| AFFECTIONS | • affections n. Plural of affection. • affections v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection. • AFFECTION v. to love. |
| CONFECTING | • confecting v. Present participle of confect. • CONFECT v. to prepare by combining ingredients. |
| CONFECTION | • confection n. A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar… • confection n. The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something. • confection n. The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction. |
| DEFECTIBLE | • defectible adj. Deficient; imperfect. • DEFECTIBLE adj. liable to defect; imperfect. |
| DEFECTIONS | • defections n. Plural of defection. • DEFECTION n. a failure to carry out a duty. |
| DEFECTIVES | • defectives n. Plural of defective. • DEFECTIVE n. a person who is subnormal in physical or mental powers. |
| EFFECTIBLE | • effectible adj. (Dated, 1600s) Capable of being done or achieved. • EFFECTIBLE adj. capable of being done or achieved. |
| EFFECTIVES | • effectives n. Plural of effective. • EFFECTIVE n. an effective serviceman or other person. |
| INFECTIONS | • infections n. Plural of infection. • INFECTION n. the act of infecting. |
| INFECTIOUS | • infectious adj. (Pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host’s body (such as a bacterium, virus… • infectious adj. (Pathology, of a person) Able to infect others. • infectious adj. (Of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another. |
| PERFECTING | • perfecting v. Present participle of perfect. • perfecting n. (Printing) The process of printing on both sides of the printed-on material during its single pass through… • PERFECT v. to make faultless. |
| PERFECTION | • perfection n. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest… • perfection n. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the… • perfection v. (Now uncommon and nonstandard, transitive) To perfect. |
| PERFECTIVE | • perfective adj. (Grammar) Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect. • perfective adj. (Obsolete) Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection. • perfective n. (Grammar) a perfective verb form. |
| REFECTIONS | • refections n. Plural of refection. • REFECTION n. refreshment; a meal. |