| BACKCOUNTRIES | • backcountries n. Plural of backcountry. • BACKCOUNTRY n. a remote rural region. |
| BACKGAMMONING | • backgammoning v. Present participle of backgammon. • BACKGAMMON v. to defeat at the game of backgammon. |
| BACKGROUNDING | • backgrounding v. Present participle of background. • backgrounding n. The act by which something is backgrounded, in any sense. • backgrounding n. An intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot, during which… |
| 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… |
| BLOCKBUSTINGS | • BLOCKBUSTING n. the act of bringing about the sale of property in an area by stirring up fears of racial change. |
| BLUESTOCKINGS | • bluestockings n. Plural of bluestocking. • blue-stockings n. Plural of blue-stocking. • BLUESTOCKING n. an early feminist; an educated or literary woman. |
| BOOKCROSSINGS | • bookcrossings n. Plural of bookcrossing. • BOOKCROSSING n. the practice of leaving a book in a public location to be found and read by others, who then do the same. |
| BOTTLENECKING | • bottlenecking v. Present participle of bottleneck. • BOTTLENECK v. to slow down or impede by creating an obstruction. |
| CONSTABLEWICK | • constablewick n. (Obsolete) The district to which a constable’s power is limited. • CONSTABLEWICK n. (historical) the district of a constable. |
| KNICKERBOCKER | • knickerbocker n. (Archaic, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers. • knickerbocker n. A linsey-woolsey fabric with a rough knotted surface on the right side, formerly used for women’s dresses. • Knickerbocker n. (Archaic or historical) A New Yorker, particularly a scion of its old Dutch families. |
| SCRAPBOOKINGS | • SCRAPBOOKING n. the practice of keeping cuttings. |
| STOCKBREEDING | • stockbreeding n. The breeding and rearing of livestock. • STOCKBREEDING n. the breeding of stock. |
| STOCKBROKINGS | • STOCKBROKING n. the business of a stockbroker. |
| STOCKJOBBINGS | • stockjobbings n. Plural of stockjobbing. • STOCKJOBBING n. a list of stocks and current prices regularly issued. |