| AFTERBURNER | • afterburner n. (Aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust. • after-burner n. Alternative spelling of afterburner. • AFTERBURNER n. a device incorporated into a turbojet engine to provide extra thrust. |
| BEAUTIFYING | • beautifying v. Present participle of beautify. • beautifying n. The action of the verb to beautify. • beautifying adj. That beautifies; tending to make beautiful. |
| BIFURCATING | • bifurcating v. Present participle of bifurcate. • bifurcating adj. Dividing or forking into two. • BIFURCATE v. to fork. |
| BIFURCATION | • bifurcation n. (Biology) A division into two branches. • bifurcation n. (By extension) Any place where one thing divides into two. • bifurcation n. The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two. |
| CONFABULATE | • confabulate v. (Intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat. • confabulate v. (Intransitive) To confer. • confabulate v. (Transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one’s memory. |
| FANTABULOUS | • fantabulous adj. (Slang) Wonderful, marvelous, outstanding. Both fantastic and fabulous. • FANTABULOUS adj. (slang) marvellously excellent. |
| FUNAMBULATE | • funambulate v. (Intransitive) To walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk. • FUNAMBULATE v. to walk the tightrope. |
| FUNAMBULIST | • funambulist n. A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope. • FUNAMBULIST n. a tightrope walker. |
| INFIBULATED | • infibulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of infibulate. • INFIBULATE v. to fasten with a clasp. |
| INFIBULATES | • infibulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infibulate. • INFIBULATE v. to fasten with a clasp. |
| OBFUSCATING | • obfuscating v. Present participle of obfuscate. • OBFUSCATE v. to darken, make obscure, confuse. |
| OBFUSCATION | • obfuscation n. (Uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept… • obfuscation n. (Uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made… • obfuscation n. (Countable) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp. |
| RUBEFACIENT | • rubefacient adj. Making red. • rubefacient n. (Medicine) A substance for topical application that produces redness of the skin, e.g. by dilating the capillaries. • RUBEFACIENT n. an agent that is a gentle irritant producing increased blood circulation and reddening of the skin where it is applied. |
| RUBEFACTION | • rubefaction n. The act or process of making red. • RUBEFACTION n. reddening. |
| SUBAFFLUENT | • subaffluent adj. Between the poverty line and affluence. • SUBAFFLUENT adj. less than affluent. |
| SUBFRAGMENT | • subfragment n. (Biochemistry, genetics) A subsection of a fragment (of nucleic acid etc). • subfragment v. To split into such fragments. |
| UNBEAUTIFUL | • unbeautiful adj. Not beautiful; ugly or inelegant. • UNBEAUTIFUL adj. not beautiful. |
| UNFILTRABLE | • unfiltrable adj. Alternative form of unfilterable. • UNFILTRABLE adj. that cannot be filtered. |