BACKWARDATIONS | • backwardations n. Plural of backwardation. • BACKWARDATION n. on the Stock Exchange, the postponement of the delivery of stock; a charge associated with this. |
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. |
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. |
COUNTERDRAWING | • counterdrawing v. Present participle of counterdraw. • COUNTERDRAW v. to trace on oiled paper or other transparent material. |
COUNTERWEIGHED | • counterweighed v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh. • COUNTERWEIGH v. to weigh against, counterbalance. |
DISEMBOWELMENT | • disembowelment n. The act of disemboweling. • DISEMBOWELMENT n. the act of disembowelling. |
DISEMPOWERMENT | • disempowerment n. (Countable) The act of disempowering. • disempowerment n. (Uncountable) The condition of being disempowered; powerlessness. • DISEMPOWERMENT n. the act of disempowering. |
DOWNREGULATION | • downregulation n. (Biology) The suppression of a response to a stimulus. • downregulation n. (Genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors… • down-regulation n. Alternative spelling of downregulation. |
HALFWITTEDNESS | • halfwittedness n. The quality of being halfwitted. • HALFWITTED n. feebleminded. |
HUNDREDWEIGHTS | • hundredweights n. Plural of hundredweight. • HUNDREDWEIGHT n. 1/20 of a ton, or 112lb. avoirdupois. |
PREINTERVIEWED | • preinterviewed v. Simple past tense and past participle of preinterview. • PREINTERVIEW v. to interview in advance. |
ROADWORTHINESS | • roadworthiness n. The property of being roadworthy. • ROADWORTHINESS n. the state of being roadworthy. |
SHADOWCASTINGS | • SHADOWCASTING n. in microscopy, casting shadows of projecting parts of a specimen by exposing to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal. |
TOWARDLINESSES | • TOWARDLINESS n. the state of being towardly. |
ULTRAWIDEBANDS | • ULTRAWIDEBAND n. a very broad bandwidth. |
UNTOWARDLINESS | • untowardliness n. The quality of being untowardly. • UNTOWARDLINESS n. the state of being untowardly. |
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. |
WATERFLOODINGS | • WATERFLOODING n. the practice, in oil, gas or petroleum production, of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc. towards the production wells. |
WITHEREDNESSES | • WITHEREDNESS n. the state of being withered. |