(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
antefebrile
antefebrile
adj
Preceding a fever
antifebrile
antifebrile
adj
(pharmacology) Countering fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine or substance that counters fever.
backfitting
backfitting
verb
present participle of backfit
bafflements
bafflements
noun
plural of bafflement
battlefront
battlefront
noun
The area in which opponents or opposing ideas meet.
The region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat.
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
beanfeaster
beanfeaster
noun
(chiefly Britain) One who takes part in a beanfeast.
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
benefaction
benefaction
noun
An act of charity; almsgiving.
An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
benefactive
benefactive
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf."
noun
A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
benefactors
benefactors
noun
plural of benefactor
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
beneficiate
beneficiate
verb
(mining, obsolete) To reduce (ores).
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.
bilifaction
boatlifting
boatlifting
verb
present participle of boatlift
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
chantefable
chantefable
noun
A form of Medieval French literature with alternative spoken and sung passages.
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.
defibrinate
defibrinate
verb
(transitive, medicine) (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin.
fabricating
fabricating
verb
present participle of fabricate
fabrication
fabrication
noun
(cooking) The act of cutting up an animal carcass as preparation for cooking; butchery.
(countable) That which is fabricated; a falsehood
(uncountable) The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture
fantabulous
fantabulous
adj
(slang) Wonderful, marvelous, outstanding. Both fantastic and fabulous.
featherbone
featherbone
noun
A whalebone substitute made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
febricitant
febricitant
adj
(rare, obsolete) Feverish.
noun
(rare, obsolete) One affected with fever.
fermentable
fermentable
adj
Able to ferment or be fermented.
noun
Any substance that can be fermented.
fibrilation
fibrination
fibrination
noun
(medicine) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.
fimbriating
fimbriating
verb
present participle of fimbriate
fimbriation
fimbriation
noun
(countable, heraldry, flags) Such a stripe.
(uncountable, heraldry, flags) The use of a thin stripe of a contrasting tincture (colour) around a charge, ordinary or stripe in order to make it stand out from the background.
findability
findability
noun
(information science) The quality of a particular object being locatable.
(information science) The quality of a whole system being navigable.
The ability to be found.
flamboyants
flamboyants
noun
plural of flamboyant
flaubertian
foldboating
fractabling
funambulant
funambulate
funambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk.
funambulist
funambulist
noun
A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.
infatigable
infatigable
adj
(obsolete) indefatigable
inflatables
inflatables
noun
plural of inflatable
inflectable
inflectable
adj
(linguistics) That can be inflected.
inflictable
inflictable
adj
Able to be inflicted.
infractible
infractible
adj
Capable of being broken.
labefaction
labefaction
noun
(rare) The act of shaking or weakening or the resulting state; overthrow, ruination.
lifeboatman
lifeboatman
noun
A man who crews a lifeboat.
lifeboatmen
lifeboatmen
noun
plural of lifeboatman
nitrifiable
nitrifiable
adj
Capable of being nitrified.
nonbeatific
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.
rubefacient
rubefacient
adj
Making red.
noun
(medicine) A substance for topical application that produces redness of the skin, e.g. by dilating the capillaries.
rubefaction
rubefaction
noun
The act or process of making red.
softbrained
stonifiable
subaffluent
subaffluent
adj
Between the poverty line and affluence.
subfraction
subfraction
noun
The result of fractionating a fraction into smaller components
substantify
substantify
verb
(linguistics) To transform into or treat syntactically as a noun; to make into or use as a substantive.
To endow with a consciousness, will, motivation and independent existence; to give life to; to hypostatize.
To give material form or substance to; to embody.
To reify or hypostatize; to treat something that is fluid or abstract as a static entity without regard to nuance or change in character.
surfboatman
tabefaction
tabefaction
noun
(archaic) A gradual loss of flesh due to disease.
tubifacient
tubuliferan
tubuliferan
noun
Any thrips of the suborder Tubulifera
unbeautiful
unbeautiful
adj
Not beautiful; ugly or inelegant.
undraftable
undraftable
adj
Not draftable.
unfatigable
unfaultable
unfaultable
adj
Not capable of being faulted; with which no fault can be found.