Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
backwardness
backwardness
noun
Reluctance.
The state of being backward.
backwardnesses
backwardnesses
noun
plural of backwardness
baldcrown
becowarding
becrawling
becrawling
verb
present participle of becrawl
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
becrown
becrown
verb
(transitive) To place a crown upon; crown.
belchertown
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
blowtorching
blowtorching
verb
present participle of blowtorch
branchway
branchway
noun
(poetic) A path or route formed by the branches of trees.
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
brownistic
brownistical
brucetown
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
concertgebouw
counterbewitch
counterblow
counterblow
noun
A blow delivered in reply to a previous blow by somebody else, such as an opponent in a boxing match.
counterblows
counterblows
noun
plural of counterblow
counterbreastwork
counterembowed
counterembowed
adj
(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
cowbarn
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crossbowmen
crossbowmen
noun
plural of crossbowman
crowbarring
crowbarring
verb
present participle of crowbar
crownband
crownbeard
crownbeard
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Verbesina.
cwmbran
cwmbran
Proper noun
A Welsh town.
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
jabberwockian
lawrenceburg
lawrenceburg
Proper noun
a city in Indiana, USA
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a village in Pennsylvania, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA
microbrewing
microbrewing
noun
Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
scowbanker
screwbean
screwbean
noun
Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
The nutritious seedpod of this plant.
scrubwoman
scrubwoman
noun
(US) A woman employed to do general housework, such as cleaning a house or office.
scrubwomen
scrubwomen
noun
plural of scrubwoman
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
unscrewable
unscrewable
adj
That can be unscrewed.
That cannot be screwed.
wickenburg
windbracing
windbroach
witherblench
workbench
workbench
noun
A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.