| 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. |
| BARNSTORMING | • barnstorming v. Present participle of barnstorm. • barnstorming adj. (Especially of a performance) Highly theatrical. • barnstorming n. The act of one who barnstorms, or travels making political speeches. |
| BIREFRINGENT | • birefringent adj. Of or pertaining to birefringence. • birefringent adj. Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation). • BIREFRINGENT adj. relating to birefringence. |
| CORNBRAIDING | • CORNBRAID v. to braid hair in cornrows, also CORNROW. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PRENUMBERING | • prenumbering v. Present participle of prenumber. • PRENUMBER v. to number in advance. |
| REINSCRIBING | • reinscribing v. Present participle of reinscribe. |
| TRANSCRIBING | • transcribing v. Present participle of transcribe. • TRANSCRIBE v. to make a written copy of. |
| UNDERBEARING | • underbearing v. Present participle of underbear. • UNDERBEARING n. the act of underbearing. |
| UNHARBOURING | • unharbouring v. Present participle of unharbour. • UNHARBOUR v. to dislodge from shelter. |