| 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. |
| BLOGJACKINGS | • BLOGJACKING n. the use of another person's blog without his or her consent, esp. for malicious or satirical purposes. |
| 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. |
| BOOTLICKINGS | • bootlickings n. Plural of bootlicking. • BOOTLICKING n. the act of toadying. |
| CUCKOLDISING | • CUCKOLDISE v. to make a cuckold of, also CUCKOLDIZE. |
| FORESLACKING | • foreslacking v. Present participle of foreslack. • FORESLACK v. (obsolete) to become slack or neglectful, also FORSLACK. |
| GLOCKENSPIEL | • glockenspiel n. (Music) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone… • GLOCKENSPIEL n. (German) a musical instrument, a set of bells. |
| GLUCOKINASES | • glucokinases n. Plural of glucokinase. • GLUCOKINASE n. a hexokinase found esp. in the liver that catalyzes the phosphorylation of glucose. |
| GOALKICKINGS | • GOALKICKING n. the kicking of a goal. |
| LOCKSMITHING | • locksmithing n. The science and art of making and defeating locks. • LOCKSMITHING n. the work or business of a locksmith. |
| OVERLOCKINGS | • OVERLOCKING n. oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying. |
| POLITICKINGS | • politickings n. Plural of politicking. • POLITICKING n. engaging in politics. |
| SCHNORKELING | • schnorkeling v. Present participle of schnorkel. • SCHNORKEL v. (German) to swim underwater using a breathing-tube, also SNORKEL. |
| STOCKHOLDING | • stockholding n. (Finance) An ownership interest in one or more companies’ stock. • STOCKHOLDING n. a holding of stock. |
| STOCKINGLESS | • stockingless adj. Not wearing stockings. • STOCKINGLESS adj. without stockings. |
| STOCKPILINGS | • stockpilings n. Plural of stockpiling. • STOCKPILING n. the creation of a reserve supply. |