(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
brachylogies
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
cablecasting
cablecasting
verb
present participle of cablecast
childersburg
climbingfish
copublishing
copublishing
verb
present participle of copublish
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
granoblastic
granoblastic
adj
(geology) Containing equidimensional grains of metamorphic rock formed by recrystallization
gymnoblastic
gymnoblastic
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.
linebackings
misbalancing
misbalancing
verb
present participle of misbalance
recognisable
recognisable
adj
(British spelling) Able to be recognised.
scramblingly
scramblingly
adv
With a scrambling motion.
scribblingly
scribblingly
adv
In a scribbling manner.
semibiologic
semiclimbing
sociobiology
sociobiology
noun
The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in both humans and animals.