Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
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.
baldcrown
bandwork
bandwork
noun
(art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.
bandworm
bardstown
bardstown
Proper noun
a home rule-class city in Kentucky, USA
beardstown
becowarding
birdwoman
birdwoman
noun
(informal) a female aviator.
A mythological creature that is part woman and part bird.
A woman who works with birds.
birnamwood
bondelswarts
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
bowermaiden
brainwood
brantwood
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
browband
browband
noun
A band of fur of a contrasting colour on an animal's brow.
A band of metal, part of a (person's) helmet or crown, which covers the brow.
Part of a horse's bridle that runs from just under one ear, across the forehead, to just under the other ear, preventing the bridle from sliding down.
browbands
browbands
noun
plural of browband
brownsdale
crownband
crownbeard
crownbeard
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Verbesina.
downbear
downbear
verb
(transitive) To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.
(transitive) To bear, bring or carry down.
(transitive) To lessen; reduce.
downbeard
drawboring
drawboring
verb
present participle of drawbore
handbarrow
handbarrow
noun
A frame, supported by poles, used for carrying things
handbarrows
handbarrows
noun
plural of handbarrow
newsboard
newsboard
noun
(countable) A signboard for the display of news.
(countable, Internet) An online discussion forum.
(countable, uncountable) A board-like material made mostly from recycled newspaper.
rainbowweed
rawboned
rawboned
adj
(of a person) thin and bony; having prominent bones; gaunt
shallowbrained
snowboarded
snowboarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of snowboard
snowboarder
snowboarder
noun
Someone who snowboards.
snowboarders
snowboarders
noun
plural of snowboarder
snowboarding
snowboarding
noun
The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard.
verb
present participle of snowboard
stowbordman
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
unwordable
unwordable
adj
Impossible to express in words.
unwordably
unwordably
adv
Such that it cannot be expressed in words.
wakeboarding
wakeboarding
noun
(sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.
wandorobo
waterbound
weatherboarding
weatherboarding
noun
(architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.
weatherbound
weatherbound
adj
(often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.