| BACKDROPPING | • backdropping v. Present participle of backdrop. • BACKDROP v. to create a background for a stage. |
| 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… |
| BACKWARDATIONS | • backwardations n. Plural of backwardation. • BACKWARDATION n. on the Stock Exchange, the postponement of the delivery of stock; a charge associated with this. |
| BLACKBIRDING | • blackbirding n. (UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour. • blackbirding v. Present participle of blackbird. • BLACKBIRDING n. trafficking in slaves. |
| BLACKBIRDINGS | • BLACKBIRDING n. trafficking in slaves. |
| BLACKGUARDING | • blackguarding v. Present participle of blackguard. • BLACKGUARD v. to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel. |
| BRACHYPINAKOID | • BRACHYPINAKOID n. a pinakoid or prism parallel to the brachydiagonal. |
| BRACHYPINAKOIDS | • BRACHYPINAKOID n. a pinakoid or prism parallel to the brachydiagonal. |
| BREAKDANCING | • breakdancing n. (Dance) An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York… • break-dancing n. Alternative spelling of breakdancing. • break-dancing v. Present participle of break-dance. |
| BREAKDANCINGS | • BREAKDANCING n. a type of vigorous dance. |
| CRACKBRAINED | • crackbrained adj. Idiotic. • CRACKBRAINED adj. of or like a crackbrain, a crazy person. |
| DUMBSTRICKEN | • DUMBSTRICKEN adj. made silent by astonishment, also DUMBSTRUCK. |
| GOLDBRICKING | • goldbricking v. Present participle of goldbrick. • gold-bricking v. Present participle of gold-brick. • gold␣bricking v. Present participle of gold brick. |
| MOCKINGBIRD | • mockingbird n. A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds. • mockingbird n. (Archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic… • mocking␣bird n. Alternative form of mockingbird. |
| MOCKINGBIRDS | • mockingbirds n. Plural of mockingbird. • mocking␣birds n. Plural of mocking bird. • MOCKINGBIRD n. any of various long-tailed songbirds of the New World family Mimidae, noted for mimicking other birds' calls and other sounds. |
| ROADBLOCKING | • roadblocking v. Present participle of roadblock. • ROADBLOCK v. to bar by means of a roadblock. |
| STOCKBREEDING | • stockbreeding n. The breeding and rearing of livestock. • STOCKBREEDING n. the breeding of stock. |
| STOCKBREEDINGS | • STOCKBREEDING n. the breeding of stock. |