(mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite
akenobeite
akrabattine
aktiebolag
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
antibreakage
antibreakage
adj
Preventing breakage.
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
atabek
attackable
attackable
adj
which may be attacked
backbeat
backbeat
noun
(music) The sharp accent on the second and fourth beats of rock music in 4/4 time.
backbeats
backbeats
noun
plural of backbeat
backbite
backbite
noun
One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.
verb
(informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
To speak badly of an absent individual.
backbiter
backbiter
noun
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
backbiters
backbiters
noun
plural of backbiter
backbites
backbites
noun
plural of backbite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite
backbitten
backbitten
verb
past participle of backbite
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backdate
backdate
noun
An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date.
verb
To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date.
backdated
backdated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backdate
backdates
backdates
noun
plural of backdate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate
backet
backet
noun
(Scotland) A shallow wooden trough for carrying ashes, coals, etc.
backfatter
backfatter
noun
A pig yielding significant backfat.
backlet
backlighted
backlotter
backplate
backplate
noun
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
backpointer
backpointers
backrest
backrest
noun
A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.
The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.
backrests
backrests
noun
plural of backrest
backscatter
backscatter
noun
(computing) The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
(military) A portion of the energy of electromagnetic radiation such as a laser or radio waves that is scattered back in the direction of the source of radiation by an obscurant.
(physics) The deflection of particles and/or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
The particles and/or radiation deflected in this manner.
verb
To scatter particles and/or radiation back to the direction from which they come.
backscattered
backscattered
verb
past participle of backscatter
backscattering
backscattering
noun
(physics) The scattering of waves, particles, or signals back in the direction of their source.
verb
present participle of backscatter
backscatters
backscatters
noun
plural of backscatter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backscatter
backscratcher
backscratcher
noun
A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
backseat
backseat
noun
Alternative spelling of back seat
backseats
backseats
noun
plural of backseat
backset
backset
noun
A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
verb
(US, especially Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
backsets
backsets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backset
backsetting
backsetting
verb
present participle of backset
backsettler
backsettler
noun
One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.
backsite
backstabbed
backstabbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstab
backstabber
backstabber
noun
A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.
backstabbers
backstabbers
noun
plural of backstabber
backstage
backstage
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Secret, concealed from the public.
adv
Out of view of the public.
Towards the area behind the stage.
noun
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
backstamped
backstein
backster
backster
noun
(obsolete) A baker.
backstitched
backstitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstitch
backstitches
backstitches
noun
plural of backstitch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstitch
backstone
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
backstories
backstories
noun
plural of backstory
backstrapped
backstreet
backstreet
adj
(figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley.
Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.
noun
Alternative spelling of back street
backstreets
backstreets
noun
plural of backstreet
backstretch
backstretch
noun
(athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
(figuratively) The middle part of an event.
(horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
backstretches
backstretches
noun
plural of backstretch.
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
backstroked
backstroked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstroke
backstrokes
backstrokes
noun
plural of backstroke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstroke
backstromite
backstromite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
backtender
backtenter
backtrace
backtrace
noun
(computing) A stack trace.
verb
(by extension) To find the cause of something by examining past events
(computing) To examine a stack trace
backtracked
backtracked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backtrack
backtracker
backtracker
noun
One who, or that which, backtracks.
backtrackers
backtrackers
noun
plural of backtracker
backwater
backwater
noun
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
(paper industry) Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
verb
(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
backwatered
backwatered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwater
backwaters
backwaters
noun
plural of backwater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwater
baikalite
baikerinite
baikerite
bakelite
bakelite
noun
Alternative form of Bakelite
bakemeat
bakemeat
noun
(obsolete) Any baked product (such as a pie)
bakemeats
bakemeats
noun
plural of bakemeat
bakeout
bakeout
noun
The act of heating a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components
bakerite
bakerite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
bakerstown
bakerton
bakestone
bakestone
noun
Synonym of Welshcake
Synonym of baking stone
balkanite
balkanite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white gray mineral containing copper, mercury, silver, and sulfur.
balkiest
balkiest
adj
superlative form of balky: most balky
banakite
banakite
noun
(geology) A form of trachyandesite
bangwaketsi
banket
banket
noun
A sweet almond dessert pastry that originated in the Netherlands.
banknote
banknote
noun
(now historical) A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary.
A magenta-coloured turbid variety of ruby from Victoria, Australia.
barkometer
barkometer
noun
A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
barkstone
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
basket
basket
noun
(Internet) In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
(LGBT, slang) The male genitalia and region surrounding it.
(archaic) A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.
(architecture) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
(ballooning) The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel.
(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
(basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
(figurative) A set or collection of intangible things.
(informal, euphemistic) Bastard.
(military, aircraft) A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method
(obsolete) In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
(slang) The bulge of the male genitals seen through clothing.
(uncountable) The game of basketball.
A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
A singlestick with a basket hilt.
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
verb
(transitive) To place in a basket or baskets.
(transitive, publishing) To cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success.
basketball
basketball
noun
(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
(sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
verb
To play basketball
To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball
basketballer
basketballer
noun
(informal) A basketball player; a person who plays basketball.
basketballs
basketballs
noun
plural of basketball
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
basketfuls
basketfuls
noun
plural of basketful
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
basketlike
basketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a basket.
basketmaker
basketmaker
noun
A person who weaves baskets.
basketmaking
basketmaking
noun
The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
basketries
basketries
noun
plural of basketry
basketry
basketry
noun
Baskets collectively.
The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
baskets
baskets
noun
plural of basket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of basket
baskett
basketware
basketware
noun
basketwork goods collectively
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworks
basketworks
noun
plural of basketwork
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
batekes
batiked
batiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of batik
batiker
batiker
noun
A manufacturer of batik fabrics.
batlike
batlike
adj
Having characteristics similar to those of a bat, usually used with reference to the flying mammal.
Similar to that of a bat.
battercake
battercake
noun
A kind of flat cake similar to a pancake.
batterdock
battycake
batukite
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
beakiest
beakiest
adj
superlative form of beaky: most beaky
beanstalk
beanstalk
noun
(chiefly science fiction) A space elevator.
(figuratively, colloquial, by extension) A tall, slim person.
The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.
beanstalks
beanstalks
noun
plural of beanstalk
beastlike
beastlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beast.
beatnik
beatnik
noun
A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.
beatnikism
beatnikism
noun
The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
beatniks
beatniks
noun
plural of beatnik
beckelite
becket
becket
noun
(England, dialect, historical) A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
(nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
(nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
(nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.
(nautical, slang) A pocket in clothing.
(obsolete) chough (the bird)
(sewing) A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
An eye in the end of a rope.
beckets
beckets
noun
plural of becket
beckett
beckwith
beckwith
Proper noun
of origin.
bedstock
bedstock
noun
(obsolete) The front or back part of the frame of a bedstead.
bedtick
bedtick
noun
A tick or bag made of cloth, used for enclosing the materials of a bed.