(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
bathyplankton
bathyplankton
noun
(biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone
bellowsmaking
bikhaconitine
bikhaconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in bikh (Aconitum spicatum).
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
blockheadedly
blockheadedly
adv
In a blockheaded way.
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
breaststroker
breaststroker
noun
(swimming) A person swimming using the breaststroke.
breaststrokes
breaststrokes
noun
plural of breaststroke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breaststroke
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
checkerboards
checkerboards
noun
plural of checkerboard
clothesbasket
clothesbasket
noun
A basket for holding clothes to be laundered.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
crookedbacked
diamondbacked
fibrinokinase
groundbreaker
groundbreaker
noun
First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person.
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
housebreakers
housebreakers
noun
plural of housebreaker
housebreaking
housebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
verb
(animal training) present participle of housebreak
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
katabolically
kathemoglobin
keraunophobia
keraunophobia
Noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
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.
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.
nonmarketable
nonmarketable
adj
Not marketable.
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
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
postbreakfast
postbreakfast
adj
After breakfast.
preblockading
probankruptcy
probasketball
reembarkation
reembarkation
noun
embarkation again or anew
reimbarkation
skateboarders
skateboarders
noun
plural of skateboarder
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
thrombokinase
thrombokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
troublemakers
troublemakers
noun
plural of troublemaker
troublemaking
troublemaking
adj
Causing trouble.
noun
Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
unbackboarded
unbooklearned
unknowability
unknowability
noun
The quality or state of being unknowable.
unworkability
unworkability
noun
An unworkable aspect or element.
The quality or state of being unworkable, lack of workability.