| 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. |
| ARBITRAGEURS | • arbitrageurs n. Plural of arbitrageur. • ARBITRAGEUR n. one who makes profit by dealing on the stock exchange, also ARBITRAGER. |
| BIREFRINGENT | • birefringent adj. Of or pertaining to birefringence. • birefringent adj. Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation). • BIREFRINGENT adj. relating to birefringence. |
| BRAGGARTLIER | • BRAGGARTLY adj. like a braggart, boastful. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| RATBAGGERIES | • ratbaggeries n. Plural of ratbaggery. • RATBAGGERY n. nonsense, eccentricity. |
| REGISTERABLE | • registerable adj. (Law) That can be registered (as of a trademark). • REGISTERABLE adj. capable of being registered, also REGISTRABLE. |
| STRAIGHTBRED | • straightbred adj. Produced by breeding from a single breed, variety or species. • straightbred n. Any organism produced by breeding from a single breed, variety, or species. • STRAIGHTBRED n. an animal produced by breeding a single breed, strain, or type. |
| 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. |
| VERBIGERATED | • verbigerated v. Simple past tense and past participle of verbigerate. • VERBIGERATE v. to continually repeat a word or phrase, usually unconsciously. |
| VERBIGERATES | • verbigerates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of verbigerate. • VERBIGERATE v. to continually repeat a word or phrase, usually unconsciously. |