| AEROBRAKINGS | • AEROBRAKING n. using a planet's atmosphere to reduce the speed of a spacecraft. |
| 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. |
| ANGLEBERRIES | • angleberries n. Plural of angleberry. • ANGLEBERRY n. a soft fleshy tumour in horses; a disease of turnips and cabbages, also ANBURY. |
| CARBURETTING | • carburetting v. Present participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
| DEBARRASSING | • debarrassing v. Present participle of debarrass. • DEBARRASS v. (archaic) to disembarrass, disentangle. |
| EMBARRASSING | • embarrassing v. Present participle of embarrass. • embarrassing n. The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment. • embarrassing adj. Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness. |
| EXPROBRATING | • exprobrating v. Present participle of exprobrate. • EXPROBRATE v. (archaic) to upbraid. |
| FINGERBOARDS | • fingerboards n. Plural of fingerboard. • FINGERBOARD n. the part of a violin, etc. against which the strings are stopped by the fingers. |
| FORBEARINGLY | • forbearingly adv. In a forbearing manner. • FORBEARING adv. FORBEAR, to refrain from. |
| GINGERBREADS | • gingerbreads n. Plural of gingerbread. • GINGERBREAD n. a cake flavoured with treacle and usually ginger. |
| GINGERBREADY | • gingerbready adj. Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread. • GINGERBREADY adj. like gingerbread. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| INTERROGABLE | • interrogable adj. That can be interrogated; that can respond to a query. • INTERROGABLE adj. that can be interrogated. |
| LOGANBERRIES | • loganberries n. Plural of loganberry. • LOGANBERRY n. a hybrid between a raspberry and a Pacific coast blackberry. |
| OVERLABORING | • overlaboring v. Present participle of overlabor. • OVERLABOR v. to cause to labor excessively; to overwork, also OVERLABOUR. |
| PERTURBATING | • perturbating v. Present participle of perturbate. • PERTURBATE v. to perturb. |
| PREABSORBING | • preabsorbing v. Present participle of preabsorb. • PREABSORB v. to absorb beforehand. |
| UNDERBEARING | • underbearing v. Present participle of underbear. • UNDERBEARING n. the act of underbearing. |