BEFINGERED | • befingered v. Simple past tense and past participle of befinger. • BEFINGER v. to touch all over. |
ENFEEBLING | • enfeebling v. Present participle of enfeeble. • enfeebling adj. Causing enfeeblement. • ENFEEBLE v. to make feeble. |
BEDEAFENING | • bedeafening v. Present participle of bedeafen. • BEDEAFEN v. to make deaf. |
BIREFRINGENCE | • birefringence n. (Physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage… • BIREFRINGENCE n. the refraction of light in an anisotropic material (as calcite) in two slightly different directions to form two rays. |
BREASTFEEDING | • breastfeeding n. (Uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast. • breastfeeding n. (Countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity. • breastfeeding v. Present participle of breastfeed. |
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. |
BREASTFEEDINGS | • breastfeedings n. Plural of breastfeeding. • BREASTFEEDING n. the act of feeding with the breast. |
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. |
FEATHERBEDDING | • featherbedding v. Present participle of featherbed. • featherbedding n. (US) The employment of more workers than is necessary, typically because of labor union rules (or sometimes… • feather-bedding v. Present participle of feather-bed. |
FATIGABLENESSES | • FATIGABLENESS n. FATIGABLE, easily tired, also FATIGUABLE. |
FEATHERBEDDINGS | • FEATHERBEDDING n. protecting (an industry, workers, etc.) by such practices as overmanning in order to save jobs. |
FRANGIBLENESSES | • FRANGIBLENESS n. FRANGIBLE, readily broken; breakable. |
REFRANGIBLENESS | • refrangibleness n. The quality of being refrangible. • REFRANGIBLE n. that may be refracted. |