| 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… |
| BEWILDERMENTS | • bewilderments n. Plural of bewilderment. • BEWILDERMENT n. the state of being bewildered. |
| BIRDWATCHINGS | • BIRDWATCHING n. the occupation of watching birds. |
| DOWNRIGHTNESS | • downrightness n. The personal quality of being straightforward and direct in one’s manner. • DOWNRIGHT n. plainspoken, blunt. |
| GUNPOWDERIEST | • GUNPOWDERY adj. like gunpowder. |
| HUNDREDWEIGHT | • hundredweight n. A measure of weight containing a hundred pounds, variously understood as. • HUNDREDWEIGHT n. 1/20 of a ton, or 112lb. avoirdupois. |
| INTERWREATHED | • interwreathed v. Simple past tense and past participle of interwreathe. • INTERWREATHE v. to twine in between. |
| REINTERVIEWED | • reinterviewed v. Simple past tense and past participle of reinterview. • REINTERVIEW v. to interview again. |
| ULTRAWIDEBAND | • ultrawideband adj. Describing a radio technology that uses a large portion of the radio spectrum. • ULTRAWIDEBAND n. a very broad bandwidth. |
| UNDERTHROWING | • underthrowing v. Present participle of underthrow. |
| UNDERWRITINGS | • underwritings n. Plural of underwriting. • UNDERWRITING n. the act of underwriting. |
| UNWESTERNISED | • unwesternised adj. Alternative form of unwesternized. • UNWESTERNISED adj. not westernised, also UNWESTERNIZED. |
| UNWESTERNIZED | • unwesternized adj. Not westernized. • UNWESTERNIZED adj. not westernized, also UNWESTERNISED. |
| UNWITHDRAWING | • unwithdrawing adj. That does not withdraw. • UNWITHDRAWING adj. liberal; lavish. |
| 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. |
| WINTERFEEDING | • winterfeeding v. Present participle of winterfeed. • WINTERFEED v. to feed livestock in winter when the grazing is not rich enough. |
| WITHDRAWMENTS | • withdrawments n. Plural of withdrawment. • WITHDRAWMENT n. the act of withdrawing. |
| WITHDRAWNNESS | • withdrawnness n. The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated. • WITHDRAWNNESS n. the state of being withdrawn. |