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.
backgammons
backgammons
noun
plural of backgammon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
bazookaman
bazookamen
beekmantown
bellowsmaking
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
besmoking
besmoking
verb
present participle of besmoke
betokenment
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
blockmaking
blockmaking
noun
The manufacture of blocks for use in printing.
The manufacture of nautical blocks.
blockman
bloomkin
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bodicemaking
bodymaking
boilermaking
boilermaking
noun
The manufacture of boilers.
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bombernickel
bookmaking
bookmaking
noun
The art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others.
The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
bookmakings
bookmakings
noun
plural of bookmaking
bookman
bookman
noun
(historical, Old English law) One who held bookland.
A studious or learned man; a scholar; a student of books.
One who sells or publishes books; a bookseller.
bookmarking
bookmarking
verb
present participle of bookmark
bookmen
bookmen
noun
plural of bookman
bookmonger
bookmonger
noun
(archaic) A bookseller.
boomkin
boomkin
noun
Alternative form of bumkin
boomkins
boomkins
noun
plural of boomkin
bootmaking
bootmaking
noun
The making of boots.
bottlemaking
bottlemaking
noun
The manufacture of bottles.
bowmaking
bowmaking
noun
The manufacture of bows (for archery or for musical instruments).
boxmaking
boxmaking
noun
The manufacture of boxes.
brickmason
bromeikon
bromoketone
bromoketone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any brominated derivative of a ketone
bromopikrin
broommaking
broomshank
bullockman
byeworkman
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
diamondback
diamondback
noun
(common name) Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus, found in the southeastern United States, and Crotalus atrox, found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico.
The saltmarsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malaclemys terrapin).
diamondbacked
diamondbacks
diamondbacks
noun
plural of diamondback
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
embarkation
embarkation
noun
(obsolete) A vessel.
The act of embarking.
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
embarkations
embarkations
noun
plural of embarkation
embosking
embosking
verb
present participle of embosk
hymnbook
hymnbook
noun
(Britain) A book containing a collection of hymns.
hymnbooks
hymnbooks
noun
plural of hymnbook
imbarkation
kathemoglobin
keelboatman
keelboatman
noun
The person who operates a keelboat.
keelboatmen
keelboatmen
noun
plural of keelboatman
kimballton
kimberton
kimbolton
kolombangara
kymbalon
mackenboy
mackinboy
manakinsabot
mockingbird
mockingbird
noun
(archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”)
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
monkbird
monkeyboard
monkeyboard
noun
(historical) The footboard on which a bus conductor stands.
A derrickman's work platform.
moonblink
moonblink
noun
nyctalopia
mossbanker
mossbanker
noun
A fish; a menhaden.
mossbunker
mossbunker
noun
Alternative form of mossbanker
motorbiking
motorbiking
verb
present participle of motorbike
mountebank
mountebank
noun
(obsolete) An acrobat.
Any boastful, false pretender.
One who sells by deception; a con artist.
One who sells dubious medicines.
verb
(intransitive) To act as a mountebank.
(transitive) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.
mountebanked
mountebanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mountebank
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
mountebankery
mountebankery
noun
The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
mountebankish
mountebankish
adj
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
mountebankism
mountebankism
noun
The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
mountebankly
mountebanks
mountebanks
noun
plural of mountebank
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mountebank
nickelbloom
nonembarkation
nonembarkation
noun
Failure to embark.
nonmarketability
nonmarketable
nonmarketable
adj
Not marketable.
nonmaskable
nonmaskable
adj
(computing) Not maskable.
reembarkation
reembarkation
noun
embarkation again or anew
reimbarkation
ribbonmaker
ribbonmaker
noun
One who makes ribbons.
skimobiling
skimobiling
noun
The use of a skimobile; snowmobiling.
subkingdom
subkingdom
noun
(taxonomy) A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum.
(uncommon) A kingdom that is part of another kingdom, ruled by a subking.
subkingdoms
subkingdoms
noun
plural of subkingdom
subworkman
subworkman
noun
A subordinate workman.
subworkmen
subworkmen
noun
plural of subworkman
thrombokinase
thrombokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood