| 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. |
| HALFWITTEDNESS | • halfwittedness n. The quality of being halfwitted. • HALFWITTED n. feebleminded. |
| NORTHEASTWARDS | • northeastwards adj. Northeastward. • northeastwards adv. Northeastward. • NORTHEASTWARDS adv. in a northeasterly direction, also NORTHEASTWARD. |
| NORTHWESTWARDS | • northwestwards adj. Northwestward. • northwestwards adv. Northwestward. • NORTHWESTWARDS adv. in a northwesterly direction, also NORTHWESTWARD. |
| 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. |
| SOUTHEASTWARDS | • southeastwards adj. Southeastward. • southeastwards adv. Southeastward. • SOUTHEASTWARDS adv. in a southeasterly direction, also SOUTHEASTWARD. |
| SOUTHWESTWARDS | • southwestwards adj. Southwestward. • southwestwards adv. Southwestward. • SOUTHWESTWARDS adv. in a southwesterly direction, also SOUTHWESTWARD. |
| SWEATERDRESSES | • sweaterdresses n. Plural of sweaterdress. • sweater-dresses n. Plural of sweater-dress. • sweater␣dresses n. Plural of sweater dress. |
| THENCEFORWARDS | • thenceforwards adv. From then on; from that time on. • THENCEFORWARDS adv. from that time on, also THENCEFORWARD. |
| 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. |
| UNTOWARDNESSES | • untowardnesses n. Plural of untowardness. • UNTOWARDNESS n. the state of being untoward. |
| 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. |