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Afformative :: Afformative (n.) An affix.

Conformation :: Conformation (n.) The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

Conformation :: Conformation (n.) The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement..

Deformation :: Deformation (n.) The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed..

Deformation :: Deformation (n.) Transformation; change of shape.

Efformation :: Efformation (n.) The act of giving shape or form.

Formation :: Formation (n.) The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

Formation :: Formation (n.) The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart..

Formation :: Formation (n.) A substance formed or deposited.

Formation :: Formation (n.) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations..

Formation :: Formation (n.) A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation..

Formation :: Formation (n.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc..

Formative :: Formative (a.) Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts..

Formative :: Formative (a.) Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative..

Formative :: Formative (a.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter..

Formative :: Formative (n.) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word..

Formative :: Formative (n.) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root..

Information :: Information (v. t.) The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence..

Information :: Information (v. t.) News, advice, or knowledge, communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction..

Information :: Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment..

Informative :: Informative (a.) Having power to inform, animate, or vivify..

Malconformation :: Malconformation (n.) Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts..

Maleconformation :: Maleconformation (n.) Malconformation.

Maleformation :: Maleformation (n.) See Malformation.

Malformation :: Malformation (n.) Ill formation; irregular or anomalous formation; abnormal or wrong conformation or structure.

Misformation :: Misformation (n.) Malformation.

Misinformation :: Misinformation (n.) Untrue or incorrect information.

Preformation :: Preformation (n.) An old theory of the preexistence of germs. Cf. Embo/tement.

Preformative :: Preformative (n.) A formative letter at the beginning of a word.

Re-formation :: Re-formation (n.) The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square..