Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backboard
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
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.
backgeared
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
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
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.
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
backiebird
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backliding
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backpacked
backpacked
adj
Wearing a backpack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backpack
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
backspaced
backspaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backspace
backspread
backtender
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
backwardly
backwardly
adv
In a backward direction.
backwashed
backwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwash
backwinded
backwoodsy
backwoodsy
adj
(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
backyarder
backyarder
noun
One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.
badakhshan
badakhshan
Proper noun
A region comprising parts of what is now northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.
A province of Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province.
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, or Kūhistoni Badakhshon, a province of Tajikistan.
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
bakshished
bakshished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bakshish
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkanized
balkanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanize
balladlike
balladlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a ballad.
bankrolled
bankrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankroll
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
barebacked
barebacked
adj
Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
adv
Synonym of bareback
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
batterdock
bedarkened
bedarkened
adj
Dim, dark, or obscure
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedarken
bedticking
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
benediktov
bespeckled
bespeckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle
betuckered
birdieback
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.
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blackbeard
blackbeard
Proper noun
The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
blackboard
blackboard
noun
A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.
verb
To use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.
blackguard
blackguard
noun
(archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.
(old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
verb
(intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.
(transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
blackheads
blackheads
noun
plural of blackhead
blastodisk
blastodisk
noun
(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
blockboard
blockboard
noun
A compound wood board consisting of nearly square strips of softwood placed side by side and sandwiched between veneer panels, often of hardwood.
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
bloodstock
bloodstock
noun
(countable) The breeding line of a thoroughbred horse or other animal.
(uncountable) Thoroughbred animals in general, but especially horses.
boardwalks
boardwalks
noun
plural of boardwalk.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of boardwalk
bocklogged
bodkinwise
bodymaking
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookdealer
bookdealer
noun
One who trades in books.
bookholder
bookholder
noun
(obsolete) A prompter at a theatre.
A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bordermark
borodankov
boundbrook
bracketted
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.
breadmaker
breadmaker
noun
(dated) One who makes bread; a baker.
Alternative form of bread maker
breakdowns
breakdowns
noun
plural of breakdown
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
bridestake
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
bridgework
bridgework
noun
(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
The component parts of a bridge.
The construction or repair of bridges.
broadbrook
brookeland
brookfield
buckboards
buckboards
noun
plural of buckboard
buckhounds
buckhounds
noun
plural of buckhound
budennovsk
bulkheaded
bulkheaded
adj
Furnished with a bulkhead or bulkheads.
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
burckhardt
cankerbird
cedarbrook
chalkboard
chalkboard
noun
A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.
verb
To write or draw on a chalkboard.
cockabondy
cockabondy
noun
(fishing, dated) An angler's artificial fly.
cockbilled
cockbilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockbill
debarkment
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
debunkment
debunkment
noun
Synonym of debunking
dickeybird
dikephobia
disembarks
disembarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark
dislikable
dislikable
adj
Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
diyarbakir
diyarbekir
dobzhansky
dombrowski
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
donnybrook
donnybrook
adj
Chaotic.
noun
A brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos.
doukhobors
drakesboro
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
duckboards
duckboards
noun
plural of duckboard
duikerboks
duikerboks
noun
plural of duikerbok
duikerbuck
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
fiddleback
fiddleback
noun
A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
The brown recluse spider.
flakeboard
flakeboard
noun
A type of board manufactured from wood flakes
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
guidebooks
guidebooks
noun
plural of guidebook
guidebooky
handbanker
humpbacked
humpbacked
adj
Being a humpback bridge.
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humpback
jackbooted
jackbooted
adj
(figuratively) Authoritarian or oppressive, especially in a cruel or violent manner.
Wearing jackboots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackboot
keyboarded
keyboarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of keyboard
keyboarder
keyboarder
noun
Someone who keyboards; a typist.
Synonym of keyboardist
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.
kummerbund
kummerbund
noun
Dated form of cummerbund.
mossbacked
mossbacked
adj
(informal) Having old-fashioned views; very conservative or reactionary.
needlebook
needlebook
noun
A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.
obeliskoid
obeliskoid
Adjective
Resembling an obelisk.
odsbodkins
overbanked
overbanked
adj
Furnished with too many banks (financial institutions).
overbooked
overbooked
adj
Having had more seats or tickets sold or guaranteed then were available.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overbook
overbraked
overbraked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of overbrake
parbuckled
parbuckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle
quakerbird
quakerbird
noun
the sooty albatross
reembarked
reembarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of reembark
ribandlike
ribandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a riband.
ringbarked
ringbarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ringbark
roadblocks
roadblocks
noun
plural of roadblock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roadblock
rockribbed
saddleback
saddleback
adj
saddle-backed
noun
(New Zealand) The bird Philesturnus carunculatis.
(UK) The great black-backed gull.
(architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
(geology) An anticline.
A breed of pig which is black with a pink saddle-shaped marking.
A raccoon oyster.
A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks.
A variety of domestic goose.
Any of various creatures having a saddle-shaped marking on the back.
The larva of the bombycid moth.
verb
(slang) To engage in anal sex with the intention of preserving one's virginity (chiefly by Christian teenagers)
semibalked
skateboard
skateboard
noun
(automotive) A vehicle chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (ie. batteries), forming the vehicular base.
(sports, recreation) A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.
verb
(intransitive) To use a skateboard.
skewbacked
skirtboard
skirtboard
noun
Synonym of skirting board
studebaker
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.