| 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. |
| BREUNNERITES | • BREUNNERITE n. an iron-containing type of magnesite used in the manufacture of refractory bricks. |
| CANTERBURIES | • canterburies n. Plural of canterbury. • CANTERBURY n. a stand with divisions for holding books or music. |
| CARBURETIONS | • carburetions n. Plural of carburetion. • CARBURETION n. the process of carburetting. |
| CARBURETTING | • carburetting v. Present participle of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
| 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. |
| INTERLOBULAR | • interlobular adj. (Anatomy) Between lobules. • INTERLOBULAR adj. between lobes. |
| MUTTONBIRDER | • muttonbirder n. One who takes part in muttonbirding, the seasonal harvesting of petrel chicks. • MUTTONBIRDER n. (New Zealand) a person who hunts muttonbirds. |
| PERTURBATING | • perturbating v. Present participle of perturbate. • PERTURBATE v. to perturb. |
| PERTURBATION | • perturbation n. (Uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed. • perturbation n. (Countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological… • perturbation n. (Countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies. |
| PERTURBINGLY | • perturbingly adv. In a manner that perturbs. • PERTURBING adv. PERTURB, to disturb greatly. |
| RETRIBUTIONS | • retributions n. Plural of retribution. • RETRIBUTION n. retaliation, punishment. |
| SURREBUTTING | • surrebutting v. Present participle of surrebut. • SURREBUT v. to reply to a rebutter. |
| THUNDERBIRDS | • thunderbirds n. Plural of thunderbird. • Thunderbirds n. Plural of Thunderbird. • THUNDERBIRD n. in North American Indian lore, a huge bird personifying thunder and lightning. |
| TUBOCURARINE | • tubocurarine n. (Pharmacology) Synonym of tubocurarine chloride. • TUBOCURARINE n. a toxic alkaloid obtained from the stem of a South American vine. |
| TURBELLARIAN | • turbellarian n. (Zoology) Any flatworm of the class Turbellaria. • turbellarian adj. Characteristic of these creatures. • TURBELLARIAN n. a kind of flatworm. |
| 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. |