(figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
(obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
backsides
backsides
noun
plural of backside
backslid
backslid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslide
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backslide
backslide
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backsliders
backsliders
noun
plural of backslider
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backslidingness
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice
backstitched
backstitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstitch
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
baidarkas
baidarkas
noun
plural of baidarka
bakersfield
bakersfield
Proper noun
A major city in California, USA
bakshished
bakshished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bakshish
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
bankside
bankside
noun
The land by a riverbank.
banksides
banksides
noun
plural of bankside
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
bedsick
bedticks
bedticks
noun
plural of bedtick
bekissed
bekissed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bekiss
benedicks
benedicks
noun
plural of benedick
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
bewhiskered
bewhiskered
adj
Having whiskers
bidarkas
bidarkas
noun
plural of bidarka
bidarkees
bidarkees
noun
plural of bidarkee
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
blackbirders
blackbirders
noun
plural of blackbirder
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
blackbodies
blackbodies
noun
plural of blackbody
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blacklisted
blacklisted
adj
Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacklist
blackshirted
blankmindedness
blastodisk
blastodisk
noun
(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk
blinkards
blinkards
noun
plural of blinkard
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadishness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bloodsuckings
bodkins
bodkins
noun
plural of bodkin
bodkinwise
bodstick
bodykins
bookbinderies
bookbinderies
noun
plural of bookbindery
bookbinders
bookbinders
noun
plural of bookbinder
bookbindings
bookbindings
noun
plural of bookbinding
boskopoid
bradski
bradykinesia
bradykinesia
noun
(medicine) Slowness of movement.
bradykinesis
bradykinesis
noun
Alternative form of bradykinesia
bradykinins
bradykinins
noun
plural of bradykinin
bradyteleokinesis
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
bridestake
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
brisked
brisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisk
briskened
briskened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisken
brookside
brookside
adj
On the side of a brook.
noun
The side of a brook.
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
buskined
buskined
adj
Tragic, dignified or serious in style.
Trodden by buskins.
Wearing buskins.
chickenbreasted
crackbrainedness
crackbrainedness
noun
The quality of being crackbrained; idiocy.
dabchicks
dabchicks
noun
plural of dabchick
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
dekabrist
dekabrist
Noun
Decembrist
dembowski
diamondbacks
diamondbacks
noun
plural of diamondback
dibbuks
dibbuks
noun
plural of dibbuk
diebacks
diebacks
noun
plural of dieback
disbark
disbark
verb
(obsolete) To disembark.
(transitive) To strip (a tree, etc.) of bark.
disembark
disembark
verb
(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
(transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
disembarked
disembarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembark
disembarking
disembarking
noun
A disembarkation.
verb
present participle of disembark
disembarkment
disembarkment
noun
disembarkation
disembarks
disembarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark
dislikable
dislikable
adj
Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
dislikeable
dislikeable
adj
Alternative spelling of dislikable
dobrinsky
dombrowski
doublethinks
doublethinks
noun
plural of doublethink
drinkableness
drinkableness
noun
The quality of being drinkable.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
dubinsky
duckbills
duckbills
noun
plural of duckbill
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
dumbstricken
fiddlebacks
fiddlebacks
noun
plural of fiddleback
fredericksburg
fredericksburg
Proper noun
A town in Posey County, Indiana, United States.
A city/town in Iowa State.
A village in Ohio State.
A city in Texas State.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.
frederiksberg
gadsbodikins
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
guidebookish
guidebookish
adj
Having the tone or style of a guidebook.
guidebooks
guidebooks
noun
plural of guidebook
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
keyboardist
keyboardist
noun
Someone who plays a keyboard.
keyboardists
keyboardists
noun
plural of keyboardist
kiboshed
kiboshed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kibosh
kingbirds
kingbirds
noun
plural of kingbird
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
knightsbridge
lackbrainedness
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
obelisked
obeliskoid
obeliskoid
Adjective
Resembling an obelisk.
odsbodkins
pseudobrookite
pseudobrookite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, magnesium, oxygen, and titanium.
redbricks
redbricks
noun
plural of redbrick
redisembark
sbodikins
semibalked
sickbed
sickbed
noun
A bed used by a person who is sick.
A place for convalescence.
sickbeds
sickbeds
noun
plural of sickbed
sikandarabad
skaitbird
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
skinbound
skinbound
adj
Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound.
skirtboard
skirtboard
noun
Synonym of skirting board
snakebird
snakebird
noun
A darter: any bird of the genus Anhinga.
A wryneck
speckledbill
stinkbird
stinkbird
noun
The hoatzin.
stockbreeding
stockbreeding
noun
The breeding and rearing of livestock.
stockbridge
strikeboard
strikebound
strikebound
adj
Not operating normally because of strike action.
subkingdom
subkingdom
noun
(taxonomy) A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum.
(uncommon) A kingdom that is part of another kingdom, ruled by a subking.
subkingdoms
subkingdoms
noun
plural of subkingdom
switchbacked
switchbacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of switchback
triskaidekaphobe
triskaidekaphobe
noun
(rare) Someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia.