| ABIRRITATING | • abirritating v. Present participle of abirritate. • ABIRRITATE v. to soothe or make less irritable. |
| 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. |
| ANTIBURGLARY | • antiburglary adj. Opposing or countering burglary. • ANTIBURGLARY adj. designed to prevent burglary. |
| BARNSTORMING | • barnstorming v. Present participle of barnstorm. • barnstorming adj. (Especially of a performance) Highly theatrical. • barnstorming n. The act of one who barnstorms, or travels making political speeches. |
| BIREFRINGENT | • birefringent adj. Of or pertaining to birefringence. • birefringent adj. Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation). • BIREFRINGENT adj. relating to birefringence. |
| CARBURETTING | • carburetting v. Present participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
| EXPROBRATING | • exprobrating v. Present participle of exprobrate. • EXPROBRATE v. (archaic) to upbraid. |
| GROUNDBURSTS | • groundbursts n. Plural of groundburst. • GROUNDBURST n. the detonation of a nuclear warhead at ground level. |
| HEARTBURNING | • heartburning n. Secret enmity; discountent. • heartburning n. (Medicine) Heartburn. • HEARTBURNING n. intense or rancorous jealousy or resentment. |
| INTERBOROUGH | • interborough adj. Between boroughs. • INTERBOROUGH adj. between boroughs. |
| INTERROBANGS | • interrobangs n. Plural of interrobang. • INTERROBANG n. a punctuation mark (?!) designed for use esp. at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question, also INTERABANG. |
| INTERROGABLE | • interrogable adj. That can be interrogated; that can respond to a query. • INTERROGABLE adj. that can be interrogated. |
| PERTURBATING | • perturbating v. Present participle of perturbate. • PERTURBATE v. to perturb. |
| PERTURBINGLY | • perturbingly adv. In a manner that perturbs. • PERTURBING adv. PERTURB, to disturb greatly. |
| STARBOARDING | • starboarding v. Present participle of starboard. • STARBOARD v. to put or turn (the helm) to the starboard side of the vessel. |
| STRINGBOARDS | • stringboards n. Plural of stringboard. • STRINGBOARD n. a board that covers the ends of the steps in a staircase. |
| STRINGYBARKS | • stringybarks n. Plural of stringybark. • STRINGYBARK n. an Australian tree, a kind of eucalyptus. |
| SURREBUTTING | • surrebutting v. Present participle of surrebut. • SURREBUT v. to reply to a rebutter. |
| TRANSCRIBING | • transcribing v. Present participle of transcribe. • TRANSCRIBE v. to make a written copy of. |