(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
bruckleness
bucklandite
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulkinesses
bulkinesses
noun
plural of bulkiness
bulletmaker
bulletmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bullets.
bullsticker
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bulrushlike
bulrushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bulrush.
bundelkhand
bunkerville
burkesville
buttermilks
buttermilks
noun
plural of buttermilk
buzzardlike
buzzardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buzzard.
chalkcutter
chucklehead
chucklehead
noun
(informal) A stupid or clumsy person.
A coastal rockfish of California, Sebastes chlorostictus.
chucklesome
chucklesome
adj
Causing chuckles; humorous.
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
doublespeak
doublespeak
noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
duchesslike
duchesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a duchess.
dungeonlike
dungeonlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dungeon
ekatantalum
ekatantalum
noun
Alternative form of eka-tantalum
flukinesses
flunkeyhood
flunkeyhood
noun
The role or status of a flunkey.
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
glucokinase
glucokinase
noun
A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
grieshuckle
gumlikeness
honeysuckle
honeysuckle
noun
Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia
Any of the many species of arching shrubs and climbing vines of the genus Lonicera in the Caprifoliaceae family, many with sweet smelling, bell shaped flowers.
Banksia aquilonia (northern banksia)
Banksia integrifolia (coast banksia)
Banksia marginata (silver banksia)
Banksia serrata (red honeysuckle)
Lambertia multiflora (many-flowered honeysuckle)
huckleberry
huckleberry
noun
(US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.
(slang) A person of little consequence.
A shrub growing this fruit.
A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.
verb
(intransitive) To pick huckleberries.
hulkingness
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
interleukin
interleukin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.
jackqueline
justicelike
justicelike
adj
Alternative form of justice-like
kamelaukion
kamelaukion
noun
A stiff cylindrical head-covering worn for religious reasons in Orthodox Christian and Eastern Catholic traditions.
keelhauling
keelhauling
noun
(nautical) The act by which a person is keelhauled.
(slang, obsolete, by extension) A thorough thrashing or mauling; rough treatment.
verb
present participle of keelhaul.
keraulophon
kerplunking
kerplunking
verb
present participle of kerplunk
kettledrums
kettledrums
noun
plural of kettledrum
kieselguhrs
kieselguhrs
noun
plural of kieselguhr
kiesselguhr
kilogausses
kilogausses
noun
plural of kilogauss
klausenburg
knuckleball
knuckleball
noun
(baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
(figurative) An event that is hard to predict.
verb
(intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.
knucklebone
knucklebone
noun
(slang) A die.
A bone that forms a knuckle in the human hand, in an animal's paw or any bone that forms a similar bump.
Such a bone once used in knucklebones and other children's games of chance.
knucklehead
knucklehead
noun
An idiot; a stupid or inept person.
knucklesome
knucklesome
adj
(literally and figurative) Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly
kulturkreis
kunstlieder
lacklusters
lacklusters
noun
plural of lackluster
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
leeuwenhoek
leptokurtic
leptokurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
leskeaceous
leucoplakia
leucoplakia
noun
Alternative form of leukoplakia
leukoctyoid
leukocytoid
leukocytoid
adj
Resembling a leukocyte
leukopenias
leukopenias
noun
plural of leukopenia
leukoplakia
leukoplakia
noun
(medicine) Patches of keratosis on the mucous membranes of the oral cavity and in other areas, associated with smoking.
leukoplakic
leukoplakic
adj
Relating to leukoplakia.
leukorrheal
leukorrheal
adj
Relating to leukorrhea.
leukorrheas
leukorrheas
noun
plural of leukorrhea
leukorrhoea
leukorrhoea
noun
Alternative form of leukorrhea
leukotaxine
leukotomies
leukotomies
noun
plural of leukotomy
leukotriene
leukotriene
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several physiologically active lipids, related to the prostaglandins, that participate in allergic responses.
loudspeaker
loudspeaker
noun
An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.
Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.
luckinesses
luckinesses
noun
plural of luckiness
lukaszewicz
lukewarmish
lukewarmish
adj
Somewhat lukewarm; tepid.
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
lurkingness
lurkingness
noun
Quality of lurking.
mecklenburg
mecklenburg
Proper noun
An area in Baltic northern Germany.
milwaukeean
milwaukeean
Adjective
Of or relating to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
mollusklike
mollusklike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mollusk.
multipacket
multipacket
adj
Composed of multiple packets
multitasked
multitasked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of multitask
muschelkalk
muskallonge
muskallunge
muskellunge
muskellunge
noun
A large freshwater gamefish of the pike family, native to the lakes and rivers of eastern and middle western North America; Esox masquinongy.
natureliked
nonbulkhead
nonbulkhead
adj
Not of or relating to a bulkhead.
numskullery
oligotokeus
outsparkled
outsparkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outsparkle
outsparkles
outsparkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsparkle
outspokenly
outspokenly
adv
In an outspoken manner.
overbulkily
overquickly
overquickly
adv
In an overquick manner; too quickly.
packbuilder
pervouralsk
pickelhaube
pickelhaube
noun
(historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
picturelike
picturelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a picture.
pluckedness
pluckedness
noun
The quality of being plucked (in various senses).
plucklessly
plumemaking
poultrylike
poultrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of poultry.
puddinglike
puddinglike
adj
Resembling a pudding.
puritanlike
puritanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puritan.
purposelike
purposelike
adj
(Scotland) purposeful
pustulelike
pustulelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a pustule.
quacksalver
quacksalver
noun
(archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
quakerishly
quicksilver
quicksilver
adj
Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
noun
(colloquial) An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
The metal mercury.
verb
To overlay with quicksilver.
To treat with quicksilver.
rattleskull
rebukefully
rebukefully
adv
In a rebukeful manner.
riskfulness
riskfulness
noun
(archaic) riskiness
ruffianlike
ruffianlike
adj
Like a ruffian
saltchucker
saltchucker
noun
(Canada, informal, fishing) Someone who fishes in saltwater.
sausagelike
sausagelike
adj
Resembling a sausage; often specifically sausage-shaped.
sawdustlike
sawdustlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of sawdust.
shukulumbwe
shuttlecock
shuttlecock
noun
(countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.]
(uncountable, dated) The game of badminton.
verb
To move rapidly back and forth.
To send or toss back and forth; to bandy.
shuttlelike
shuttlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a shuttle.
skilfulness
skilfulness
noun
The state or condition of being skilful.
skulduggery
skulduggery
noun
(countable) A devious device or trick.
(uncountable) Dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour.
skullbanker
soundalikes
soundalikes
noun
plural of soundalike
spelunkings
spelunkings
noun
plural of spelunking
spunklessly
squeakingly
squeakingly
adv
With a squeaking sound.
stirruplike
stirruplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a stirrup.
studentlike
studentlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a student.
subalkaline
subalkaline
adj
Somewhat alkaline.
subjectlike
subjectlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a subject.
sulkinesses
sulkinesses
noun
plural of sulkiness
sulphurlike
sulphurlike
adj
Alternative spelling of sulfurlike
superblocks
superblocks
noun
plural of superblock
superflacks
superflacks
noun
plural of superflack
supplejacks
supplejacks
noun
plural of supplejack
swashbuckle
swashbuckle
verb
(intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.
telukbetung
thankfuller
thankfuller
adj
comparative form of thankful: more thankful
thelytokous
thelytokous
adj
That produces female offspring (only)
thunderlike
thunderlike
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of thunder.
ticklenburg
ticklenburg
noun
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
trufflelike
trufflelike
Adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a truffle.
trumpetlike
trumpetlike
adj
Resembling a trumpet or its sound.
tumblerlike
tumblerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tumbler (in various senses).