(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backflipping
backflipping
verb
present participle of backflip
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
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
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backspacefile
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
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
balikpapan
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
barkpeeling
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
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.
blackprint
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blankenship
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
bloubiskop
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
hyperbrachyskelic
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
kleptophobia
kleptophobia
noun
Abnormal fear of theft.
klipbok
klipbok
noun
klipspringer
lampblacking
lampblacking
verb
present participle of lampblack
nonpickable
nonpickable
adj
Not pickable.
packability
packability
noun
The quality or state of being packable
packbuilder
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
philbrook
piblockto
piblokto
piblokto
noun
A condition affecting dogs or other animals in the Arctic, characterized by aggressive behavior and seizures.
A condition affecting the Inuit peoples in winter, characterised by a period of frenzied activity or irrational behaviour, followed by unconsciousness or stupor.
pibloktos
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.
pikeblennies
pikeblenny
pimpleback
pimpleback
noun
Quadrula pustulosa, an American freshwater mussel.
plainback
plainbacks
plankbuilt
poikiloblast
poikiloblast
noun
A porphyroblast mineral containing small inclusions of the previous rock.
poikiloblastic
poikiloblastic
adj
(geology) Describing the texture of a metamorphic rock that has small idioblasts of one constituent lying within larger xenoblasts
pointblank
pointblank
adv
(obsolete or rare) point blank
preblockading
prickleback
prickleback
noun
Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.
The stickleback
pricklyback
proboscislike
proboscislike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proboscis.
proverblike
proverblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proverb.
raspberrylike
raspberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a raspberry (plant or fruit).