A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
{{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
barcolongo
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
beclogging
beclogging
verb
present participle of beclog
beclothing
beclothing
verb
present participle of beclothe
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
beclowning
beclowning
verb
present participle of beclown
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bescouring
bioecology
bioecology
noun
The specifically biological aspects of ecology
biogenetic
biogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to biogenesis.
Of or pertaining to biogenetics.
biographic
biographic
adj
biographical
biological
biological
adj
(proscribed, an error in non-native speakers' English) Organic (grown without agrochemicals).
Of or relating to biology.
Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.
noun
(rare) A biological product.
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
blocksburg
bocklogged
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
boschneger
bouncingly
bouncingly
adv
With a bouncing motion.
boycottage
boycotting
boycotting
noun
The act of something being boycotted.
verb
present participle of boycott
brachylogy
brachylogy
noun
(rhetoric) Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!"
Concise speech; laconism.
cabotinage
cabotinage
noun
overacting; hamming
calombigas
canonsburg
clobbering
clobbering
adj
That clobbers.
noun
(informal) A beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
verb
present participle of clobber
clothesbag
clothesbag
noun
Alternative form of clothes bag
clubmonger
coagulable
coagulable
adj
That can be coagulated.
coalbagger
coatbridge
cobwebbing
cobwebbing
noun
(mathematics) A graphical technique for solving discrete-time systems, useful in finding the stationary points.
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
cognisable
cognisable
adj
Alternative form of cognizable
cognisably
cognisably
adv
Alternative form of cognizably
cognizable
cognizable
adj
(law) Within the jurisdiction of a particular court.
Capable of being known or perceived.
cognizably
cognizably
adv
In a cognizable manner.
cohabiting
cohabiting
verb
present participle of cohabit
cohobating
cohobating
verb
present participle of cohobate
colligible
combatting
combatting
verb
present participle of combat
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
comburgess
comburgess
noun
A fellow burgess.
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
combwright
confabbing
confabbing
verb
present participle of confab
conglobate
conglobate
adj
Shaped like or formed into a ball.
verb
(transitive) To form into a globe or ball.
conglobing
conglobing
verb
present participle of conglobe
conjugable
conjugable
adj
Capable of being conjugated.
conjugably
corbelling
corbelling
noun
A series of corbels or piece of continuous corbelled masonry.
verb
present participle of corbel
corrigible
corrigible
adj
(obsolete) Deserving chastisement.
(obsolete) Having power to correct.
(obsolete) Submissive to correction
Able to be corrected or set right.
corrigibly
corrigibly
adv
In a corrigible manner; such that it can be corrected.
cymbopogon
cytoglobin
cytoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A globin that is produced by all types of human and other mammalian cells
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debouching
debouching
verb
present participle of debouche
ergophobic
ergophobic
adj
averse to doing work
gabbroitic
geobotanic
geobotanic
Adjective
phytogeographical
glencarbon
globulitic
globulitic
adj
Relating to, or containing, the mineral globulite.
gobemouche
gobemouche
noun
A naive, gullible person.
gobiesocid
gobiesocid
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the family Gobiesocidae of clingfish.
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
hemoglobic
iceboating
iceboating
noun
The act of travelling in a iceboat.
jacobsburg
lockesburg
malebolgic
obligistic
obnouncing
richebourg
schoenberg
schoenburg
scottsburg
scottsburg
Proper noun
a city in Indiana, USA
an unincorporated community in Indiana.
a small town in Virginia, USA.
strongback
strongback
noun
(carpentry) A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.
(nautical) A strong bar placed across a hatch opening to hold hatch boards or hatch covers. (FM 55-501)
(nautical) The fore-and-aft spar extending from stem to stern on a lifeboat and serving as a raised spreader for a boat cover. (FM 55-501)
(sculpture) A backing pole used to reinforce and stabilize vertically-oriented sculptures.
(space science) A vertical structure used to support and stabilize a rocket, often hosting fuel and power umbilical connections. Usually retracted immediately before launch.
subcollege
subcollege
noun
A college making up part of a larger institution such as a university.
subcooling
subcooling
noun
(physics) cooling a liquid to a temperature that is less that its saturation temperature at a particular pressure
subglottic
subglottic
adj
Of or pertaining to the subglottis.
suborganic
unbecoming
unbecoming
adj
Not flattering, attractive or appropriate.
Not in keeping with the expected standards of one's position.