| 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. |
| 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. |
| DRAGONFRUITS | • dragonfruits n. Plural of dragonfruit. • dragon␣fruits n. Plural of dragon fruit. |
| FINGERGUARDS | • fingerguards n. Plural of fingerguard. • FINGERGUARD n. the crosspiece of a sword-handle. |
| FRUSTRATIONS | • frustrations n. Plural of frustration. • FRUSTRATION n. the act of frustrating. |
| NEUROFIBROMA | • neurofibroma n. (Medicine) A benign tumor composed of fibroblasts surrounding nerve cells. • NEUROFIBROMA n. a tumour of the nervous fibre. |
| QUARTERFINAL | • quarterfinal n. (Sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals. • quarterfinal n. (General) A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists… • quarter-final n. Alternative form of quarterfinal. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| TRIFLURALINS | • trifluralins n. Plural of trifluralin. • TRIFLURALIN n. a herbicide used in the control of weeds. |
| TRIFURCATING | • trifurcating v. Present participle of trifurcate. • TRIFURCATE v. to divide into three forks. |
| TRIFURCATION | • trifurcation n. A division into three branches. • TRIFURCATION n. the state of being divided into three forks. |
| TRUSTAFARIAN | • trustafarian n. (Slang) A young person with the fashion sensibilities of a hippie, or any other countercultural trend… • TRUSTAFARIAN n. an affluent young person who adopts a bohemian lifestyle and unkempt appearance. |
| ULTRAREFINED | • ultrarefined adj. Extremely refined; sometimes, more refined than a specific purity cutoff for a particular substance. • ultra-refined adj. Alternative form of ultrarefined. • ULTRAREFINED adj. extremely refined. |
| UNFATHERLIER | • UNFATHERLY adj. not fatherly. |