Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z afforcement A reinforcement; a strengthening. afford To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare. affordability The extent or degree to which something is affordable, as measured by its cost relative to the amount that the purchaser is able to pay. affordable Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced. affordables Anything that is affordable. affordably In an affordable manner; to an affordable degree affordance Anything that is provided or furnished by an environment to an organism dwelling within it. affordant Affording. afforder One who, or that which, affords or makes available. affordment Anything given as a help; bestowal, granting. afforest To make into forest afforestable Suitable for being afforested. afforestation The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested. afforested Created by afforestation. afforesting Synonym of afforestation. afforestment The process of afforesting. afform To form; model; cause to conform. afformative An affix. affranchi A freed (manumitted) black person in one of France's colonies, especially Haiti. affranchise To free from obligation, servitude or service. affranchisement Synonym of enfranchisement (“the action of affranchising; release from imprisonment, political oppression, or slavery; emancipation, freeing, liberation”) affrap To strike; to strike down. affray To startle from quiet; to alarm. affrayer One involved in an affray. affreight To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight. affreighter One who hires or charters a ship to transport goods. affreightment The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo. affret An attack. affrettando In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing onwards. affreux A group of particularly brutal mercenaries who were active in Africa and Asia during the 1960s. Affrey A female given name. affricate A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative. affrication Becoming an affricate sound. affricative An affricate. affricativization The process of making affricative. affricatize To become affricative. affriction The act of rubbing against. affriended Made friends; reconciled. affright Great fear, terror, fright. affrighted Terrified. affrightedly with fright affrighten To frighten. affrightened frightened, affected by fright affrighter One who frightens. affrightful frightful affrightfully frightfully affrightingly So as to frighten or terrify. affrightment The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation. Affrilachia Black Appalachia; Appalachia, viewed with an eye to its black population and their culture. Affrilachian Black and Appalachian; of or pertaining to black people in Appalachia and their culture. affront To insult intentionally, especially openly. affrontable Able to be affronted. affrontant Synonym of affronté. affronted Offended; having taken umbrage. affrontedly shamelessly or in an offended manner affrontedness The state or quality of being affronted. affrontee One who receives an affront. affronter Someone who affronts. affrontery An affront affronting The offering of an affront. affrontingly in an affronting manner affrontingness The state or quality of affronting. affrontive Tending to affront or offend. affrontively In an affrontive manner; so as to offend. affrontiveness The state or quality of being affrontive. affrontment An act of affronting; an insult or hostile confrontation. affuse To pour out or upon. affusion The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy. affy To have faith in (someone); to trust. affygraphy Perfectly an exact match, precisely. affzer A member of the alt.fan.frank-zappa newsgroup, for fans of the musician Frank Zappa. afghan A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan. Afghanese A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan. afghani The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul. Afghania Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in northwestern Pakistan Afghanistan A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. Afghanistani Any inhabitant of Afghanistan, whether of Afghan ethnicity or not. Afghanistanism The practice of concentrating on problems in distant parts of the world while ignoring controversial local issues. afghanite A hydrous hexagonal feldspathoid mineral of the cancrinite group. Afghanization The gradual process of returning control of Afghanistan to the people of that country. Afghanize To make Afghan; to cause to have an Afghani character. Afghanness Quality of being Afghan. Afia A female given name from Arabic. afibrillar Not having or containing fibrils afibrinogenemia A blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of, or a malfunction involving, fibrinogen. afibrinogenemic Having, or relating to, afibrinogenemia. aficamten A cardiac myosin inhibitor used to treat symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. aficionada A devoted female admirer; a female aficionado. aficionado An amateur bullfighter. afield Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual). (Often preceded by far, farther, or further.) afikomen The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner. afimbrial Not fimbrial. afimbriate Not having a fringe afimoxifene A selective estrogen receptor modulator which is the active metabolite of tamoxifen. afire On fire (often metaphorically). afitin A fermented bean (African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa) product used as a condiment in West Africa. Afitti A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Sudan. AFL The game of Australian rules football. aflagellar That lacks a flagellum. aflagellate Lacking a flagellum aflagellated Lacking flagella aflaj An irrigation system which catches mountain water and controls its movement down man-made subterranean channels, found in Oman. aflame Often preceded by set: in or into flames; so as to be burned by fire. Aflao A city in Ghana on the Togolese border. aflap Flapping. aflare Flaring (blazing or shining brightly or suddenly; also figuratively, of a strong emotion). aflash Flashing. aflastatin a polyketide that inhibits the production of aflatoxin aflat Level with the ground; lying flat. aflatoxicol The aflatoxin (3S,7R,16S)-16-hydroxy-11-methoxy-6,8,19-trioxapentacyclo[10.7.0.02,9.03,7.013,17]nonadeca-1,4,9,11,13(17)-pentaen-18-one aflatoxicosis disease caused by aflatoxin aflatoxigenic Generating aflatoxin. aflatoxin Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds of the Aspergillus genus, that can be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic; typically found as contaminants of animal food or peanuts. aflatoxisome A vesicle, in some fungi, that generates aflatoxin aflaunt In a flaunting state or position. aflavarin The chromenone 8-[5-(hydroxymethyl)-4,7-dimethoxy-2-oxochromen-3-yl]-4,7-dimethoxy-5-methylchromen-2-one present in the fungus Aspergillus flavus aflavinine A compound present in some plants and fungi that protects against insects aflibercept A fusion protein under development for the treatment of cancer. aflicker Flickering. aflight Flying. afloat In or into a state of floating. aflood Flooding. aflop floppy afloqualone A quinazolinone sedative and muscle relaxant. aflow flowing aflower flowering, in bloom aflunters in a state of disorder; disarranged. aflush flushed, blushing aflutter Fluttering. afly Flying; moving freely through the air; blown by the wind. afoam In a foaming state; producing foam. afocal Not focused Afognak An island in the Kodiak Archipelago 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. Afolabi A surname from Yoruba. afoliar Of the cerebellum, lacking folds. afoliate Having no leaves; leafless. Afonwen A small village in Caerwys community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1371). afoot On foot. (means of locomotion, walking) afore Before, temporally. aforecited Having been cited, quoted or named earlier. aforedeclared Declared earlier in a document. aforedescribed Described earlier. aforedetermined Determined or decided upon previously. aforediscussed Discussed earlier in a document. aforegiven Given or provided previously. aforegoing preceding, going before. aforegranted Granted previously (in the document). aforehand Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation. aforeidentified Identified earlier. aforeknown Known prior to a given time.