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. |
BRAGGARTLIEST | • BRAGGARTLY adj. like a braggart, boastful. |
DECEREBRATING | • decerebrating v. Present participle of decerebrate. • DECEREBRATE v. to eliminate cerebral brain function in (an animal) by removing the cerebrum, as for purposes of experimentation. |
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. |
GUBERNATORIAL | • gubernatorial adj. Of or pertaining to a governor. • GUBERNATORIAL adj. belonging to a governor (esp. the Governor of an American state) or the office of governor. |
HEARTBREAKING | • heartbreaking adj. That causes great grief, anguish or distress. • heartbreaking n. The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress. • heart-breaking adj. (Idiomatic) That causes extreme sorrow or grief. |
HEARTBURNINGS | • heartburnings n. Plural of heartburning. • HEARTBURNING n. intense or rancorous jealousy or resentment. |
OVERBREATHING | • overbreathing v. Present participle of overbreathe. • overbreathing n. Hyperventilation. • overbreathing n. Excessive breathing. |
PROTUBERATING | • protuberating v. Present participle of protuberate. • PROTUBERATE v. to bulge out. |
REATTRIBUTING | • reattributing v. Present participle of reattribute. • REATTRIBUTE v. to attribute again. |
RECALIBRATING | • recalibrating v. Present participle of recalibrate. • RECALIBRATE v. to calibrate again. |
RELUBRICATING | • relubricating v. Present participle of relubricate. • RELUBRICATE v. to lubricate again. |
REVERBERATING | • reverberating v. Present participle of reverberate. • REVERBERATE v. to continue in or as if in a series of echoes, to resound, also REVERB. |
STRAIGHTBREDS | • straightbreds n. Plural of straightbred. • STRAIGHTBRED n. an animal produced by breeding a single breed, strain, or type. |
SUBCHARTERING | • SUBCHARTER v. to rent a chartered vehicle. |
VERBIGERATING | • verbigerating v. Present participle of verbigerate. • VERBIGERATE v. to continually repeat a word or phrase, usually unconsciously. |
VERBIGERATION | • verbigeration n. An obsessive repetition of meaningless words and phrases, especially as a symptom of mental illness. • VERBIGERATION n. the obsessive repetition of stereotyped phrases. |
WATERBOARDING | • waterboarding n. A torture technique in which the victim is immobilized, has towels or rags wrapped over their face… • waterboarding v. Present participle of waterboard. • WATERBOARDING n. a form of torture in which the victim is immobilized and has water poured on his or her face, producing a severe gag reflex, to simulate drowning. |