BACKSTARTINGS | • BACKSTARTING n. a marketing technique in publishing, whereby new customers are sent back issues of magazines or journals as part of their subscription. |
BACKSTITCHING | • backstitching v. Present participle of backstitch. • BACKSTITCH v. to stitch in this way. |
COUNTERSTRIKE | • counterstrike n. (Military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking. • counterstrike v. (Intransitive) To perform a counterstrike. • COUNTERSTRIKE v. to counter with an opposing strike. |
FLOUTINGSTOCK | • FLOUTINGSTOCK n. (Shakespeare) a person or thing that is flouted. |
KINESIPATHIST | • kinesipathist n. A practitioner of kinesipathy. • KINESIPATHIST n. one who practises kinesiatrics, a method of treating disease by means of exercises or gymnastic movements. |
KITTENISHNESS | • kittenishness n. The state or condition of being kittenish. • KITTENISH n. of or like a kitten. |
LOCKSTITCHING | • lockstitching v. Present participle of lockstitch. • LOCKSTITCH v. to sew by lockstitch. |
MARKETISATION | • marketisation n. Alternative spelling of marketization. • MARKETISATION n. the process of bringing to market, also MARKETIZATION. |
MULTITASKINGS | • MULTITASKING n. the action of running several processes or jobs simultaneously on a system. |
PERNICKETIEST | • PERNICKETY adj. fussy about small details, also PERSNICKETY. |
SKINFLINTIEST | • SKINFLINTY adj. stingy, like a skinflint. |
STAKHANOVITES | • Stakhanovites n. Plural of Stakhanovite. • STAKHANOVITE n. a superlative worker. |
STATESMANLIKE | • statesmanlike adj. Like a statesman, demonstrating the skills and qualities of a respected leader. • STATESMANLIKE adj. like a statesman. |
STREETWALKING | • streetwalking n. The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment. • STREETWALKING n. prostitution. |
STREPTOKINASE | • streptokinase n. (Biochemistry, pharmacology) An enzyme produced by some streptococci which is involved in breaking down… • STREPTOKINASE n. a proteolytic enzyme produced by hemolytic streptococci that promotes the dissolution of blood clots by activating plasminogen to produce plasmin. |
TALKATIVENESS | • talkativeness n. The state of being talkative. • TALKATIVE n. given to talking. |
THUNDERSTRIKE | • thunderstrike v. (Transitive, now rare) To strike, blast, or injure by, or as if by, lightning. • thunderstrike v. (Transitive, figurative, now rare) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible. • THUNDERSTRIKE v. to strike dumb. |
TRICKSTERINGS | • TRICKSTERING n. playing tricks. |
UNKNIGHTLIEST | • UNKNIGHTLY adj. not knightly. |