| 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. |
| APRICATIONS | • APRICATION n. basking in the sun. |
| EXTRICATING | • extricating v. Present participle of extricate. • EXTRICATE v. to free from entanglements or perplexities. |
| EXTRICATION | • extrication n. The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement. • extrication n. (Public safety, emergency medicine) Rescue of a trapped person in vehicle or machinery. • extrication n. The act of sending out or evolving. |
| FABRICATING | • fabricating v. Present participle of fabricate. • FABRICATE v. to manufacture; to produce; to devise falsely. |
| FABRICATION | • fabrication n. (Uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture. • fabrication n. (Countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood. • fabrication n. (Cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery. |
| FABRICATIVE | • fabricative adj. Fabricating; involved in manufacture. • FABRICATIVE adj. relating to fabrication. |
| IMBRICATING | • imbricating v. Present participle of imbricate. • IMBRICATE v. to lay overlapping one another. |
| IMBRICATION | • imbrication n. A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish. • imbrication n. (Medicine) Overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or correctional surgery. • imbrication n. (Geology) A sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap. |
| LORICATIONS | • lorications n. Plural of lorication. • LORICATION n. a covering of scales or plates. |
| LUBRICATING | • lubricating v. Present participle of lubricate. • lubricating adj. That lubricates. • LUBRICATE v. to make smooth or slippery. |
| LUBRICATION | • lubrication n. The application of a substance (a lubricant), between moving surfaces in contact in order to reduce… • LUBRICATION n. the act of lubricating. |
| LUBRICATIVE | • lubricative adj. Assisting, or relating to, lubrication. • LUBRICATIVE adj. serving to lubricate. |
| METRICATING | • metricating v. Present participle of metricate. • METRICATE v. to measure. |
| METRICATION | • metrication n. Conversion to the use of the metric system; metrification. • METRICATION n. the act of making metric. |
| RUBRICATING | • rubricating v. Present participle of rubricate. • RUBRICATE v. to write, print, or mark in red; formerly, to enter (a name) in red letters in a calendar of saints. |
| RUBRICATION | • rubrication n. A form of calligraphy, in medieval manuscripts, in which added text was coloured in red. • RUBRICATION n. the act of rubricating. |