| DEFINITION | • definition n. (Semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary… • definition n. (Usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition. • definition n. A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation. |
| FANTOCCINI | • fantoccini n. Puppets caused to enact dramatic scenes by means of machinery. • fantoccini n. The puppet shows in which they are used. • FANTOCCINI n. (Italian) mechanically worked puppets used in street theatre. |
| FONTINALIS | • Fontinalis prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Fontinalaceae – fountain moss, brook moss, water moss. • FONTINALIS n. a moss of the Fontinalis genus of aquatic mosses. |
| INFARCTION | • infarction n. (Pathology) The process which causes an infarct. • infarction n. (Pathology) An infarct (an area of ischemic necrosis).. • INFARCTION n. necrosis, the death of tissues due to the blocking of (esp. the arterial) blood supply. |
| INFECTIONS | • infections n. Plural of infection. • INFECTION n. the act of infecting. |
| INFIXATION | • infixation n. (Linguistic morphology) Word-formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word. • infixation n. (Grammar) The state or quality of being infixed. • INFIXATION n. the act of infixing. |
| INFLATIONS | • inflations n. Plural of inflation. • INFLATION n. undue increase in quantity of money in proportion to buying power. |
| INFLECTION | • inflection n. (Grammar, uncountable) Change in the form of a word (morphologic change) to express different grammatical categories. • inflection n. (Grammar, countable) An instance of such change. • inflection n. (Grammar, countable) Any form produced by such an instance of a change, such as the principal parts… |
| INFLICTION | • infliction n. The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition. • INFLICTION n. the act of inflicting. |
| INFRACTION | • infraction n. (Law) A minor offence, petty crime. • infraction n. A violation; breach. • infraction n. (Ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee. |
| INTROFYING | • INTROFY v. to increase the wetting properties of. |
| KNIFEPOINT | • knifepoint n. The pointed end of a knife. • KNIFEPOINT n. the point of a knife. |
| NONFICTION | • nonfiction n. Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively. • non-fiction n. Alternative spelling of nonfiction. • NONFICTION n. literature or cinema that is not fictional. |
| OMNIFICENT | • omnificent adj. All-creating, omnific. • OMNIFICENT adj. doing everything. |
| OUTFINDING | • outfinding v. Present participle of outfind. • OUTFIND v. to surpass in finding. |
| PONTIFYING | • pontifying v. Present participle of pontify. • PONTIFY v. to play the pontiff. |
| SAINTFOINS | • saintfoins n. Plural of saintfoin. • SAINTFOIN n. (French) a leguminous plant, used as fodder, also SAINFOIN. |