| AFFILIATING | • affiliating v. Present participle of affiliate. • AFFILIATE v. to adopt or attach as a member or branch. |
| AFFILIATION | • affiliation n. The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another. • affiliation n. (Law) The establishment of a child’s paternity or maternity. • affiliation n. A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union. |
| AMPLIATIONS | • ampliations n. Plural of ampliation. • AMPLIATION n. enlargement; amplification. |
| DEFILIATION | • defiliation n. The abstraction of a child from its parents. • DEFILIATION n. depriving a parent of a child. |
| DEFOLIATING | • defoliating v. Present participle of defoliate. • DEFOLIATE v. to remove the leaves from. |
| DEFOLIATION | • defoliation n. The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. • DEFOLIATION n. the act of defoliating. |
| EMOLLIATING | • emolliating v. Present participle of emolliate. • EMOLLIATE v. to soften; to render effeminate. |
| EXFOLIATING | • exfoliating v. Present participle of exfoliate. • EXFOLIATE v. to separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark. |
| EXFOLIATION | • exfoliation n. The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated. • exfoliation n. The loss of leaves from a plant. • exfoliation n. (Cosmetics) The removal of a layer of dead skin, as in cosmetic preparation. |
| EXFOLIATIVE | • exfoliative adj. That causes, or is accompanied by, exfoliation. • EXFOLIATIVE adj. serving to exfoliate. |
| HUMILIATING | • humiliating adj. Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone. • humiliating v. Present participle of humiliate. • HUMILIATE v. to humble, to mortify. |
| HUMILIATION | • humiliation n. The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification. • humiliation n. The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission. • HUMILIATION n. the act of humiliating. |
| HUMILIATIVE | • humiliative adj. (Grammar) Serving to lower one’s own or another’s status. • humiliative n. (Grammar) A construct that serves to lower one’s own or another’s status. • HUMILIATIVE adj. serving to humiliate, also HUMILIATORY. |
| PALLIATIONS | • palliations n. Plural of palliation. • PALLIATION n. the act of palliating. |
| PALLIATIVES | • palliatives n. Plural of palliative. • PALLIATIVE n. something that palliates. |
| RETALIATING | • retaliating v. Present participle of retaliate. • RETALIATE v. to repay in kind. |
| RETALIATION | • retaliation n. Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge. • RETALIATION n. the act of retaliating. |
| RETALIATIVE | • retaliative adj. Retaliatory. • RETALIATIVE adj. relating to retaliation. |
| SPOLIATIONS | • spoliations n. Plural of spoliation. • SPOLIATION n. the act of pillaging and plundering. |