| 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. |
| BUMPKINLIEST | • BUMPKINLY adj. like a bumpkin, also BUMPKINISH. |
| 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. |
| INTERLEUKINS | • interleukins n. Plural of interleukin. • INTERLEUKIN n. any of a group of proteins that control the production of blood cells and play an important part in the combating of infection. |
| KLENDUSITIES | • KLENDUSITY n. of a plant, the ability to withstand disease due to some protective mechanism. |
| KLUTZINESSES | • KLUTZINESS n. being like a klutz, clumsiness. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| SPLATTERPUNK | • splatterpunk n. (Uncountable) A movement within horror fiction distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depictions of violence. • splatterpunk n. (Countable) A fan of splatterpunk fiction. • SPLATTERPUNK n. a genre of fiction centring on extremely gory scenes. |
| THANKFULLEST | • thankfullest adj. Superlative form of thankful: most thankful. • THANKFUL adj. grateful. |
| THANKFULNESS | • thankfulness n. The state of being thankful. • THANKFULNESS n. the state of being thankful. |
| TRUNKSLEEVES | • trunk␣sleeves n. Plural of trunk sleeve. • TRUNKSLEEVE n. (Shakespeare) a puffed sleeve. |
| UNARTISTLIKE | • unartistlike adj. Not artistlike; unartistic. • UNARTISTLIKE adj. not like an artist. |
| UNMISTAKABLE | • unmistakable adj. Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else. • UNMISTAKABLE adj. not capable of being mistaken or misunderstood, also UNMISTAKEABLE. |
| UNMISTAKABLY | • unmistakably adv. In an unmistakable manner; unquestionably. • UNMISTAKABLE adv. not capable of being mistaken or misunderstood, also UNMISTAKEABLE. |