| 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. |
| BLOCKINESSES | • BLOCKINESS n. the state of being blocky, block-like. |
| BLOCKISHNESS | • blockishness n. The state or quality of being blockish. • BLOCKISHNESS n. the state of being blockish. |
| BLOGJACKINGS | • BLOGJACKING n. the use of another person's blog without his or her consent, esp. for malicious or satirical purposes. |
| BLOKEISHNESS | • blokeishness n. The state or quality of being blokeish. • BLOKEISHNESS n. the state of being blokeish, affecting a masculine style, also BLOKISHNESS. |
| 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. |
| BOILERMAKERS | • boilermakers n. Plural of boilermaker. • BOILERMAKER n. a drink of whiskey followed by a beer chaser. |
| BOOKSELLINGS | • BOOKSELLING n. the profession of selling books. |
| BOOTLICKINGS | • bootlickings n. Plural of bootlicking. • BOOTLICKING n. the act of toadying. |
| COCKABULLIES | • cockabullies n. Plural of cockabully. • COCKABULLY n. (Maori) any of various small freshwater fishes of New Zealand. |
| CRAMBOCLINKS | • CRAMBOCLINK n. (Scots) rhyming doggerel. |
| 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. |
| ROCKABILLIES | • rockabillies n. Plural of rockabilly. • ROCKABILLY n. a form of rock-and-roll music with elements of hillbilly. |
| SHOCKABILITY | • shockability n. The condition of being shockable; the capacity to be shocked. • SHOCKABILITY n. the quality of being shockable. |
| SWIVELBLOCKS | • SWIVELBLOCK n. a block on which a swivel is mounted. |