afterburner | (noun) a device that injects fuel into a hot exhaust for extra thrust | - |
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auburn | (adjective) (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown | - |
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barnburner | (noun) an impressively successful event | - |
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(noun) someone who burns down a barn | - |
burn | (noun) damage inflicted by fire | - |
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(noun) a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body) | Synonyms: burn mark |
(noun) pain that feels hot as if it were on fire | Synonyms: burning |
(noun) an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation | - |
(verb) get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun | Synonyms: sunburn |
(verb) undergo combustion | Synonyms: combust |
(verb) cause to undergo combustion | Synonyms: incinerate |
(verb) destroy by fire | Synonyms: burn down, fire |
(verb) damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation | - |
(verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: cauterise, cauterize |
(verb) use up (energy) | Synonyms: burn off, burn up |
(verb) create by duplicating data | Synonyms: cut |
(verb) feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion | - |
(verb) cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | Synonyms: bite, sting |
(verb) feel hot or painful | - |
(verb) spend (significant amounts of money) | - |
(verb) execute by tying to a stake and setting alight | - |
(verb) shine intensely, as if with heat | Synonyms: glow |
(verb) cause to burn or combust | Synonyms: combust |
burnability | (noun) the quality of being capable of igniting and burning | Synonyms: combustibility, combustibleness |
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burnable | (adjective) capable of burning | Synonyms: ignitable, ignitible |
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burned | (adjective) ruined by overcooking | Synonyms: burnt |
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(adjective) destroyed or badly damaged by fire | Synonyms: burned-out, burned-over, burnt-out, burnt |
(adjective) treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point | Synonyms: burnt |
burner | (noun) an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse) | - |
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(noun) the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking | - |
burning | (adjective) of immediate import | - |
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(noun) the act of burning something | Synonyms: combustion |
(noun) execution by electricity | Synonyms: electrocution |
(noun) execution by fire | Synonyms: burning at the stake |
(noun) a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin | - |
(noun) a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light | Synonyms: combustion |
(noun) pain that feels hot as if it were on fire | Synonyms: burn |
burnish | (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny | Synonyms: gloss, glossiness, polish |
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(verb) polish and make shiny | Synonyms: buff, furbish |
burnished | (adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow | Synonyms: bright, lustrous, shining, shiny |
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burnisher | (noun) a hand tool with polished agate tips (or other gemstone) for rubbing the gold leaf in order to obtain a highly polished surface, used in gilding. | Synonyms: burnishing tool |
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burnoose | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnous, burnouse |
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burnous | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnoose, burnouse |
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burnouse | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnoose, burnous |
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burnside | (noun) facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) | Synonyms: mutton chop, side-whiskers, sideburn |
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burnt | (adjective) ruined by overcooking | Synonyms: burned |
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(adjective) destroyed or badly damaged by fire | Synonyms: burned-out, burned-over, burned, burnt-out |
(adjective) treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point | Synonyms: burned |
burnup | (noun) the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor) | - |
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(noun) a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road | - |
eburnation | (noun) a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory | - |
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heartburn | (noun) a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder | Synonyms: pyrosis |
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heartburning | (noun) intense resentment | - |
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sideburn | (noun) facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) | Synonyms: burnside, mutton chop, side-whiskers |
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sunburn | (noun) redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun | Synonyms: erythema solare |
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(verb) get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun | Synonyms: burn |
sunburned | (adjective) suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight | Synonyms: sunburnt |
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sunburnt | (adjective) suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight | Synonyms: sunburned |
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unburnished | (adjective) of metals e.g.; not made shiny and smooth by friction | - |
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windburn | (noun) redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to high-velocity wind | - |
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windburned | (adjective) suffering from windburn | Synonyms: windburnt |
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windburnt | (adjective) suffering from windburn | Synonyms: windburned |
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