(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
afterburners
afterburners
noun
plural of afterburner
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
bacteriofluorescin
beautification
beautification
noun
Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
beautifications
beautifications
noun
plural of beautification
beautifulness
beautifulness
noun
The quality of being beautiful; beauty.
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
beeftongue
befortune
befortune
verb
(poetic, dated, transitive) To befall.
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
befuddlement
befuddlement
noun
The state of being befuddled.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
benzothiofuran
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifuran
bifunctional
bifunctional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) Having two functional groups or binding sites.
(chemistry, of a reaction) Involving two functional groups or binding sites.
Having two functions.
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
bluffton
boastfulness
boastfulness
noun
The characteristic of being boastful.
bouffant
bouffant
adj
Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
noun
A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
bouffante
bouffants
bouffants
noun
plural of bouffant
bountiful
bountiful
adj
Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.
bountifully
bountifully
adv
In a bountiful manner.
bountifulness
bountifulness
noun
The characteristic of being bountiful.
brutification
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
buffeting
buffeting
noun
(aviation) random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
A blow or motion that buffets.
verb
present participle of buffet
buffetings
buffetings
noun
plural of buffeting
buffont
buffont
noun
(chiefly historical) An item of neckwear (a neckerchief), usually of linen, gauze, or lace, worn around the neck and puffed out over the bosom, popular from the 1750s to 1790s.
Alternative form of bouffant
bufonite
bufonite
noun
(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
bufotalin
bufotalin
noun
(organic chemistry) A cardiotoxic bufanolide steroid secreted by the common European toad (Bufo bufo) and other related toads such as Bufo melanostictus.
bufotenin
bufotenin
noun
Alternative spelling of bufotenine
bufotenine
bufotenine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
bufotoxin
bufotoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a family of toxic substances found in toads, other amphibians, and some plants and mushrooms.
bulletproofing
bulletproofing
verb
present participle of bulletproof
bullfighting
bullfighting
noun
A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
burschenschaft
burschenschaften
bushfighting
bushfighting
noun
Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
butterfingered
butterfingered
adj
Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
butterfingers
butterfingers
noun
A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.
One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.
Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
butterflying
butterflying
verb
present participle of butterfly
butteryfingered
chondrofibromatous
confabulate
confabulate
verb
(intransitive) To confer.
(intransitive) To speak casually with; to chat.
(transitive, intransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.
confabulated
confabulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of confabulate
confabulates
confabulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confabulate
confabulating
confabulating
verb
present participle of confabulate
confabulation
confabulation
noun
(psychology) A fabricated memory believed to be true.
A casual conversation; a chat.
confabulations
confabulations
noun
plural of confabulation
confabulator
confabulator
noun
One who confabulates.
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
confluxibility
confusability
confusability
noun
The condition of being confusable.
confutability
confutability
noun
The state of being confutable or disprovable.
confutable
confutable
adj
(archaic or formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
counterbuff
counterbuff
noun
A buff (strike) in return; a counterblow.
verb
To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
deuterofibrinose
doubtfulness
doubtfulness
noun
The state or quality of being doubtful; doubt; uncertainty.
dumbfounderment
dumbfounderment
noun
dumbfoundedness
dumbfoundment
eburnification
eburnification
noun
The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.
fannettsburg
fantabulous
fantabulous
adj
(slang) Wonderful, marvelous, outstanding. Both fantastic and fabulous.
februation
februation
noun
Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
fibrinopurulent
fibrinopurulent
adj
Relating to, or containing fibrin and pus
fibrocartilaginous
fibrocartilaginous
adj
Of or pertaining to fibrocartilage.
fibroligamentous
fibronucleated
fibropurulent
filibustering
filibustering
noun
The act of one who filibusters.
verb
present participle of filibuster
flaubertian
fluocarbonate
fontainebleau
fontainebleau
Proper noun
A town in the metropolitan area of Paris, France, home to a royal French palace
foreburton
fractonimbus
fracturableness
frequentable
frequentable
adj
accessible
frostbound
frostbound
adj
Bound or confined by frost.
fruitbearing
funambulant
funambulate
funambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk.
funambulated
funambulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of funambulate
funambulating
funambulating
verb
present participle of funambulate
funambulation
funambulation
noun
The act of walking on ropes; tightrope walking
funambulator
funambulator
noun
tightrope walker
funambulatory
funambulatory
adj
Narrow, like a tightrope.
Performing in the manner of a tightrope walker.
funambulist
funambulist
noun
A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.
funambulists
funambulists
noun
plural of funambulist
fungibility
fungibility
noun
The property of a good or a commodity whereby individual units are capable of mutual substitution.
furbishment
inconfutable
inconfutable
adj
(obsolete) Not confutable.
inconfutably
infibulate
infibulate
verb
To perform infibulation (on)
infibulation
infibulation
noun
An act of fastening, especially the stitching together of the labia to prevent intercourse.
influencability
influenceabilities
influenceability
influenceability
noun
The quality or state of being influenceable.
infratubal
infraturbinal
infrustrable
infrustrably
infundibulata
infundibulate
infundibulate
adj
Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular
infusibility
infusibility
noun
Capability of being infused, poured in, or instilled.
Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved.
injustifiable
interfibrous
interfibrous
adj
(anatomy) Between fibers.
intransfusible
intransfusible
adj
Not transfusible
irrefutableness
irrefutableness
noun
irrefutability; the state or quality of being irrefutable.
justifiableness
justifiableness
noun
Justifiability.
limboinfantum
lubrifaction
lubrifaction
noun
lubrication
lubrification
lubrification
noun
(rare) lubrication
manufacturable
manufacturable
adj
Capable of being manufactured.
noun
Something that can be manufactured.
neurofibromatosis
neurofibromatosis
noun
(medicine) A genetic disorder characterized by the presence of multiple neurofibromas under the skin.
nonfusibility
noninfusibility
nonsubjectification
nonultrafilterable
nonultrafilterable
adj
Not ultrafilterable.
obfuscating
obfuscating
verb
present participle of obfuscate
obfuscation
obfuscation
noun
(computing, uncountable) The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.
(countable) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.
(uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
(uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
obfuscations
obfuscations
noun
plural of obfuscation
outbluffing
outbluffing
verb
present participle of outbluff
outfabling
outfabling
verb
present participle of outfable
outfumbling
outfumbling
verb
present participle of outfumble
overboastfulness
pontificalibus
pseudobenefactory
quantifiability
quantifiability
noun
(countable) The degree to which something is quantifiable
(uncountable) The condition of being quantifiable
quantifiable
quantifiable
adj
Capable of being quantified.
noun
Something that can be quantified; a measurable.
quantifiably
quantifiably
adv
In a quantifiable manner.
reconfigurability
reconfigurability
noun
The state or degree of being reconfigurable.
refundability
refundability
noun
The quality of being refundable.
refurbishment
refurbishment
noun
The act of refurbishing; renovation.
robustfulness
rubefacient
rubefacient
adj
Making red.
noun
(medicine) A substance for topical application that produces redness of the skin, e.g. by dilating the capillaries.
rubefacients
rubefacients
noun
plural of rubefacient
rubefaction
rubefaction
noun
The act or process of making red.
rubification
rubification
noun
The act of making red.
rubrification
rubrification
noun
rubrication
semibouffant
semibouffant
adj
Somewhat or partly bouffant.
softbound
softbound
adj
(of a book) With a cover of flexible paper rather than a rigid cardboard cover.