| 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. |
| BARQUANTINES | • BARQUANTINE n. a three-masted vessel, also BARKANTINE, BARKENTINE, BARQUENTINE. |
| BARQUENTINES | • barquentines n. Plural of barquentine. • BARQUENTINE n. a three-masted vessel, with the foremast square-rigged, and the mainmast and mizzenmast fore-and-aft-rigged, also BARKANTINE, BARKENTINE, BARQUANTINE. |
| CONTUBERNYAL | • CONTUBERNYAL adj. (archaic) living or messing together; intimate, also CONTUBERNAL. |
| CONURBATIONS | • conurbations n. Plural of conurbation. • CONURBATION n. an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities. |
| GUBERNATIONS | • gubernations n. Plural of gubernation. • GUBERNATION n. control, rule. |
| HEARTBURNING | • heartburning n. Secret enmity; discountent. • heartburning n. (Medicine) Heartburn. • HEARTBURNING n. intense or rancorous jealousy or resentment. |
| INURBANITIES | • inurbanities n. Plural of inurbanity. • INURBANITY n. want of urbanity. |
| OBTRUNCATING | • obtruncating v. Present participle of obtruncate. • OBTRUNCATE v. to cut or lop off the head of. |
| OUTBRAZENING | • outbrazening v. Present participle of outbrazen. • OUTBRAZEN v. to be more brazen than. |
| OVERABUNDANT | • overabundant adj. Excessively abundant. • OVERABUNDANT adj. excessively abundant. |
| SUBALTERNANT | • subalternant n. (Logic) A universal proposition. • SUBALTERNANT n. in logic, a universal in relation to the subaltern particular. |
| SUBORNATIONS | • subornations n. Plural of subornation. • SUBORNATION n. the act of suborning. |
| SUBTERRANEAN | • subterranean adj. Below ground, under the earth, underground. • subterranean adj. (By extension) Secret, concealed. • SUBTERRANEAN adj. underground. |
| TURBINATIONS | • turbinations n. Plural of turbination. • TURBINATION n. being shaped like a turbinate, a scroll. |
| UNDERBLANKET | • underblanket n. A blanket placed directly on the mattress of a bed. • UNDERBLANKET n. a blanket for use under another blanket. |
| UNRETURNABLE | • unreturnable adj. That is not able to be returned. • unreturnable adj. That is not designed to be returned; nonreturnable. • UNRETURNABLE adj. not returnable. |
| URBANISATION | • urbanisation n. Alternative spelling of urbanization. • URBANISATION n. an increase of people moving to urban areas, also URBANIZATION. |
| URBANIZATION | • urbanization n. The process of the formation and growth of cities. • urbanization n. The change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas. • urbanization n. The proportion of a region’s population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing. |