CONFESSIONAL | • confessional adj. In the manner or style of a confession. • confessional adj. Officially practicing a particular shared religion, as a state or organization; see confessionalism 1. • confessional n. (Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest. |
COUNTERFOILS | • counterfoils n. Plural of counterfoil. • COUNTERFOIL n. part of ticket or cheque retained by giver. |
CYCLOOLEFINS | • cycloolefins n. Plural of cycloolefin. • CYCLOOLEFIN n. a hydrocarbon containing a ring having one or more double bonds. |
DEFLORATIONS | • deflorations n. Plural of defloration. • DEFLORATION n. rupture of the hymen. |
DEFOLIATIONS | • defoliations n. Plural of defoliation. • DEFOLIATION n. the act of defoliating. |
DORSIFLEXION | • dorsiflexion n. (Medicine) Flexion in the dorsal direction. • DORSIFLEXION n. a bending backwards; a bending of the back. |
EXFOLIATIONS | • exfoliations n. Plural of exfoliation. • EXFOLIATION n. the process by which concentric scales, plates, or shells of rock are stripped or spall from the bare surface of a large rock mass. |
FERROSILICON | • ferrosilicon n. An alloy of iron and silicon used in steelmaking. • FERROSILICON n. an alloy of iron and silicon, used in making cast iron and steel. |
FOLKSONOMIES | • folksonomies n. Plural of folksonomy. • FOLKSONOMY n. a system of classification that makes use of terms that occur naturally in the language of users of the system. |
FREECOOLINGS | • FREECOOLING n. a system that uses low ambient air temperature to chill water, esp. for use in air conditioning. |
GONFALONIERS | • gonfaloniers n. Plural of gonfalonier. • GONFALONIER n. a person who carries a gonfalon; the chief magistrate in some medieval Italian republics. |
MONTGOLFIERS | • Montgolfiers n. Plural of Montgolfier. • MONTGOLFIER n. (French) a balloon using fire for propulsion. |
OVERFLOWINGS | • overflowings n. Plural of overflowing. • OVERFLOWING n. the act of overflowing. |
PHONOFIDDLES | • phonofiddles n. Plural of phonofiddle. • PHONOFIDDLE n. a one-stringed musical instrument which emits sounds through a metal amplifying horn. |
PROFESSIONAL | • professional n. A person who belongs to a profession. • professional n. A person who earns their living from a specified activity. • professional n. (Euphemistic) A prostitute. |
PUFTALOONIES | • PUFTALOONIES n. (Australian) a type of fried cake, eaten hot with jam, honey or sugar, also PUFFTALOONAS, PUFTALOON. |
SINGLEFOOTED | • singlefooted v. Simple past tense and past participle of singlefoot. |
TOPLOFTINESS | • toploftiness n. The quality of being toplofty. • TOPLOFTINESS n. the state of being toplofty, high and mighty. |