(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
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
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
backstring
backtender
backtenter
bakerstown
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankroller
bankroller
noun
One who bankrolls; usually an individual who has enough seed capital to launch a venture; one who can fund a project; angel investor.
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bankruptly
bankruptly
adv
In a bankrupt manner.
bannerlike
bannerlike
adj
Resembling a banner
adv
So as to resemble a banner
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
barkantine
barkentine
barkentine
noun
(sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine
barracking
barracking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
An act of jeering or heckling.
verb
present participle of barrack
beaverskin
beaverskin
noun
The pelt of a beaver.
bedarkened
bedarkened
adj
Dim, dark, or obscure
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedarken
beermaking
beermaking
noun
The making of beer.
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
berkeleian
berkeleian
Adjective
Of or relating to or his system of idealism.
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
bilskirnir
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
the town itself.
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
blackprint
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blanketeer
blanketers
blinkering
blinkering
verb
present participle of blinker
bobbinwork
bobbinwork
noun
Work woven with bobbins.
boneshaker
boneshaker
noun
A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
Something jolty.
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
borodankov
boundbrook
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
bradykinin
bradykinin
noun
(biochemistry) A compound released in the blood in some circumstances which causes contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of blood vessels. It is a peptide with nine amino-acid residues.
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
breakbones
breakbones
noun
Alternative form of break-bones
plural of breakbone
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakerman
breakermen
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
brickliner
brickmason
briskening
briskening
verb
present participle of brisken
brokenness
brokenness
noun
The characteristic of being broken.
bronzelike
bronzelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of bronze.
brookeland
brookhaven
brookhaven
Proper noun
Any of several towns and cities in the United States and Canada:
a city in Mississippi, USA, and the county seat of Named after Brookhaven, New York.
broomshank
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bulwarking
bulwarking
verb
present participle of bulwark
burbankian
burbankism
byeworkman
byrthynsak
cairnbrook
canebrakes
canebrakes
noun
plural of canebrake
cankerbird
chainbreak
cherubikon
cornerback
cornerback
noun
(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.
crackbrain
crackbrain
Noun
An eccentric or crazy person.
debarkment
donnybrook
donnybrook
adj
Chaotic.
noun
A brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
embarkment
embarkment
noun
embarkation; the act of setting out
fernambuck
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
handbanker
honeybrook
imbarkment
inbreaking
inbreaking
noun
The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
inkberries
inkberries
noun
plural of inkberry
interblock
interblock
adj
Between blocks.
noun
A space or interval between two adjacent blocks or cells on a grid.
kapfenberg
keenesburg
kibblerman
klangfarbe
knackebrod
knifeboard
knifeboard
noun
(historical, by extension) An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.
(historical, chiefly attributive) A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
knobkerrie
knobkerrie
noun
Alternative form of knobkerry
knobnoster
konigsberg
kummerbund
kummerbund
noun
Dated form of cummerbund.
kurbashing
kurbashing
verb
present participle of kurbash
lieberkuhn
limberneck
limberneck
noun
A flaccid paralysis of the neck of poultry afflicted with botulism.
linebacker
linebacker
noun
(American football) The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes.
lockbourne
manbarklak
mossbanker
mossbanker
noun
A fish; a menhaden.
mossbunker
mossbunker
noun
Alternative form of mossbanker
nebraskans
nutbreaker
nutbreaker
noun
The nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes).
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
overbaking
overbaking
verb
present participle of overbake
overbanked
overbanked
adj
Furnished with too many banks (financial institutions).
pawnbroker
pawnbroker
noun
A person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security – which may be sold if not redeemed.
pennebaker
purbeckian
rabbitskin
rabbitskin
noun
The skin of a rabbit.
rackabones
rackabones
noun
(informal, derogatory) A very lean person or animal, especially a lean horse.
racknumber
rebankrupt
rebankrupt
verb
(transitive) To bankrupt again.
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
rebukingly
rebukingly
adv
In a rebuking manner.
reckonable
reckonable
adj
Able to be reckoned or computed.
reichsbank
ribandlike
ribandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a riband.
ribbonback
ribbonback
noun
(often attributive) A decorative chairback made with slender rails of wood.
A chair having this kind of back.
ribbonlike
ribbonlike
adj
having the characteristics of ribbons
ringbarked
ringbarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ringbark
ringbarker
riverbanks
riverbanks
noun
plural of riverbank
rubberneck
rubberneck
noun
(US, obsolete) A tourist.
Someone or something with a flexible neck.
Someone who engages in rubbernecking, or turning and staring.
verb
To watch by craning the neck (as though it were made of rubber), especially if the observer and observed are in motion relative to each other.
Maianthemum dilatatum, the false lily of the valley, or its fruit.
Solanum dulcamara, the bitter nightshade, or its fruit.
springboks
springboks
noun
plural of springbok
springbuck
springbuck
noun
Alternative form of springbok
stinkberry
stonebreak
stonebreak
noun
The meadow saxifrage.
stonybrook
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.
strongbark
subnetwork
subnetwork
noun
A subsection of a network.
subworkman
subworkman
noun
A subordinate workman.
subworkmen
subworkmen
noun
plural of subworkman
sunbreaker
tinkerbird
tinkerbird
noun
Any of several barbets of the genus Pogoniulus.
turbanlike
turbanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a turban.
turnbuckle
turnbuckle
noun
(nautical) A link threaded on both ends of a short bar which is used to pull objects together. (FM 55-501)
A coupling device consisting of two eyelets or other connection points connected in screw threads. The joint in between can be turned to shorten or lengthen the device with mechanical advantage provided by the screw threads.
twinbrooks
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
unbankrupt
unbickered
unbirdlike
unbirdlike
adj
Not birdlike.
unbreaking
unbreaking
adj
That does not break; unbreakable or unbroken.
verb
present participle of unbreak
unbrokenly
unbrokenly
adv
In an unbroken way; continuously.
underbaked
underbaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of underbake
unmarkable
unmarkable
adj
Incapable of being marked.
unriskable
unriskable
adj
Not riskable.
unworkable
unworkable
adj
Not workable or operable; not practical; unmanageable.
noun
Something that is not workable, or cannot be made to work.