| 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. |
| 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. |
| BLUEJACKINGS | • bluejackings n. Plural of bluejacking. • BLUEJACKING n. the sending of unsolicited messages over Bluetooth to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobile phones. |
| 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. |
| BULLWHACKING | • bullwhacking v. Present participle of bullwhack. • BULLWHACK v. to strike with a kind of heavy whip. |
| BUSHWALKINGS | • BUSHWALKING n. hiking through the bush as a leisure activity. |
| CUCKOLDISING | • CUCKOLDISE v. to make a cuckold of, also CUCKOLDIZE. |
| CUCKOLDIZING | • cuckoldizing v. Present participle of cuckoldize. • CUCKOLDIZE v. to make a cuckold of, also CUCKOLDISE. |
| DOUGHNUTLIKE | • doughnutlike adj. Resembling a doughnut. • DOUGHNUTLIKE adj. like a doughnut. |
| GLUCOKINASES | • glucokinases n. Plural of glucokinase. • GLUCOKINASE n. a hexokinase found esp. in the liver that catalyzes the phosphorylation of glucose. |
| KEELHAULINGS | • keelhaulings n. Plural of keelhauling. • KEELHAULING n. punishment by dragging under keel of ship. |
| LEUKEMOGENIC | • leukemogenic adj. That tends to cause leukemia. • LEUKEMOGENIC adj. relating to leukemogenesis. |
| MULTITASKING | • multitasking v. Present participle of multitask. • multitasking n. (Computing) The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven… • multitasking n. (Buzzword, figuratively) The practice or capability of handling more than one task at the same time. |
| OUTSPARKLING | • outsparkling v. Present participle of outsparkle. • OUTSPARKLE v. to exceed in sparkling. |
| QUACKSALVING | • quacksalving adj. Falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, like a quacksalver. • QUACKSALVING adj. (obsolete) like a quacksalver, a charlatan. |
| UNBLINKINGLY | • unblinkingly adv. Without blinking. • UNBLINKING adv. not blinking. |
| UNKENNELLING | • unkennelling v. Present participle of unkennel. • UNKENNEL v. to release from a kennel. |
| UNKNIGHTLIER | • UNKNIGHTLY adj. not knightly. |
| UNTHINKINGLY | • unthinkingly adv. In an unthinking manner. • UNTHINKING adv. UNTHINK, to dismiss from the mind. |