| abortifacient | (noun) a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion | Synonyms: aborticide, abortion-inducing drug |
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| antifeminism | (noun) activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women | Synonyms: chauvinism, male chauvinism |
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| antifeminist | (noun) someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women | - |
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| antiferromagnet | (noun) any material that has antiferromagnetic properties. | - |
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| antiferromagnetism | (noun) magnetic field creates parallel but opposing spins; varies with temperature | - |
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| antifertilizin | (noun) An immunologically specific substance produced by animal sperm to implement attraction by the egg before fertilization. | - |
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| antiflatulent | (noun) any agent that reduces intestinal gas | - |
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| antifreeze | (noun) a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point | - |
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| antifungal | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent, fungicide |
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| aperitif | (noun) alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer | - |
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| artifact | (noun) a man-made object taken as a whole | Synonyms: artefact |
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| artifice | (noun) a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) | Synonyms: ruse |
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| artificer | (noun) a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft | Synonyms: artisan, craftsman, journeyman |
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| (noun) someone who is the first to think of or make something | Synonyms: discoverer, inventor |
| (noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armorer, armourer |
| artificialism | (noun) Czech surrealism founded in 1928 by Jindrich Styrsky and Toyen (Marie Cerminova). | - |
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| artificiality | (noun) the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally | - |
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| beatification | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization | - |
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| (noun) the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy | - |
| (noun) a state of supreme happiness | Synonyms: beatitude, blessedness |
| beautification | (noun) the act of making something more beautiful | - |
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| bountifulness | (noun) the property of copious abundance | Synonyms: amplitude, bounty |
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| caitiff | (noun) a cowardly and despicable person | - |
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| certificate | (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certification, credential, credentials |
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| (noun) a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends | Synonyms: security |
| certification | (noun) the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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| (noun) validating the authenticity of something or someone | Synonyms: authentication |
| (noun) confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence | Synonyms: corroboration, documentation |
| (noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts | Synonyms: certificate, credential, credentials |
| dentifrice | (noun) a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush | - |
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| desertification | (noun) the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land | - |
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| dutifulness | (noun) piety by virtue of devotion to duty | - |
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| fortification | (noun) the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food) | - |
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| (noun) defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it | Synonyms: munition |
| (noun) the art or science of strengthening defenses | - |
| fructification | (noun) organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses) | - |
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| (noun) the bearing of fruit | - |
| gratification | (noun) the act or an instance of satisfying | - |
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| (noun) state of being gratified or satisfied | Synonyms: satisfaction |
| identification | (noun) the act of designating or identifying something | Synonyms: designation |
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| (noun) the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) | - |
| (noun) the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering | Synonyms: recognition |
| (noun) evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing | - |
| (noun) the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established | - |
| identifier | (noun) a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it | - |
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| insectifuge | (noun) a chemical substance that repels insects | Synonyms: insect repellant, insect repellent |
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| intifada | (noun) an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000 | Synonyms: intifadah |
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| intifadah | (noun) an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000 | Synonyms: intifada |
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| justification | (noun) the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning | - |
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| (noun) something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary | - |
| (noun) a statement in explanation of some action or belief | - |
| justifier | (noun) a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution | Synonyms: apologist, vindicator |
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| lactifuge | (noun) any agent that reduces milk secretion (as given to a woman who is not breast feeding) | - |
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| leitmotif | (noun) a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) | Synonyms: leitmotiv |
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| mastiff | (noun) an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog | - |
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| mortification | (noun) (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself) | - |
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| (noun) an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect | Synonyms: humiliation |
| (noun) strong feelings of embarrassment | Synonyms: chagrin, humiliation |
| (noun) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) | Synonyms: gangrene, necrosis, sphacelus |
| motif | (noun) a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration | Synonyms: motive |
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| (noun) a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work | Synonyms: theme |
