BEACHFRONTS | • beachfronts n. Plural of beachfront. • BEACHFRONT n. a strip of land that fronts a beach. |
BENEFACTING | • benefacting v. Present participle of benefact. • BENEFACT v. to confer a benefit upon. |
BENEFACTION | • benefaction n. An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing. • benefaction n. An act of charity; almsgiving. • BENEFACTION n. the act of benefiting. |
BENEFACTORS | • benefactors n. Plural of benefactor. • BENEFACTOR n. one that confers a benefit. |
BENEFACTORY | • benefactory adj. Yielding benefit; doing good. • benefactory n. One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor. • BENEFACTORY adj. having the nature of a benefactor. |
BENEFICIATE | • beneficiate v. (Mining, obsolete) To reduce (ores). • BENEFICIATE v. to treat ores to remove impurities. |
CONFABULATE | • confabulate v. (Intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat. • confabulate v. (Intransitive) To confer. • confabulate v. (Transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one’s memory. |
COUNTERBUFF | • counterbuff n. A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow. • counterbuff v. To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front. • COUNTERBUFF v. to rebuff. |
FIBROCEMENT | • fibrocement n. A composite of cement and cellulose fibres. • FIBROCEMENT n. (tradename) a kind of wallboard, made of compressed asbestos and cement, also FIBRO, FIBROLITE. |
FIBRONECTIN | • fibronectin n. (Biochemistry) An adhesive blood glycoprotein that has several cellular functions. • FIBRONECTIN n. a protein found in blood, important in cell growth. |
INFLECTABLE | • inflectable adj. (Linguistics) That can be inflected. • INFLECTABLE adj. capable of being inflected. |
INFLICTABLE | • inflictable adj. Able to be inflicted. • INFLICTABLE adj. that can be inflicted. |
LABEFACTION | • labefaction n. (Rare) The act of shaking or weakening or the resulting state; overthrow, ruination. • LABEFACTION n. a weakening, a decay, also LABEFACTATION. |
RUBEFACIENT | • rubefacient adj. Making red. • rubefacient n. (Medicine) A substance for topical application that produces redness of the skin, e.g. by dilating the capillaries. • RUBEFACIENT n. an agent that is a gentle irritant producing increased blood circulation and reddening of the skin where it is applied. |
RUBEFACTION | • rubefaction n. The act or process of making red. • RUBEFACTION n. reddening. |
TABEFACTION | • tabefaction n. (Archaic) A gradual loss of flesh due to disease. • TABEFACTION n. wasting away, emaciation. |