BAULKINESSES | • BAULKINESS n. the state of being baulky. |
BLOCKBUSTING | • blockbusting n. (US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood… • blockbusting adj. Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful. • BLOCKBUSTING n. the act of bringing about the sale of property in an area by stirring up fears of racial change. |
BLOODSUCKING | • bloodsucking adj. (Of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person. • bloodsucking adj. (By extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading. • blood-sucking adj. Alternative form of bloodsucking. |
BLUEJACKINGS | • bluejackings n. Plural of bluejacking. • BLUEJACKING n. the sending of unsolicited messages over Bluetooth to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobile phones. |
BLUESTOCKING | • bluestocking n. (Usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman. • bluestocking n. (Historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society. • bluestocking n. (Historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament. |
BULLWHACKING | • bullwhacking v. Present participle of bullwhack. • BULLWHACK v. to strike with a kind of heavy whip. |
BUMPKINLIEST | • BUMPKINLY adj. like a bumpkin, also BUMPKINISH. |
BUSHWALKINGS | • BUSHWALKING n. hiking through the bush as a leisure activity. |
BUSINESSLIKE | • businesslike adj. Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson. • businesslike adj. Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic. • BUSINESSLIKE adj. exhibiting qualities believed to be advantageous in business. |
COCKABULLIES | • cockabullies n. Plural of cockabully. • COCKABULLY n. (Maori) any of various small freshwater fishes of New Zealand. |
DOUBLETHINKS | • doublethinks n. Plural of doublethink. • DOUBLETHINK n. thought marked by the acceptance of gross contradictions and falsehoods, esp. when used as a technique of self-indoctrination. |
PICKELHAUBES | • pickelhaubes n. Plural of pickelhaube. • PICKELHAUBE n. (German) the spiked helmet worn by German or Prussian soldiers before World War I. |
UNBLINKINGLY | • unblinkingly adv. Without blinking. • UNBLINKING adv. not blinking. |
UNDRINKABLES | • undrinkables n. Plural of undrinkable. |
UNMISTAKABLE | • unmistakable adj. Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else. • UNMISTAKABLE adj. not capable of being mistaken or misunderstood, also UNMISTAKEABLE. |
UNMISTAKABLY | • unmistakably adv. In an unmistakable manner; unquestionably. • UNMISTAKABLE adv. not capable of being mistaken or misunderstood, also UNMISTAKEABLE. |
UNSHRINKABLE | • unshrinkable adj. That cannot shrink and cannot be shrunk. • UNSHRINKABLE adj. not shrinkable. |