| BASHIBAZOUKS | • bashibazouks n. Plural of bashibazouk. • bashi-bazouks n. Plural of bashi-bazouk. • BASHIBAZOUK n. one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality. |
| BLOCKBUSTERS | • blockbusters n. Plural of blockbuster. • BLOCKBUSTER n. a bomb large enough to destroy a city block. |
| 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. |
| BLOODSUCKERS | • bloodsuckers n. Plural of bloodsucker. • blood-suckers n. Plural of blood-sucker (alternative spelling of bloodsuckers). • BLOODSUCKER n. an animal that sucks blood. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| BOEREMUSIEKS | • BOEREMUSIEK n. (South African) a special variety of light music associated with the culture of the Afrikaners. |
| BRUSHSTROKES | • brushstrokes n. Plural of brushstroke. • BRUSHSTROKE n. a stroke with a brush. |
| COCKABULLIES | • cockabullies n. Plural of cockabully. • COCKABULLY n. (Maori) any of various small freshwater fishes of New Zealand. |
| DOUBLESPEAKS | • DOUBLESPEAK n. language used to deceive usually through concealment or misrepresentation of truth. |
| 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. |
| HOUSEBREAKER | • housebreaker n. A criminal who breaks into and enters another’s house or premises with the intent of committing a crime. • house-breaker n. Alternative form of housebreaker. • house␣breaker n. Alternative form of housebreaker. |
| KNUCKLEBONES | • knucklebones n. Plural of knucklebone. • knucklebones n. A children’s game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked… • KNUCKLEBONE n. the bone of the knuckle. |
| LUCKENBOOTHS | • LUCKENBOOTH n. (Scots) a shop or booth esp. in 18th century Edinburgh. |
| SUBNETWORKED | • SUBNETWORK v. to use a subnetwork. |
| SUBNOTEBOOKS | • subnotebooks n. Plural of subnotebook. |
| UNBROKENNESS | • unbrokenness n. The state or condition of being unbroken. • UNBROKENNESS n. the state of being unbroken. |