(physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage through an optically anisotropic medium; the property of a material that light passing through it is so split.
breastfeeding
breastfeeding
noun
(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
verb
present participle of breastfeed
burglarproofs
butterfingers
butterfingers
noun
A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.
One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.
Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
confabulating
confabulating
verb
present participle of confabulate
fatigableness
fatigableness
noun
susceptibility to fatigue
fatiguability
fatiguability
noun
Alternative form of fatigability
fibrinogenous
fibrinogenous
adj
Resembling fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.
fibrospongiae
filibustering
filibustering
noun
The act of one who filibusters.
verb
present participle of filibuster
fingerbreadth
fingerbreadth
noun
A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.
flabbergasted
flabbergasted
adj
(euphemistic, rare) Damned.
Appalled, annoyed, exhausted or disgusted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flabbergast
forthbringing
forthbringing
verb
present participle of forthbring
frangibleness
frangibleness
noun
The quality of being frangible.
frederiksberg
funambulating
funambulating
verb
present participle of funambulate
globuliferous
globuliferous
adj
(geology) Bearing globules; of rocks, having a concretionary structure where the concretions are isolated globules evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.
gobiesociform
gobiesociform
noun
Any clingfish of the order Gobiesociformes
indefatigable
indefatigable
adj
Extremely persistent and untiring.
indefatigably
indefatigably
adv
In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner
inforgiveable
irrefrangible
irrefrangible
adj
(physics) Incapable of being refracted.
Not to be broken or transgressed against; inviolable.
irrefrangibly
irrefrangibly
adv
In an irrefrangible manner.
nonforbearing
prebenefiting
refragability
refragability
noun
The quality or degree of being refrangible; refrangibility.