(gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
verb
To perform such a move.
backbends
backbends
noun
plural of backbend
backberand
backberend
backboned
backboned
adj
Having a spine.
backened
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(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.
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.
backhanded
backhanded
adj
(of writing) inclining to the left
Backwards, turned around.
Indirect.
Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
With the back of the hand.
adv
In a backhanded manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhand
backhandedly
backhandedness
backhandedness
noun
(of writing) Leftward slant.
Backwardness of direction.
Deceit or neglect.
Indirection.
Insincerity, irony, or sarcasm.
The use of a backward flip of the hand.
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.
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backslidingness
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backtender
backwardness
backwardness
noun
Reluctance.
The state of being backward.
backwardnesses
backwardnesses
noun
plural of backwardness
backwinded
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
baedekerian
baekeland
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkanized
balkanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanize
bandaranaike
bandkeramik
banked
banked
adj
Of a cheque, deposited in a bank.
Piled high.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bank
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
bankhead
bankrider
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bankside
bankside
noun
The land by a riverbank.
banksides
banksides
noun
plural of bankside
bankweed
bareknuckled
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
barkened
barkened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barken
baudekin
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
beckoned
beckoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beckon
bedarken
bedarken
verb
To make dim, or to darken, or obscure.
bedarkened
bedarkened
adj
Dim, dark, or obscure
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedarken
bedarkening
bedarkening
verb
present participle of bedarken
bedarkens
bedarkens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedarken
bedecking
bedecking
noun
An ornament.
verb
present participle of bedeck
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
bedticking
beinked
beinked
adj
Covered in ink.
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
beknived
beknotted
beknotted
adj
Knotted again and again; covered with knots.
beknottedly
beknottedness
beknottedness
noun
(mathematics) The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
bendick
benedick
benedick
noun
A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.
benedicks
benedicks
noun
plural of benedick
benedikt
benedikta
benediktov
bepranked
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
betokened
betokened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of betoken
bikinied
bikinied
adj
Wearing a bikini.
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.
birkeniidae
blackened
blackened
adj
(food) Synonym of charred.
(steel) Synonym of blued.
Darkened to the point of appearing black; as:
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacken
blackhander
blackhanders
blackhanders
noun
plural of blackhander
blackheartedness
blackheartedness
noun
The state or quality of being blackhearted; villainy.
blanked
blanked
adj
(euphemistic, dated) damned; accursed (from the euphemistic printed form d—d)
In a state of blankness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blank
blanketed
blanketed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanket
blanketweed
blanketweed
noun
a filamentous alga often found in ponds
blankminded
blankmindedness
blinked
blinked
adj
(Appalachia) Sour.
Affected with blinking.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blink
blinkered
blinkered
adj
(figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
Wearing blinkers or blinders.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blinker
blockaderunning
blockheadedness
blockheadedness
noun
The state or condition of being blockheaded.
blockheadishness
bodicemaking
bodken
bodkinwise
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
bonked
bonked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bonk
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookbinderies
bookbinderies
noun
plural of bookbindery
bookbinders
bookbinders
noun
plural of bookbinder
bookbindery
bookbindery
noun
A building where books are assembled and bound.
bookend
bookend
noun
(figurative) Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
verb
(transitive) To come before and after, or at both sides of.
bookends
bookends
noun
(poker, slang) An ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
plural of bookend
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookend
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bottlenecked
bottlenecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bottleneck
boydekyn
brackened
brackenridge
bradykinesia
bradykinesia
noun
(medicine) Slowness of movement.
bradykinesis
bradykinesis
noun
Alternative form of bradykinesia
bradykinetic
bradykinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting bradykinesia
bradyteleokinesis
brakehand
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
breakdown
breakdown
noun
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
breckenridge
breckenridge
Proper noun
A town in Colorado, USA
an unincorporated community in Indiana, in the United States
A village/town in Michigan, US.
A city and county seat in Minnesota, US.
A city/town in Missouri, US.
A town in Oklahoma, US.
A city in Texas, USA
breckinridge
brideknot
bridgemaking
briskened
briskened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisken
brodekin
brodekin
noun
Alternative form of brodequin
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
brookeland
brooklandville
brooktondale
buckden
bucklandite
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
buddenbrooks
budennovsk
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
bunchbacked
bundelkhand
bunked
bunked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunk
bunkered
bunkered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunker
bunkoed
bunkoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunko
burkundauze
burkundauze
noun
Alternative form of burkundaz
buskined
buskined
adj
Tragic, dignified or serious in style.
Trodden by buskins.
Wearing buskins.
buttonhooked
buttonhooked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buttonhook
cankerbird
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
chickenbreasted
clydebank
clydebank
Proper noun
a town on the north side of the River in council area, Scotland
cockneybred
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
crackbrained
crackbrained
adj
Idiotic.
crackbrainedness
crackbrainedness
noun
The quality of being crackbrained; idiocy.
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
debarking
debarking
verb
present participle of debark
debarkment
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debunk
debunk
verb
(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.