| AFTERBURNINGS | • 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. |
| BIOREFINERIES | • biorefineries n. Plural of biorefinery. |
| BIREFRINGENCE | • birefringence n. (Physics) The splitting of a ray of light into two parallel rays of perpendicular polarization by passage… • BIREFRINGENCE n. the refraction of light in an anisotropic material (as calcite) in two slightly different directions to form two rays. |
| BUTTERFINGERS | • butterfingers n. Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz. • butterfingers n. One’s fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated. • butterfingers n. A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated. |
| CARBONIFEROUS | • carboniferous adj. Containing or producing carbon. • Carboniferous adj. (Geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian… • Carboniferous prop.n. (Geology) the Carboniferous period. |
| FEATHERBRAINS | • featherbrains n. Plural of featherbrain. • feather-brains n. Plural of feather-brain. • FEATHERBRAIN n. a foolish scatterbrained person. |
| FINGERBREADTH | • fingerbreadth n. A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
| IRREFRANGIBLE | • irrefrangible adj. Not to be broken or transgressed against; inviolable. • irrefrangible adj. (Physics) Incapable of being refracted. • IRREFRANGIBLE adj. that cannot or should not be broken. |
| IRREFRANGIBLY | • irrefrangibly adv. In an irrefrangible manner. • IRREFRANGIBLE adv. that cannot or should not be broken. |
| NEUROFIBRILAR | • NEUROFIBRILAR adj. of or like a neurofibril, also NEUROFIBRILLAR, NEUROFIBRILLARY. |
| NEUROFIBROMAS | • neurofibromas n. Plural of neurofibroma. • NEUROFIBROMA n. a tumour of the nervous fibre. |
| REFURBISHINGS | • refurbishings n. Plural of refurbishing. • REFURBISHING n. the act of refurbishing. |
| REFURBISHMENT | • refurbishment n. The act of refurbishing; renovation. • REFURBISHMENT n. the act of refurbishing. |
| REINFORCEABLE | • reinforceable adj. Capable of being reinforced. • REINFORCEABLE adj. capable of being reinforced. |
| THEREINBEFORE | • thereinbefore adv. (Formal) In a preceding part of that (Speech, book, etc.); before that. • THEREINBEFORE adv. in the preceding part of that writing or document. |
| TRANSFERRIBLE | • transferrible adj. Archaic form of transferable. • TRANSFERRIBLE adj. that can be transferred, also TRANSFERABLE, TRANSFERRABLE. |