| BACKGROUNDERS | • backgrounders n. Plural of backgrounder. • BACKGROUNDER n. an off the record briefing for reporters. |
| BLACKCURRANTS | • blackcurrants n. Plural of blackcurrant. • black-currants n. Plural of black-currant. • black␣currants n. Plural of black currant. |
| 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. |
| CARBURISATION | • carburisation n. Alternative form of carburization. • CARBURISATION n. the act of carburising, also CARBURIZATION. |
| 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. |
| DECARBURISING | • decarburising v. Present participle of decarburise. • DECARBURISE v. to remove carbon or carbon dioxide from, also DECARBURIZE. |
| ENCUMBRANCERS | • encumbrancers n. Plural of encumbrancer. • ENCUMBRANCER n. one that holds an encumbrance, also INCUMBRANCER. |
| FLUOROCARBONS | • fluorocarbons n. Plural of fluorocarbon. • FLUOROCARBON n. any of a series of compounds of fluorine and carbon. |
| INCUMBRANCERS | • incumbrancers n. Plural of incumbrancer. • INCUMBRANCER n. a person who holds an encumbrance on property belonging to another, also ENCUMBRANCER. |
| PROTUBERANCES | • protuberances n. Plural of protuberance. • PROTUBERANCE n. a swelling or bump on the surface, also PROTUBERANCY. |
| SUBCHARTERING | • SUBCHARTER v. to rent a chartered vehicle. |
| SUBCONTRACTOR | • subcontractor n. A contractor hired by a general contractor employed by the contractor rather than directly hired by the customer. • SUBCONTRACTOR n. an individual or business firm contracting to perform part or all of another's contract. |
| 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. |
| SUBURBICARIAN | • suburbicarian adj. (Roman Catholicism) Describing any of the six dioceses surrounding Rome, which are always headed by… • SUBURBICARIAN adj. pertaining to suburbs, used esp. of the dioceses surrounding Rome. |
| TUBOCURARINES | • tubocurarines n. Plural of tubocurarine. • TUBOCURARINE n. a toxic alkaloid obtained from the stem of a South American vine. |