| 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. |
| 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. |
| COMPUTERNIKS | • computerniks n. Plural of computernik. • COMPUTERNIK n. a computer enthusiast. |
| COUNTERSINKS | • countersinks n. Plural of countersink. • countersinks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countersink. • COUNTERSINK v. to make a countersink on (a hole). |
| 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. |
| DOUGHNUTLIKE | • doughnutlike adj. Resembling a doughnut. • DOUGHNUTLIKE adj. like a doughnut. |
| HUNTIEGOWKED | • HUNTIEGOWK v. to go on a fool's errand. |
| KINETONUCLEI | • KINETONUCLEUS n. a DNA body located near the base of the flagellum in flagellate protozoa, also KINETOPLAST. |
| LEUKOTRIENES | • leukotrienes n. Plural of leukotriene. • LEUKOTRIENE n. any of a group of eicosanoids that participate in allergic responses, such as bronchial constriction. |
| OUTJOCKEYING | • outjockeying v. Present participle of outjockey. • OUTJOCKEY v. to surpass in jockeying. |
| OUTRECKONING | • outreckoning v. Present participle of outreckon. • OUTRECKON v. to surpass in reckoning. |
| OUTSPARKLING | • outsparkling v. Present participle of outsparkle. • OUTSPARKLE v. to exceed in sparkling. |
| STOCKPUNISHT | • STOCKPUNISHT adj. (Shakespeare) punished by being put in the stocks. |
| TECHNOJUNKIE | • technojunkie n. (Informal) One who has an addiction to computer technology. • TECHNOJUNKIE n. someone who is obsessed with technology. |
| UNSTOCKINGED | • unstockinged adj. Not wearing stockings. • UNSTOCKINGED adj. not stockinged. |