(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
verb
(transitive) To bolster, support.
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
bandstop
bandstop
adj
Alternative spelling of band-stop
baphomet
baphomet
Proper noun
A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the Knights Templar and (sometimes) Muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
bedposts
bedposts
noun
plural of bedpost
bellport
biophyte
biophyte
noun
(biology) Any plant that obtains nourishment from the bodies of insects (or other once-living organisms)
bioplast
bioplast
noun
(biology) a mass or cell of bioplasm that is a unit of living matter; an independently existing mass of living matter
biotopes
biotopes
noun
plural of biotope
biotypes
biotypes
noun
plural of biotype
biotypic
biotypic
adj
Relating to a biotype.
blackpot
blacktop
blacktop
noun
(US, countable) A paved area on a schoolground reserved for recess activities, often doubling as a parking lot.
(US, countable) A road so paved.
(US, uncountable) Asphalt concrete or similar bituminous black paving material used for the surface of roads (e.g., tarmacadam, tarmac).
verb
(US) To pave with blacktop.
bluetops
bluetops
noun
plural of bluetop
boatshop
boltrope
boltrope
noun
Alternative spelling of bolt rope
bothrops
boughpot
boughpot
noun
Alternative form of bough pot
bowsprit
bowsprit
noun
(nautical) A spar projecting over the prow of a sailing vessel to provide the means of adding sail surface.
bricktop
bridport
bridport
Proper noun
A town in Dorset, England
brontops
browntop
browntop
noun
Brachiaria ramosa (browntop millet)
Common bent (Agrostis capillaris)
Microstegium spp.
browpost
bullpout
bullpout
noun
Any of various bullheads (fish).
chopboat
chopboat
noun
(in China) A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels.
hopthumb
leptobos
obtemper
obtemper
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To obey (a judgement or decree).
paintbox
paintbox
noun
A box used to hold an artist's paints.
papabote
papabote
noun
(US, dialect) A bird, the upland sandpiper.
pebworth
phobetor
phobetor
Proper noun
The god and personification of nightmares; a son of Hypnos and Pasithea, or Nyx and Erebus.
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.
pigboats
pigboats
noun
plural of pigboat
plowbote
plowbote
noun
Alternative form of ploughbote
poblacht
portable
portable
adj
(computing) Of a program: able to be copied directly from one machine to another without the use of an installer.
(computing) Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
Able to be carried or easily moved.
Able to be transferred from one organization to another.
noun
(computing) Clipping of portable computer.
(video games) A hand-held video gaming device.
A trailer or other movable structure used for classes at a school.
Clipping of portable toilet.
portably
portably
adv
In a portable manner
postable
postable
adj
Capable of being posted (in various senses).
postbags
postbags
noun
plural of postbag
postbase
postbase
noun
(linguistics) A morpheme used as a suffix following either a base or another postbase.
postbook
postboys
postboys
noun
plural of postboy
postburn
postburn
adj
After a burn.
potables
potables
noun
Beverages.
Potable liquids.
potbelly
potbelly
noun
(informal) A Vietnamese Pot-bellied pig.
A large, swollen, or protruding abdomen; a paunch. [from 18th c.]
potboils
potboils
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of potboil
potherbs
potherbs
noun
plural of potherb
preboast
predoubt
probated
probated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of probate
probates
probates
noun
plural of probate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of probate
probator
probator
noun
(law, UK, obsolete) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it and accused his accomplices in order to obtain pardon.
An examiner; an approver.
probatum
proberta
prohibit
prohibit
verb
(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
pueblito
pueblito
noun
A small pueblo or village.
pullboat
stopback
stopband
stopband
noun
A band of frequencies in which an electronic filter will not let signals pass through.
stopbank
stopbank
noun
levee, dyke
subdepot
subdepot
noun
A lesser depot that is part of a larger one.
suboptic
suboptic
adj
(anatomy) Below the eye; subocular.
subplots
subplots
noun
plural of subplot
subtopia
subtopia
noun
Sprawling suburbs, collectively.
subtopic
subtopic
noun
A subject that forms part of a topic.
tabletop
tabletop
adj
Suitable for use on top of a table.
Taking place on top of a table.
noun
(furniture) The flat, horizontal upper surface of a table.
(photography, advertising) A photograph of an object or product placed on a table.
(role-playing games) Ellipsis of tabletop game.
(skateboarding) A fixed item resembling a table, used for performing skateboarding tricks.
tabstops
teenybop
teenybop
noun
teenybopper music
tubipora
tubipore
tubipore
noun
(zoology) Any member of the halcyonoid genus Tubipora.