| BACKBONELESS | • backboneless adj. Without a backbone; invertebrate. • backboneless adj. Cowardly, spineless. • BACKBONELESS adj. without a backbone. |
| 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. |
| BOOKSELLINGS | • BOOKSELLING n. the profession of selling books. |
| BOOTLICKINGS | • bootlickings n. Plural of bootlicking. • BOOTLICKING n. the act of toadying. |
| 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. |
| KNOWABLENESS | • knowableness n. The state or quality of being knowable. • KNOWABLENESS n. the state of being knowable. |
| 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. |
| OVERBLANKETS | • overblankets n. Plural of overblanket. • OVERBLANKET n. a covering blanket. |
| SHACKLEBONES | • shackle-bones n. Plural of shackle-bone. • SHACKLEBONE n. (Scots) the wrist. |
| WORKABLENESS | • workableness n. The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable. • WORKABLENESS n. the state of being workable. |