ETHERIFICATION | • etherification n. (Organic chemistry) The process of making an ether, especially the removal of alcohols from petroleum… • ETHERIFICATION n. the act of etherifying, converting into ether. |
FATHOMLESSNESS | • fathomlessness n. The state or condition of being fathomless. • FATHOMLESS n. incapable of being fathomed. |
FETISHISATIONS | • fetishisations n. Plural of fetishisation. • FETISHISATION n. the process of fetishising, also FETISHIZATION. |
FETISHIZATIONS | • fetishizations n. Plural of fetishization. • FETISHIZATION n. the process of fetishizing, also FETISHISATION. |
FLANNELMOUTHED | • flannelmouthed adj. Alternative form of flannel-mouthed. • flannel-mouthed adj. Possessing, characterized by, or in the manner of speaking of a flannelmouth. • FLANNELMOUTHED adj. speaking indistinctly. |
HALFPENNYWORTH | • halfpennyworth n. (Britain) As much as could be bought for a halfpenny (pre- or post-decimalisation). • halfpennyworth n. (Britain, informal) A negligible amount. • halfpennyworth n. (Britain, informal) One’s opinion or thoughts; one’s two cents. |
HYPERINFLATION | • hyperinflation n. (Economics) A very high rate of inflation. • HYPERINFLATION n. inflation growing at a very high rate in a very short time. |
LOATHFULNESSES | • LOATHFULNESS n. the state of being loathful. |
METHOXYFLURANE | • methoxyflurane n. (Pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned… • METHOXYFLURANE n. a potent general anaesthetic administered as a vapor. |
OUTFANGTHIEVES | • OUTFANGTHIEF n. (historical) the right of judging and fining thieves pursued and brought back from outside one's own jurisdiction. |
REFASHIONMENTS | • refashionments n. Plural of refashionment. • REFASHIONMENT n. the act of refashioning. |
SOFTHEADEDNESS | • softheadedness n. The quality of being softheaded. • SOFTHEADEDNESS n. the state of being softheaded. |
SPORTFISHERMAN | • sportfisherman n. A person who participates in sportfishing. • sportfisherman n. A boat intended for sportfishing. • SPORTFISHERMAN n. a motorboat equipped for sportfishing. |
STOMACHFULNESS | • STOMACHFULNESS n. the state of being stomachful, spirited, haughty. |
SULFONMETHANES | • SULFONMETHANE n. (US) a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic, also SULPHONMETHANE. |
THENCEFORWARDS | • thenceforwards adv. From then on; from that time on. • THENCEFORWARDS adv. from that time on, also THENCEFORWARD. |
VOUCHSAFEMENTS | • vouchsafements n. Plural of vouchsafement. • VOUCHSAFEMENT n. the act of vouchsafing. |