| AKOLOUTHOSES | • AKOLOUTHOS n. (historical) the head of the Varangian guard of the Byzantine emperors, also ACOLOUTHOS, AKOLUTHOS. |
| BLOCKBUSTERS | • blockbusters n. Plural of blockbuster. • BLOCKBUSTER n. a bomb large enough to destroy a city block. |
| 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. |
| COMPUTERLIKE | • computerlike adj. Having some similarity to a computer. • COMPUTERLIKE adj. like a computer. |
| COURTIERLIKE | • courtierlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a courtier. • COURTIERLIKE adj. like a courtier. |
| 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. |
| KINETONUCLEI | • KINETONUCLEUS n. a DNA body located near the base of the flagellum in flagellate protozoa, also KINETOPLAST. |
| LEUKOCYTOSES | • leukocytoses n. Plural of leukocytosis. • LEUKOCYTOSIS n. an increase in the number of white blood cells in the circulating blood. |
| LEUKOCYTOSIS | • leukocytosis n. Alternative spelling of leucocytosis. • LEUKOCYTOSIS n. an increase in the number of white blood cells in the circulating blood. |
| LEUKOCYTOTIC | • LEUKOCYTOTIC adj. relating to leukocytosis, an increase in the number of white blood cells in the circulating blood. |
| LEUKOPOIETIC | • leukopoietic adj. Relating to leukopoiesis. • LEUKOPOIETIC adj. relating to leukopoiesis, also LEUCOPOIETIC. |
| LEUKOTRIENES | • leukotrienes n. Plural of leukotriene. • LEUKOTRIENE n. any of a group of eicosanoids that participate in allergic responses, such as bronchial constriction. |
| LUCKENBOOTHS | • LUCKENBOOTH n. (Scots) a shop or booth esp. in 18th century Edinburgh. |
| NOMENKLATURA | • nomenklatura n. (Now historical) A list of bureaucratic posts in government and industry in the former Soviet Union… • nomenklatura n. The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite. • NOMENKLATURA n. (Russian) officeholders and managers in a communist regime. |
| 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. |
| SHUTTLECOCKS | • shuttlecocks n. Plural of shuttlecock. • shuttlecocks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shuttlecock. • SHUTTLECOCK v. to send or toss to and fro. |
| TROUBLEMAKER | • troublemaker n. One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately. • troublemaker n. A complainer. • trouble-maker n. Alternative spelling of troublemaker. |