| AFTERBURN | • afterburn n. The burning of further calories after the end of a period of vigorous exercise. • afterburn n. (Sociology) The practice of criticizing a person after they have left, or stopped contributing to the conversation. • AFTERBURN n. the burning of additional calories post-exercise. |
| AIRBURSTS | • airbursts n. Plural of airburst. • airbursts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airburst. • air-bursts n. Plural of air-burst. |
| BUTTERBUR | • butterbur n. Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense clusters of often purple flowers. • BUTTERBUR n. a plant of damp places with very broad leaves. |
| CARBURATE | • carburate v. Alternative form of carburet. • CARBURATE v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURET. |
| CARBURETS | • carburets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carburet. • CARBURET v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURATE. |
| CARBURISE | • carburise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of carburize. • CARBURISE v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURIZE. |
| CARBURIZE | • carburize v. To treat or react with carbon. • carburize v. To carbonize. • CARBURIZE v. to combine with carbon, also CARBURISE. |
| MOORBURNS | • moorburns n. Plural of moorburn. • MOORBURN n. the seasonal burning of heather on moorland to promote new growth, also MUIRBURN. |
| MUIRBURNS | • MUIRBURN n. the seasonal burning of heather on moorland to promote new growth, also MOORBURN. |
| OVERBURNS | • overburns v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overburn. • overburns n. Plural of overburn. • OVERBURN v. to burn too much; to be overzealous. |
| OVERBURNT | • overburnt v. Simple past tense and past participle of overburn. • overburnt adj. Being burnt for far too long; excessively burnt. • over-burnt adj. Alternative form of overburnt. |
| STARBURST | • starburst n. A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion. • starburst n. (Typography) A symbol similar to an asterisk, but with additional rays: ✺. • starburst n. (Astronomy) A region of space with an unusually high rate of star formation. |