(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.
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).
bruckleness
bullsticker
cockalorums
cockalorums
noun
plural of cockalorum
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
grieshuckle
lacklusters
lacklusters
noun
plural of lackluster
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
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.
superblocks
superblocks
noun
plural of superblock
superflacks
superflacks
noun
plural of superflack
turnbuckles
turnbuckles
noun
plural of turnbuckle
turtlebacks
turtlebacks
noun
plural of turtleback
turtlenecks
turtlenecks
noun
plural of turtleneck
underclerks
underclerks
noun
plural of underclerk
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.