The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backpiece
backpiece
noun
A decorated comb that attaches a veil to the back of a bride's head.
A large tattoo on a person's back.
A piece or plate of armour protecting a person's back.
backpointer
backpointers
backspacefile
backspeir
backspier
backspierer
backsplice
backsplice
noun
Such a knot
verb
To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
barkpeeling
beekeeping
beekeeping
noun
The practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.
beekeepings
berrypicker
berrypicking
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
besprinkler
besprinkler
noun
One who or that which besprinkles.
besprinkles
besprinkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besprinkle
besprinkling
besprinkling
verb
present participle of besprinkle
bibliokelpt
biblioklept
biblioklept
noun
A person who steals books
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
blankenship
bookkeeping
bookkeeping
noun
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
(computing) General tasks for maintaining a system.
verb
present participle of bookkeep
bookkeepings
bookkeepings
noun
plural of bookkeeping
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
bridgekeeper
bridgekeeper
noun
One who guards (or keeps) a bridge.
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
bumpkinet
dikephobia
hyperbrachyskelic
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
kenophobia
kenophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
keraunophobia
keraunophobia
Noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
kinetophobia
kleptophobia
kleptophobia
noun
Abnormal fear of theft.
koopbrief
nonpickable
nonpickable
adj
Not pickable.
packbuilder
pathbreaking
pathbreaking
adj
Opening a new path or approach
pawnbrokering
pawnbrokering
noun
Synonym of pawnbroking
peacebreaking
peacebreaking
noun
Disturbing or destroying a state of peace.
pembrokeshire
pembrokeshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.
A local government principal area, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.
pickabacked
pickabacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pickaback
pickable
pickable
adj
Able to be picked.
pickableness
pickelhaube
pickelhaube
noun
(historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
picketboat
picketboat
noun
Alternative form of picket boat
picketboats
picketboats
noun
plural of picketboat
piggybacked
piggybacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of piggyback
pikeblennies
pikeblenny
pimpleback
pimpleback
noun
Quadrula pustulosa, an American freshwater mussel.
pinchbeck
pinchbeck
adj
(not comparable) Made of pinchbeck.
Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.
noun
An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
pinebank
pinebrook
pinkberry
pokeberries
pokeberries
noun
plural of pokeberry
preblockading
prickleback
prickleback
noun
Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.
The stickleback
pricktimber
prisonbreak
proboscislike
proboscislike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proboscis.
proverblike
proverblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proverb.
pseudobrookite
pseudobrookite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, magnesium, oxygen, and titanium.
purbeckian
raspberrylike
raspberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a raspberry (plant or fruit).
sabbathkeeping
shipbreaking
shipbreaking
noun
The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
shopbreaking
shopbreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.
skippable
skippable
adj
Capable of being skipped.
Not worth watching or doing; missable.
slipperyback
snakephobia
snakephobia
noun
Fear of snakes.
speakablies
speckledbill
speiskobalt
speiskobalt
noun
smaltite
spikebill
spikebill
noun
A hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus).
A marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).
splitbeak
subclerkship
subclerkship
noun
The state or business of a subclerk.
tripleback
triskaidekaphobe
triskaidekaphobe
noun
(rare) Someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia.