(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.
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminiform
albuminofibrin
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
archbuffoon
aschaffenburg
bacteriofluorescin
balaniferous
balaniferous
adj
(nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
balefulness
balefulness
noun
The characteristic of being baleful.
balloonful
balloonful
noun
Enough to fill a balloon.
baneful
baneful
adj
(archaic) Poisonous, deadly.
Harmful, injurious.
banefully
banefully
adv
In a baneful way.
banefulness
banefulness
noun
The state or quality of being baneful.
bankfull
bankfull
adj
(of a river, etc) Risen to a height just sufficient to spill over its banks into the floodplain.
barnful
barnful
noun
The amount that can fit in a barn
bashfulness
bashfulness
noun
The quality or property of being bashful
bashfulnesses
bashfulnesses
noun
plural of bashfulness
basinful
basinful
noun
As much as a basin will hold.
beaufin
beaufin
noun
Alternative form of biffin
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
beflounce
befortune
befortune
verb
(poetic, dated, transitive) To befall.
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
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.
befrounce
befuddlement
befuddlement
noun
The state of being befuddled.
befuddlements
befuddlements
noun
plural of befuddlement
befuddling
befuddling
verb
present participle of befuddle
begulfing
behoovefulness
belieffulness
belieffulness
adj
(rare) The state or quality of being beliefful; faithfulness.
benchful
benchful
noun
As much as a bench will hold.
beneficium
benzdifuran
benzofluorene
benzofluorene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in which a benzene ring is fused to a fluorene moiety
benzofulvene
benzofulvene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any benzo derivative of a fulvene
benzofuran
benzofuran
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.
benzofurans
benzofurans
noun
plural of benzofuran
benzofuroquinoxaline
benzofuryl
benzosulfimide
benzosulfimide
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of saccharin
benzothiofuran
benzotrifluoride
benzotrifluoride
noun
(organic chemistry) The fluorinated derivative of toluene "(trifluoromethyl)benzene"
benzotrifuran
besnuff
besnuff
verb
(transitive, rare) To befoul with snuff.
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
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
bilifuscin
bilifuscin
noun
(biochemistry) A brownish-green pigment, derived from bilirubin, found in human gallstones and in old bile.
binful
binful
noun
Enough to fill a bin.
biofoulings
biofoulings
noun
plural of biofouling
bituminiferous
bituminiferous
adj
Producing bitumen.
blamefulness
blamefulness
noun
The quality of being blameful.
blissfulness
blissfulness
noun
The characteristic of being blissful.
bluefin
bluefin
noun
bluefin tuna, any of a number of types of tuna characterised by their blue fins.
bluefins
bluefins
noun
plural of bluefin
bluffing
bluffing
noun
A bluff; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate.
verb
present participle of bluff
bluffness
bluffness
noun
The quality of being bluff
bluffnesses
bluffton
blumenfeld
blunderful
blunderful
adj
Inclined to blunder.
blushfulness
blushfulness
noun
The quality of being blushful.
boastfulness
boastfulness
noun
The characteristic of being boastful.
bodefulness
bodysurfing
bodysurfing
verb
present participle of bodysurf
borofluorin
bouffancy
bouffancy
noun
The quality of being bouffant.
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
bouffon
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.
brachiofaciolingual
branchful
branchful
noun
As much as a branch can hold.
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
braunfels
brimfullness
brimfulness
brimfulness
noun
Quality of being brimful.
brunfelsia
brunfelsia
noun
(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Brunfelsia.
brutification
brutifying
brutifying
verb
present participle of brutify
bucciniform
bufagin
bufagin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of toxic steroids found in bufotoxin.
buffaloing
buffaloing
verb
present participle of buffalo
bufferin
buffering
buffering
verb
present participle of buffer
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
buffin
buffin
noun
(obsolete) A sort of coarse material.
buffing
buffing
noun
Material removed by the action of someone who buffs.
verb
present participle of buff
bufflehorn
buffon
buffon
noun
Synonym of buffont
buffone
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
buffoon
buffoon
noun
(derogatory) An unintentionally ridiculous person.
One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
verb
To behave like a buffoon
buffooneries
buffooneries
noun
plural of buffoonery
buffoonery
buffoonery
noun
The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
buffoonesque
buffoonish
buffoonish
adj
Characteristic of a buffoon.
buffoonishness
buffoonism
buffoonism
noun
(rare, archaic) The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.
buffoons
buffoons
noun
plural of buffoon
bufidin
bufonid
bufonid
noun
(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.
bufonidae
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.
bulfinch
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.
bullfinch
bullfinch
noun
(UK, archaic, hunting, slang) A large, thick quickset hedge.
Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.
The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
bullfinches
bullfinches
noun
plural of bullfinch
bumfuzzling
bumfuzzling
verb
present participle of bumfuzzle
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
bungfu
bungfu
adj
(rare) drunk.
bungfull
burglarproofing
burnfire
burnfire
noun
(nonstandard) Bonfire.
burschenschaft
burschenschaften
bushfighting
bushfighting
noun
Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
busulfan
busulfan
Noun
A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
busulfans
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
calcaneofibular
calcaneofibular
adj
Relating to the calcaneus and fibula.
calfbound
calfbound
adj
Bound in calfskin.
carbolfuchsin
carbolfuchsin
noun
A mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin, used in bacterial staining and as a topical antiseptic and antifungal.
carboniferous
carboniferous
adj
Containing or producing carbon.
chlorofluorocarbon
chlorofluorocarbon
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon are replaced with those of chlorine and fluorine; formerly used as refrigerants and aerosol can propellants but withdrawn due to causing damage to the ozone layer.
chondrofibromatous
confabular
confabular
adj
Of or pertaining to confabulation.
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