Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
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.
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
backwinded
backwinding
backwinding
verb
present participle of backwind
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
badawi
bagwigged
bagwigged
adj
Wearing a bag wig.
bailwood
baldricwise
baldricwise
adv
In the manner of a baldric.
baldwin
baldwin
Proper noun
name; rather rare in English.
Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister.
King Baldwin IV, ruler of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem before the takeover of Saladin in 1187. He died in 1185 of complications of the socially unacceptable disease of leprosy. Also known as the leper king.
A town in Florida.
A city in Georgia in the United States.
A village in Illinois.
A city in Iowa.
A town in Louisiana.
A town in Maine.
A village in Michigan
A town and a hamlet in New York.
A township in Ontario, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A town and village in Wisconsin.
Noun
A reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
baldwinsville
baldwinville
balladwise
balladwise
adv
In the style of a ballad.
bandsawing
bandsawing
verb
present participle of bandsaw
bandwidth
bandwidth
noun
(informal) The capacity, energy or time required.
(networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
bandwidths
bandwidths
noun
plural of bandwidth
bartholomewtide
basilweed
basilweed
noun
The wild basil, Clinopodium vulgare.
bawdier
bawdier
adj
comparative form of bawdy: more bawdy
bawdies
bawdiest
bawdiest
adj
superlative form of bawdy: most bawdy
bawdily
bawdily
adv
In a bawdy manner; lewdly or obscenely with humorous intent.
bawdiness
bawdiness
noun
A bawdy remark.
The state or characteristic of being bawdy.
bawdinesses
bawdinesses
noun
plural of bawdiness
bawdric
bawdrick
bawdrics
bawdrics
noun
plural of bawdric
bawdries
bawdries
noun
plural of bawdry
bawdship
bawdship
noun
The employment or office of a bawd
becowarding
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
beshadowing
beshadowing
verb
present participle of beshadow
betweenmaid
bewailed
bewailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewail
bewaitered
bewearied
bewizard
bewizard
verb
(transitive) To influence by, or as though by, a wizard or wizardry.
birdwatch
birdwatch
noun
A session of observing and identifying birds.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in birdwatching; to observe and identify birds.
birdwatched
birdwatched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of birdwatch
birdwatches
birdwatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdwatch
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birnamwood
bladewise
bladewise
adj
In the manner of a blade.
bodhisattwa
bowdichia
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerization
bowdlerization
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizations
noun
plural of bowdlerization
bowdoinham
bowermaiden
braidwood
brainward
brainwashed
brainwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brainwash
brainwood
brandwein
brandywine
brandywine
noun
(archaic) brandy
brazilwood
brazilwood
noun
A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
brazilwoods
brazilwoods
noun
plural of brazilwood
breadthwise
breadthwise
adj
directed across the breadth of an object or place.
adv
Across the breadth of an object or place.
breadwinner
breadwinner
noun
The primary income-earner in a household.
breadwinners
breadwinners
noun
plural of breadwinner
breadwinning
breadwinning
noun
The earning of a household's primary income.
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
bretwaldaship
briarwood
briarwood
noun
A pipe made from briarwood.
A small forest of briars.
Erica arborea, tree heath, an ericaceous flowering plant.
The wood of the briar-root, commonly used to make tobacco pipes.
bridewain
bridewain
noun
(historical, archaic or dialectal) A cart or waggon, loaded with household goods, conveyed from a bride's house to her new home; (by extension) the bridal gifts transported upon such a wain.
bridgewall
bridgeward
bridgeward
adj
Toward a bridge.
bridgewards
bridgewards
adv
Towards a bridge.
bridgewater
bridgeway
bridgwater
bridgwater
Proper noun
a market town in Somerset, England.
broadview
broadwayite
broadwife
broadwise
broadwise
adv
(obsolete) Breadthwise.
broadwives
disallowable
disallowable
adj
Able to be disallowed.
Not allowable; not to be suffered or permitted; which should not be allowed.
disallowableness
disanswerable
disavowable
disavowable
adj
Capable of being disavowed.
disownable
disownable
adj
Able to be disowned.
