| 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. |
| ANTIFEBRILE | • antifebrile adj. (Pharmacology) Countering fever. • antifebrile n. (Pharmacology) A medicine or substance that counters fever. • ANTIFEBRILE adj. designed to cure a fever. |
| BAFFLEMENTS | • bafflements n. Plural of bafflement. • BAFFLEMENT n. the state of being baffled. |
| BENEFACTING | • benefacting v. Present participle of benefact. • BENEFACT v. to confer a benefit upon. |
| BENEFACTION | • benefaction n. An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing. • benefaction n. An act of charity; almsgiving. • BENEFACTION n. the act of benefiting. |
| BENEFACTORS | • benefactors n. Plural of benefactor. • BENEFACTOR n. one that confers a benefit. |
| BENEFACTORY | • benefactory adj. Yielding benefit; doing good. • benefactory n. One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor. • BENEFACTORY adj. having the nature of a benefactor. |
| BENEFICIATE | • beneficiate v. (Mining, obsolete) To reduce (ores). • BENEFICIATE v. to treat ores to remove impurities. |
| DEFIBRINATE | • defibrinate v. (Transitive, medicine) (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin. • DEFIBRINATE v. to remove fibrin from blood. |
| FERMENTABLE | • fermentable adj. Able to ferment or be fermented. • fermentable n. Any substance that can be fermented. • FERMENTABLE adj. that can be fermented. |
| FOOTBALLENE | • footballene n. Buckminsterfullerene. • FOOTBALLENE n. buckminsterfullerene, a ball-shaped molecule containing 60 carbon atoms linked together in hexagons and pentagons to form a closed, near spherical and very stable structure. |
| INFLECTABLE | • inflectable adj. (Linguistics) That can be inflected. • INFLECTABLE adj. capable of being inflected. |
| LIFEBOATMEN | • lifeboatmen n. Plural of lifeboatman. • LIFEBOATMAN n. one who forms part of the crew of a lifeboat. |
| 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. |