| BROKENHEARTED | • brokenhearted adj. Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation… • broken-hearted adj. Alternative spelling of brokenhearted Feeling depressed, despondent, or hopeless, especially over losing a love. • broken␣hearted adj. (Of a person) that has a broken heart. |
| COUNTERBIDDER | • counterbidder n. One who counterbids. • COUNTERBIDDER n. one who makes a counterbid. |
| COUNTERBRACED | • counterbraced v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterbrace. • COUNTERBRACE v. to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways. |
| DECARBONATORS | • DECARBONATOR n. an apparatus or removing carbon dioxide. |
| DECARBURATION | • DECARBURATION n. the act of decarburizing. |
| DECEREBRATING | • decerebrating v. Present participle of decerebrate. • DECEREBRATE v. to eliminate cerebral brain function in (an animal) by removing the cerebrum, as for purposes of experimentation. |
| DECEREBRATION | • decerebration n. The act of decerebrating; the elimination of cerebral brain function in an animal by removing the cerebrum… • DECEREBRATION n. the act of decerebrating. |
| FINGERBREADTH | • fingerbreadth n. A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
| INTERBREEDING | • interbreeding v. Present participle of interbreed. • interbreeding n. Breeding within a narrow range of individuals. • interbreeding n. Breeding between heterogeneous individuals. |
| MUTTONBIRDERS | • muttonbirders n. Plural of muttonbirder. • MUTTONBIRDER n. (New Zealand) a person who hunts muttonbirds. |
| OVERBURTHENED | • overburthened v. Simple past tense and past participle of overburthen. • OVERBURTHEN v. (archaic) to overburden, also OVERBURDEN. |
| RATTLEBRAINED | • rattlebrained adj. Foolish. • RATTLEBRAINED adj. like a rattlebrain, a shallow, voluble, volatile person. |
| STANDARDBREDS | • standardbreds n. Plural of standardbred. • STANDARDBRED n. any of a breed of trotting and pacing horses developed in the United States, noted for speed and stamina, and used esp. in harness racing. |
| STORYBOARDING | • storyboarding v. Present participle of storyboard. • STORYBOARD v. to put on a storyboard. |
| SUBORDINATORS | • subordinators n. Plural of subordinator. • SUBORDINATOR n. one that subordinates. |
| WATERBOARDING | • waterboarding n. A torture technique in which the victim is immobilized, has towels or rags wrapped over their face… • waterboarding v. Present participle of waterboard. • WATERBOARDING n. a form of torture in which the victim is immobilized and has water poured on his or her face, producing a severe gag reflex, to simulate drowning. |