BLACKGUARDING | • blackguarding v. Present participle of blackguard. • BLACKGUARD v. to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel. |
BLOCKBUSTINGS | • BLOCKBUSTING n. the act of bringing about the sale of property in an area by stirring up fears of racial change. |
BLUESTOCKINGS | • bluestockings n. Plural of bluestocking. • blue-stockings n. Plural of blue-stocking. • BLUESTOCKING n. an early feminist; an educated or literary woman. |
FLOUTINGSTOCK | • FLOUTINGSTOCK n. (Shakespeare) a person or thing that is flouted. |
HYDRAULICKING | • hydraulicking n. Hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment). • hydraulicking v. Present participle of hydraulic. • HYDRAULICKING n. the act of excavating with powerful jets of water. |
LAUGHINGSTOCK | • laughingstock n. Alternative spelling of laughing stock. • laughing-stock n. Alternative spelling of laughing stock. • laughing␣stock n. (Idiomatic) An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke. |
LEUKAEMOGENIC | • leukaemogenic adj. Alternative form of leukemogenic. • LEUKAEMOGENIC adj. causing leukaemia, also LEUCAEMOGENIC. |
MULTISKILLING | • multiskilling n. Training in multiple skills. • MULTISKILLING n. in technologically advanced industries, the training of employees in a variety of skills. |
MULTITASKINGS | • MULTITASKING n. the action of running several processes or jobs simultaneously on a system. |
MULTITRACKING | • multitracking n. Multitrack recording. • MULTITRACK v. to make a recording using many tracks. |
SPARKPLUGGING | • sparkplugging v. Present participle of sparkplug. • SPARKPLUG v. to spark something off, in the manner of a sparkplug in a car carrying wires between which an electric spark passes to fire the explosive mixture of gases. |
SWASHBUCKLING | • swashbuckling adj. Adventurous, exciting. • SWASHBUCKLE v. to act the part of a swashbuckler. |
TROUBLEMAKING | • troublemaking adj. Causing trouble. • troublemaking n. Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way. • TROUBLEMAKING n. the act of making trouble. |
UNKNIGHTLIEST | • UNKNIGHTLY adj. not knightly. |
UNSHRINKINGLY | • unshrinkingly adv. Without shrinking; courageously. • UNSHRINKING adv. not shrinking. |