affrication
Becoming an affricate sound.
A particular instance of such change.

affrications
plural of affrication

affricativization
The process of making affricative.

affricatization
Alternative form of affrication.

affriction
The act of rubbing against.

affrictions
plural of affriction

affrightment
The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
A cause of fear.
Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.

affrontedness
The state or quality of being affronted.

affrontingness
The state or quality of affronting.

affrontiveness
The state or quality of being affrontive.

affrontment
An act of affronting; an insult or hostile confrontation.

affrontments
plural of affrontment

affs
plural of aff

affulgence
Alternative form of effulgence.

afib
Alternative form of A-fib.

afibs
plural of afib

aflaaj
Alternative form of aflaj.

aflaj
An irrigation system which catches mountain water and controls its movement down man-made subterranean channels, found in Oman.

aflajes
plural of aflaj

aflouncement
Alternative spelling of afflouncement.

aflouncements
plural of aflouncement

aforeness
The state or quality of being before or afore.

aforestation
Alternative spelling of afforestation.

aforestations
plural of aforestation

afoxe
A genre of Afro-Brazilian music

afraidness
The state or quality of being afraid.

afrancesado
An Iberian who supported the French during the Peninsular War.

afro
hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
A person of African ancestry

afronaut
Alternative letter-case form of Afronaut.

afronauts
plural of afronaut

afros
plural of afro

aftaba
A Persian ewer.

aftabas
plural of aftaba

aftarm
The part of the arm between the shoulder and the elbow.

afteract
An act performed afterwards.

afteracts
plural of afteract

afterburn
The burning of further calories after the end of a period of vigorous exercise.
The practice of criticizing a person after they have left, or stopped contributing to the conversation.

afterburns
plural of afterburn

afterburst
A secondary burst that follows a primary one

afterbursts
plural of afterburst

aftercall
A subsequent call
A call for retribution arising subsequently to the commission of an offense (e.g. sin, crime, etc)

aftercalls
plural of aftercall

aftercast
Alternative form of after-cast.
A consequence or result.
An analysis of past events; retrodiction or review.
An analysis of past events; retrodiction or review.

aftercataract
A medical condition of clouding of the posterior lens capsule implanted in the eye in cataract surgery.

aftercataracts
plural of aftercataract

aftercome
A subsequent result; consequence.

aftercomes
plural of aftercome

aftercost
A subsequent expense related to but occurring after the source of an expenditure.
A subsequent burden or loss resulting from an endeavor.

aftercosts
plural of aftercost

aftercrime
one of a series of "copycat" crimes that follow an initial one

aftercrimes
plural of aftercrime

aftercrop
A second crop in the same year.

aftercrops
plural of aftercrop

afterdrop
A delayed decrease in body temperature as chilled blood returns from the extremities to the rest of the body.

aftereffect
Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested.

aftereffects
plural of aftereffect

afterfeast
A lesser religious festival that follows another more significant festival.

afterfeasts
plural of afterfeast

aftergrowth
A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
Any abstraction of the above.

aftergrowths
plural of aftergrowth

afterheat
Residual heat, such as that obtained from a nuclear reactor during aftercooling, or in cooking after the heat is switched off.

afterimpression
Alternative spelling of after-impression.

afterimpressions
plural of afterimpression

afterlight
Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.

afterlook
A retrospective or secondary look; a backward look or glance; a review.

aftermath
That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.

aftermaths
plural of aftermath

aftermind
A new or changed way of thinking, often as a result of repentance; a renewed mind.

afterminds
plural of aftermind

aftername
A designation which comes after a name, similar to, yet not necessarily equivalent to one's last name

afternames
plural of aftername

afterness
The state or quality of being or coming after.

afternote
A note appended after the main body of text.

afterpart
A rear part

afterparts
plural of afterpart

afterplay
Affectionate interactions following a sexual act, such as cuddling, talking, or massaging.

afterpulsing
The production of afterpulses due to feedback in a photon detector

afterreckoning
A judgment or settling of accounts that comes afterward.

afterreckonings
plural of afterreckoning.

aftersail
Alternative form of after-sail.

afterscript
A postscript.

afterscripts
plural of afterscript

aftersensation
A delayed sensation; one arising significantly later than the stimulus that caused it.

aftersensations
plural of aftersensation

afterslip
A non-violent movement of the ground following an earthquake

afterslips
plural of afterslip

afterstroke
A stroke which follows another
A counterblow; a return stroke
A payback
A type of grace note that appears after the subject note rather than before

afterstrokes
plural of afterstroke

aftersummer
A short period after summer.

afterswarm
A swarm of bees that leaves the hive after the primary swarm.

afterswarming
The formation of an afterswarm of bees.

afterswarms
plural of afterswarm

aftertest
A test given or conducted at the conclusion of an experiment or trial.

aftertests
plural of aftertest

aftertype
A type or figure which comes after or ensues another, often in semblance to or in imitation of them; a copy

afterview
A looking back; a retrospective view or thought.
An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.

aftervision
A vision seen afterward.

aftervisions
plural of aftervision.

afterwardness
Alternative form of afterwardsness.

afterwardsness
The concept that an earlier event in one's life can later acquire a meaning.

afterwave
A wave (in literal and figurative senses) that follows something.

afterwisdom
Wisdom that comes too late, after something has already happened.

afterwits
plural of afterwit

afterword
an epilogue.
a postscript.
an appendix.

afterwords
plural of afterword

afteryears
subsequent years

afunction
Lack of function; failure to work properly.

agacerie
Coquetry; flirtatiousness.

agaceries
plural of agacerie

againbite
Alternative spelling of agenbite

againness
The quality of being or happening again; repetition.

againstness
The state or quality of being against.

againsts
Only used in fors and againsts

agalactia
The failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth.

agalactias
plural of agalactia

agalactorrhea
The failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth.

agalaxia
Alternative form of agalactia.

agalaxy
Dated form of agalactia.

agalloch
The soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis (formerly Aquilaria agallocha).

agallochum
Synonym of agalloch.

agalmics
The study and practice of the production and allocation of non-scarce goods.

agalsidase
A form of alpha-galactosidase

agalsidases
plural of agalsidase

agamies
plural of agamy

agammaglobulinaemia
Alternative spelling of agammaglobulinemia.

agammaglobulinaemias
plural of agammaglobulinaemia

agammaglobulinemia
A condition in which gammaglobulins such as immunoglobulins are absent from the blood, or present only in low concentrations

agammaglobulinemias
plural of agammaglobulinemia

agamogonies
plural of agamogony