(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.
agribusiness
agribusiness
noun
(countable) A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do.
agribusinesses
agribusinesses
noun
plural of agribusiness
albocinereous
albopruinose
albumeniizer
albumeniser
albumenizer
albumenizer
noun
One who albumenizes.
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminimeter
albuminimeter
noun
An instrument for determining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminometer
albuminometry
albuminorrhea
alburnett
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
altenburg
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
ambulancer
ambulancer
noun
(military) A medic working in a mobile field hospital.
anaerobious
anaerobious
adj
(archaic) anaerobic
anaerobium
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antenumber
antibourgeois
antibourgeois
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the bourgeoisie.
antibureaucratic
antibureaucratic
adj
(politics) Opposed to bureaucracy
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
antirepublican
antirepublican
adj
(politics) Opposing the formation of a republic.
noun
(politics) One who opposes the formation of a republic.
antirepublicanism
antisubmarine
antisubmarine
adj
(military) Intended for use against submarines.
antisubversion
antisubversion
adj
Opposing or countering political subversion.
antisubversive
antisubversive
adj
(politics) Opposing or countering political subversion.
noun
One who opposes political subversion.
antitubercular
antitubercular
adj
(pharmacology) That is used to treat tuberculosis
antituberculin
antituberculosis
antituberculosis
adj
(pharmacology) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis
antituberculotic
antituberculotic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering tuberculosis.
noun
A drug used to counter tuberculosis.
antituberculous
antituberculous
adj
(pharmacology) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis.
anzengruber
arbusterin
arbutean
arbutean
adj
(obsolete) Made from arbute, the wood of the strawberry tree.
arbutinase
arbutinase
noun
(biochemistry) The enzyme beta-glucosidase.
aristorepublicanism
aschaffenburg
atrabiliousness
atrabiliousness
noun
(medicine, obsolete) The state or quality of having an excess of black bile.
Grumpiness, irritability, melancholy, moroseness.
atrorubent
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
attributiveness
attributiveness
noun
The state or quality of being attributive.
aubergine
aubergine
noun
(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.
auberon
auburndale
aurangzeb
aurungzeb
autotuberculin
azoisobutyronitrile
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
babungera
baccalaurean
baccalaurean
adj
Relating to a baccalaureate.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
bacterioagglutinin
bacterioagglutinin
noun
(medicine) An antibody which causes agglutination of bacteria.