| 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… |
| BACKWOODSIEST | • BACKWOODSY adj. uncouth, rustic. |
| DISENDOWMENTS | • disendowments n. Plural of disendowment. • DISENDOWMENT n. the act of disendowing. |
| DOOMWATCHINGS | • DOOMWATCHING n. the act of keeping an eye on the environment. |
| DOWNRIGHTNESS | • downrightness n. The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one’s manner. • DOWNRIGHT n. plainspoken, blunt. |
| DOWNSHIFTINGS | • DOWNSHIFTING n. the act of selecting a lower gear. |
| DROOLWORTHIER | • DROOLWORTHY adj. inspiring or likely to inspire excessive enthusiasm or pleasure; extremely attractive or desirable. |
| GUNPOWDERIEST | • GUNPOWDERY adj. like gunpowder. |
| OTHERWORLDISH | • otherworldish adj. (Rare) otherworldly. • OTHERWORLDISH adj. of, relating to, or resembling that of a world other than the actual world, also OTHERWORLDLY. |
| OVERWITHHOLDS | • overwithholds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overwithhold. • OVERWITHHOLD v. to withhold excessively. |
| ROADWORTHIEST | • ROADWORTHY adj. able to be used on a road. |
| SHADOWCASTING | • shadowcasting n. (Computer graphics) The generation of shadows from a three-dimensional model. • shadowcasting n. (Microscopy) A technique in which an incident ray at a small angle to the horizontal casts a shadow… • shadowcasting n. The live amateur performance of a film by a group of people at the same time as watching the film. |
| UNDERTHROWING | • underthrowing v. Present participle of underthrow. |
| UNWITHHOLDING | • UNWITHHOLDING adj. not withholding. |
| WATCHDOGGINGS | • WATCHDOGGING n. acting as a watchdog. |
| 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. |
| WATERFLOODING | • waterflooding v. Present participle of waterflood. • 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. |
| WHODUNNITRIES | • WHODUNNITRY n. the genre of whodunit writing, also WHODUNITRY. |
| WITHHOLDMENTS | • withholdments n. Plural of withholdment. • WITHHOLDMENT n. the act of withholding. |