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. |
BEFORTUNING | • befortuning v. Present participle of befortune. • BEFORTUNE v. (Shakespeare) to befall. |
BULLETPROOFING | • bulletproofing v. Present participle of bulletproof. • BULLETPROOF v. to make impenetrable to bullets. |
BULLFIGHTER | • bullfighter n. One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador. • BULLFIGHTER n. one who takes part in a bullfight, a matador. |
BULLFIGHTERS | • bullfighters n. Plural of bullfighter. • BULLFIGHTER n. one who takes part in a bullfight, a matador. |
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. |
BUTTERFLYING | • butterflying v. Present participle of butterfly. • BUTTERFLY v. to split almost entirely and spread apart e.g. a steak. |
COUNTERBUFFING | • counterbuffing v. Present participle of counterbuff. • COUNTERBUFF v. to rebuff. |
FIGURABILITIES | • figurabilities n. Plural of figurability. • FIGURABILITY n. the quality of being figurable. |
FILIBUSTERING | • filibustering v. Present participle of filibuster. • filibustering n. The act of one who filibusters. • FILIBUSTERING n. obstructing legislation by making long speeches. |
FILIBUSTERINGS | • filibusterings n. Plural of filibustering. • FILIBUSTERING n. obstructing legislation by making long speeches. |
FUSSBUDGETIER | • FUSSBUDGETY adj. like a fussbudget, a person who fusses about unimportant things. |
SUBFRAGMENT | • subfragment n. (Biochemistry, genetics) A subsection of a fragment (of nucleic acid etc). • subfragment v. To split into such fragments. |
SUBFRAGMENTS | • subfragments n. Plural of subfragment. |
SUBTERFUGE | • subterfuge n. (Countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and diplomatics. • subterfuge n. (Uncountable) Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity. • SUBTERFUGE n. deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal or evade. |
SUBTERFUGES | • subterfuges n. Plural of subterfuge. • SUBTERFUGE n. deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal or evade. |
UNFORGETTABLE | • unforgettable adj. Very difficult or impossible to forget. • UNFORGETTABLE adj. incapable of being forgotten. |
UNFORGETTABLY | • unforgettably adv. In an unforgettable manner; very memorably. • UNFORGETTABLE adv. incapable of being forgotten. |