AFTERBURNER | • afterburner n. (Aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust. • after-burner n. Alternative spelling of afterburner. • AFTERBURNER n. a device incorporated into a turbojet engine to provide extra thrust. |
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. |
BASEBURNER | • baseburner n. A type of stove that automatically re-adds coal, when needed, to the base using a hopper. • base-burner n. Alternative form of baseburner. • BASEBURNER n. a type of wood stove. |
BURNER | • burner n. Someone or something which burns. • burner n. An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking. • burner n. (Chemistry) A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a Bunsen burner. |
CHURNER | • churner n. The vessel in which cream is churned to make butter. • CHURNER n. a person who or machine which churns. |
MOURNER | • mourner n. Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns. • mourner n. Any of a number of suboscine birds in the related familes Tityridae and Tyrannidae. • MOURNER n. one that mourns. |
OVERTURNER | • overturner n. One who, or that which, overturns. • OVERTURNER n. one who overturns. |
RETURNER | • returner n. One who returns from another place. • returner n. One who returns something, such as defective goods. • returner n. (American football) A player who runs back a ball which has been punted or kicked. |
RICKBURNER | • rickburner n. An arsonist who sets fire to hayricks. • RICKBURNER n. (archaic) an arsonist who sets fire to haystacks. |
SOJOURNER | • sojourner n. A person who resides temporarily in a place. • SOJOURNER n. one who sojourns. |
SPURNER | • spurner n. One who spurns. • SPURNER n. one who spurns. |
TURNER | • turner n. One who or that which turns. • turner n. A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe. • turner n. A kitchen utensil used for turning food. |