | • effeminize v. (Transitive) To make effeminate. • EFFEMINIZE v. (archaic) to make effeminate. |
| FULFILMENT | • fulfilment n. The act of fulfilling. • fulfilment n. The state or quality of being fulfilled; completion; realization. • fulfilment n. The act of consummating a desire or promise. |
| GRIFFINISM | • griffinism n. (Historical) The attitudes or behaviour of griffins (new arrivals in British India). • GRIFFINISM n. being like a griffin, in the sense of greenhorn. |
| HUMGRUFFIN | • humgruffin n. (Archaic) A savage or terrible person. • humgruffin n. (Archaic) An obnoxious, whinging, or peevish person. • HUMGRUFFIN n. a terrible person, also HUMGRUFFIAN. |
| INFEFTMENT | • infeftment n. Alternative form of enfeoffment. • infeftment n. (Rare) exit. • INFEFTMENT n. in Scots law, the act of giving legal possession of feudal property. |
| MAFFICKING | • mafficking n. (Dated) Extravagant rejoicings of a multitude. • MAFFICKING n. boisterous rejoicing. |
| MUFFINEERS | • muffineers n. Plural of muffineer. • MUFFINEER n. a dish for keeping muffins hot. |
| RAGAMUFFIN | • ragamuffin n. A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin. • ragamuffin n. A breed of domestic cat which is an offshoot from the Ragdoll. • Ragamuffin n. A domestic cat of a particular heavy, muscular, short-necked breed. |
| RUFFIANISM | • ruffianism n. The behaviour of a ruffian. • RUFFIANISM n. being a ruffian. |
| STUDMUFFIN | • studmuffin n. (Colloquial) A stud, an attractive man. • stud␣muffin n. (Idiomatic, colloquial) A very attractive man. |
| UNMUFFLING | • unmuffling v. Present participle of unmuffle. • UNMUFFLE v. to free from something that muffles. |