(nuclear physics) Nuclear fission as the result of the absorption of a gamma ray or other high-energy photon.
verb
(nuclear physics) To undergo, or cause to undergo, photofission.
pinfeathered
pinfeathered
adj
Having some or all of the feathers imperfectly developed.
pinfeatherer
pitchforking
pitchforking
noun
The act of pricking with a pitchfork
verb
present participle of pitchfork
preachifying
preachifying
verb
present participle of preachify
prefashioned
preflighting
preflighting
verb
present participle of preflight
rachmaninoff
refashioning
refashioning
noun
A reinvention; an act of fashioning again.
verb
present participle of refashion
refreshening
refreshening
verb
present participle of refreshen
refreshingly
refreshingly
adv
In a refreshing manner.
refurbishing
refurbishing
noun
The act by which something is refurbished.
verb
present participle of refurbish
refurnishing
refurnishing
verb
present participle of refurnish
renfrewshire
renfrewshire
Proper noun
a historic county of Scotland, merged into Strathclyde region in 1975.
a council area in Scotland, created in 1996 on the abolition of Strathclyde region in part of the area of the historic county.
ribbonfishes
ribbonfishes
noun
plural of ribbonfish
riflemanship
riflemanship
noun
The skill or art of shooting a rifle.
rightfulness
rightfulness
noun
The state or quality of being rightful.
safranophile
safranophile
adj
(of cells) Easily stained with safranine.
sceneshifter
sceneshifter
noun
One who moves the scenes in a theatre; a sceneman.
schonfelsite
scorpionfish
scorpionfish
noun
Any of the family Scorpaenidae of mostly marine fish, including many of the world's most venomous species, the "sting" taking the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus.
semifinished
semifinished
adj
Partially finished
sergeantfish
shiftfulness
shiftfulness
noun
The quality of being shiftful.
shiftinesses
shiftinesses
noun
plural of shiftiness
shiftingness
shiftingness
noun
The quality of being shifting.
sightfulness
sightfulness
noun
The state of being sightful; perspicuity.
sniffishness
sniffishness
noun
The quality of being sniffish.
spearfishing
spearfishing
noun
A form of fishing in which the fisherman attempts to impale the fish upon a spear, which may be thrust or thrown by hand or with a spear gun.
speechifying
speechifying
noun
The act of speaking, especially at excessive length.
The art of making speeches; rhetoric or oratory.
verb
present participle of speechify
spendthrifts
spendthrifts
noun
plural of spendthrift
spendthrifty
spendthrifty
adj
spendthrift; prodigal
sportfishing
sportfishing
noun
fishing for pleasure or competition, as opposed to commercial fishing
verb
present participle of sportfish
springfishes
swordfishing
swordfishing
verb
present participle of swordfish
tanglefishes
tarnishproof
tarnishproof
adj
Resistant to tarnishing.
thereinafter
thereinafter
adv
in the following part (of a document or speech)
thiofurfuran
thirteenfold
thirteenfold
adj
By a factor of thirteen, tredecuple.
adv
By a factor of thirteen.
tightfitting
tightfitting
adj
Alternative form of tight-fitting
tonguefishes
tonguefishes
noun
plural of tonguefish
transfashion
trichlorfons
unaffrighted
unaffrighted
adj
(archaic) Not afraid.
undelightful
undelightful
adj
Not delightful.
underfreight
underfurnish
underfurnish
verb
(transitive) To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently.
undersheriff
undersheriff
noun
In certain jurisdictions, a deputy sheriff; second in command to a sheriff.
unfaithfully
unfaithfully
adv
In an unfaithful manner.
unfarsighted
unfatherlike
unfatherlike
adj
Not befitting a father.
unfinishable
unfinishable
adj
Not finishable; that cannot be finished.
unfinishedly
unfinishedly
adv
Without being finished.
unflourished
unflourished
adj
Not marked with a flourish.
unforthright
unforthright
adj
Not forthright.
unfranchised
unfranchised
Adjective
Not franchised.
unfreakishly
unfreakishly
adv
Not freakishly.
unfreighting
unfriendship
unfriendship
noun
unfriendliness; enmity
unfrightened
unfrightened
adj
Not frightened; unafraid.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unfrighten