| 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… |
| BACKWARDATIONS | • backwardations n. Plural of backwardation. • BACKWARDATION n. on the Stock Exchange, the postponement of the delivery of stock; a charge associated with this. |
| BEATDOWN | • beatdown n. (Slang) a severe beating. • beatdown n. (Professional wrestling, slang) A prescribed situation, usually to advance an angle or establish character… • beat␣down v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, down. |
| BEATDOWNS | • beatdowns n. Plural of beatdown. • beat␣downs n. Plural of beat down. • BEATDOWN n. an overwhelming defeat. |
| BOWDLERISATION | • bowdlerisation n. The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent. • BOWDLERISATION n. the act of bowdlerising, also BOWDLERIZATION. |
| BOWDLERISATIONS | • bowdlerisations n. Plural of bowdlerisation. • BOWDLERISATION n. the act of bowdlerising, also BOWDLERIZATION. |
| BOWDLERIZATION | • bowdlerization n. The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent. • BOWDLERIZATION n. the act of bowdlerizing, also BOWDLERISATION. |
| BOWDLERIZATIONS | • bowdlerizations n. Plural of bowdlerization. • BOWDLERIZATION n. the act of bowdlerizing, also BOWDLERISATION. |
| DOWNBEAT | • downbeat n. (Music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke). • downbeat adj. Sad or pessimistic. • downbeat adj. Cautiously optimistic. |
| DOWNBEATS | • downbeats n. Plural of downbeat. • DOWNBEAT n. the first beat of a musical measure. |
| KNOWLEDGABILITY | • knowledgability n. Alternative form of knowledgeability. • KNOWLEDGABILITY n. the quality of being knowledgable. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| WATERBOARDINGS | • waterboardings n. Plural of waterboarding. • 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. |
| WEATHERBOARDING | • weatherboarding n. (Architecture) A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards. • WEATHERBOARD v. to fit such a board. |