BARNBURNER | • barnburner n. (Idiomatic) An extremely exciting or successful event or person. • barnburner n. One who burns down a barn. • barnburner n. (Slang, chiefly Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, Maryland) a strike-anywhere match. |
BARRATROUS | • barratrous adj. (Law) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry. • BARRATROUS adj. tainted with, or constituting, barratry, also BARRETROUS. |
BARRETROUS | • BARRETROUS adj. tainted with, or constituting, barratry, also BARRATROUS. |
BERRYFRUIT | • BERRYFRUIT n. a fruit in the form of a berry. |
BULLROARER | • bullroarer n. A ritual musical instrument and means of communicating over extended distances, consisting of a slat… • BULLROARER n. a wooden slat attached to a thong that makes a roaring sound when the thong is whirled, used esp. by native Australians in religious rites. |
CARBURETER | • carbureter n. Alternative spelling of carburetor. • CARBURETER n. an apparatus for charging a gas with carbon compounds, also CARBURETOR, CARBURETTER, CARBURETTOR. |
CARBURETOR | • carburetor n. (US, Canada) A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition. • carburetor n. (Slang, drugs) A water pipe or bong; a device or contrivance for mixing air with burning cannabis or cocaine. • CARBURETOR n. an apparatus for charging a gas with carbon compounds, also CARBURETER, CARBURETTER, CARBURETTOR. |
FURBEARERS | • furbearers n. Plural of furbearer. • FURBEARER n. an animal with fur. |
GARBURATOR | • garburator n. (Canada, UK) Synonym of garbage disposal. • GARBURATOR n. (Canadian) an electrically operated device in the plughole of a kitchen sink that breaks up food refuse so that it can travel down the waste pipe. |
HARBOURERS | • harbourers n. Plural of harbourer. • HARBOURER n. one who or that which harbours, also HARBORER. |
HURLBARROW | • HURLBARROW n. (Scots) a wheelbarrow, also WHEELBARROW. |
PERTURBERS | • perturbers n. Plural of perturber. • PERTURBER n. one who, or that which, perturbs. |
REIMBURSER | • reimburser n. One who reimburses. • REIMBURSER n. one who reimburses. |
RETRIBUTOR | • retributor n. Alternative form of retributer. • RETRIBUTOR n. one engaging in retribution. |
RHUBARBIER | • RHUBARBY adj. like rhubarb. |
RICKBURNER | • rickburner n. An arsonist who sets fire to hayricks. • RICKBURNER n. (archaic) an arsonist who sets fire to haystacks. |
RUBBERWEAR | • rubberwear n. Fetishwear made of rubber. • RUBBERWEAR n. rubber clothing. |
RUBRICATOR | • rubricator n. (Historical) The person who wrote the red titles and headings in a manuscript. • RUBRICATOR n. one who rubricates. |
SUBCARRIER | • subcarrier n. (Telecommunications) A separate signal carried on a main radio transmission, often carrying additional… • SUBCARRIER n. a modulated frequency used to modulate, with others, a main carrier wave. |
SUGARBERRY | • sugarberry n. Hackberry. • SUGARBERRY n. any of several hackberries with sweet edible fruits. |