(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
bullsticker
chucklesome
chucklesome
adj
Causing chuckles; humorous.
chuckwallas
chuckwallas
noun
plural of chuckwalla
cockalorums
cockalorums
noun
plural of cockalorum
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
duchesslike
duchesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a duchess.
flunkyistic
flunkyistic
adj
Of or relating to flunkyism.
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
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)
justicelike
justicelike
adj
Alternative form of justice-like
knucklesome
knucklesome
adj
(literally and figurative) Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly
lacklusters
lacklusters
noun
plural of lackluster
leskeaceous
luckinesses
luckinesses
noun
plural of luckiness
lukaszewicz
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
muschelkalk
outslicking
outslicking
verb
present participle of outslick
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.
turnbuckles
turnbuckles
noun
plural of turnbuckle
turtlebacks
turtlebacks
noun
plural of turtleback
turtlenecks
turtlenecks
noun
plural of turtleneck
underclerks
underclerks
noun
plural of underclerk
unluckiness
unluckiness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being unlucky or unfortunate; misfortune.
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
volksschule
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.