(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
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.
bewitchedness
bewitchedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewitched.
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
cartwrighting
cartwrighting
noun
The work of a cartwright, building carts.
catawamptious
catawamptious
adj
Alternative form of catawampus
cathedralwise
communitywide
communitywide
adj
Throughout a community.
componentwise
componentwise
adj
In terms of components.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
counterweight
counterweight
noun
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).
verb
(transitive) To fit with a counterweight.
cruiserweight
cruiserweight
noun
(boxing) A boxer weighing less than 200lb; heavier than a light heavyweight and lighter than a heavyweight.
(boxing, Britain, obsolete) light heavyweight
(wrestling) A wrestler weighing less than 210lb; heavier than a light heavyweight and lighter than a heavyweight.
fredericktown
gabrilowitsch
mcknightstown
mechanicstown
microsoftware
microsoftware
noun
(computing, dated) software for a microcomputer
nightcrawlers
nightcrawlers
noun
plural of nightcrawler
scriptwriting
scriptwriting
noun
The writing of scripts, usually for film or television.
scutcheonwise
unwainscotted
unwainscotted
adj
Not wainscotted.
waistcoathole
waistcoatless
waistcoatless
Adjective
Without a waistcoat.
watercoloring
watercoloring
noun
The practice of painting in watercolors.
watercolorist
watercolorist
noun
(art) A painter who paints watercolors
weinschenkite
weinschenkite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral churchite-(Y).
whipstitching
whipstitching
verb
present participle of whipstitch
wicketkeeping
wicketkeeping
noun
(cricket) The role of the wicketkeeper.
winteranaceae
wintercreeper
wintercreeper
noun
Euonymus fortunei, a woody evergreen vine native to China, Korea, and Japan.