| 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. |
| ASTROTURFING | • astroturfing n. (Originally US politics, now social media, marketing) The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as… • Astroturfing v. Present participle of Astroturf. • ASTROTURFING n. political, advertising, or public relations campaigning that seeks to create the impression of being spontaneous 'grassroots' behavior. |
| BURGLARPROOF | • burglarproof adj. As secure as possible against burglary. • BURGLARPROOF adj. protected against or designed to afford protection against burglary. |
| CONFIGURATOR | • configurator n. (Computing) A small software application intended to assist in the configuration of a particular part of the system. • CONFIGURATOR n. an item of software that enables or assists in the configuration of a product. |
| DISREGARDFUL | • disregardful adj. Inconsiderate, thoughtless, heedless, regardless. • DISREGARDFUL adj. full of disregard. |
| DRAGONFRUITS | • dragonfruits n. Plural of dragonfruit. • dragon␣fruits n. Plural of dragon fruit. |
| DRAUGHTPROOF | • draughtproof adj. That prevents the entry of draughts. • draughtproof v. To seal an opening, so as to prevent the entry of draughts. • DRAUGHTPROOF v. to make proof against draughts. |
| FINGERGUARDS | • fingerguards n. Plural of fingerguard. • FINGERGUARD n. the crosspiece of a sword-handle. |
| FLUOROGRAPHY | • fluorography n. Photofluorography. • fluorography n. Visualisation of radiolabelled material. • FLUOROGRAPHY n. the photography of the image produced on a fluorescent screen by X rays. |
| PREFIGURATED | • prefigurated v. Simple past tense and past participle of prefigurate. • PREFIGURATE v. to prefigure. |
| PREFIGURATES | • prefigurates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefigurate. • PREFIGURATE v. to prefigure. |
| REFRACTURING | • refracturing v. Present participle of refracture. • REFRACTURE v. to fracture again. |
| SURFBOARDING | • surfboarding v. Present participle of surfboard. • SURFBOARDING n. the sport of surfing on a surfboard. |
| THOROUGHFARE | • thoroughfare n. (Now rare except in certain set phrases) A passage; a way through. • thoroughfare n. A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street. • thoroughfare n. (Uncountable) The act of going through; passage; travel, transit. |
| THROUGHFARES | • throughfares n. Plural of throughfare. • THROUGHFARE n. (Shakespeare) a thoroughfare. |
| TRANSFIGURED | • transfigured v. Simple past tense and past participle of transfigure. • TRANSFIGURE v. to give a new and typically exalted or spiritual appearance to. |
| TRANSFIGURES | • transfigures v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of transfigure. • TRANSFIGURE v. to give a new and typically exalted or spiritual appearance to. |
| TRIFURCATING | • trifurcating v. Present participle of trifurcate. • TRIFURCATE v. to divide into three forks. |