AFFREIGHTMENTS | • affreightments n. Plural of affreightment. • AFFREIGHTMENT n. hiring of a vessel. |
ANGUSTIFOLIATE | • angustifoliate adj. (Botany) Having narrow leaves. • ANGUSTIFOLIATE adj. narrow-leaved. |
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. |
CENTRIFUGATION | • centrifugation n. The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge. • CENTRIFUGATION n. separation by centrifuge. |
COUNTERFEITING | • counterfeiting v. Present participle of counterfeit. • counterfeiting n. The act of one who counterfeits. • COUNTERFEITING n. the act of making a counterfeit. |
DEFENESTRATING | • defenestrating v. Present participle of defenestrate. • DEFENESTRATE v. to throw out of a window. |
FORTHRIGHTNESS | • forthrightness n. The characteristic or quality of being forthright. • FORTHRIGHTNESS n. the state of being forthright. |
FRAGMENTATIONS | • fragmentations n. Plural of fragmentation. • FRAGMENTATION n. the act of fragmenting. |
GENTRIFICATION | • gentrification n. (Urban studies) The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people… • GENTRIFICATION n. the movement of the middle class to a working class area. |
INTERFOLIATING | • interfoliating v. Present participle of interfoliate. • INTERFOLIATE v. to interleave. |
OUTFANGTHIEVES | • OUTFANGTHIEF n. (historical) the right of judging and fining thieves pursued and brought back from outside one's own jurisdiction. |
SPAGHETTIFYING | • spaghettifying v. Present participle of spaghettify. • SPAGHETTIFY v. to make into spaghetti, with particular reference to black holes. |
ULTRAFILTERING | • ultrafiltering v. Present participle of ultrafilter. • ULTRAFILTER v. to pass through an ultrafilter. |
UNFLATTERINGLY | • unflatteringly adv. In such a manner as to be unflattering. • UNFLATTERING adv. not flattering. |
WEIGHTLIFTINGS | • WEIGHTLIFTING n. the sport of lifting weights competitively. |