| 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. |
| 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. |
| BERGSCHRUNDS | • bergschrunds n. Plural of bergschrund. • BERGSCHRUND n. (German) a crevasse formed where a glacier or snowfield moves away from a mountain wall. |
| CARBURETTING | • carburetting v. Present participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
| GUBERNACULAR | • gubernacular adj. Relating to the gubernaculum. • GUBERNACULAR adj. relating to the gubernaculum, in mammals, the cord supporting the testicles in the scrotal sac. |
| 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. |
| PRENUMBERING | • prenumbering v. Present participle of prenumber. • PRENUMBER v. to number in advance. |
| REDISBURSING | • redisbursing v. Present participle of redisburse. • REDISBURSE v. (Spenser) to refund. |
| REFURBISHING | • refurbishing v. Present participle of refurbish. • refurbishing n. The act by which something is refurbished. • REFURBISHING n. the act of refurbishing. |
| SURREBUTTING | • surrebutting v. Present participle of surrebut. • SURREBUT v. to reply to a rebutter. |
| UNDERBEARING | • underbearing v. Present participle of underbear. • UNDERBEARING n. the act of underbearing. |
| UNDERBRIDGES | • underbridges n. Plural of underbridge. • UNDERBRIDGE n. a bridge carrying a road or railway. |
| YOUNGBERRIES | • youngberries n. Plural of youngberry. • YOUNGBERRY n. a large reddish-black fruit, a cross between a blackberry and a dewberry. |