| AFTERBURNINGS | • 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. |
| BRASSFOUNDERS | • brassfounders n. Plural of brassfounder. • BRASSFOUNDER n. a person who casts objects in brass. |
| BUTTERFINGERS | • butterfingers n. Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz. • butterfingers n. One’s fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated. • butterfingers n. A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated. |
| 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. |
| FIBROVASCULAR | • fibrovascular adj. Having both fibrous and vascular tissue. • FIBROVASCULAR adj. having or consisting of fibers and conducting cells. |
| FILIBUSTERERS | • filibusterers n. Plural of filibusterer. • FILIBUSTERER n. one who filibusters. |
| FLUOROCARBONS | • fluorocarbons n. Plural of fluorocarbon. • FLUOROCARBON n. any of a series of compounds of fluorine and carbon. |
| FLUTTERBOARDS | • flutterboards n. Plural of flutterboard. • FLUTTERBOARD n. a kind of swimming aid, a kickboard. |
| NEUROFIBRILAR | • NEUROFIBRILAR adj. of or like a neurofibril, also NEUROFIBRILLAR, NEUROFIBRILLARY. |
| NEUROFIBROMAS | • neurofibromas n. Plural of neurofibroma. • NEUROFIBROMA n. a tumour of the nervous fibre. |
| REFURBISHINGS | • refurbishings n. Plural of refurbishing. • REFURBISHING n. the act of refurbishing. |
| REFURBISHMENT | • refurbishment n. The act of refurbishing; renovation. • REFURBISHMENT n. the act of refurbishing. |
| STROMBULIFORM | • STROMBULIFORM adj. shaped like a spinning top; spirally twisted. |
| SUBPREFECTURE | • subprefecture n. An administrative division of a country below prefecture. • sub-prefecture n. Alternative form of subprefecture. • SUBPREFECTURE n. the office of subprefect. |
| SUBREFERENCES | • SUBREFERENCE n. an incomplete or surreptitious reference. |
| SURFBOARDINGS | • SURFBOARDING n. the sport of surfing on a surfboard. |
| UMBRACULIFORM | • umbraculiform adj. (Botany) Having the form of anything that serves to shade, such as a treetop or especially an umbrella. • UMBRACULIFORM adj. shaped like an umbrella. |
| UNPERFORMABLE | • unperformable adj. Not performable; that cannot be performed. • UNPERFORMABLE adj. not performable. |