(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
buckbrushes
buckbrushes
noun
plural of buckbrush
buckeystown
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
bullsticker
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
checksummed
checksummed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checksum
chucklesome
chucklesome
adj
Causing chuckles; humorous.
cocksuckers
cocksuckers
noun
(vulgar) plural of cocksucker
cocksuredom
cocksureism
countersank
countersank
verb
simple past tense of countersink
countersink
countersink
noun
a cylindrical recess, typically machined around a hole to admit a screw so that it sits flush with a surface.
verb
(transitive) To cause to sink even with or below the surface.
(transitive) To create such a conical recess.
countersunk
countersunk
adj
(of a bolt or screw) That has a flat conical top allowing it to be inserted flush with a surface
verb
past participle of countersink
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
cushionlike
cushionlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cushion.
deutschmark
duchesslike
duchesslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a duchess.
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.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
grieshuckle
honeysucker
honeysucker
noun
(Africa) Any of the sunbirds.
(Australia, obsolete) A honeyeater.
(obsolete) A honeyguide.
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)
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
hucksteress
hucksteress
noun
(archaic) A female huckster.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
hucksterism
hucksterism
noun
The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior.
hucksterize
hucksterize
verb
To hawk; to promote, especially in a pushy or deceptive manner.
isokeraunic
isokeraunic
adj
Indicating areas that have the same amount of thunderstorm activity.
justicelike
justicelike
adj
Alternative form of justice-like
kentuckians
keratoconus
keratoconus
noun
(pathology) A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal even curve
keypunchers
keypunchers
noun
plural of keypuncher
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
microquakes
microquakes
noun
plural of microquake
muschelkalk
nutcrackers
nutcrackers
noun
plural of nutcracker
pluckedness
pluckedness
noun
The quality of being plucked (in various senses).
plucklessly
puckishness
puckishness
noun
An instance of being puckish
quackenbush
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.
quicknesses
quicknesses
noun
plural of quickness
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.
rubbernecks
rubbernecks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rubberneck
rudderstock
rudderstock
noun
(nautical) The main part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or similarly, with the sternpost of a vessel.
saarbrucken
saltchucker
saltchucker
noun
(Canada, informal, fishing) Someone who fishes in saltwater.
saucemaking
saucemaking
noun
(cooking) The making of sauces.
seersuckers
seersuckers
noun
plural of seersucker
sharksucker
sharksucker
noun
The remora or suckerfish.
shattuckite
shattuckite
noun
(mineralogy) A copper silicate hydroxide mineral.
shrewstruck
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.
sourcebooks
sourcebooks
noun
plural of sourcebook
stagestruck
stagestruck
adj
Enamored of the theatre, the craft of acting or of actors/actresses.
stockhausen
stumpsucker
subjectlike
subjectlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a subject.
subtacksmen
suikerbosch
sunstricken
sunstricken
Adjective
Afflicted with sunstroke.
superblocks
superblocks
noun
plural of superblock
superflacks
superflacks
noun
plural of superflack
superstocks
superstocks
noun
plural of superstock
supplejacks
supplejacks
noun
plural of supplejack
swashbuckle
swashbuckle
verb
(intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.
treckschuyt
treckschuyt
noun
Alternative spelling of trekschuit.
truckmaster
truckmaster
noun
(historical) The manager of a colonially-sanctioned store that traded goods with the Native Americans.
turnbuckles
turnbuckles
noun
plural of turnbuckle
turtlebacks
turtlebacks
noun
plural of turtleback
turtlenecks
turtlenecks
noun
plural of turtleneck
underclerks
underclerks
noun
plural of underclerk
understruck
undertricks
undertricks
noun
plural of undertrick
unluckiness
unluckiness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being unlucky or unfortunate; misfortune.
unphysicked
unphysicked
adj
(archaic) Not physicked.
unquickness
unransacked
unransacked
adj
Not having been ransacked.
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
unthickness
upperstocks
volksschule
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.