| 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. |
| 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. |
| CHIFFONIERS | • chiffoniers n. Plural of chiffonier. • CHIFFONIER n. (French) a chest of drawers, also CHIFFONNIER. |
| CHIFFONNIER | • chiffonnier n. Alternative form of chiffonier. • CHIFFONNIER n. (French) a chest of drawers, also CHIFFONIER. |
| 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. |
| FORAMINIFER | • foraminifer n. Any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming… • FORAMINIFER n. a unicellular microorganism with a calcareous shell through which pseudopods project, also FORAM. |
| FORELIFTING | • forelifting v. Present participle of forelift. • FORELIFT v. (Spenser) to lift up in front. |
| FORESIGNIFY | • foresignify v. (Transitive) To signify beforehand; foreshow. • FORESIGNIFY v. (archaic) to signify in advance. |
| FORFAITINGS | • FORFAITING n. a method of export finance where debts on exported goods are bought and then sold on to banks etc. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PARAFFINOID | • paraffinoid adj. (Obsolete, organic chemistry) Resembling paraffin; aliphatic. • PARAFFINOID adj. of or like paraffin, also PARAFFINIC. |
| UNFORTIFIED | • unfortified adj. Not fortified. • unfortified v. Simple past tense and past participle of unfortify. • UNFORTIFIED adj. not fortified. |