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.
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
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bukittinggi
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
buttermaking
chuckfarthing
counterattacking
counterattacking
verb
present participle of counterattack
counterlocking
counterreckoning
countersinking
countersinking
verb
present participle of countersink
counterworking
counterworking
verb
present participle of counterwork
daughterkin
daughterkin
noun
(endearing) A daughter.
daughterlike
daughterlike
adj
Resembling a daughter.
doublethinking
doughnutlike
doughnutlike
adj
Resembling a doughnut.
duckhunting
duskingtide
earthquaking
earthquaking
verb
present participle of earthquake
ekaterinburg
gearksutite
gearksutite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.
gemuetlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
gemutlichkeit
noun
Alternative form of Gemütlichkeit
gitanemuck
gitanemuk
goatsucker
goatsucker
noun
Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
goatsuckers
goatsuckers
noun
plural of goatsucker
graustark
graustarkian
groupthink
groupthink
noun
A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
groupthinks
grubstake
grubstake
noun
(business) An amount of money advanced to someone starting a business in return for a share of the future profits.
(mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
Money, necessities stockpiled to sustain an effort for a period of time.
verb
(transitive) To supply such funds to.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grubstaker
grubstaker
noun
One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.
grubstakers
grubstakers
noun
plural of grubstaker
grubstakes
grubstakes
noun
plural of grubstake
grubstaking
grubstaking
verb
present participle of grubstake
grunitsky
guiltsick
guitarlike
guitarlike
adj
Resembling a guitar
gunstick
gunstick
noun
A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod.
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
gutbucket
gutbucket
noun
Synonym of washtub bass
gutlike
gutlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gut.
gutterlike
gutterlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a gutter.
gymnotokous
hucksterage
hucksterage
noun
The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling.
huckstering
huckstering
noun
The behaviour of a huckster.
verb
present participle of huckster
inguklimiut
junggrammatiker
junketeering
junketeering
verb
present participle of junketeer
junketing
junketing
noun
A celebratory feast or banquet.
verb
present participle of junket
katchung
katchung
noun
(India) Synonym of groundnut (“Arachis hypogaea”)
keithsburg
keratogenous
keratogenous
adj
That produces horny tissue
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
keratoglossus
kerugmata
kerugmata
noun
plural of kerugma
khidmutgar
khidmutgar
noun
Alternative form of khitmatgar
khitmutgar
khitmutgar
noun
Alternative spelling of khitmatgar
kigensetsu
kinghunter
kirkcudbright
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
kithogue
kitmudgar
klagenfurt
knouting
knouting
noun
A flogging with a knout.
A leather scourge.
verb
present participle of knout
konigshutte
kopagmiut
koungmiut
kowagmiut
krisuvigite
krisuvigite
noun
(mineralogy) brochantite
krugerite
kuomintang
kuomintang
Proper noun
A nationalist political party in pre-Communist China that ruled China from 1928 until the Communists overthrew it in 1949, and was subsequently the major administrative party of Taiwan.
kurtzig
kuskwogmiut
kwangtung
kwantung
laughingstock
laughingstock
noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
laughingstocks
laughingstocks
noun
plural of laughingstock
lutemaking
lutemaking
noun
The manufacture of lutes.
mantuamaking
mantuamaking
noun
The manufacture of mantuas.
multitasking
multitasking
noun
(buzzword, figuratively) The practice or capability of handling more than one task at the same time.
(computing) The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.
verb
present participle of multitask
naugatuck
oaktongue
oligotokeus
oligotokous
outasking
outasking
verb
present participle of outask
outbaking
outbaking
verb
present participle of outbake
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
outcooking
outcooking
verb
present participle of outcook
outdrinking
outdrinking
verb
present participle of outdrink
outflanking
outflanking
noun
The act of one who outflanks.
verb
present participle of outflank
outjockeying
outjockeying
verb
present participle of outjockey
outkeeping
outkeeping
verb
present participle of outkeep
outkicking
outkicking
verb
present participle of outkick
outking
outkissing
outkissing
verb
present participle of outkiss
outpocketing
outpocketing
noun
The growth of a surface so as to form a cavity (sac or pocket); the cavity so formed
outranking
outranking
verb
present participle of outrank
outreckoning
outreckoning
verb
present participle of outreckon
outrocking
outrocking
verb
present participle of outrock
outseeking
outskipping
outskipping
verb
present participle of outskip
outslicking
outslicking
verb
present participle of outslick
outsmoking
outsmoking
verb
present participle of outsmoke
outsparkling
outsparkling
verb
present participle of outsparkle
outspeaking
outspeaking
verb
present participle of outspeak
outsulking
outsulking
verb
present participle of outsulk
outtalking
outtalking
verb
present participle of outtalk
outtasking
outtasking
verb
present participle of outtask
outthanking
outthanking
verb
present participle of outthank
outthinking
outthinking
verb
present participle of outthink
outtinkling
outtricking
outtricking
verb
present participle of outtrick
outwalking
outwalking
verb
present participle of outwalk
outworking
outworking
noun
The process by which something is carried out or accomplished; the act or results of developing something.
verb
present participle of outwork
patricksburg
picturemaking
preundertaking
quarterbacking
quarterbacking
noun
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event
verb
present participle of quarterback
saugatuck
shuttlecocking
shuttlecocking
verb
present participle of shuttlecock
skeletogenous
skeletogenous
adj
Forming or producing parts of the skeleton.
stagestruck
stagestruck
adj
Enamored of the theatre, the craft of acting or of actors/actresses.
stinkbug
stinkbug
noun
(Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
(entomology) Any of various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder, principally in the superfamilies Pentatomoidea and Coreoidea.
Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes which they use to discourage predators.
stinkbugs
stinkbugs
noun
plural of stinkbug
stockjudging
stucking
stuckling
subtasking
superacknowledgment
tandjungpriok
tanjungpriok
tankerabogus
tankerabogus
noun
(UK, regional) A bogeyman; a fanciful monster used to frighten children.