Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpack
backplanes
backplanes
noun
plural of backplane
backpointers
backropes
backscraper
backslap
backslap
verb
To enthusiastically affirm or congratulate a person, especially by patting them on the back.
backslapped
backslapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslap
backslapper
backslapper
noun
One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.
backslappers
backslappers
noun
plural of backslapper
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backslaps
backslaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslap
backspace
backspace
noun
(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
(computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
verb
(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
backspaced
backspaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backspace
backspacefile
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
backspacing
backspacing
verb
present participle of backspace
backspang
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
backspierer
backspin
backspin
noun
(music) Synonym of spinback
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
verb
(music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
(transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
backspins
backspins
noun
plural of backspin
backsplashes
backsplashes
noun
plural of backsplash
backsplice
backsplice
noun
Such a knot
verb
To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backspread
backspringing
backstamp
backstamped
backstamping
backstop
backstop
noun
(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
(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.
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstops
backstops
noun
plural of backstop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop
backstrap
backstrap
noun
(drugs) The rolling a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion
(firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
The backbone of a book.
verb
To apply or make into a backstrap.
backstrapped
backstrip
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
backups
backups
noun
plural of backup
backwraps
backwraps
noun
plural of backwrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwrap
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakeshop
bakeshop
noun
A shop where baked goods are made and sold.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
ballparks
ballparks
noun
plural of ballpark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballpark
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
bankruptship
barkeepers
barkeepers
noun
plural of barkeeper
barkeeps
barkeeps
noun
plural of barkeep
bespake
bespake
verb
(archaic) simple past tense of bespeak
bespeak
bespeak
noun
(archaic) A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.
verb
(intransitive) To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.
(transitive) To betoken; show; indicate; foretell; suggest; allude to.
(transitive) To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss.
(transitive) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
(transitive) To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.
(transitive, archaic) To forbode; foretell.
(transitive, archaic, poetic) To speak to; address.
bespeakable
bespeaker
bespeaker
noun
One who bespeaks.
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
bespeaks
bespeaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bespeak
bipacks
bipacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bipack
blackcaps
blackcaps
noun
plural of blackcap
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.
blacktops
blacktops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop
blankenship
bookplates
bookplates
noun
plural of bookplate
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
breakups
breakups
noun
plural of breakup
brinkmanship
brinkmanship
noun
(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
doublespeak
doublespeak
noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
doublespeaks
forebespeak
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
hyperbrachyskelic
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
nobackspace
paperbacks
paperbacks
noun
plural of paperback
parkersburg
parkersburg
Proper noun
A city in West Virginia, United States
parkesburg
passback
passback
noun
circumvention of an access restriction to a physical site by passing one's access card to another person after having entered
passbook
passbook
noun
(South Africa, historical) A kind of internal passport used during apartheid to limit the movements of citizens outside of their homelands or designated areas.
(banking) A customer's record of deposits and withdrawals from a savings account at a bank, typically recorded in a small booklet. The bank keeps its own record, which is final in any dispute.
(dated) A book that passes between a trader and a customer, used to record credit purchases.
passbooks
passbooks
noun
plural of passbook
patricksburg
pawnbrokeress
pawnbrokeress
noun
A female pawnbroker.
pawnbrokers
pawnbrokers
noun
plural of pawnbroker
pawnbrokings
paybacks
paybacks
noun
plural of payback
peekaboos
peekaboos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peekaboo
pickableness
picketboats
picketboats
noun
plural of picketboat
piggybacks
piggybacks
noun
plural of piggyback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of piggyback
plainbacks
playbacks
playbacks
noun
plural of playback
playbooks
playbooks
noun
plural of playbook
plowbacks
pocketableness
poikiloblast
poikiloblast
noun
A porphyroblast mineral containing small inclusions of the previous rock.
poikiloblastic
poikiloblastic
adj
(geology) Describing the texture of a metamorphic rock that has small idioblasts of one constituent lying within larger xenoblasts
postbreakfast
postbreakfast
adj
After breakfast.
prebreakfast
prebreakfast
adj
Before breakfast.
prisonbreak
probasketball
psalmbook
psalmbook
noun
A book of psalms.
pseudobankrupt
pullbacks
pullbacks
noun
plural of pullback
raspberrylike
raspberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a raspberry (plant or fruit).
sabbathkeeper
sabbathkeeping
scrapbook
scrapbook
noun
a book, similar to a notebook or journal, in which personal or family memorabilia and photos are collected and arranged
verb
to create scrapbooks.
scrapbooks
scrapbooks
noun
plural of scrapbook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scrapbook
sheepback
sheepback
noun
(geography, glaciology) A rock formation created by glacial erosion.
sheepbacks
sheepbacks
noun
plural of sheepback
shipbreaking
shipbreaking
noun
The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.
shopbreaker
shopbreaker
noun
One who breaks into a shop with unlawful intent.
shopbreaking
shopbreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.
skipbrain
skippable
skippable
adj
Capable of being skipped.
Not worth watching or doing; missable.
slipback
slipperyback
snakephobia
snakephobia
noun
Fear of snakes.
snapback
snapback
noun
(slang) An adjustable, flat-brimmed baseball cap with snap fasteners on the back.
The reimposition of an earlier and usually higher tariff.
snapbacks
snapbacks
noun
plural of snapback
snapperback
soapbark
soapbark
noun
The bark of the evergreen tree, Quillaja saponaria, which when pulverised forms a lather with water.
The tree Quillaja saponaria.
soapbarks
soapbarks
noun
plural of soapbark
spaebook
sparkback
sparkleberry
sparkleberry
noun
The farkleberry.
speakable
speakable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of speech.
Acceptable as a topic of discussion; not subject to taboo.
That can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable.
speakableness
speakablies
speakably
specklebreast
specklebreast
noun
A thrush.
speiskobalt
speiskobalt
noun
smaltite
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.
splitbeak
spoilbank
spoonback
stablekeeper
stablekeeper
noun
The person who maintains a stable where animals are kept.
stopback
stopbank
stopbank
noun
levee, dyke
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.
superbazooka
sweepback
sweepback
noun
The rearward angle of the leading edge of a wing, or airfoil.
sweptback
sweptback
adj
(of a hairstyle) Backswept.
(of an aircraft wing) Angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage.
triskaidekaphobe
triskaidekaphobe
noun
(rare) Someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia.
triskaidekaphobes
triskaidekaphobes
noun
plural of triskaidekaphobe
triskaidekaphobia
triskaidekaphobia
noun
Fear or dislike of the number thirteen (13).
unbespeak
unbespeak
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To unsay; to annul or cancel.