Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backboard
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backhouses
backhouses
noun
plural of backhouse
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backlasher
backlasher
noun
A participant in a backlash
backlashes
backlashes
noun
plural of backlash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlash
backplanes
backplanes
noun
plural of backplane
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
backsheesh
backsheesh
noun
Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
backspaced
backspaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backspace
backspacer
backspacer
noun
A mechanism in a typewriter that controls backspacing.
backspaces
backspaces
noun
plural of backspace
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backspace
backsplice
backsplice
noun
Such a knot
verb
To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying
backspread
backstairs
backstairs
adj
Secret or furtive.
noun
A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen.
An indirect or furtive means of access or intercourse.
backstitch
backstitch
noun
(sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles forward on the bottom, coming out farther in front, then repeats. The backstitch is a very tight and secure stitch, and also looks very neat.
verb
To sew with a backstitch.
backstreet
backstreet
adj
(figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley.
Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.
noun
Alternative spelling of back street
backstring
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
backtracks
backtracks
noun
plural of backtrack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backtrack
backwashed
backwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwash
backwasher
backwasher
noun
(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
backwashes
backwashes
noun
plural of backwash
backwaters
backwaters
noun
plural of backwater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwater
backwoodsy
backwoodsy
adj
(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
bespeckled
bespeckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
blackballs
blackballs
noun
plural of blackball
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackball
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
blackbrush
blackbrush
noun
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
blackheads
blackheads
noun
plural of blackhead
blackishly
blackishly
adv
In a blackish way.
blackjacks
blackjacks
noun
plural of blackjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackjack
blacklists
blacklists
noun
plural of blacklist
blackmails
blackmails
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackmail
blacksburg
blackshear
blackshear
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
blackshirt
blackshirt
noun
(by extension) Any member of a fascist party.
(historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.
blacksmith
blacksmith
noun
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).
A person who forges iron.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.
blacksnake
blacksnake
noun
(US) A long, tapering whip.
(chiefly vulgar, slang) A penis, especially a black penis.
Alternative form of black snake: any of several relatively harmless North American snakes.
verb
To whip with a long, tapering whip.
blackstick
blackstock
blackstone
blackstrap
blackstrap
noun
(obsolete) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
(obsolete, nautical, slang) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
blockishly
blocksburg
bloodstock
bloodstock
noun
(countable) The breeding line of a thoroughbred horse or other animal.
(uncountable) Thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses.
bobbysocks
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
bootblacks
bootblacks
noun
plural of bootblack
brickmason
broomstick
broomstick
noun
(slang, rare) A gun.
A broom imbued with magic, enabling one to fly astride the handle.
The handle of a broom (sweeping tool).
verb
(intransitive) To fly on a broomstick, as witches are said to.
buckboards
buckboards
noun
plural of buckboard
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
buckleless
buckleless
adj
Without a buckle.
bucktooths
buckwasher
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
bullsucker
bumsucking
bushwhacks
bushwhacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bushwhack
cambyuskan
canebrakes
canebrakes
noun
plural of canebrake
canvasback
canvasback
noun
A North American wild duck, Aythya valisineria, popular as a game bird.
cellblocks
cellblocks
noun
plural of cellblock
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
checkbooks
checkbooks
noun
plural of checkbook
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
chubsucker
chubsucker
noun
Any of various freshwater suckers of the genus Erimyzon, native to North America.
clarksboro
clarksburg
clarksburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
cobleskill
cockscombs
cockscombs
noun
plural of cockscomb
duckboards
duckboards
noun
plural of duckboard
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
firebricks
firebricks
noun
plural of firebrick
flashbacks
flashbacks
noun
plural of flashback
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
hacksilber
hacksilber
noun
Alternative form of hacksilver
hatchbacks
hatchbacks
noun
plural of hatchback
horsebacks
horsebacks
noun
plural of horseback
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
lockesburg
matchbooks
matchbooks
noun
plural of matchbook
mossbacked
mossbacked
adj
(informal) Having old-fashioned views; very conservative or reactionary.
paperbacks
paperbacks
noun
plural of paperback
piggybacks
piggybacks
noun
plural of piggyback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of piggyback
plainbacks
puckerbush
quicksburg
quillbacks
quillbacks
noun
plural of quillback
rackabones
rackabones
noun
(informal, derogatory) A very lean person or animal, especially a lean horse.
reichsbank
roadblocks
roadblocks
noun
plural of roadblock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roadblock
saddleback
saddleback
adj
saddle-backed
noun
(New Zealand) The bird Philesturnus carunculatis.
(UK) The great black-backed gull.
(architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
(geology) An anticline.
A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
A raccoon oyster.
A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
A variety of domestic goose.
Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
The larva of the bombycid moth.
verb
(slang) To engage in anal sex with the intention of preserving one's virginity (chiefly by Christian teenagers)
schaerbeek
schaerbeek
Proper noun
A city in Belgium.
schoolbook
schoolbook
noun
A textbook, a book used, or prepared for use, in school.
scowbanker
scrapbooks
scrapbooks
noun
plural of scrapbook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scrapbook
sheepbacks
sheepbacks
noun
plural of sheepback
sicklebill
sicklebill
noun
Any of several birds of paradise (Drepanornis spp., Epimachus spp.) and hummingbirds (Eutoxeres spp.) with a sickle-shaped bill.
silverback
silverback
noun
(informal, by extension) A dominant older human male.
(mammalogy) A mature male gorilla, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma.
sketchable
sketchable
adj
Capable of being sketched.
sketchbook
sketchbook
noun
(dated) A printed book of literary sketches or skits.
A book of printed sketches.
A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.
skewbacked
smicksburg
smoothback
splashback
splashback
noun
(countable) A shield of an easily-cleaned material, such as those placed behind an oven top or kitchen sink and at industrial facilities, construction sites, etc, in order to catch splashes of liquid.
(uncountable, countable) Splashes of liquid, especially noxious liquid, rebounding from a surface.
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
squibcrack
stickybeak
stickybeak
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) An act of looking at or watching something, especially something which does not directly concern the one looking.
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker.
verb
(Australia, New Zealand) To pry or snoop.
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.
subpackage
subpackage
noun
(object-oriented programming) A package situated hierarchically below another package.
A physical package contained within another package.
verb
(transitive) To place (an object) in a package which is itself inside a package.
sucklebush
superblock
superblock
noun
(architecture, urban planning) A very large block of buildings.
(computing) A segment of metadata describing the file system on a block device.
swaybacked
swaybacked
adj
(figuratively) Old.
Having a sagged back.
Having sagged or hollow surface.
switchback
switchback
noun
(aviation) A flight path consisting of a series of steep ascents and descents, generally flown as a stunt.
(chiefly Britain) A path or road having a series of steep ascents and descents.
(chiefly Canada, US, road transport) A sharp bend in a path or road which causes a traveller to almost reverse their direction of travel, especially one of a series of such bends on an incline; a hairpin bend; also a path or road having such a series of bends.
A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch.
A railway track on which there are steep ascents and descents, a train moving partially or fully by the force of gravity using the momentum generated when descending to travel up an ascending part of the track; especially (Britain, dated), such a track built for fun rides at an amusement park; a type of rollercoaster.