(transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
verb
present participle of backload
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
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.
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
baronduki
benediktov
bidcock
biforked
biforked
adj
forked into two; bifurcate
biofeedback
biofeedback
noun
A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blackbodies
blackbodies
noun
plural of blackbody
blastodisk
blastodisk
noun
(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk
blockaderunning
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadishness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
bloodlike
bloodlike
adj
Resembling blood.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
boardlike
boardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a board.
bodicemaker
bodicemaking
bodikin
bodikin
noun
A diminutive of body, forming part of the exclamatory phrase "ods bodikin", a corruption of God's body.
bodkin
bodkin
adv
Closely wedged between two people.
noun
(printing) A sharp tool, like an awl, formerly used for pressing down individual type characters letters from a column or page in making corrections.
A blunt needle used for threading ribbon or cord through a hem or casing.
A hairpin.
A small sharp pointed tool for making holes in cloth or leather.
A type of long thin arrowhead.
bodkins
bodkins
noun
plural of bodkin
bodkinwise
bodstick
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
bodykins
bodymaking
bookbind
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookbinderies
bookbinderies
noun
plural of bookbindery
bookbinders
bookbinders
noun
plural of bookbinder
bookbindery
bookbindery
noun
A building where books are assembled and bound.
bookbinding
bookbinding
noun
The art, craft or process of binding books
bookbindings
bookbindings
noun
plural of bookbinding
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bordiuk
boskopoid
bradyteleokinesis
brickhood
brideknot
bridgework
bridgework
noun
(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
The component parts of a bridge.
The construction or repair of bridges.
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
brodekin
brodekin
noun
Alternative form of brodequin
broderick
broderick
noun
(slang, early 20th century) A thorough beating
verb
(transitive) To administer a beating to
brookfield
brooklandville
brookside
brookside
adj
On the side of a brook.
noun
The side of a brook.
bukidnon
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
clockbird
clockbird
noun
Synonym of laughing kookaburra
cockbilled
cockbilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockbill
cockbird
cockbird
noun
The male of a game bird, especially of a pheasant.
The male of any bird.
crookbilled
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
dembowski
diamondback
diamondback
noun
(common name) Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus, found in the southeastern United States, and Crotalus atrox, found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico.
The saltmarsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malaclemys terrapin).
diamondbacked
diamondbacks
diamondbacks
noun
plural of diamondback
dikephobia
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
dobchick
dobrinsky
dombrowski
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
doublethinking
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
dubrovnik
dubrovnik
Proper noun
A city and port in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
duikerbok
duikerbok
noun
Alternative form of duykerbok
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
fabrikoid
gadsbodikins
goldbrick
goldbrick
noun
(US, slang, dated) A shirker or malingerer.
(US, slang, dated) A swindler.
Something fraudulent or nonexistent offered for sale; a swindle or con.
verb
(US, slang, dated) To shirk or malinger.
(US, slang, dated) To swindle.
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricking
goldbricking
verb
present participle of goldbrick
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
guidebook
guidebook
noun
Alternative spelling of guide book
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
guidebooks
guidebooks
noun
plural of guidebook
guidebooky
hoodwinkable
hoodwinkable
adj
Able to be hoodwinked.
keyboarding
keyboarding
noun
The act of typing at a keyboard (with or without a mouse or other pointing device)
keyboardist
keyboardist
noun
Someone who plays a keyboard.
keyboardists
keyboardists
noun
plural of keyboardist
kiboshed
kiboshed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kibosh
kickboard
kickboard
noun
A small, buoyant board used to support a swimmer's upper body and arms while allowing free kicking movements.
On pianos and organs, a vertical panel located above the pedals.
Synonym of kickplate (“strip at base of door to prevent scuffing”)
kilobaud
kilobaud
noun
(computing) one thousand baud; symbol kBd
kirovabad
knickerbockered
knickerbockered
adj
Dressed in knickerbockers.
knifeboard
knifeboard
noun
(historical, by extension) An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.
(historical, chiefly attributive) A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
knowledgeability
knowledgeability
noun
The condition of being knowledgeable.
kobarid
kobird
kowbird
middlebrook
mockbird
mockbird
noun
A bird, the European sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus).
mockingbird
mockingbird
noun
(archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”)
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
monkbird
nondrinkable
obelisked
obeliskoid
obeliskoid
Adjective
Resembling an obelisk.
odsbodkins
preblockading
pseudobrookite
pseudobrookite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, magnesium, oxygen, and titanium.
roadblocking
roadblocking
verb
present participle of roadblock
rockbird
rockribbed
sbodikins
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
skinbound
skinbound
adj
Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound.
skirtboard
skirtboard
noun
Synonym of skirting board
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
stockbridge
strikeboard
strikebound
strikebound
adj
Not operating normally because of strike action.
subkingdom
subkingdom
noun
(taxonomy) A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum.
(uncommon) A kingdom that is part of another kingdom, ruled by a subking.
subkingdoms
subkingdoms
noun
plural of subkingdom
triskaidekaphobe
triskaidekaphobe
noun
(rare) Someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia.
triskaidekaphobes
triskaidekaphobes
noun
plural of triskaidekaphobe
triskaidekaphobia
triskaidekaphobia
noun
Fear or dislike of the number thirteen (13).
unbodkined
unbodylike
unbodylike
adj
Not bodylike.
unbridegroomlike
unbridegroomlike
adj
Not bridegroomlike.
wakeboarding
wakeboarding
noun
(sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.