Definition of affording

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Affording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affor.

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Protective :: Protective (a.) Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.
Float :: Float (v. i.) A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die..
Money-making :: Money-making (a.) Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business..
Zinciferous :: Zinciferous (a.) Containing or affording zinc.
Joyous :: "Joyous (a.) Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy..
Hopeful :: Hopeful (a.) Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect..
Cat''s-eye :: Cat's-eye (n.) A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl..
Prospect :: Prospect (v.) A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
Range :: Range (v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove..
Merry-go-round :: Merry-go-round (n.) Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses..
Ssociable :: SSociable (a.) Affording opportunites for conversation; characterized by much conversation; as, a sociable party..
Foster :: Foster (v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood..
Evidential :: Evidential (a.) Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity..
Diathermic :: Diathermic (a.) Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances..
Alimonious :: Alimonious (a.) Affording food; nourishing.
Euphorbia :: Euphorbia (n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products..
Affording :: Affording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affor.
Incommodious :: Incommodious (a.) Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as, an incommodious seat; an incommodious arrangement..
Polyscope :: Polyscope (n.) An apparatus for affording a view of the different cavities of the body.
Open :: Open (a.) Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead..
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