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
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
bespeckled
bespeckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
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
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
dislikable
dislikable
adj
Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
goldbricks
goldbricks
noun
plural of goldbrick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick
obeliskoid
obeliskoid
Adjective
Resembling an obelisk.
roadblocks
roadblocks
noun
plural of roadblock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roadblock
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)