| ARBORICULTURE | • arboriculture n. The branch of horticulture concerned with the planting, growth, and maintenance of trees. • ARBORICULTURE n. the cultivation of trees and shrubs esp. for ornamental purposes. |
| BACKGROUNDERS | • backgrounders n. Plural of backgrounder. • BACKGROUNDER n. an off the record briefing for reporters. |
| BRACHYPTEROUS | • brachypterous adj. (Zoology) Having short, possibly non-functional wings. • BRACHYPTEROUS adj. having short wings. |
| CARBONIFEROUS | • carboniferous adj. Containing or producing carbon. • Carboniferous adj. (Geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian… • Carboniferous prop.n. (Geology) the Carboniferous period. |
| CHEQUERBOARDS | • chequerboards n. Plural of chequerboard. • CHEQUERBOARD n. a board for playing chequers. |
| COUNTERBRACED | • counterbraced v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterbrace. • COUNTERBRACE v. to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways. |
| COUNTERBRACES | • counterbraces v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterbrace. • COUNTERBRACE v. to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways. |
| DECARBURATION | • DECARBURATION n. the act of decarburizing. |
| PROTUBERANCES | • protuberances n. Plural of protuberance. • PROTUBERANCE n. a swelling or bump on the surface, also PROTUBERANCY. |
| RELUBRICATION | • relubrication n. The act of relubricating. • RELUBRICATION n. the act of relubricating. |
| SUBCONTRARIES | • subcontraries n. Plural of subcontrary. • SUBCONTRARY n. a proposition so related to another that though both may be true they cannot both be false. |
| THOROUGHBRACE | • thoroughbrace n. (Dated) A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs or serving as a spring itself. • THOROUGHBRACE n. any of several leather straps supporting the body of a carriage and serving as springs. |
| TUBOCURARINES | • tubocurarines n. Plural of tubocurarine. • TUBOCURARINE n. a toxic alkaloid obtained from the stem of a South American vine. |
| TURBOCHARGERS | • turbochargers n. Plural of turbocharger. • TURBOCHARGER n. a centrifugal blower driven by exhaust gas turbines and used to supercharge an engine. |
| UNCORRECTABLE | • uncorrectable adj. Unable to be corrected. • UNCORRECTABLE adj. not correctable. |
| UNRECOVERABLE | • unrecoverable adj. Not recoverable; that cannot be recovered. • unrecoverable adj. From which recovery is not possible. • UNRECOVERABLE adj. that cannot be recovered. |
| UNRECOVERABLY | • unrecoverably adv. In an unrecoverable manner, or to an unrecoverable degree. • UNRECOVERABLE adv. that cannot be recovered. |