| AREFACTION | • arefaction n. (Rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation. • AREFACTION n. the act of drying, or the state of growing dry. |
| BENEFACTION | • benefaction n. An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing. • benefaction n. An act of charity; almsgiving. • BENEFACTION n. the act of benefiting. |
| CALEFACTION | • calefaction n. The act of warming or heating. • calefaction n. The state or condition of being heated. • CALEFACTION n. the act of heating. |
| LABEFACTION | • labefaction n. (Rare) The act of shaking or weakening or the resulting state; overthrow, ruination. • LABEFACTION n. a weakening, a decay, also LABEFACTATION. |
| MADEFACTION | • madefaction n. Alternative form of madefication (“action of wetting”). • MADEFACTION n. moistening. |
| MALEFACTION | • malefaction n. A crime, an offense, an evil deed. • MALEFACTION n. evildoing. |
| RAREFACTION | • rarefaction n. A reduction in the density of a material, especially that of a fluid. • RAREFACTION n. the act of rarefying. |
| RUBEFACTION | • rubefaction n. The act or process of making red. • RUBEFACTION n. reddening. |
| TABEFACTION | • tabefaction n. (Archaic) A gradual loss of flesh due to disease. • TABEFACTION n. wasting away, emaciation. |
| TEPEFACTION | • tepefaction n. (Rare) Act of tepefying; a becoming tepid. • TEPEFACTION n. making or becoming tepid. |
| TUMEFACTION | • tumefaction n. The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour. • TUMEFACTION n. swelling. |
| ASSUEFACTION | • assuefaction n. (Obsolete) habituation. • ASSUEFACTION n. (obsolete) habituation. |
| LIQUEFACTION | • liquefaction n. Process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas). • liquefaction n. The liquid or semiliquid that results from this process. • LIQUEFACTION n. the process of making or becoming liquid, also LIQUIFACTION. |
| PUTREFACTION | • putrefaction n. The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation… • putrefaction n. Rotten material. • putrefaction n. The state of being rotten. |
| STUPEFACTION | • stupefaction n. The state of extreme shock or astonishment. • stupefaction n. A state of insensibility; stupor. • STUPEFACTION n. the act of stupefying. |
| TORREFACTION | • torrefaction n. Drying or roasting; especially an anaerobic heat treatment to make wood waterproof. • torrefaction n. (More generally) The act or process of subjecting something to heat or to highly acidic substances. • torrefaction n. (Metaphoric) An angry outburst; vituperation. |