(backgammon) A game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.
An indirect strategy in which one attempts to achieve one's goals by maneuvering behind the scenes.
bagmaker
bagmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bags.
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
beraking
betaking
betaking
verb
present participle of betake
blackleg
blackleg
noun
(countable) A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker.
(countable) A person who takes the place of striking workers; a scab.
(uncountable, agriculture, veterinary medicine) A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.
verb
To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.
blockage
blockage
noun
A thing that is blocking; an obstruction.
The state of being blocked.
constipation
boskages
boskages
noun
plural of boskage
brakeage
breakage
breakage
noun
(accounting) A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.
Something that has been broken.
The act of breaking.
The left-over money in a parimutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.
breaking
breaking
noun
(linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
(music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
Breakdancing.
The act by which something is broken.
verb
present participle of break
brockage
brockage
noun
(coin collecting) A type of error coin in which one side of the coin has the normal design and the other side has a mirror image of the same design impressed upon it.
brokages
brokages
noun
plural of brokage
bulkages
bulkages
noun
plural of bulkage
cokeburg
dungbeck
geelbeck
gemsboks
gemsboks
noun
plural of gemsbok
gemsbuck
gemsbuck
noun
Alternative form of gemsbok
gerbatka
giveback
giveback
noun
A rebate.
A reduction in pay or conditions as a result of unfavourable economic conditions.
gladbeck
gobylike
gobylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goby (fish).
greyback
greyback
noun
(dated) A louse.
(historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
(regional) Any of various grey birds.
grosbeak
grosbeak
noun
Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill
kornberg
kuebbing
longbeak
longbeak
noun
The American red-bellied snipe (Limnodromus scolopaceus).