(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.
balkanization
balkanization
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanization
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
bellowsmaking
berkeleianism
betsimisaraka
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
biscuitmaking
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blacksmithing
blacksmithing
noun
the business of a blacksmith
verb
present participle of blacksmith
blanketmaking
blanketmaking
noun
The manufacture of blankets.
blatherskites
blatherskites
noun
plural of blatherskite
blitzkrieging
bloodsuckings
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bookbinderies
bookbinderies
noun
plural of bookbindery
booksellerish
booksellerish
adj
(rare) Characteristic of a bookseller.
booksellerism
brackettville
brainsickness
brainsickness
noun
The quality of being brainsick; mental confusion or giddiness
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
burkettsville
burkittsville
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
cabinetmakers
cabinetmakers
noun
plural of cabinetmaker
cabinetmaking
cabinetmaking
noun
The art of the cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
diamondbacked
disembarkment
disembarkment
noun
disembarkation
drinkableness
drinkableness
noun
The quality of being drinkable.
farkleberries
farkleberries
noun
plural of farkleberry
fibrinokinase
frederiksberg
heartbreaking
heartbreaking
adj
That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
noun
The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
huckleberries
huckleberries
noun
plural of huckleberry
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jawbreakingly
jawbreakingly
adv
In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.
katabolically
kathemoglobin
kazincbarcika
keraunophobia
keraunophobia
Noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
kilbrickenite
kilbrickenite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed sulphide and antimonide of lead.
kirkcudbright
knickerbocker
knickerbocker
noun
(archaic, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers.
A linsey-woolsey fabric with a rough knotted surface on the right side, formerly used for women's dresses.
knightsbridge
lobachevskian
lobachevskian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.
Of or related to hyperbolic geometry, which was developed by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
marketability
marketability
noun
The likelihood that something will sell; market appeal.
middlebreaker
middlebreaker
noun
Synonym of middlebuster
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mountebankism
mountebankism
noun
The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
overbookishly
overbulkiness
pawnbrokering
pawnbrokering
noun
Synonym of pawnbroking
peacebreaking
peacebreaking
noun
Disturbing or destroying a state of peace.
pembrokeshire
pembrokeshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.
A local government principal area, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.
preblockading
proboscislike
proboscislike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proboscis.
raspberrylike
raspberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a raspberry (plant or fruit).
reembarkation
reembarkation
noun
embarkation again or anew
reimbarkation
remarkability
remarkability
noun
(countable) Something remarkable.
(uncountable) The quality of being remarkable; remarkableness.
rubbernecking
rubbernecking
noun
Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
verb
present participle of rubberneck
saltimbankery
schoolbookish
schoolbookish
adj
Characteristic of a schoolbook; dry, pedantic, etc.
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
sketchability
sketchability
noun
The quality of being sketchable.
snakeblennies
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
strikebreaker
strikebreaker
noun
A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
thimblemaking
thinkableness
thinkableness
noun
The property of being thinkable.
thrombokinase
thrombokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
troublemaking
troublemaking
adj
Causing trouble.
noun
Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
trucebreaking
unbesprinkled
unbesprinkled
adj
Not besprinkled.
unbookishness
unbookishness
noun
The quality of being unbookish.
unbrotherlike
unbrotherlike
adj
Not brotherlike.
unbutcherlike
unbutcherlike
adj
Not butcherlike.
unkillability
unkillability
noun
Inability to be killed.
unknowability
unknowability
noun
The quality or state of being unknowable.
unlikableness
unlikableness
noun
Alternative form of unlikeableness
unsinkability
unsinkability
noun
The quality of being unsinkable.
unsubjectlike
unsubjectlike
adj
Not subjectlike.
unworkability
unworkability
noun
An unworkable aspect or element.
The quality or state of being unworkable, lack of workability.
unwrinkleable
unwrinkleable
adj
Not wrinkleable.
vegetablelike
vegetablelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a vegetable.
yekaterinburg
yekaterinburg
Proper noun
A city in the Sverdlovsk oblast of Russia, the fifth-largest in the country by population.