| BACKGROUNDER | • backgrounder n. (Chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives… • backgrounder n. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon. • backgrounder n. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation. |
| BERGSCHRUNDS | • bergschrunds n. Plural of bergschrund. • BERGSCHRUND n. (German) a crevasse formed where a glacier or snowfield moves away from a mountain wall. |
| CARBURETTING | • carburetting v. Present participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
| CARPETBAGGER | • carpetbagger n. (Politics, history, chiefly US, offensive) A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after… • carpetbagger n. (Derogatory, by extension) One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous… • carpet␣bagger n. Alternative spelling of carpetbagger. |
| CARRIAGEABLE | • carriageable adj. Capable of being conveyed in carriages. • carriageable adj. Passable by carriages. • CARRIAGEABLE adj. that can be conveyed by carriage. |
| CHEESEBURGER | • cheeseburger n. A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese). • cheeseburger n. (Military, slang) The BLU-82 bomb. • CHEESEBURGER n. a hamburger topped with a slice of cheese. |
| GREENBACKERS | • greenbackers n. Plural of greenbacker. • Greenbackers n. Plural of Greenbacker. • GREENBACKER n. a member of a post-Civil War American political party opposing reduction in the amount of paper money in circulation. |
| GUBERNACULAR | • gubernacular adj. Relating to the gubernaculum. • GUBERNACULAR adj. relating to the gubernaculum, in mammals, the cord supporting the testicles in the scrotal sac. |
| INCORRIGIBLE | • incorrigible adj. Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright. • incorrigible adj. Incurably depraved; not reformable. • incorrigible adj. Impervious to correction by punishment or pain. |
| MICROBLOGGER | • microblogger n. A person who writes a microblog. • MICROBLOGGER n. one who keeps a microblog. |
| MICROBREWING | • microbrewing n. Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery. • MICROBREWING n. production by a microbrew. |
| PRESCRIBINGS | • PRESCRIBING n. the act of prescribing. |
| RECHARGEABLE | • rechargeable adj. Able to be recharged, especially of a battery that can be recharged from mains electricity via a charger. • rechargeable n. A device that may be recharged. • RECHARGEABLE adj. capable of being recharged. |
| REDESCRIBING | • redescribing v. Present participle of redescribe. • REDESCRIBE v. to describe again. |
| REINSCRIBING | • reinscribing v. Present participle of reinscribe. |
| TURBOCHARGED | • turbocharged adj. Having a turbocharger. • turbocharged v. Simple past tense and past participle of turbocharge. • TURBOCHARGED adj. equipped with a turbocharger. |
| TURBOCHARGER | • turbocharger n. Inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air. • TURBOCHARGER n. a centrifugal blower driven by exhaust gas turbines and used to supercharge an engine. |