| BACKGROUNDERS | • backgrounders n. Plural of backgrounder. • BACKGROUNDER n. an off the record briefing for reporters. |
| COUNTERSTRIKE | • counterstrike n. (Military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking. • counterstrike v. (Intransitive) To perform a counterstrike. • COUNTERSTRIKE v. to counter with an opposing strike. |
| COUNTERSTROKE | • counterstroke n. A blow given in return. • counterstroke n. A retaliation. • COUNTERSTROKE n. a stroke in return. |
| COUNTERSTRUCK | • counterstruck v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterstrike. • COUNTERSTRIKE v. to counter with an opposing strike. |
| COUNTERWORKED | • counterworked v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterwork. • COUNTERWORK v. to work in opposition to. |
| COUNTERWORKER | • counterworker n. (Rare) One who works at a counter. • counterworker n. (Rare) One who works against something; a saboteur. • COUNTERWORKER n. one who does counterwork. |
| GROUNDBREAKER | • groundbreaker n. First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person. • GROUNDBREAKER n. one that innovates. |
| GROUNDSKEEPER | • groundskeeper n. Someone who takes care of the upkeep of grounds (Gardens, a playing field, woodlands, etc.). • GROUNDSKEEPER n. a person who cares for the grounds of a usually large property (as a sports field). |
| KERAUNOGRAPHS | • keraunographs n. Plural of keraunograph. • KERAUNOGRAPH n. an instrument for detecting distant thunderstorms, also CERAUNOGRAPH. |
| KERNICTERUSES | • KERNICTERUS n. a condition of acute neural dysfunction linked with high levels of bilirubin in the blood. |
| RUBBERNECKERS | • rubberneckers n. Plural of rubbernecker. • RUBBERNECKER n. one who rubbernecks. |
| RUBBERNECKING | • rubbernecking n. The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident. • rubbernecking n. Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly. • rubbernecking v. Present participle of rubberneck. |
| THUNDERSTRIKE | • thunderstrike v. (Transitive, now rare) To strike, blast, or injure by, or as if by, lightning. • thunderstrike v. (Transitive, figurative, now rare) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible. • THUNDERSTRIKE v. to strike dumb. |
| THUNDERSTROKE | • thunderstroke n. Thunderbolt. • THUNDERSTROKE n. a stroke of or as if of lightning with the attendant thunder. |
| THUNDERSTRUCK | • thunderstruck adj. Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak. • THUNDERSTRIKE v. to strike dumb. |
| UNBROTHERLIKE | • unbrotherlike adj. Not brotherlike. • UNBROTHERLIKE adj. not like a brother. |
| UNDERCRACKERS | • undercrackers n. (UK, informal) Men’s underpants. • UNDERCRACKERS n. (slang) underwear. |
| UNDERSKINKERS | • underskinkers n. Plural of underskinker. • UNDERSKINKER n. (Shakespeare) an assistant tapster. |