| (noun) a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music | Synonyms: motive |
| multifariousness | (noun) noticeable heterogeneity | Synonyms: diverseness, diversity, variety |
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| multiflora | (noun) vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock | Synonyms: baby rose, Japanese rose, multiflora rose, Rosa multiflora |
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| multifunctionality | (noun) The condition of having multiple functions. | - |
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| mystification | (noun) the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered | Synonyms: obfuscation |
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| (noun) something designed to mystify or bewilder | - |
| (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, obfuscation, puzzlement |
| mystifier | (noun) a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution | Synonyms: puzzle, puzzler, teaser |
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| notification | (noun) an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative | Synonyms: presentment |
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| (noun) informing by words | Synonyms: apprisal, telling |
| (noun) a request for payment | Synonyms: notice |
| objectification | (noun) the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing | - |
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| (noun) a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle | - |
| pettifogger | (noun) a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods | Synonyms: shyster |
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| (noun) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | Synonyms: caviler, caviller, quibbler |
| pettifoggery | (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, spat, squabble, tiff |
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| plaintiff | (noun) a person who brings an action in a court of law | Synonyms: complainant |
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| plentifulness | (noun) a full supply | Synonyms: plenitude, plenteousness, plentitude, plenty |
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| pontifex | (noun) a member of the highest council of priests in ancient Rome | - |
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| pontiff | (noun) the head of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ |
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| pontifical | (noun) the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop) | - |
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| pontificate | (noun) the government of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: papacy |
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| quantifiability | (noun) the quality of being measurable | Synonyms: measurability |
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| quantification | (noun) the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something | - |
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| (noun) a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no') | - |
| quantifier | (noun) (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many') | - |
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| (noun) (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition | Synonyms: logical quantifier |
| ratification | (noun) making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it | Synonyms: confirmation |
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| ratifier | (noun) someone who expresses strong approval | Synonyms: endorser, indorser, subscriber |
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| rectification | (noun) the act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right | Synonyms: correction |
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| (noun) determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve | - |
| (noun) the conversion of alternating current to direct current | - |
| (noun) (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation | - |
| rectifier | (noun) electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current | - |
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| (noun) a person who corrects or sets right | - |
| rotifer | (noun) minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton | - |
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| sanctification | (noun) a religious ceremony in which something is made holy | - |
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| stiff | (noun) the dead body of a human being | Synonyms: cadaver, clay, corpse, remains |
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| (noun) an ordinary man | - |
| stiffener | (noun) a member attached to a beam web to prevent loss of strength due to web buckling. | - |
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| (noun) material used for stiffening something | - |
| stiffening | (noun) the act of becoming stiff | - |
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| (noun) the process of becoming stiff or rigid | Synonyms: rigidification, rigidifying |
| stiffness | (noun) the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend | - |
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| (noun) the property of moving with pain or difficulty | - |
| (noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness |
| (noun) excessive sternness | Synonyms: hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity |
| (noun) firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action | - |
| stifle | (noun) joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee | Synonyms: knee |
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| stifler | (noun) a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses | Synonyms: smotherer |
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| stifling | (noun) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority | Synonyms: crushing, quelling, suppression |
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| stratification | (noun) the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata | - |
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| (noun) the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination | - |
| (noun) a layered configuration | - |
| (noun) forming or depositing in layers | - |
| (noun) the condition of being arranged in social strata or classes within a group | Synonyms: social stratification |
| stultification | (noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: constipation, deadening, impairment |
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| (noun) derision of someone or something as foolish or absurd or inconsistent | Synonyms: befooling |
| testifier | (noun) a person who testifies or gives a deposition | Synonyms: deponent, deposer |
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| tiff | (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble |
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| tiffin | (noun) a midday meal | Synonyms: dejeuner, lunch, luncheon |
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| undutifulness | (noun) impiety characterized by lack of devotion to duty | - |
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| unsanctification | (noun) unholiness by virtue of being profane | Synonyms: profaneness |
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