A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
backstretches
backstretches
noun
plural of backstretch.
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.
betsimisaraka
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blatherskites
blatherskites
noun
plural of blatherskite
blitzkrieging
brackettville
breakfastless
breakfastless
adj
Without breakfast.
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
breaststroker
breaststroker
noun
(swimming) A person swimming using the breaststroke.
breaststrokes
breaststrokes
noun
plural of breaststroke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breaststroke
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
burkettsville
burkittsville
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
cabinetmakers
cabinetmakers
noun
plural of cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
checkerbreast
disembarkment
disembarkment
noun
disembarkation
heartbreaking
heartbreaking
adj
That causes great grief, anguish or distress.
noun
The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress.
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
kennebunkport
kilbrickenite
kilbrickenite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed sulphide and antimonide of lead.
kirkcudbright
knightsbridge
marketability
marketability
noun
The likelihood that something will sell; market appeal.
mountebankery
mountebankery
noun
The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
nonmarketable
nonmarketable
adj
Not marketable.
postbreakfast
postbreakfast
adj
After breakfast.
prebankruptcy
prebankruptcy
adj
Preceding a bankruptcy.
probankruptcy
probasketball
quarterbacked
quarterbacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quarterback
reembarkation
reembarkation
noun
embarkation again or anew
reimbarkation
remarkability
remarkability
noun
(countable) Something remarkable.
(uncountable) The quality of being remarkable; remarkableness.
sabbathkeeper
saltimbankery
skateboarders
skateboarders
noun
plural of skateboarder
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
specklebreast
specklebreast
noun
A thrush.
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
strikebreaker
strikebreaker
noun
A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.
thrombokinase
thrombokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
troublemakers
troublemakers
noun
plural of troublemaker
troublemaking
troublemaking
adj
Causing trouble.
noun
Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
trucebreaking
unbreakfasted
unbreakfasted
adj
Without having eaten breakfast.
unbrotherlike
unbrotherlike
adj
Not brotherlike.
unbutcherlike
unbutcherlike
adj
Not butcherlike.
unworkability
unworkability
noun
An unworkable aspect or element.
The quality or state of being unworkable, lack of workability.
yekaterinburg
yekaterinburg
Proper noun
A city in the Sverdlovsk oblast of Russia, the fifth-largest in the country by population.