| AFTERBURNERS | • afterburners n. Plural of afterburner. • after-burners n. Plural of after-burner. • AFTERBURNER n. a device incorporated into a turbojet engine to provide extra thrust. |
| AFTERBURNING | • afterburning n. (Aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust. • 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. |
| BIREFRINGENT | • birefringent adj. Of or pertaining to birefringence. • birefringent adj. Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation). • BIREFRINGENT adj. relating to birefringence. |
| BRASSFOUNDER | • brassfounder n. A metalworker who casts objects from brass. • BRASSFOUNDER n. a person who casts objects in brass. |
| FEATHERBRAIN | • featherbrain n. Alternative spelling of feather-brain. • feather-brain n. (Derogatory) a feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman. • FEATHERBRAIN n. a foolish scatterbrained person. |
| FINGERBOARDS | • fingerboards n. Plural of fingerboard. • FINGERBOARD n. the part of a violin, etc. against which the strings are stopped by the fingers. |
| FORBEARANCES | • forbearances n. Plural of forbearance. • FORBEARANCE n. tolerance. |
| FORBEARINGLY | • forbearingly adv. In a forbearing manner. • FORBEARING adv. FORBEAR, to refrain from. |
| FRONTBENCHER | • frontbencher n. (Politics) A Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet. • front-bencher n. Alternative form of frontbencher. • front␣bencher n. Alternative form of frontbencher. |
| HEREINBEFORE | • hereinbefore adv. (Formal) In a preceding part of this speech, book, or text; before this. • HEREINBEFORE adv. in the preceding part of this writing or document. |
| NEUROFIBRILS | • neurofibrils n. Plural of neurofibril. • NEUROFIBRIL n. one of a large number of fine fibres present in the cytoplasm of a nerve cell. |
| NEUROFIBROMA | • neurofibroma n. (Medicine) A benign tumor composed of fibroblasts surrounding nerve cells. • NEUROFIBROMA n. a tumour of the nervous fibre. |
| OVERBRIEFING | • OVERBRIEF v. to brief excessively. |
| REFURBISHING | • refurbishing v. Present participle of refurbish. • refurbishing n. The act by which something is refurbished. • REFURBISHING n. the act of refurbishing. |
| SUBREFERENCE | • SUBREFERENCE n. an incomplete or surreptitious reference. |
| TRANSFERABLE | • transferable adj. Able to be transferred. • TRANSFERABLE adj. that can be transferred, also TRANSFERRABLE, TRANSFERRIBLE. |
| UNREFORMABLE | • unreformable adj. That cannot be reformed. • UNREFORMABLE adj. not reformable. |