Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(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
cornhusking
cornhusking
noun
The removal of the husk from corn.
cornhuskings
cornhuskings
noun
plural of cornhusking
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
ginkgoaceous
ginkgoaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Ginkgoaceae.
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.
glucokinases
glucokinases
noun
plural of glucokinase
gluconokinase
gluconokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + D-gluconate ⇌ ADP + 6-phospho-D-gluconate.
gumpoldskirchner
gunlocks
gunlocks
noun
plural of gunlock
gunstock
gunstock
noun
The handle of a handgun.
The rear part of a musket, rifle or shotgun which is pressed into the shoulder.
gunstocker
gunstocker
noun
A manufacturer of gunstocks.
gunstocking
gunstocks
gunstocks
noun
plural of gunstock
isokeraunographic
jacksonburg
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
longshucks
neugkroschen
outslicking
outslicking
verb
present participle of outslick
packinghouse
packinghouse
noun
A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.
roughnecks
roughnecks
noun
plural of roughneck
shuttlecocking
shuttlecocking
verb
present participle of shuttlecock
stockjudging
superacknowledgment
trackingscout
unacknowledgedness
unbluestockingish
understocking
understocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.