| ASTROTURFING | • astroturfing n. (Originally US politics, now social media, marketing) The disguising of an orchestrated campaign as… • Astroturfing v. Present participle of Astroturf. • ASTROTURFING n. political, advertising, or public relations campaigning that seeks to create the impression of being spontaneous 'grassroots' behavior. |
| BURGLARPROOF | • burglarproof adj. As secure as possible against burglary. • BURGLARPROOF adj. protected against or designed to afford protection against burglary. |
| CONFIGURATOR | • configurator n. (Computing) A small software application intended to assist in the configuration of a particular part of the system. • CONFIGURATOR n. an item of software that enables or assists in the configuration of a product. |
| CROSSRUFFING | • crossruffing v. Present participle of crossruff. • cross-ruffing v. Present participle of cross-ruff. • CROSSRUFF v. in whist and bridge, to trump alternately. |
| DRAGONFRUITS | • dragonfruits n. Plural of dragonfruit. • dragon␣fruits n. Plural of dragon fruit. |
| DRAUGHTPROOF | • draughtproof adj. That prevents the entry of draughts. • draughtproof v. To seal an opening, so as to prevent the entry of draughts. • DRAUGHTPROOF v. to make proof against draughts. |
| FERRUGINEOUS | • ferrugineous adj. Alternative spelling of ferruginous. • FERRUGINEOUS adj. of the colour of iron-rust, also FERRUGINOUS. |
| FLUOROGRAPHY | • fluorography n. Photofluorography. • fluorography n. Visualisation of radiolabelled material. • FLUOROGRAPHY n. the photography of the image produced on a fluorescent screen by X rays. |
| FOREGROUNDED | • foregrounded v. Simple past tense and past participle of foreground. • FOREGROUND v. to bring to the foreground, the part of a picture or field of view nearest the observer's eye. |
| FRONTRUNNING | • frontrunning n. Alternative form of front running. • front-running n. Alternative spelling of front running. • front␣running n. (Finance) The illegal practice of a stockbroker who, on receiving a large client order, places an order… |
| PRECONFIGURE | • preconfigure v. (Transitive) To set up or arrange something in advance so that it is ready for operation for a particular… • preconfigure v. (Transitive, computing) To set up or configure a software system or hardware device with standard settings… |
| RECONFIGURED | • reconfigured v. Simple past tense and past participle of reconfigure. • RECONFIGURE v. to configure again. |
| RECONFIGURES | • reconfigures v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reconfigure. • RECONFIGURE v. to configure again. |
| RUSTPROOFING | • rustproofing v. Present participle of rustproof. • RUSTPROOFING n. the act of making resistant to rust, such as by applying a coating. |
| SURFBOARDING | • surfboarding v. Present participle of surfboard. • SURFBOARDING n. the sport of surfing on a surfboard. |
| THOROUGHFARE | • thoroughfare n. (Now rare except in certain set phrases) A passage; a way through. • thoroughfare n. A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street. • thoroughfare n. (Uncountable) The act of going through; passage; travel, transit. |
| THROUGHFARES | • throughfares n. Plural of throughfare. • THROUGHFARE n. (Shakespeare) a thoroughfare. |
| UNPERFORMING | • UNPERFORMING adj. not performing. |