(prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
backhaul
backhaul
noun
(broadcasting) Uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished show.
(military) The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
(transport) A return trip after delivery of cargo.
(travel, aviation, fare construction) Travel to a destination via a further point, or a higher fare point, than the destination (higher intermediate point).
verb
To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.
backhaus
backrush
backrush
noun
A rushing backward; a retreat.
baluchis
barouche
barouche
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
bechuana
bechuana
Noun
A member of the Tswana people.
bouchard
brachium
brachium
noun
(anatomy) The upper arm.
branchus
buchanan
buchanan
Proper noun
from Scotland.
a small city in Georgia, USA
buchnera
buchwald
buckhead
buckwash
burchard
bushwack
bushwack
verb
Alternative spelling of bushwhack
butzbach
cachibou
cachibou
noun
The tree Bursera simaruba.
chabouks
chabouks
noun
plural of chabouk
chabutra
chabutra
noun
(India) A paved terrace attached to a house or garden.
chadburn
chasuble
chasuble
noun
(Christianity) The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass.
chawbuck
chawbuck
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To beat with a chabuk.
chubasco
chubasco
noun
(nautical) A violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the Pacific coast of Central America and South America.
clubhand
clubhand
noun
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
clubhaul
clubhaul
verb
(transitive, nautical) To force (a sailing vessel) to change tack by dropping the lee-anchor and hauling in the anchor cable to swing the stern to windward.
courbash
cubehead
dschubba
dschubba
Proper noun
A star in the constellation Scorpio.
hackbush
hackbuts
hackbuts
noun
plural of hackbut
haulback
humpback
humpback
noun
(by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
(derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
(figurative) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
A humpback salmon.
A humpback whale.
A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
