| 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. |
| BLOCKBUSTINGS | • 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. |
| 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. |
| BLUESTOCKINGS | • bluestockings n. Plural of bluestocking. • blue-stockings n. Plural of blue-stocking. • BLUESTOCKING n. an early feminist; an educated or literary woman. |
| BOUSINGKEN | • bousing-ken n. Alternative spelling of bousing ken. • bousing␣ken n. (Obsolete, UK, thieves’ cant) A pub; a public house; a tavern. • BOUSINGKEN n. (obsolete) in thieves' slang, a low drinking shop. |
| BOUSINGKENS | • bousing-kens n. Plural of bousing-ken. • bousing␣kens n. Plural of bousing ken. • BOUSINGKEN n. (obsolete) in thieves' slang, a low drinking shop. |
| GROUNDBREAKINGS | • groundbreakings n. Plural of groundbreaking. • GROUNDBREAKING n. the breaking of ground at the beginning of a construction project. |
| GUIDEBOOKS | • guidebooks n. Plural of guidebook. • guide␣books n. Plural of guide book. • GUIDEBOOK n. a book of information for tourists. |
| HOUSEBREAKING | • housebreaking n. The act of breaking into another person’s house with unlawful intent. • housebreaking v. (Animal training) present participle of housebreak. • HOUSEBREAKING n. the act of breaking into a house for the purpose of stealing. |
| HOUSEBREAKINGS | • housebreakings n. Plural of housebreaking. • HOUSEBREAKING n. the act of breaking into a house for the purpose of stealing. |
| KOURBASHING | • kourbashing v. Present participle of kourbash. • KOURBASH v. (Arabic) to whip with a hide whip, also KURBASH. |
| MOUNTEBANKINGS | • MOUNTEBANKING n. acting as a mountebank. |
| SUBKINGDOM | • subkingdom n. (Taxonomy) A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum. • subkingdom n. (Uncommon) A kingdom that is part of another kingdom, ruled by a subking. • SUBKINGDOM n. a taxonomic division of a kingdom; a phylum. |
| SUBKINGDOMS | • subkingdoms n. Plural of subkingdom. • SUBKINGDOM n. a taxonomic division of a kingdom; a phylum. |
| SUBNETWORKING | • SUBNETWORK v. to use a subnetwork. |
| TROUBLEMAKINGS | • troublemakings n. Plural of troublemaking. • TROUBLEMAKING n. the act of making trouble. |