| AFFIDAVITS | • affidavits n. Plural of affidavit. • AFFIDAVIT n. (Latin) a written statement, confirmed by oath, to be used as evidence. |
| AFTERLIVES | • afterlives n. Plural of afterlife. • after-lives n. Plural of after-life. • AFTERLIFE n. life after death. |
| DEFECTIVES | • defectives n. Plural of defective. • DEFECTIVE n. a person who is subnormal in physical or mental powers. |
| DRIVESHAFT | • driveshaft n. A shaft used to transmit rotary motion. • drive␣shaft n. Alternative form of driveshaft. • DRIVESHAFT n. a shaft from a driving wheel communicating motion to machinery. |
| EFFECTIVES | • effectives n. Plural of effective. • EFFECTIVE n. an effective serviceman or other person. |
| FAVORITISM | • favoritism n. (American spelling) Alternative form of favouritism. • FAVORITISM n. the showing of special favor. |
| FAVOURITES | • favourites n. Plural of favourite. • FAVOURITE n. a person or thing regarded with special preference, also FAVORITE. |
| FLAVORIEST | • FLAVORY adj. full of flavor, also FLAVOURY. |
| FLAVORISTS | • flavorists n. Plural of flavorist. • FLAVORIST n. a person who creates flavourings for drinks, perfumes, etc., also FLAVOURIST. |
| FLAVOURIST | • flavourist n. Alternative form of flavorist. • FLAVOURIST n. a person who creates flavourings for drinks, perfumes, etc., also FLAVORIST. |
| FLUVIALIST | • fluvialist n. One who explains geological phenomena by the action of streams. • FLUVIALIST n. one stressing the role of rivers in explanation. |
| FORMATIVES | • formatives n. Plural of formative. • FORMATIVE n. a formative element or agent. |
| FRICATIVES | • fricatives n. Plural of fricative. • FRICATIVE n. a sound produced by the forcing of air through a restricted passage, as with 'f'. |
| VEINSTUFFS | • veinstuffs n. Plural of veinstuff. • VEINSTUFF n. gangue, also VEINSTONE. |
| VENTIFACTS | • ventifacts n. Plural of ventifact. • VENTIFACT n. a stone polished by windblown sand. |
| VITIFEROUS | • vitiferous adj. Full of or pertaining to vines, especially grape vines. • VITIFEROUS adj. bearing vines. |
| VOUTSAFING | • voutsafing v. Present participle of voutsafe. • VOUTSAFE v. (Milton) to vouchsafe. |