| 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. |
| BARNSTORMING | • barnstorming v. Present participle of barnstorm. • barnstorming adj. (Especially of a performance) Highly theatrical. • barnstorming n. The act of one who barnstorms, or travels making political speeches. |
| BRANKURSINES | • BRANKURSINE n. acanthus, or bear's-breech. |
| BREADWINNERS | • breadwinners n. Plural of breadwinner. • BREADWINNER n. the person who earns a living for a family. |
| CORNBRAIDING | • CORNBRAID v. to braid hair in cornrows, also CORNROW. |
| CORNBRANDIES | • CORNBRANDY n. spirits made from grain; whisky. |
| HARBINGERING | • harbingering v. Present participle of harbinger. • HARBINGER v. to foreshadow. |
| HEARTBURNING | • heartburning n. Secret enmity; discountent. • heartburning n. (Medicine) Heartburn. • HEARTBURNING n. intense or rancorous jealousy or resentment. |
| INCUMBRANCER | • incumbrancer n. (Law) One who holds incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate. • INCUMBRANCER n. a person who holds an encumbrance on property belonging to another, also ENCUMBRANCER. |
| INTERROBANGS | • interrobangs n. Plural of interrobang. • INTERROBANG n. a punctuation mark (?!) designed for use esp. at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question, also INTERABANG. |
| NANNYBERRIES | • nannyberries n. Plural of nannyberry. |
| NONARBITRARY | • nonarbitrary adj. Not arbitrary. • NONARBITRARY adj. not arbitrary. |
| NONLIBRARIAN | • nonlibrarian n. One who is not a librarian. • NONLIBRARIAN n. one who is not a librarian. |
| NONLIBRARIES | • nonlibraries n. Plural of nonlibrary. |
| TRANSCRIBING | • transcribing v. Present participle of transcribe. • TRANSCRIBE v. to make a written copy of. |
| UNDERBEARING | • underbearing v. Present participle of underbear. • UNDERBEARING n. the act of underbearing. |
| UNHARBOURING | • unharbouring v. Present participle of unharbour. • UNHARBOUR v. to dislodge from shelter. |