| AFTERBURNERS | • afterburners n. Plural of afterburner. • after-burners n. Plural of after-burner. • AFTERBURNER n. a device incorporated into a turbojet engine to provide extra thrust. |
| AFTERBURNING | • afterburning n. (Aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust. • AFTERBURNING n. reheat, the use of a device to inject fuel into the hot exhaust gases of a turbojet in order to obtain increased thrust. |
| BRASSFOUNDER | • brassfounder n. A metalworker who casts objects from brass. • BRASSFOUNDER n. a person who casts objects in brass. |
| FEATHERBRAIN | • featherbrain n. Alternative spelling of feather-brain. • feather-brain n. (Derogatory) a feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman. • FEATHERBRAIN n. a foolish scatterbrained person. |
| FINGERBOARDS | • fingerboards n. Plural of fingerboard. • FINGERBOARD n. the part of a violin, etc. against which the strings are stopped by the fingers. |
| FLUOROCARBON | • fluorocarbon n. (Chemistry) Any derivative of a hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine. • FLUOROCARBON n. any of a series of compounds of fluorine and carbon. |
| FORBEARANCES | • forbearances n. Plural of forbearance. • FORBEARANCE n. tolerance. |
| FORBEARINGLY | • forbearingly adv. In a forbearing manner. • FORBEARING adv. FORBEAR, to refrain from. |
| INFRAORBITAL | • infraorbital adj. (Anatomy, relational) Below the orbit of the eye. • infraorbital n. (Anatomy) Ellipsis of infraorbital bone.. • INFRAORBITAL adj. situated below the orbit of the eye. |
| NEUROFIBROMA | • neurofibroma n. (Medicine) A benign tumor composed of fibroblasts surrounding nerve cells. • NEUROFIBROMA n. a tumour of the nervous fibre. |
| SURFBOARDING | • surfboarding v. Present participle of surfboard. • SURFBOARDING n. the sport of surfing on a surfboard. |
| TRANSFERABLE | • transferable adj. Able to be transferred. • TRANSFERABLE adj. that can be transferred, also TRANSFERRABLE, TRANSFERRIBLE. |
| UNREFORMABLE | • unreformable adj. That cannot be reformed. • UNREFORMABLE adj. not reformable. |