ASTROTURFINGS | • ASTROTURFING n. political, advertising, or public relations campaigning that seeks to create the impression of being spontaneous 'grassroots' behavior. |
CONTRAFAGOTTI | • contrafagotti n. Plural of contrafagotto. • CONTRAFAGOTTO n. (Italian) a musical instrument like a bassoon. |
ENGRAFTATIONS | • engraftations n. Plural of engraftation. • ENGRAFTATION n. the act of engrafting. |
FIANCHETTOING | • fianchettoing v. Present participle of fianchetto. • FIANCHETTO v. to develop the bishop. |
FLOUTINGSTOCK | • FLOUTINGSTOCK n. (Shakespeare) a person or thing that is flouted. |
FORTNIGHTLIES | • fortnightlies n. Plural of fortnightly. • FORTNIGHTLY n. a publication appearing once every two weeks. |
FRACTIONATING | • fractionating v. Present participle of fractionate. • FRACTIONATE v. to separate a mixture into different portions esp. by a fractional process. |
FRAGMENTATION | • fragmentation n. The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration. • fragmentation n. The process by which fragments of an exploding bomb scatter. • fragmentation n. (Computing) The breaking up and dispersal of a file into non-contiguous areas of a disk. |
FRONTOGENETIC | • frontogenetic adj. (Meteorology) Tending to maintain or intensify horizontal temperature gradients, which are associated… • FRONTOGENETIC adj. relating to the creation of a weather front by the meeting of air currents. |
FUNCTIONATING | • functionating v. Present participle of functionate. • FUNCTIONATE v. to perform a function. |
GRATIFICATION | • gratification n. (Countable). • gratification n. (Uncountable) A feeling of pleasure; satisfaction. • GRATIFICATION n. the act of gratifying. |
INGRAFTATIONS | • INGRAFTATION n. the act of ingrafting. |
PETTIFOGGINGS | • pettifoggings n. Plural of pettifogging. • PETTIFOGGING n. the act of pettifogging. |
PONTIFICATING | • pontificating v. Present participle of pontificate. • PONTIFICATE v. to speak in a pompous and dogmatic manner. |
PREFORMATTING | • preformatting v. Present participle of preformat. • PREFORMAT v. to format in advance. |
RETROFITTINGS | • retrofittings n. Plural of retrofitting. • RETROFITTING n. the act of retrofitting. |
SHIRTFRONTING | • shirtfronting v. Present participle of shirtfront. • SHIRTFRONT v. to knock (a person) to the ground by striking him or her in the chest with one's shoulder. |