| AIRBURSTING | • airbursting v. Present participle of airburst. • AIRBURST v. to explode in the air. |
| ANTIBURGLAR | • antiburglar adj. Opposing or countering burglars. • ANTIBURGLAR adj. intended to prevent burglary. |
| ARBITRAGEUR | • arbitrageur n. (Finance) One who engages in arbitrage, such as a financial broker or an investment bank. • ARBITRAGEUR n. one who makes profit by dealing on the stock exchange, also ARBITRAGER. |
| BURGOMASTER | • burgomaster n. The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries. • BURGOMASTER n. (Dutch) the mayor of a Dutch or Flemish town. |
| CARBURATING | • carburating v. Present participle of carburate. • CARBURATE v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURET. |
| CARBURETING | • carbureting v. Present participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
| GARBURATORS | • garburators n. Plural of garburator. • GARBURATOR n. (Canadian) an electrically operated device in the plughole of a kitchen sink that breaks up food refuse so that it can travel down the waste pipe. |
| GROUNDBURST | • groundburst n. The explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground. • GROUNDBURST n. the detonation of a nuclear warhead at ground level. |
| GRUBSTAKERS | • grubstakers n. Plural of grubstaker. • GRUBSTAKER n. one who provides a grubstake. |
| GUBERNATORS | • gubernators n. Plural of gubernator. • GUBERNATOR n. (Latin) a powerful man in government. |
| OBJURGATORS | • objurgators n. Plural of objurgator. • OBJURGATOR n. one who objurgates. |
| OBJURGATORY | • objurgatory adj. Strongly rebuking or scolding. • OBJURGATORY adj. chiding, scolding, also OBJURGATIVE. |
| RETRIBUTING | • retributing v. Present participle of retribute. • RETRIBUTE v. to give in return. |
| RUBRICATING | • rubricating v. Present participle of rubricate. • RUBRICATE v. to write, print, or mark in red; formerly, to enter (a name) in red letters in a calendar of saints. |
| SUBIRRIGATE | • subirrigate v. (Agriculture) To irrigate from below, using the subirrigation technique. • SUBIRRIGATE v. to irrigate by underground pipes. |
| SUPERBRIGHT | • superbright adj. Extremely luminous. • SUPERBRIGHT adj. very bright. |
| THARBOROUGH | • THARBOROUGH n. (Shakespeare) a mispronunciation of thirdborough, also FARBOROUGH. |
| ULTRABRIGHT | • ultrabright adj. Very bright. |