(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
buffaloback
buffaloback
noun
The back of a buffalo
bullsticker
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
chalkcutter
chikmagalur
chuckawalla
chuckawalla
noun
Alternative form of chuckwalla
chucklehead
chucklehead
noun
(informal) A stupid or clumsy person.
A coastal rockfish of California, Sebastes chlorostictus.
chucklesome
chucklesome
adj
Causing chuckles; humorous.
chucklingly
chucklingly
adv
in a chuckling manner
chuckwallas
chuckwallas
noun
plural of chuckwalla
cockalorums
cockalorums
noun
plural of cockalorum
countryfolk
countryfolk
noun
One who lives in the country; a rural dweller.
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.
duchesslike
duchesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a duchess.
duckwalking
duckwalking
verb
present participle of duckwalk
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
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
gulfhammock
holluschick
holluschick
noun
A "bachelor seal"; a holluschickie.
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.
jackqueline
justicelike
justicelike
adj
Alternative form of justice-like
kamptulicon
kamptulicon
noun
(archaic) A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork.
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
lacklusters
lacklusters
noun
plural of lackluster
lacquerwork
lacquerwork
noun
Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer.
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
leukoplakic
leukoplakic
adj
Relating to leukoplakia.
luckinesses
luckinesses
noun
plural of luckiness
lukaszewicz
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
mecklenburg
mecklenburg
Proper noun
An area in Baltic northern Germany.
multipacket
multipacket
adj
Composed of multiple packets
muschelkalk
outpolitick
outpolitick
verb
(transitive) To outdo in politics.
outslicking
outslicking
verb
present participle of outslick
overquickly
overquickly
adv
In an overquick manner; too quickly.
packbuilder
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
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.
platykurtic
platykurtic
adj
(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.
pluckedness
pluckedness
noun
The quality of being plucked (in various senses).
plucklessly
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.
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.
saltchucker
saltchucker
noun
(Canada, informal, fishing) Someone who fishes in saltwater.
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.
spondulicks
spondulicks
noun
(slang, UK) Money.
subjectlike
subjectlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a subject.
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.
ticklenburg
ticklenburg
noun
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
trucklingly
turnbuckles
turnbuckles
noun
plural of turnbuckle
turtlebacks
turtlebacks
noun
plural of turtleback
turtlenecks
turtlenecks
noun
plural of turtleneck
unactorlike
unactorlike
adj
Not actorlike.
unblackened
unblackened
adj
Not blackened.
unblockaded
unblockaded
adj
Not blockaded.
uncheckable
uncheckable
adj
Incapable of being checked or restrained.
Incapable of being checked or verified.
unchildlike
unchildlike
adj
Not childlike; inappropriate for a child to do or be
unclerklike
uncloakable
uncloakable
adj
Not cloakable.
uncourtlike
uncourtlike
adj
Not courtlike.
uncrinkling
uncrinkling
verb
present participle of uncrinkle
uncrookedly
uncuckolded
uncuckolded
adj
Not cuckolded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of uncuckold
underclerks
underclerks
noun
plural of underclerk
unduncelike
unicornlike
unicornlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a unicorn.
unluckiness
unluckiness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being unlucky or unfortunate; misfortune.
unmockingly
unmockingly
adv
Without mocking.
unnickelled
unpadlocked
unpadlocked
adj
Not secured by a padlock.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of unpadlock
unshackling
unshackling
verb
present participle of unshackle
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).
unskeptical
unskeptical
adj
Not skeptical; having an open mind.
unslackened
unslackened
adj
Not slackened.
unslockened
unslockened
adj
(dialect) unslaked
untrickable
untrickable
adj
That cannot be tricked.
untruckling
untruckling
adj
Not truckling; not fawning or obsequious.
volksschule
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.