| AFFORESTATION | • afforestation n. The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested. • AFFORESTATION n. the process of establishing a forest esp. on land not previously forested. |
| CONFRONTATION | • confrontation n. The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face. • confrontation n. A conflict between armed forces. • CONFRONTATION n. the act of confronting. |
| CONTRAFAGOTTI | • contrafagotti n. Plural of contrafagotto. • CONTRAFAGOTTO n. (Italian) a musical instrument like a bassoon. |
| DEFORESTATION | • deforestation n. The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system. • deforestation n. (Computing theory) A transformation to eliminate intermediate data structures within a program. • DEFORESTATION n. the act of clearing forests. |
| FACTORISATION | • factorisation n. Alternative spelling of factorization. • FACTORISATION n. the operation of resolving a quantity into factors, also FACTORIZATION. |
| FACTORIZATION | • factorization n. (Mathematics) The process of creating a list of factors. • factorization n. (Mathematics) An expression listing items that, when multiplied together, will produce a desired quantity. • factorization n. A list of factors. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| FORTIFICATION | • fortification n. The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy. • fortification n. That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified… • fortification n. An increase in effectiveness, as by adding ingredients. |
| FORTITUDINOUS | • fortitudinous adj. Having fortitude; courageous. • FORTITUDINOUS adj. showing fortitude. |
| FRACTIONATION | • fractionation n. (Chemistry) A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller… • fractionation n. (Radiotherapy) The division of a total dose of radiation into fractions. • fractionation n. (Cryptography) A preliminary stage of encryption that divides each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols. |
| FRACTIONATORS | • fractionators n. Plural of fractionator. • FRACTIONATOR n. a plant for carrying out fractional distillation. |
| FRONTOGENETIC | • frontogenetic adj. (Meteorology) Tending to maintain or intensify horizontal temperature gradients, which are associated… • FRONTOGENETIC adj. relating to the creation of a weather front by the meeting of air currents. |
| MORTIFICATION | • mortification n. The act of mortifying. • mortification n. A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment. • mortification n. (Medicine) The death of part of the body. |
| PONTIFICATORS | • pontificators n. Plural of pontificator. • PONTIFICATOR n. one who pontificates, speaks in a pompous and dogmatic manner. |
| REFORESTATION | • reforestation n. The act or process of replanting a forest, especially after clear-cutting. • REFORESTATION n. the action of renewing forest cover, as by natural seeding or by the artificial planting of seeds or young trees. |
| RETROFLECTION | • retroflection n. The condition of being bent backwards. • RETROFLECTION n. the state of being bent back, also RETROFLEXION. |
| TORREFACTIONS | • torrefactions n. Plural of torrefaction. • TORREFACTION n. the act of torrefying. |