| AFTERBURNINGS | • 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. |
| BIREFRINGENCE | • birefringence n. (Physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage… • BIREFRINGENCE n. the refraction of light in an anisotropic material (as calcite) in two slightly different directions to form two rays. |
| BLUESNARFINGS | • BLUESNARFING n. the unauthorized access of information from a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection. |
| BRASSFOUNDING | • brassfounding n. The work of a brassfounder, casting objects from brass. • BRASSFOUNDING n. the craft of casting objects in brass. |
| BREASTFEEDING | • breastfeeding n. (Uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast. • breastfeeding n. (Countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity. • breastfeeding v. Present participle of breastfeed. |
| BUTTERFINGERS | • butterfingers n. Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz. • butterfingers n. One’s fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated. • butterfingers n. A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated. |
| DEFIBRINATING | • defibrinating v. Present participle of defibrinate. • DEFIBRINATE v. to remove fibrin from blood. |
| DEFIBRINISING | • DEFIBRINISE v. to deprive of fibrin, also DEFIBRINIZE. |
| DEFIBRINIZING | • defibrinizing v. Present participle of defibrinize. • DEFIBRINIZE v. to deprive of fibrin, also DEFIBRINISE. |
| FIBERGLASSING | • fiberglassing v. Present participle of fiberglass. • FIBERGLASS v. (US) to coat with fiberglass, a synthetic fibre made of fine filaments of molten glass, also FIBREGLASS. |
| FIBREGLASSING | • fibreglassing n. Alternative spelling of fiberglassing. • FIBREGLASS v. to protect or repair by applying fibreglass. |
| FIBRINOGENOUS | • fibrinogenous adj. Resembling fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin. • FIBRINOGENOUS adj. of or like a fibrinogen, also FIBRINOGENIC. |
| FILIBUSTERING | • filibustering v. Present participle of filibuster. • filibustering n. The act of one who filibusters. • FILIBUSTERING n. obstructing legislation by making long speeches. |
| 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. |
| FRANGIBLENESS | • frangibleness n. The quality of being frangible. • FRANGIBLE n. readily broken; breakable. |
| IRREFRANGIBLE | • irrefrangible adj. Not to be broken or transgressed against; inviolable. • irrefrangible adj. (Physics) Incapable of being refracted. • IRREFRANGIBLE adj. that cannot or should not be broken. |
| IRREFRANGIBLY | • irrefrangibly adv. In an irrefrangible manner. • IRREFRANGIBLE adv. that cannot or should not be broken. |
| REFURBISHINGS | • refurbishings n. Plural of refurbishing. • REFURBISHING n. the act of refurbishing. |
| SURFBOARDINGS | • SURFBOARDING n. the sport of surfing on a surfboard. |