(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
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.
bunkerville
burkesville
buttermilks
buttermilks
noun
plural of buttermilk
buzzardlike
buzzardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buzzard.
chalkcutter
cuckoldries
cuckoldries
noun
plural of cuckoldry
cupronickel
cupronickel
noun
An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
furnacelike
furnacelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
grieshuckle
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.
interleukin
interleukin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of cytokine proteins important in the regulation of lymphocyte function.
keraulophon
kerplunking
kerplunking
verb
present participle of kerplunk
kettledrums
kettledrums
noun
plural of kettledrum
kieselguhrs
kieselguhrs
noun
plural of kieselguhr
kiesselguhr
klausenburg
kulturkreis
kunstlieder
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.
leukorrheal
leukorrheal
adj
Relating to leukorrhea.
leukorrheas
leukorrheas
noun
plural of leukorrhea
leukorrhoea
leukorrhoea
noun
Alternative form of leukorrhea
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.
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.
natureliked
numskullery
outsparkled
outsparkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outsparkle
outsparkles
outsparkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsparkle
overbulkily
overquickly
overquickly
adv
In an overquick manner; too quickly.
packbuilder
pervouralsk
picturelike
picturelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a picture.
poultrylike
poultrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of poultry.
puritanlike
puritanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a puritan.
purposelike
purposelike
adj
(Scotland) purposeful
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.
skulduggery
skulduggery
noun
(countable) A devious device or trick.
(uncountable) Dishonest, underhanded, or unscrupulous activities or behaviour.
skullbanker
stirruplike
stirruplike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a stirrup.
sulphurlike
sulphurlike
adj
Alternative spelling of sulfurlike
superblocks
superblocks
noun
plural of superblock
superflacks
superflacks
noun
plural of superflack
thankfuller
thankfuller
adj
comparative form of thankful: more thankful
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).
tunnelmaker
turbinelike
turbinelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a turbine.
turnbuckles
turnbuckles
noun
plural of turnbuckle
turtlebacks
turtlebacks
noun
plural of turtleback
turtlenecks
turtlenecks
noun
plural of turtleneck
ulrikaumeko
unactorlike
unactorlike
adj
Not actorlike.
unbreakable
unbreakable
adj
(figurative) Resilient.
(of a horse) Not able to be broken in.
Difficult or impossible to break and therefore able to withstand rough usage.
noun
Something that cannot be broken.
unbreakably
unbreakably
adv
In an unbreakable manner.
unbrookable
unbrookable
adj
Not to be brooked or borne; intolerable.
unbrutelike
unclerklike
uncourtlike
uncourtlike
adj
Not courtlike.
uncrookedly
underclerks
underclerks
noun
plural of underclerk
underliking
underlooker
underlooker
noun
(mining) A daily inspector of a mine.
undreamlike
undreamlike
adj
Not dreamlike.
undrinkable
undrinkable
adj
Not drinkable.
noun
Anything not suitable for drinking.
undronelike
unfairylike
unfairylike
adj
Not fairylike.
unfrankable
unfrankable
adj
Not frankable; not eligible for being posted free of charge.
unfriarlike
unfriarlike
adj
Not friarlike.
unicornlike
unicornlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a unicorn.
unkindredly
unkindredly
adj
Not befitting kindred or family.
unloverlike
unloverlike
adj
Not loverlike.
unrebukable
unrebukable
adj
Above rebuke; honourable.
unrebukably
unrebukably
adv
In an unrebukable manner.
unrevokable
unsatyrlike
unsprinkled
unsprinkled
adj
Not having been sprinkled.
untrickable
untrickable
adj
That cannot be tricked.
unwaterlike
unwaterlike
adj
Not waterlike.
vulturelike
vulturelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a vulture.
whalesucker
whalesucker
noun
A tropical species of remora, Remora australis, that attaches exclusively to cetaceans.