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. |
ANNABERGITES | • ANNABERGITE n. an apple-green mineral, hydrous nickel arsenate. |
BEMONSTERING | • bemonstering v. Present participle of bemonster. • BEMONSTER v. (archaic) to make monstrous or like a monster. |
BIREFRINGENT | • birefringent adj. Of or pertaining to birefringence. • birefringent adj. Having two refractive indices (depending on orientation). • BIREFRINGENT adj. relating to birefringence. |
BLUEPRINTING | • blueprinting v. Present participle of blueprint. • BLUEPRINT v. to draw up a blueprint. |
BURNETTISING | • BURNETTISE v. to subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay, also BURNETTIZE. |
BURNETTIZING | • burnettizing v. Present participle of burnettize. • BURNETTIZE v. to subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay, also BURNETTISE. |
GUBERNATIONS | • gubernations n. Plural of gubernation. • GUBERNATION n. control, rule. |
HEARTBURNING | • heartburning n. Secret enmity; discountent. • heartburning n. (Medicine) Heartburn. • HEARTBURNING n. intense or rancorous jealousy or resentment. |
INTERBEDDING | • interbedding v. Present participle of interbed. • interbedding n. (Geology) An interbedded formation. • INTERBEDDING n. the act of inserting between layers. |
INTERROBANGS | • interrobangs n. Plural of interrobang. • INTERROBANG n. a punctuation mark (?!) designed for use esp. at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question, also INTERABANG. |
NONBREATHING | • nonbreathing adj. Not breathing. • NONBREATHING adj. not breathing. |
OUTBRAZENING | • outbrazening v. Present participle of outbrazen. • OUTBRAZEN v. to be more brazen than. |
OUTNUMBERING | • outnumbering v. Present participle of outnumber. • OUTNUMBER v. to surpass in number. |
PREOBTAINING | • preobtaining v. Present participle of preobtain. • PREOBTAIN v. to obtain in advance. |
REINHABITING | • reinhabiting v. Present participle of reinhabit. • REINHABIT v. to inhabit again. |
TABERNACLING | • tabernacling v. Present participle of tabernacle. • TABERNACLE v. to sojourn. |
UNBURTHENING | • unburthening v. Present participle of unburthen. • UNBURTHEN v. (archaic) to unburden; to unload. |