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. |
BIFUNCTIONAL | • bifunctional adj. Having two functions. • bifunctional adj. (Chemistry, of a compound) Having two functional groups or binding sites. • bifunctional adj. (Chemistry, of a reaction) Involving two functional groups or binding sites. |
BLUESNARFING | • bluesnarfing n. Unauthorized access to the information on a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection, often between… • BLUESNARFING n. the unauthorized access of information from a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection. |
CONFOUNDABLE | • confoundable adj. That can be confounded. • CONFOUNDABLE adj. capable of being confounded. |
DIBENZOFURAN | • dibenzofuran n. (Organic chemistry) The tricyclic heterocycle in which two benzene rings are fused to that of furan;… • DIBENZOFURAN n. a highly toxic chemical compound that is used in chemical synthesis and as an insecticide. |
DUMBFOUNDING | • dumbfounding v. Present participle of dumbfound. • DUMBFOUND v. to strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment, also DUMBFOUNDER, DUMFOUND, DUMFOUNDER. |
FUMBLINGNESS | • fumblingness n. A tendency to fumble. • FUMBLINGNESS n. the state of being fumbling. |
INFIBULATING | • infibulating v. Present participle of infibulate. • INFIBULATE v. to fasten with a clasp. |
INFIBULATION | • infibulation n. An act of fastening, especially the stitching together of the labia to prevent intercourse. • INFIBULATION n. the act of fastening with ring, clasp or stitches to prevent sexual intercourse. |
INFUNDIBULAR | • infundibular adj. Having the shape of a funnel. • infundibular adj. (Medicine) having to do with an infundibulum. • INFUNDIBULAR adj. funnel-shaped, also INFUNDIBULATE. |
INFUNDIBULUM | • infundibulum n. (Anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity or organ. • INFUNDIBULUM n. a funnel-shaped body part (e.g. the nares). |
SUBINFEUDING | • SUBINFEUD v. to grant by feudal tenant to a further tenant, also SUBFEU, SUBINFEUDATE. |
UNBEFRIENDED | • unbefriended adj. Not befriended; lacking friends. • UNBEFRIENDED adj. not befriended. |
UNBENEFICIAL | • unbeneficial adj. Not beneficial. • UNBENEFICIAL adj. not beneficial. |
UNBENEFITTED | • unbenefitted adj. Alternative form of unbenefited. • UNBENEFITTED adj. (US) (of a job) not accompanied by benefits such as paid leave or medical insurance, also UNBENEFITED. |
UNBLINDFOLDS | • unblindfolds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unblindfold. • UNBLINDFOLD v. to remove a blindfold from. |
UNCONFINABLE | • unconfinable adj. That cannot be confined. • UNCONFINABLE adj. not confinable. |
UNFLAMBOYANT | • unflamboyant adj. Not flamboyant. • UNFLAMBOYANT adj. not flamboyant. |
UNFOREBODING | • unforeboding adj. Not foreboding. • UNFOREBODING adj. not foreboding. |