AFFRANCHISEMENT | • affranchisement n. The act of freeing; enfranchisement. • AFFRANCHISEMENT n. the act of affranchising. |
CHONDRIFICATION | • chondrification n. (Physiology) The formation of, or conversion into, cartilage; a cartilaginous formation resulting from this process. • CHONDRIFICATION n. the process of chondrifying, converting into cartilage. |
ELECTROFISHINGS | • ELECTROFISHING n. fishing by stunning fish with electric shock. |
ENFRANCHISEMENT | • enfranchisement n. The act of enfranchising. • enfranchisement n. A release from slavery. • enfranchisement n. The investiture with any of several municipal privileges. |
ETHERIFICATIONS | • etherifications n. Plural of etherification. • ETHERIFICATION n. the act of etherifying, converting into ether. |
FEATHERSTITCHED | • featherstitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of featherstitch. • FEATHERSTITCH v. to stitch with featherstitch. |
FEATHERSTITCHES | • featherstitches n. Plural of featherstitch. • featherstitches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of featherstitch. • FEATHERSTITCH n. an embroidery stitch consisting of a line of diagonal blanket stitches worked alternately to the left and right. |
FORTHCOMINGNESS | • forthcomingness n. The state or quality of being forthcoming. • FORTHCOMINGNESS n. the state of being forthcoming. |
FRENCHIFICATION | • Frenchification n. The act or process of making French or more French-like, especially in informal contexts. • Frenchification n. (Slang) Something that has undergone frenchification, something that has frenchified and made more French-like. • Frenchification n. Synonym of Gallicization, translation into French or a French translation. |
HETEROSPECIFICS | • heterospecifics n. Plural of heterospecific. • HETEROSPECIFIC n. an organism of a different species or group. |
HYPERFUNCTIONAL | • hyperfunctional adj. Having, or characterised by, increased function. • HYPERFUNCTIONAL adj. relating to hyperfunction, the overactivity of a gland or other bodily organ. |
NITROCHLOROFORM | • nitrochloroform n. Chlorpicrin. • NITROCHLOROFORM n. a toxic lachrymatory liquid used as a pesticide and a tear gas. |
PHOTOREFRACTIVE | • photorefractive adj. (Physics) of or relating to a change in refractive index in the presence of light. • PHOTOREFRACTIVE adj. designating or relating to surgical procedures in which a laser is used to reshape the cornea and correct refractive errors such as myopia or astigmatism; esp. in photorefractive keratectomy. |