A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
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
backgrounded
backgrounded
adj
(computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive
Moved to the background
verb
simple past tense and past participle of background
backgrounder
backgrounder
noun
(chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation.
A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon.
backgrounds
backgrounds
noun
plural of background
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backrun
backrun
noun
A reverse flow, either of a fluid or of an anchor chain.
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
bannockburn
bannockburn
Proper noun
A village near Stirling in Scotland
A battle important in Scotland's struggle for independence
bareknuckle
bareknuckled
biscuitmaking
bivouacking
bivouacking
verb
present participle of bivouac
blackburn
blackburn
Proper noun
A town in Lancashire, England
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blackmun
blacktongue
blockaderunning
bounceback
bounceback
noun
(Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
(marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
A rebound.
An economic recovery.
buckatunna
buckbean
buckbean
noun
Menyanthes trifoliata, a plant with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine.
buckbeans
buckbeans
noun
plural of buckbean
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bucketman
buckhannon
buckhannon
Proper noun
a city in West Virginia, USA
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckinghamshire
buckinghamshire
Proper noun
An inland county of England bounded by Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Greater London, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
buckland
bucklandite
buckman
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
buckwashing
bullockman
bunchbacked
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
cambyuskan
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbreastwork
cutbank
cutbank
noun
(Canada, US) The outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.
cutbanks
cutbanks
noun
plural of cutbank
fernambuck
hunchback
hunchback
noun
(derogatory) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.
A deformed upper spinal column in the shape of a hump in the back.
One who is stooped or hunched over.
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
hunchbacks
hunchbacks
noun
plural of hunchback
jacksonburg
knockabout
knockabout
adj
Boisterous
Suitable for rough use.
noun
(circus) A tumbler.
(entertainment) A slapstick comedy or comedian.
(sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area
A person living in rough, violent conditions.
A worker habitually engaged in casual employment.
Clothing suitable for rough use.
knockabouts
knockabouts
noun
plural of knockabout
knuckleball
knuckleball
noun
(baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
(figurative) An event that is hard to predict.
verb
(intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.
knuckleballer
knuckleballer
noun
(baseball) A baseball pitcher known for throwing knuckleballs.
knuckleballs
knuckleballs
noun
plural of knuckleball
koeberliniaceous
mecklenburgian
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
osnabruck
outblacken
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
prebankruptcy
prebankruptcy
adj
Preceding a bankruptcy.
probankruptcy
purbeckian
quackenbush
quarterbacking
quarterbacking
noun
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event
verb
present participle of quarterback
quickenbeam
racknumber
rebankruptcy
runback
runback
noun
(American football) The act of returning a kicked ball, such as from a punt or kickoff
A managed reduction of output in a power plant.
runbacks
runbacks
noun
plural of runback
saarbrucken
subtacksman
subtacksmen
sunback
sunback
noun
The low-cut back of a woman's dress.
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
thumbtacking
thumbtacking
verb
present participle of thumbtack
trucebreaking
trunkback
trunkback
noun
(zoology) The leatherback.
turnback
turnback
noun
(attributive) Part of a garment that is turned back.
The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.
The strap from the hames to the hip-strap, on a horse.
unattackable
unattackable
adj
which may not be attacked
unattackableness
unattackably
unattackably
adv
Such that it may not be attacked.
unbackboarded
unbacked
unbacked
adj
(not comparable) Having no back.
(obsolete, not comparable) Of an animal: never having been ridden or not accustomed to being ridden; not (currently) being ridden.
(photography, holography) (of a plate) Not having an antihalation backing.
Having no (or few) backers.
Not supported or backed up (by someone or something).
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
unblacked
unblacked
adj
Not blacked.
unblackened
unblackened
adj
Not blackened.
unblockaded
unblockaded
adj
Not blockaded.
unbracketed
unbracketed
adj
Not bracketed.
unbuckramed
unbuckramed
adj
(archaic) Not stiffened with buckram; not stiff.
uncheckable
uncheckable
adj
Incapable of being checked or restrained.
Incapable of being checked or verified.
unchokable
unchokable
adj
Not chokable.
uncloakable
uncloakable
adj
Not cloakable.
uncookable
uncookable
adj
Not cookable.
underback
underback
noun
(brewing) A vessel that receives the wort as it flows from the mashing tub.
unlickable
unlickable
adj
(colloquial) That cannot be defeated or overcome.
Unable to be licked.
unlockable
unlockable
adj
Capable of being unlocked.
Not capable of being locked.
noun
(video games) An initially hidden feature that is made available to reward the player for some achievement.
unpickable
unpickable
adj
That cannot be picked.
unreckonable
unreckonable
adj
That cannot be reckoned; uncountable, innumerable.
unshockability
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).