| ANTITRUST | • antitrust adj. (Law) Opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation. • ANTITRUST adj. of legislation etc., directed against the adverse effect of trusts and other monopolies on commerce. |
| BANDOBUST | • BANDOBUST n. (Urdu) (in India and Pakistan) an arrangement, also BANDOBAST, BUNDOBUST. |
| BLOCKBUST | • BLOCKBUST v. to bring about the sale of property in an area by stirring up fears of racial change. |
| BLOODLUST | • bloodlust n. A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled… • blood␣lust n. Alternative spelling of bloodlust. • BLOODLUST n. desire for bloodshed. |
| BUNDOBUST | • bundobust n. (India) A system or discipline; organisation, arrangement, preparation. • BUNDOBUST n. (Urdu) an organisation, also BANDOBAST, BANDOBUST. |
| DRYASDUST | • dryasdust n. A dull, boring or pedantic speaker or writer. • dryasdust adj. Boring and pedantic in speech or writing. • dry␣as␣dust adj. (Simile) Very dull or boring. |
| DURICRUST | • duricrust n. (Soil science) A thin hard layer found near the surface in soil. • DURICRUST n. gravel, sand, or desert debris cemented by calcium carbonate, an accumulated product of chemical weathering in a dry climate. |
| HOLOCAUST | • holocaust n. (Religion) An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes. • holocaust n. (By extension). • holocaust v. (Religion, also figuratively) To sacrifice (chiefly an animal) to be completely burned. |
| HYPOCAUST | • hypocaust n. An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath. • hypocaust n. An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing. • HYPOCAUST n. an ancient air chamber or series of chambers for heating rooms. |
| MISADJUST | • misadjust v. (Transitive) To adjust wrongly or unsuitably. • MISADJUST v. to adjust wrongly; to throw out of adjustment. |
| OUTTHRUST | • outthrust n. Something that extends outwards, especially such an outcrop of rock. • outthrust v. To extend outwards. • OUTTHRUST v. to extend outwards. |
| OVERTRUST | • overtrust v. To trust too much. • overtrust n. Excessive trust. • OVERTRUST v. to trust excessively. |
| PREADJUST | • preadjust v. (Transitive) To adjust in advance. • PREADJUST v. to adjust in advance. |