| 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. |
| 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. |
| COCKABULLIES | • cockabullies n. Plural of cockabully. • COCKABULLY n. (Maori) any of various small freshwater fishes of New Zealand. |
| CUCKOLDISING | • CUCKOLDISE v. to make a cuckold of, also CUCKOLDIZE. |
| CUPRONICKELS | • cupronickels n. Plural of cupronickel. • CUPRONICKEL n. an alloy of copper and nickel. |
| 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. |
| GLUCOKINASES | • glucokinases n. Plural of glucokinase. • GLUCOKINASE n. a hexokinase found esp. in the liver that catalyzes the phosphorylation of glucose. |
| KAMELAUKIONS | • kamelaukions n. Plural of kamelaukion. • KAMELAUKION n. (Modern Greek) a tall cylindrical hat worn by Orthodox priests. |
| LEUCOPLAKIAS | • leucoplakias n. Plural of leucoplakia. • LEUCOPLAKIA n. the stage of a chronically inflamed area at which the surface becomes hard, white and smooth, also LEUKOPLAKIA. |
| LEUKOCYTOSIS | • leukocytosis n. Alternative spelling of leucocytosis. • LEUKOCYTOSIS n. an increase in the number of white blood cells in the circulating blood. |
| LEUKOPLAKIAS | • leukoplakias n. Plural of leukoplakia. • LEUKOPLAKIA n. the stage of a chronically inflamed area at which the surface becomes hard, white and smooth, also LEUCOPLAKIA. |
| LEUKOPOIESES | • LEUKOPOIESIS n. the formation of white blood cells, also LEUCOPOIESIS. |
| LEUKOPOIESIS | • leukopoiesis n. A form of hematopoiesis in which white blood cells are formed in bone marrow located in bones in adults… • LEUKOPOIESIS n. the formation of white blood cells, also LEUCOPOIESIS. |
| LEUKOTRIENES | • leukotrienes n. Plural of leukotriene. • LEUKOTRIENE n. any of a group of eicosanoids that participate in allergic responses, such as bronchial constriction. |
| OUTPOLITICKS | • outpoliticks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outpolitick. • OUTPOLITICK v. to surpass in politicking. |
| OUTSPARKLING | • outsparkling v. Present participle of outsparkle. • OUTSPARKLE v. to exceed in sparkling. |
| UNSAILORLIKE | • unsailorlike adj. Not sailorlike. • UNSAILORLIKE adj. not like or befitting a sailor. |