(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.
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cardiokinetic
cardiokinetic
adj
That excites or stimulates the heart.
noun
A drug that stimulates the heart.
catakinetomer
catakinomeric
chalkosideric
checkerboards
checkerboards
noun
plural of checkerboard
chokecherries
chokecherries
noun
plural of chokecherry
comstockeries
counterattack
counterattack
noun
Alternative form of counter-attack
counterstrike
counterstrike
noun
(military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking
verb
(intransitive) To perform a counterstrike.
counterstroke
counterstroke
noun
A blow given in return.
A retaliation.
countersunken
counterworker
counterworker
noun
(rare) One who works against something; a saboteur.
(rare) One who works at a counter.
craddockville
crookedbacked
crookednesses
crookednesses
noun
plural of crookedness
crookfingered
dikaryophasic
dikaryophytic
electroshocks
electroshocks
noun
plural of electroshock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroshock
enterokinetic
enterokinetic
adj
Relating to enterokinesis.
fredericktown
heterokinetic
hydrocracking
hydrocracking
noun
(organic chemistry) the production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them.
verb
present participle of hydrocrack
hydrokinetics
hydrokinetics
noun
(physics) The branch of physics concerned with the movement of fluids
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
katachromasis
keratectomies
keratectomies
noun
plural of keratectomy
keratocricoid
keratomalacia
keratomalacia
noun
An eye disorder that leads to a dry cornea, often caused by a deficiency of vitamin A.
keratomycosis
keratomycosis
noun
fungal infection of the cornea
keratoplastic
keratoplastic
adj
Relating to keratoplasty.
keraunophonic
keraunoscopia
kinetographic
kinetographic
adj
(photography) Relating to kinetography.
kittycornered
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.
krameriaceous
kryptocyanine
kryptocyanine
noun
Alternative form of cryptocyanine
macroplankton
macroplankton
noun
Plankton ranging in size from 2 to 20 centimetres in maximal dimension.
megakaryocyte
megakaryocyte
noun
(anatomy) A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets.
microplankton
microplankton
noun
microscopic zooplankton
nickeliferous
nickeliferous
adj
(of ore) Yielding or containing nickel.
novocherkassk
overreckoning
overreckoning
verb
present participle of overreckon
overskeptical
overskeptical
adj
Excessively skeptical.
overthickness
polykaryocyte
polykaryocyte
noun
(cytology) A cell that has many nuclei
porcelainlike
porcelainlike
adj
Resembling porcelain or some aspect of it.
preblockading
probankruptcy
proboscislike
proboscislike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proboscis.
reacknowledge
reacknowledge
verb
(transitive) To acknowledge again or anew.
receptionreck
sicknessproof
spurlockville
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
trackingscout
turkification
turkification
Noun
assimilation into the various historical Turkic states and cultures, such as the Ottoman Empire
unbackboarded
understocking
understocking
noun
A stocking intended to be worn under another stocking.