| BIREFRINGENCES | • birefringences n. Plural of birefringence. • BIREFRINGENCE n. the refraction of light in an anisotropic material (as calcite) in two slightly different directions to form two rays. |
| BUTTERFINGERED | • butterfingered adj. Prone to dropping things; clumsy. • butter-fingered adj. Alternative form of butterfingered. • BUTTERFINGERED adj. apt to let things fall or slip through the fingers. |
| CONSTRINGENCES | • constringences n. Plural of constringence. • CONSTRINGENCE n. the inverse of the dispersive power of a medium, also CONSTRINGENCY. |
| CRINGEWORTHIER | • CRINGEWORTHY adj. causing extreme embarrassment. |
| DISINGENUITIES | • disingenuities n. Plural of disingenuity. • DISINGENUITY n. the state of being disingenuous. |
| DISINGENUOUSLY | • disingenuously adv. In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively. • disingenuously adv. In an unnoble manner; in a manner unbecoming of true honor or dignity; unworthily. • disingenuously adv. In a manner that adopts a pose of naïveté, possibly to make a point or to deceive. |
| FINGERBREADTHS | • fingerbreadths n. Plural of fingerbreadth. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
| FINGERPICKINGS | • fingerpickings n. Plural of fingerpicking. • FINGERPICKING n. playing the guitar with fingers rather than a plectrum. |
| FINGERPRINTING | • fingerprinting v. Present participle of fingerprint. • fingerprinting n. An act of recording somebody’s fingerprints. • fingerprinting n. Test made to establish and confirm the properties of a material or components. |
| GINGERBREADIER | • GINGERBREADY adj. like gingerbread. |
| GINGERLINESSES | • GINGERLINESS n. the state of being gingerly. |
| OCTINGENTENARY | • OCTINGENTENARY n. an eight-hundredth anniversary, also OCTINGENARY, OCTOCENTENARY. |
| PALINGENESISTS | • PALINGENESIST n. a student of palingenesis. |
| PALINGENETICAL | • PALINGENETICAL adj. relating to palingenesis, the remelting of rock followed by solidification into a different form, also PALINGENETIC. |