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. |
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. |
BIREFRINGENT | • birefringent adj. Of or pertaining to birefringence. • birefringent adj. Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation). • BIREFRINGENT adj. relating to birefringence. |
BUTTERFINGERED | • butterfingered adj. Prone to dropping things; clumsy. • butter-fingered adj. Alternative form of butterfingered. • BUTTERFINGERED adj. apt to let things fall or slip through the fingers. |
BUTTERFINGERS | • butterfingers n. Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz. • butterfingers n. One’s fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated. • butterfingers n. A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated. |
FIBROCARTILAGE | • fibrocartilage n. A tough form of cartilage that has a matrix of dense bundles of fibres. • FIBROCARTILAGE n. cartilage with embedded fibres. |
FIBROCARTILAGES | • fibrocartilages n. Plural of fibrocartilage. • FIBROCARTILAGE n. cartilage with embedded fibres. |
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. |
FINGERBREADTHS | • fingerbreadths n. Plural of fingerbreadth. • FINGERBREADTH n. the breadth of a finger. |
IRREFRAGABILITY | • irrefragability n. The quality or degree of being irrefragable. • IRREFRAGABILITY n. the state of being irrefragable. |
PREFABRICATING | • prefabricating v. Present participle of prefabricate. • PREFABRICATE v. to make standardized parts of beforehand, for assembling later. |
REFRANGIBILITY | • refrangibility n. The quality of being refrangible. • REFRANGIBILITY n. the state of being refrangible. |