| AFFIRMATION | • affirmation n. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. • affirmation n. (Law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath. • affirmation n. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion. |
| AFFORCEMENT | • afforcement n. (Obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening. • AFFORCEMENT n. the act of afforcing, strengthening a jury by adding skilled people. |
| AFFORESTING | • afforesting v. Present participle of afforest. • AFFOREST v. to cover with forest. |
| AFFRICATION | • affrication n. (Phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound. • affrication n. (Countable) A particular instance of such change. • AFFRICATION n. the act of making a sound affricative. |
| AFFRONTINGS | • affrontings n. Plural of affronting. • AFFRONTING n. the act of affronting. |
| COUNTERBUFF | • counterbuff n. A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow. • counterbuff v. To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front. • COUNTERBUFF v. to rebuff. |
| DIFFRACTION | • diffraction n. (Physics) The bending of a wave around an obstacle. • diffraction n. (Quantum mechanics) The breaking up of an electromagnetic wave as it passes a geometric structure (e… • DIFFRACTION n. a modification which light undergoes esp. in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow openings and in which the rays appear to be deflected. |
| FORELIFTING | • forelifting v. Present participle of forelift. • FORELIFT v. (Spenser) to lift up in front. |
| FORFAITINGS | • FORFAITING n. a method of export finance where debts on exported goods are bought and then sold on to banks etc. |
| FORFOUGHTEN | • FORFOUGHTEN adj. (Scots) exhausted, also FORFEUCHEN, FORFOCHEN, FORFOUGHEN. |
| FORKLIFTING | • forklifting v. Present participle of forklift. • FORKLIFT v. to raise or move by machine. |
| FORMFITTING | • formfitting adj. (Of clothing) That follows the contours of the body. • form-fitting adj. (Of clothing) Fitting closely to the body of the wearer, thus clearly revealing its shape. • FORMFITTING adj. fitting the form. |
| INSUFFLATOR | • insufflator n. Agent noun of insufflate: a person or device which insufflates. • insufflator n. A form of injector for forcing air into a furnace. • INSUFFLATOR n. one who insufflates. |
| INTEROFFICE | • interoffice adj. Taking place between different offices of a single organization or company. • interoffice v. To send something between different offices in an organization. • INTEROFFICE adj. between offices. |
| OFFPRINTING | • offprinting v. Present participle of offprint. • OFFPRINT v. to reprint an excerpt. |
| SAFFRONIEST | • SAFFRONY adj. having a colour somewhat like saffron. |
| STROGANOFFS | • stroganoffs n. Plural of stroganoff. • STROGANOFF n. (Russian) of meat, cut thinly and cooked with onions. |
| UNFORFEITED | • unforfeited adj. Not forfeited. • UNFORFEITED adj. not forfeited. |
| UNFORTIFIED | • unfortified adj. Not fortified. • unfortified v. Simple past tense and past participle of unfortify. • UNFORTIFIED adj. not fortified. |