BACKWARDATION | • backwardation n. In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery… • backwardation n. The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price. • backwardation n. (Obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer… |
BACKWOODSIEST | • BACKWOODSY adj. uncouth, rustic. |
BLAMEWORTHIER | • BLAMEWORTHY adj. worthy of censure. |
BLANKETFLOWER | • blanketflower n. Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia. • blanket␣flower n. Synonym of gaillardia (“flowering plant”). • BLANKETFLOWER n. another name for gaillardia. |
CONSTABLEWICK | • constablewick n. (Obsolete) The district to which a constable’s power is limited. • CONSTABLEWICK n. (historical) the district of a constable. |
POWERBOATINGS | • POWERBOATING n. the sport of driving a powerboat. |
UNKNOWABILITY | • unknowability n. The quality or state of being unknowable. • UNKNOWABILITY n. the state of being unknowable. |
UNPUTDOWNABLE | • unputdownable adj. Of a person, etc.: difficult or impossible to put down (in various senses). • unputdownable adj. (Specifically) Of a book or other written work: so captivating or engrossing that one cannot bear to stop reading it. • un-put-downable adj. Alternative form of unputdownable. |
UNWORKABILITY | • unworkability n. The quality or state of being unworkable, lack of workability. • unworkability n. An unworkable aspect or element. • UNWORKABILITY n. the quality of being unworkable. |
WATERBOARDING | • waterboarding n. A torture technique in which the victim is immobilized, has towels or rags wrapped over their face… • waterboarding v. Present participle of waterboard. • WATERBOARDING n. a form of torture in which the victim is immobilized and has water poured on his or her face, producing a severe gag reflex, to simulate drowning. |
WEATHERBOARDS | • weatherboards n. Plural of weatherboard. • WEATHERBOARD n. a board shaped so as to shed water. |
WHATABOUTISMS | • whataboutisms n. Plural of whataboutism. • WHATABOUTISM n. (Of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly raising grievances from the past during negotiations. |
WORKABILITIES | • workabilities n. Plural of workability. • WORKABILITY n. the quality of being workable. |