| 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. |
| ARBITRAGEURS | • arbitrageurs n. Plural of arbitrageur. • ARBITRAGEUR n. one who makes profit by dealing on the stock exchange, also ARBITRAGER. |
| BREAKTHROUGH | • breakthrough adj. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle. • breakthrough adj. (Immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such… • breakthrough adj. (Medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment. |
| BURGOMASTERS | • burgomasters n. Plural of burgomaster. • BURGOMASTER n. (Dutch) the mayor of a Dutch or Flemish town. |
| CARBURETTING | • carburetting v. Present participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
| DRAUGHTBOARD | • draughtboard n. A checkerboard used to play draughts. • DRAUGHTBOARD n. a board for the playing of draughts. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| SUBIRRIGATED | • subirrigated v. Simple past tense and past participle of subirrigate. • SUBIRRIGATE v. to irrigate by underground pipes. |
| SUBIRRIGATES | • subirrigates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subirrigate. • SUBIRRIGATE v. to irrigate by underground pipes. |
| SURREBUTTING | • surrebutting v. Present participle of surrebut. • SURREBUT v. to reply to a rebutter. |
| THARBOROUGHS | • THARBOROUGH n. (Shakespeare) a mispronunciation of thirdborough, also FARBOROUGH. |
| THIRDBOROUGH | • thirdborough n. (Obsolete) The head of a frankpledge. • thirdborough n. (Obsolete) The constable of a tithing or township. • THIRDBOROUGH n. (historical) an under-constable. |
| THOROUGHBRED | • thoroughbred adj. Bred from pure stock. • thoroughbred adj. Well-bred and properly educated. • thoroughbred n. Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”). |
| 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. |