For which there is a penalty of being disowned.
drawability
drawability
noun
The quality or degree of being drawable.
drawboring
drawboring
verb
present participle of drawbore
drawbridge
drawbridge
noun
A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).
drawbridges
drawbridges
noun
plural of drawbridge
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
dumbwaiters
dumbwaiters
noun
plural of dumbwaiter
dwaible
dwaibly
gablewindowed
gimbaljawed
gimbawawed
gimberjawed
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
jimberjawed
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
lawabidingness
rabbitweed
rabbitweed
noun
The plant Gutierrezia sarothrae.
rabbitwood
rabbitwood
noun
Pyrularia pubera, a shrub in the sandalwood family.
rainbowweed
shadowboxing
shadowboxing
noun
A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent.
verb
present participle of shadowbox
shallowbrained
snowboarding
snowboarding
noun
The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard.
verb
present participle of snowboard
subheadwaiter
subwardenship
swaddlebill
swagbellied
swagbellied
adj
Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
swedenborgian
swedenborgian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.
Noun
A religious follower of
swedenborgianism
swedenborgianism
Noun
Any of several related Christian denominations that developed as a new religious movement, informed by the writings of
swindleable
swindleable
adj
(rare) Able to be swindled.
swinebread
swinebread
noun
The truffle.
switchbacked
switchbacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of switchback
switchblade
switchblade
noun
A folding knife with a blade which opens automatically (under spring pressure) when a button is pressed.
verb
(intransitive) To spring open or up.
(transitive) To attack or cut with a switchblade.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.
switchblades
switchblades
noun
plural of switchblade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of switchblade
switchboard
switchboard
noun
(electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
switchboards
switchboards
noun
plural of switchboard
unbewailed
unbewailed
adj
Not bewailed.
unindwellable
unwieldable
unwieldable
adj
Not wieldable.
unwindable
unwindable
adj
Able to be unwound.
Not windable.
unwithdrawable
unwithdrawable
adj
Not withdrawable.
waistband
waistband
noun
A band of fabric encircling the waist, especially a part of a pair of pants or a skirt.
waistbands
waistbands
noun
plural of waistband
wakeboarding
wakeboarding
noun
(sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.
wallbird
wallbird
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete, Norfolk, Suffolk) A bird, the spotted flycatcher.
warbird
warbird
noun
An aircraft formerly operated by the military, but now owned privately.
Any aircraft decorated in military livery for display at airshows etc.
wattlebird
wattlebird
noun
Any of a group of Australian birds in the genus Anthochaera of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.
Any of three birds in the family Callaeidae, endemic to New Zealand.
wattlebirds
wattlebirds
noun
plural of wattlebird
waxbird
waxbird
noun
(rare) A bird, the waxwing (Bombycilla spp.).
waybird
wazirabad
weakbrained
weakbrained
adj
Alternative spelling of weak-brained
weatherboarding
weatherboarding
noun
(architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.
weaverbird
weaverbird
noun
Ploceidae, the family most commonly known by this name
The family Estrildidae, better known as estrildid finches or weaver finches
weaverbirds
weaverbirds
noun
plural of weaverbird
weighbridgeman
weighbridgeman
noun
A man who operates a weighbridge.
weldability
weldability
noun
The ability of a metal or other material to be welded under specified conditions
whalebird
whalebird
noun
(Australia) The sooty tern
Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels, especially Pachyptila turtur (the blue petrel) and Pachyptila desolata.
wheatbird
wheatbird
noun
A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.
whitebeard
whitebeard
noun
An old man; a greybeard.
whitebeards
whitebeards
noun
plural of whitebeard
wideband
wideband
adj
Describing a communications transmission rate between that of narrowband and broadband
widegab
wieldable
wieldable
adj
Capable of being wielded.
wieldableness
wiesbaden
wiesbaden
Proper noun
The capital city of the state of Hesse, in Germany.
windable
windable
adj
Capable of being wound.
windbag
windbag
noun
(archaic) Bellows for an organ.
(mildly derogatory) Someone who talks excessively.
verb
To talk pompously or excessively.
windbagged
windbagged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of windbag
windbaggery
windbaggery
noun
The behaviour of a windbag; excessive or pompous speech; blather.
windbags
windbags
noun
plural of windbag
windball
windblast
windblast
noun
A sudden rush of air or gas due to the collapse of a void, especially in mining.