| BACKGROUNDER | • backgrounder n. (Chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives… • backgrounder n. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon. • backgrounder n. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation. |
| BRONCOBUSTER | • broncobuster n. (Chiefly US) A person who breaks horses so that they can be ridden with a saddle. • bronco-buster n. Alternative spelling of broncobuster. • bronco␣buster n. Alternative spelling of broncobuster. |
| CARBURATIONS | • carburations n. Plural of carburation; Alternative spelling of carburetions. • CARBURATION n. combination with carbon. |
| CARBURETIONS | • carburetions n. Plural of carburetion. • CARBURETION n. the process of carburetting. |
| CONTRIBUTARY | • contributary adj. Obsolete form of contributory. • CONTRIBUTARY n. (obsolete) a person or thing that contributes, also CONTRIBUTORY. |
| CONTRIBUTORS | • contributors n. Plural of contributor. • CONTRIBUTOR n. one who contributes. |
| CONTRIBUTORY | • contributory adj. Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution. • contributory adj. Tending to contribute to a result. • contributory adj. (Obsolete) Paying tribute, tributary. |
| COUNTERBORED | • counterbored v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterbore. • COUNTERBORE v. to form a counterbore in. |
| COUNTERBORES | • counterbores n. Plural of counterbore. • COUNTERBORE v. to form a counterbore in. |
| COUNTERBRACE | • counterbrace v. (Nautical, transitive) To brace in opposite directions. • counterbrace v. (Engineering, transitive) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted. • COUNTERBRACE v. to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways. |
| CURRYCOMBING | • currycombing v. Present participle of currycomb. • curry-combing v. Present participle of curry-comb. • CURRYCOMB v. to comb with this. |
| FLUOROCARBON | • fluorocarbon n. (Chemistry) Any derivative of a hydrocarbon in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine. • FLUOROCARBON n. any of a series of compounds of fluorine and carbon. |
| PROTUBERANCE | • protuberance n. A bulge, knob, swelling, spine or anything that protrudes. • PROTUBERANCE n. a swelling or bump on the surface, also PROTUBERANCY. |
| PROTUBERANCY | • protuberancy n. The quality or state of being protuberant. • protuberancy n. A protuberance. • PROTUBERANCY n. a swelling or bump on the surface, also PROTUBERANCE. |
| RUBRICATIONS | • rubrications n. Plural of rubrication. • RUBRICATION n. the act of rubricating. |
| TUBOCURARINE | • tubocurarine n. (Pharmacology) Synonym of tubocurarine chloride. • TUBOCURARINE n. a toxic alkaloid obtained from the stem of a South American vine. |
| TURNBROACHES | • turnbroaches n. Plural of turnbroach. • TURNBROACH n. a turnspit. |
| UNPROCURABLE | • unprocurable adj. Unable to be procured. • UNPROCURABLE adj. not procurable. |