(Christianity, historical) An intellectual movement of Jesuit missionaries at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, whose participants viewed the I Ching as a prophetic book containing the mysteries of Christianity, and prioritized working with the Qing Emperor (rather than with the Chinese literati) as a way of promoting Christianity in China.
filmgoer
filmgoer
noun
(chiefly Britain) Person who regularly frequents movie theaters.
filmogen
flamingo
flamingo
adj
Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
noun
A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
flamming
flamming
verb
present participle of flam
flemings
flemming
fluigram
fluigram
noun
(archaic, medicine) A cubic centimetre.
flumping
flumping
verb
present participle of flump
fogyisms
fogyisms
noun
plural of fogyism
framings
framings
noun
plural of framing
fumagine
fumbling
fumbling
noun
An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.
verb
present participle of fumble
fumigant
fumigant
noun
Any substance used, in the gaseous state, to fumigate or disinfect.
fumigate
fumigate
verb
(transitive) To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
fumingly
fumingly
adv
In a rage.
gasiform
gasiform
adj
Having the form of a gas; gaseous.
gruiform
gruiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling the Gruiformes, an order of birds including the crane.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Gruiformes.
guelfism
gumfield
gumfield
noun
(New Zealand, historical) A site where kauri gum was dug up by the gumdiggers.
igniform
mafeking
magnific
magnific
adj
(obsolete) Magnificent, splendid; illustrious.
mightful
mightful
adj
(now literary, archaic) Mighty, powerful.
misfeign
misgraff
misgraft
misgraft
verb
To graft wrongly.
muffling
muffling
noun
(chiefly in the plural) That which muffles; heavy clothing.
verb
present participle of muffle
refugium
refugium
noun
(aquaculture) A separate section of a fishtank that shares the same water supply, used for denitrification, plankton production, etc.
Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.