(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bucklandite
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
ticklenburg
ticklenburg
noun
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
troublemaking
troublemaking
adj
Causing trouble.
noun
Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
turbanlike
turbanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a turban.
turbinelike
turbinelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a turbine.
unbasketlike
unbluestockingish
unbreakability
unbreakability
noun
The quality of being impossible to break.
unbrotherlike
unbrotherlike
adj
Not brotherlike.
unbrutelike
unbutcherlike
unbutcherlike
adj
Not butcherlike.
unknittable
unknittable
adj
Not knittable; unable to be knitted.
unmistakable
unmistakable
adj
Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.
unmistakableness
unmistakableness
noun
The quality of being unmistakable, or recognizably unique.
unspeakability
unspeakability
noun
unspeakableness
unsubjectlike
unsubjectlike
adj
Not subjectlike.
unthinkable
unthinkable
adj
Incapable of being believed; incredible.
Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.