backslum
A slum; the poor and disreputable portion of a town.

backslums
plural of backslum

backswamp
The section of a floodplain where deposits of fine silt and clay settle after a flood.

backswamps
plural of backswamp

backveld
Backward and unsophisticated rural areas.

backvelds
plural of backveld

backwardation
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
A situation in which short-term interest rates are higher than long-term interest rates.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.

backwardations
plural of backwardation

backwardsness
Backwardness; the state of being backwards.

backyard
A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.

backyards
plural of backyard

badwill
negative goodwill, i.e. if the price is less than the fair market value

baffie
Alternative form of baffy.
A slipper, or a worn, comfortable shoe.

baffies
plural of baffy
plural of baffie

baffy
An obsolete wooden golf club with high loft.
The 4-wood or 5-wood

bagani
The class of warrior-leaders of various Lumad ethnic groups of the island of Mindanao, Philippines.

bagelries
plural of bagelry

bagelry
A bagel shop.

bagi
A voodoo sanctuary or sacred chamber.

bagis
plural of bagi

bagroom
A room for storing bags.

bagrooms
plural of bagroom

bahira
A classification of sea inlet; a depression in the land flooded by the sea during the Holocene transgression and connected to the sea by a narrow passage.

bahiras
plural of bahira

baidar
Alternative form of bidarka.

baidarka
Alternative form of bidarka.

baidarkas
plural of baidarka

baidars
plural of baidar

baignoir
Alternative form of baignoire.

baignoire
A box of the lowest tier in a theatre.

baignoires
plural of baignoire

baignoirs
plural of baignoir

bailiffwick
Obsolete form of bailiwick.

bailiffwicks
plural of bailiffwick

bailiwick
The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.

bailiwicks
plural of bailiwick

baitshop
A shop that sells bait for anglers.

baitshops
plural of baitshop

bakeshop
A shop where baked goods are made and sold.

bakeshops
plural of bakeshop

balafon
A wooden-keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa that is struck with two padded sticks.

balafons
plural of balafon

balaphone
Alternative form of balafon

balaphones
plural of balaphone

balconet
Alternative form of balconette (“small balcony”).

balconets
plural of balconet

balconette
A false balcony, or railing at the outer plane of a window-opening reaching to the floor, and resembling a balcony when the window is open.
A small balcony.
Synonym of balcony bra.

balconettes
plural of balconette

balconies
plural of balcony

balcony
An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
An accessible structure overlooking a stage or the like.

baldresca
A shelf that supports a loggia.

balei
a type of hall, station, or large building for public uses, typically found in present-day Malaysia

balikbayan
A Filipino returning to the Philippines after spending time in another country.

balikbayans
plural of balikbayan

balize
A pole, post or frame used as a sea beacon or road waymark.

balizes
plural of balize

balkanism
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanism.

balkanisms
plural of balkanism

balkanization
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanization.

balkanizations
plural of balkanization

balladry
ballads considered as a group; also, the sharing (transmission), making and performing of ballads, ballads as an activity, as a tradition, as a body of work, as a craft, as implying a community of singers, makers and lovers of ballads.

ballastage
A toll paid for the taking on ballast in a port or harbour.

ballastages
plural of ballastage

ballatry
Obsolete form of balladry.

ballyboe
A townland in Ulster.

ballyboes
plural of ballyboe

balmyard
A place where obeah and related healing rituals are performed.

balmyards
plural of balmyard

balnearies
plural of balneary

balneary
A room for bathing.

balustrade
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.

balustrades
plural of balustrade

balwadi
A low cost Indian pre-school.

balwadies
plural of balwadi

balywick
Alternative form of bailiwick.

balywicks
plural of balywick

banat
The territory governed by a ban.

banatite
granodiorite or rock of similar composition that intruded in the Banat region of Europe in the Cretaceous

banatites
plural of banatite

banats
plural of banat

bancorporation
A bank holding company.

bancorporations
plural of bancorporation

bandhead
A location on a spectrum where many lines become very close together and appear as a band

bandheads
plural of bandhead

bandstand
A small, open-air platform or enclosure for bands to play on, usually roofed.
A small, informal stage, usually located in nightclubs, where local and amateur musicians perform.

bandstands
plural of bandstand

banjeonse
A form of lease in the South Korean real estate market which is a hybrid between jeonse and wolse, in which the lessee provides the landlord with a smaller lump sum deposit than would be required with jeonse, while agreeing to pay a lower rate of monthly rent than would be required with wolse.

banksall
Alternative form of bankshall.

banksalls
plural of banksall

bankshall
A warehouse.
The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.

bankshalls
plural of bankshall

bankside
The land by a riverbank.

banksides
plural of bankside

banlieue
The outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing.

banlieues
plural of banlieue

bannat
Alternative form of banat (“territory governed by a ban”).

bannats
plural of bannat

bannimus
A form of expulsion of any individual from the University of Oxford, by putting the proctorial edict up in some public place, as a denunciation or promulgation of it. It also served to prevent the individual from claiming the cause of expulsion.

banns
The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage).
Any public announcement of an upcoming event.

banovina
Any of the provinces or banates into which the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was subdivided during the period 1929–1941.

banovinas
plural of banovina

banslochan
tabasheer

baoli
A stepwell.

baolis
plural of baoli

baptism
A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
The moment at which an object is first assigned a proper name.

baptisms
plural of baptism

barachois
A coastal lagoon partially or totally separated from the ocean by a sand or shingle bar.

barathrum
A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown.
The abyss, hell.

barathrums
plural of barathrum

barbacan
Archaic spelling of barbican.

barbacans
plural of barbacan

barbarisation
An act which causes people to revert to a state which is primitive and uncivilized.

barbarisations
plural of barbarisation