(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
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bulkiness
bulkiness
noun
The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk.
bulkinesses
bulkinesses
noun
plural of bulkiness
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bunkerville
businesslike
businesslike
adj
Earnest and practical without being distracted or enthusiastic.
Methodical and efficient, in a way that would be advantageous to a business or businessperson.
businesslikeness
businesslikeness
noun
The state or condition of being businesslike.
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
gulbenkian
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
kilbourne
koeberliniaceous
lieberkuhn
lubiniezky
mecklenburgian
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
overbulkiness
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
rebukingly
rebukingly
adv
In a rebuking manner.
subalkaline
subalkaline
adj
Somewhat alkaline.
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
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
unbesprinkled
unbesprinkled
adj
Not besprinkled.
unbirdlike
unbirdlike
adj
Not birdlike.
unbluestockingish
unbodylike
unbodylike
adj
Not bodylike.
unboylike
unboylike
adj
Not boylike.
unbreakability
unbreakability
noun
The quality of being impossible to break.
unbridegroomlike
unbridegroomlike
adj
Not bridegroomlike.
unbrotherlike
unbrotherlike
adj
Not brotherlike.
unbrutelike
unbusinesslike
unbusinesslike
adj
Not businesslike.
unbutcherlike
unbutcherlike
adj
Not butcherlike.
undrinkable
undrinkable
adj
Not drinkable.
noun
Anything not suitable for drinking.
undrinkableness
undrinkableness
noun
The quality of being undrinkable.
uninvokable
uninvokable
adj
That cannot be invoked.
unkillable
unkillable
adj
Not killable; unable to be killed.
unknittable
unknittable
adj
Not knittable; unable to be knitted.
unlickable
unlickable
adj
(colloquial) That cannot be defeated or overcome.
Unable to be licked.
unlikable
unlikable
adj
Not likable
unlikableness
unlikableness
noun
Alternative form of unlikeableness
unlikeable
unlikeable
adj
Alternative spelling of unlikable
unlikeableness
unlikeableness
noun
The quality of being unlikeable.
unlikeably
unlikeably
adv
Alternative spelling of unlikably
unmistakable
unmistakable
adj
Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.
unmistakableness
unmistakableness
noun
The quality of being unmistakable, or recognizably unique.
unneighborlike
unpickable
unpickable
adj
That cannot be picked.
unriskable
unriskable
adj
Not riskable.
unshrinkable
unshrinkable
adj
That will not shrink
unsinkable
unsinkable
adj
(figurative) That cannot be overcome or defeated.
A piece of faeces that floats.
Of a ship: that cannot be sunk.
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.