| AFFRANCHISE | • affranchise v. (Transitive) To free from obligation, servitude or service. • AFFRANCHISE v. to free from slavery or similar obligation. |
| AFFRICATING | • affricating v. Present participle of affricate. • AFFRICATE v. to sound a consonant in this way. |
| 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. |
| AFFRICATIVE | • affricative n. An affricate. • affricative adj. Of or relating to an affricate. • AFFRICATIVE n. a sound like an affricate. |
| AFFRIGHTENS | • affrightens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affrighten. • AFFRIGHTEN v. to frighten, also AFFRIGHT. |
| AFFRIGHTFUL | • affrightful adj. (Obsolete) frightful. • AFFRIGHTFUL adj. (archaic) frightful. |
| AFFRIGHTING | • affrighting v. Present participle of affright. • AFFRIGHT v. to frighten. |
| AFFRONTINGS | • affrontings n. Plural of affronting. • AFFRONTING n. the act of affronting. |
| DIFFRACTING | • diffracting v. Present participle of diffract. • DIFFRACT v. to separate into parts. |
| 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. |
| DIFFRACTIVE | • diffractive adj. (Physics) Having the ability to diffract light. • DIFFRACTIVE adj. causing diffraction. |
| SAFFRONIEST | • SAFFRONY adj. having a colour somewhat like saffron. |
| STAFFRIDERS | • STAFFRIDER n. (South African) a person who illegally rides on the outside of a suburban train. |
| SUFFRAGETTE | • suffragette n. (Historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women’s right to vote in the early 20th century… • SUFFRAGETTE n. (historical) a member of a movement demanding votes for women. |
| SUFFRAGISMS | • SUFFRAGISM n. voting rights. |
| SUFFRAGISTS | • suffragists n. Plural of suffragist. • SUFFRAGIST n. one who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage. |