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. |
BITTERWOOD | • bitterwood n. Quassia (Quassia amara). • bitterwood n. Jamaica quassia Picrasma excelsa, native to the Caribbean. • bitterwood n. Paradise tree Simarouba glauca, native to Florida, the Caribbean and Central America. |
BITTERWOODS | • bitterwoods n. Plural of bitterwood. • BITTERWOOD n. a West Indian tree from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained. |
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. |
BOWSTRINGED | • bowstringed v. Simple past tense and past participle of bowstring. • bowstringed adj. Supplied or fitted with a bowstring. • BOWSTRING v. to strangle with a bowstring. |
SWITCHBOARD | • switchboard n. (Telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient. • switchboard n. (Electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads. • SWITCHBOARD n. a board or frame bearing apparatus for making or breaking an electric current or circuit. |
SWITCHBOARDS | • switchboards n. Plural of switchboard. • SWITCHBOARD n. a board or frame bearing apparatus for making or breaking an electric current or circuit. |
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. |
WHITEBOARD | • whiteboard n. A writing board finished with a hard white material, which can be written upon using special non-permanent… • whiteboard n. (By extension, computing) A collaborative tool allowing several users to write and draw on the same shared display. • WHITEBOARD n. a board, used for teaching or presentation purposes, similar to a blackboard but with a white plastic surface for writing on using felt-tipped pens. |
WHITEBOARDS | • whiteboards n. Plural of whiteboard. • WHITEBOARD n. a board, used for teaching or presentation purposes, similar to a blackboard but with a white plastic surface for writing on using felt-tipped pens. |