| 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. |
| ARGENTIFEROUS | • argentiferous adj. (Geology) Containing or producing silver. • ARGENTIFEROUS adj. bearing silver e.g. galena. |
| 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. |
| FARNARKELINGS | • FARNARKELING n. wasting time, messing about. |
| FIREPROOFINGS | • fireproofings n. Plural of fireproofing. • FIREPROOFING n. the act of making fireproof. |
| FORETRIANGLES | • foretriangles n. Plural of foretriangle. • FORETRIANGLE n. the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel. |
| FURSHLUGGINER | • furshlugginer adj. (Informal) Well-worn, beat-up, piece of junk. • FURSHLUGGINER adj. (Yiddish) well-worn, beat-up. |
| GARNETIFEROUS | • garnetiferous adj. (Mineralogy) Containing garnets. • GARNETIFEROUS adj. bearing garnets. |
| GRANULIFEROUS | • granuliferous adj. Full of granulations. • GRANULIFEROUS adj. bearing granules. |
| PRECONFIGURES | • preconfigures v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preconfigure. |
| PROFITEERINGS | • profiteerings n. Plural of profiteering. • PROFITEERING n. acting as a profiteer. |
| PROOFREADINGS | • proofreadings n. Plural of proofreading. • PROOFREADING n. the process of reading to check for mistakes. |
| REAFFORESTING | • reafforesting v. Present participle of reafforest. • REAFFOREST v. to plant with forest again. |
| RECENTRIFUGES | • recentrifuges v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recentrifuge. • RECENTRIFUGE v. to put through a centrifuge again. |
| REFRINGENCIES | • refringencies n. Plural of refringency. • REFRINGENCY n. refractivity, also REFRINGENCE. |
| REFURBISHINGS | • refurbishings n. Plural of refurbishing. • REFURBISHING n. the act of refurbishing. |
| RETRANSFUSING | • retransfusing v. Present participle of retransfuse. • RETRANSFUSE v. to transfuse again. |
| RETROFITTINGS | • retrofittings n. Plural of retrofitting. • RETROFITTING n. the act of retrofitting. |
| SUPERREFINING | • superrefining v. Present participle of superrefine. • SUPERREFINE v. to refine to a very high degree. |
| TERRAFORMINGS | • TERRAFORMING n. the act of making another planet earthlike. |