| 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. |
| BIREFRINGENT | • birefringent adj. Of or pertaining to birefringence. • birefringent adj. Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation). • BIREFRINGENT adj. relating to birefringence. |
| BRANKURSINES | • BRANKURSINE n. acanthus, or bear's-breech. |
| BREADWINNERS | • breadwinners n. Plural of breadwinner. • BREADWINNER n. the person who earns a living for a family. |
| BREUNNERITES | • BREUNNERITE n. an iron-containing type of magnesite used in the manufacture of refractory bricks. |
| CORNBRANDIES | • CORNBRANDY n. spirits made from grain; whisky. |
| HARBINGERING | • harbingering v. Present participle of harbinger. • HARBINGER v. to foreshadow. |
| HEARTBURNING | • heartburning n. Secret enmity; discountent. • heartburning n. (Medicine) Heartburn. • HEARTBURNING n. intense or rancorous jealousy or resentment. |
| HERRINGBONED | • herringboned adj. Having a herringbone (zigzag) pattern. • herringboned v. Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone. • HERRINGBONE v. to make or mark with a herringbone pattern. |
| HERRINGBONES | • herringbones n. Plural of herringbone. • herring-bones n. Plural of herring-bone. • HERRINGBONE n. twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines. |
| INCUMBRANCER | • incumbrancer n. (Law) One who holds incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate. • INCUMBRANCER n. a person who holds an encumbrance on property belonging to another, also ENCUMBRANCER. |
| 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. |
| NANNYBERRIES | • nannyberries n. Plural of nannyberry. |
| NONLIBRARIES | • nonlibraries n. Plural of nonlibrary. |
| PRENUMBERING | • prenumbering v. Present participle of prenumber. • PRENUMBER v. to number in advance. |
| REINSCRIBING | • reinscribing v. Present participle of reinscribe. |
| UNDERBEARING | • underbearing v. Present participle of underbear. • UNDERBEARING n. the act of underbearing. |
| WINTERBOURNE | • winterbourne n. (Britain) A stream that only flows in winter or after wet weather, particularly in an area rich in limestone. • Winterbourne prop.n. Any of several villages in Britain. • Winterbourne prop.n. A surname from Old English. |