(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.
betsimisaraka
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
biscuitmaking
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
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
brackettville
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.
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.
katabolically
kathemoglobin
kilbrickenite
kilbrickenite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed sulphide and antimonide of lead.
kirkcudbright
knightsbridge
marketability
marketability
noun
The likelihood that something will sell; market appeal.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mountebankism
mountebankism
noun
The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
reembarkation
reembarkation
noun
embarkation again or anew
reimbarkation
remarkability
remarkability
noun
(countable) Something remarkable.
(uncountable) The quality of being remarkable; remarkableness.
saltimbankery
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
sketchability
sketchability
noun
The quality of being sketchable.
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
strikebreaker
strikebreaker
noun
A non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.
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
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.
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.
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.
