| AFTERBRAINS | • afterbrains n. Plural of afterbrain. • AFTERBRAIN n. a nontechnical name for the myelencephalon. |
| 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. |
| BATTLEFRONT | • battlefront n. The region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat. • battlefront n. The area in which opponents or opposing ideas meet. • BATTLEFRONT n. the military sector in which actual combat takes place. |
| BEACHFRONTS | • beachfronts n. Plural of beachfront. • BEACHFRONT n. a strip of land that fronts a beach. |
| 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. |
| BREAKFRONTS | • breakfronts n. Plural of breakfront. • BREAKFRONT n. a kind of cabinet with center beyond ends. |
| 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. |
| NITRIFIABLE | • nitrifiable adj. Capable of being nitrified. • NITRIFIABLE adj. that can be nitrified. |
| 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. |
| SUBFRAGMENT | • subfragment n. (Biochemistry, genetics) A subsection of a fragment (of nucleic acid etc). • subfragment v. To split into such fragments. |
| UNFILTRABLE | • unfiltrable adj. Alternative form of unfilterable. • UNFILTRABLE adj. that cannot be filtered. |