(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.
bathyplankton
bathyplankton
noun
(biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone
beknottedness
beknottedness
noun
(mathematics) The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot.
bellowsmaking
berkeleianism
bespecklement
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
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blanketmaking
blanketmaking
noun
The manufacture of blankets.
blitzkrieging
bloodsuckings
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bookbinderies
bookbinderies
noun
plural of bookbindery
brainsickness
brainsickness
noun
The quality of being brainsick; mental confusion or giddiness
breakableness
breakableness
noun
breakability
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
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.
crackableness
diamondbacked
disembarkment
disembarkment
noun
disembarkation
drinkableness
drinkableness
noun
The quality of being drinkable.
fibrinokinase
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
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.
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
jabberwockian
jawbreakingly
jawbreakingly
adv
In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.
kathemoglobin
kazincbarcika
kennebunkport
keraunophobia
keraunophobia
Noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
kilbrickenite
kilbrickenite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed sulphide and antimonide of lead.
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
knowledgeable
knowledgeable
adj
Educated and well informed.
Having knowledge, especially of a particular subject.
noun
(India) A person who has knowledge; an informed party.
knowledgeably
knowledgeably
adv
In a knowledgeable manner.
knuckleballer
knuckleballer
noun
(baseball) A baseball pitcher known for throwing knuckleballs.
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.
mountebankery
mountebankery
noun
The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
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
nonmarketable
nonmarketable
adj
Not marketable.
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
overbulkiness
pawnbrokerage
pawnbrokerage
noun
(countable) A pawnbroker's shop.
(uncountable) The business of pawnbroking.
pawnbrokeress
pawnbrokeress
noun
A female pawnbroker.
pawnbrokering
pawnbrokering
noun
Synonym of pawnbroking
peacebreaking
peacebreaking
noun
Disturbing or destroying a state of peace.
prebankruptcy
prebankruptcy
adj
Preceding a bankruptcy.
preblockading
probankruptcy
rebukefulness
rebukefulness
noun
The quality of being rebukeful.
reembarkation
reembarkation
noun
embarkation again or anew
reimbarkation
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
schnabelkanne
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
snakeblennies
speakableness
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
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
unbackboarded
unbesprinkled
unbesprinkled
adj
Not besprinkled.
unbookishness
unbookishness
noun
The quality of being unbookish.
unbooklearned
unbreakfasted
unbreakfasted
adj
Without having eaten breakfast.
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.
untakableness
unworkability
unworkability
noun
An unworkable aspect or element.
The quality or state of being unworkable, lack of workability.
unwrinkleable
unwrinkleable
adj
Not wrinkleable.
yekaterinburg
yekaterinburg
Proper noun
A city in the Sverdlovsk oblast of Russia, the fifth-largest in the country by population.