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. |
BIREFRINGENT | • birefringent adj. Of or pertaining to birefringence. • birefringent adj. Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation). • BIREFRINGENT adj. relating to birefringence. |
BRICKFIELDER | • brickfielder n. (Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia. • BRICKFIELDER n. a hot dry wind in Australia. |
FEATHERBRAIN | • featherbrain n. Alternative spelling of feather-brain. • feather-brain n. (Derogatory) a feather-brained or stupid person, especially a woman. • FEATHERBRAIN n. a foolish scatterbrained person. |
FILIBUSTERER | • filibusterer n. A person who filibusters. • FILIBUSTERER n. one who filibusters. |
FINGERBOARDS | • fingerboards n. Plural of fingerboard. • FINGERBOARD n. the part of a violin, etc. against which the strings are stopped by the fingers. |
FORBEARINGLY | • forbearingly adv. In a forbearing manner. • FORBEARING adv. FORBEAR, to refrain from. |
HEREINBEFORE | • hereinbefore adv. (Formal) In a preceding part of this speech, book, or text; before this. • HEREINBEFORE adv. in the preceding part of this writing or document. |
IMPERFORABLE | • imperforable adj. Incapable of being perforated. • IMPERFORABLE adj. not able to be perforated. |
IRREFORMABLE | • irreformable adj. That cannot be reformed. • IRREFORMABLE adj. incapable of being reformed. |
IRREFORMABLY | • irreformably adv. Such that it cannot be reformed. • IRREFORMABLE adv. incapable of being reformed. |
IRREFRAGABLE | • irrefragable adj. Which cannot be refuted; clearly right, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable. • irrefragable adj. (Archaic) Which cannot or should not be broken; indestructible. • irrefragable adj. (Obsolete) Of a person: obstinate, stubborn. |
IRREFRAGABLY | • irrefragably adv. In an irrefragable state or condition. • IRREFRAGABLE adv. impossible to refute or dispute. |
NEUROFIBRILS | • neurofibrils n. Plural of neurofibril. • NEUROFIBRIL n. one of a large number of fine fibres present in the cytoplasm of a nerve cell. |
NEUROFIBROMA | • neurofibroma n. (Medicine) A benign tumor composed of fibroblasts surrounding nerve cells. • NEUROFIBROMA n. a tumour of the nervous fibre. |
OVERBRIEFING | • OVERBRIEF v. to brief excessively. |
PREFABRICATE | • prefabricate v. (Transitive) To manufacture (A building, etc.) in standard components that can be fitted together on site. • PREFABRICATE v. to make standardized parts of beforehand, for assembling later. |
REFURBISHERS | • refurbishers n. Plural of refurbisher. • REFURBISHER n. one who refurbishes. |
REFURBISHING | • refurbishing v. Present participle of refurbish. • refurbishing n. The act by which something is refurbished. • REFURBISHING n. the act of refurbishing. |
TUBERIFEROUS | • tuberiferous adj. Producing or bearing tubers. • TUBERIFEROUS adj. bearing tubers. |