An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backward
backward
adj
(chess) Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
(cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.
(cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.
(figuratively) Acting or moving oppositely to the desired direction of progress.
(figuratively) Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.
(figuratively) Slow to apprehend; having difficulties in learning.
(obsolete) Already past or gone; bygone.
(obsolete) Unwilling; averse; reluctant.
Acting or moving in the direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing.
Acting or moving in the direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
Lacking progressive or enlightened thought; outdated.
Late or behindhand.
Reluctant or unable to advance or act.
Reversed in order or sequence.
Situated toward or at the rear of something.
adv
(figuratively) Oppositely to the desired direction of progress, or from a better to a worse state.
(obsolete) In the past.
At, near or towards the rear of something.
By way of reflection; reflexively.
In a direction opposite to the usual direction of movement.
In a reversed order or sequence.
In a reversed orientation; back to front.
Toward or into the past;
noun
The state behind or past.
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
backwood
backwood
adj
Native to or located in a remote rural location.
Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified.
backword
backword
noun
A contention, retort, or reply.
A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand.
A section of commentary at the end of a book.
bahawder
bahawder
noun
Obsolete form of bahadur.
bailwood
ballweed
bandsawn
bandsawn
verb
past participle of bandsaw
bandwork
bandwork
noun
(art) Decorative work resembling interlaced bands.
bandworm
bankweed
bardwell
basswood
basswood
noun
(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.
bawdiest
bawdiest
adj
superlative form of bawdy: most bawdy
bawdrick
bawdrics
bawdrics
noun
plural of bawdric
bawdries
bawdries
noun
plural of bawdry
bawdship
bawdship
noun
The employment or office of a bawd
baywoods
beadwork
beadwork
noun
Decorative work involving beads.
beanweed
beanweed
noun
Scytosiphon lomentaria, a littoral brown filamentous seaweed.
bearward
bearward
noun
A keeper of bears.
bearwood
becoward
becrowds
becrowds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrowd
bedewing
bedewing
verb
present participle of bedew
bedgowns
bedgowns
noun
plural of bedgown
bedrowse
bedrowse
verb
To make drowsy.
bedscrew
bedstraw
bedstraw
noun
(obsolete) straw put into a bed
Any plant of the genus Cruciata.
any plant of herb genus Galium of the madder family with small pointed leaves and hairy stems with small, white or yellow flowers
bedwards
bedwards
adv
Alternative form of bedward
bedwarfs
bedwarfs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedwarf
bedworth
beefwood
beefwood
noun
(uncountable) The timber of those trees.
Any of the Australian trees having timber resembling raw beef.
begnawed
begnawed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begnaw
begowned
begowned
adj
Wearing a gown.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begown
behowled
behowled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behowl
bellowed
bellowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bellow
bellweed
bellwind
bellwood
bendways
bendways
adv
Bendwise.
bendwise
bendwise
adv
(heraldry) Diagonally; placed like a bend, i.e. running from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
bentwood
bentwood
noun
(countable) An object, especially a piece of furniture, made from bentwood.
(woodworking, countable and uncountable, sometimes attributive) Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).
bepowder
bepowder
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
beshadow
beshadow
verb
(transitive) To cast a shadow around, about, or over; overshadow.
besnowed
besnowed
adj
Covered or laden with snow.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besnow
bestowed
bestowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestow
bewailed
bewailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewail
bewigged
bewigged
adj
Perplexed, bewildered.
Wearing a wig.
bewilder
bewilder
verb
(transitive) To confuse, disorientate, or puzzle someone, especially with many different choices.
bewinged
bewinged
adj
Having, or equipped with wings
bewizard
bewizard
verb
(transitive) To influence by, or as though by, a wizard or wizardry.
bewonder
bewonder
verb
(archaic, transitive) To fill with wonder or admiration; amaze.
bittersweet nightshade, blue bindweed (Solanum dulcamara).
black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus).
false bindweed (Calystegia).
slender bindweed (Polymeria calycina).
true bindweed (Convolvulus).
bindwith
bindwood
bineweed
birdweed
birdweed
noun
Any of certain species of plants of the genus Polygonum, especially
birdwise
birdwise
adv
In the manner of a bird.
bloodwit
bloodwit
noun
Alternative form of bloodwite
blowdown
blowdown
noun
(aviation) The action of aerodynamic forces to tend to cause a deflected control surface to return to its neutral position, or prevent the surface from deflecting past a certain point.
(chemical engineering) The removal of liquid and solid hydrocarbons from a refinery vessel by the use of pressure.
(forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
(industrial engineering) Cooling fluid discharged from a plant at the end of its cycle.
blowhard
blowhard
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
Condalia spp., especially Condalia hookeri (syn. Condalia obovata).
boarwood
boatward
boatward
adv
Toward a boat.
bodewash
bodeword
bodywear
bodywear
noun
Lightweight, close-fitting clothing, such as leotards or bodysuits, worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
bodywise
bodywood
bodywork
bodywork
noun
A service offered that includes an erotic massage and may also include prostitution.
The application of physical therapy as a preventive measure.
The exterior body of a motor vehicle.
The repair of a such body.
bogwoods
bogwoods
noun
plural of bogwood
boildown
boildown
noun
The process of boiling something down; concentration by means of evaporation.
boleweed
bonewood
bookward
borrowed
borrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of borrow
bowditch
bowdrill
bowelled
bowelled
adj
Having bowels; hollow.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowel
bowheads
bowheads
noun
plural of bowhead
bowlders
bowlders
noun
plural of bowlder
bowldery
bowldery
adj
Archaic form of bouldery.
bowwowed
bowwowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowwow
boxwoods
boxwoods
noun
plural of boxwood
bradawls
bradawls
noun
plural of bradawl
bradshaw
bradshaw
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern England.
derived from these places.
Noun
A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw
bradwell
bridwell
broadway
broadway
noun
(poker slang) A straight from ace to ten in Texas hold 'em.
An esplanade.
bronwood
browband
browband
noun
A band of fur of a contrasting colour on an animal's brow.
A band of metal, part of a (person's) helmet or crown, which covers the brow.
Part of a horse's bridle that runs from just under one ear, across the forehead, to just under the other ear, preventing the bridle from sliding down.
buchwald
budgerow
budgerow
noun
(now historical) A large, slow-moving barge used in India.
budworms
budworms
noun
plural of budworm
budworth
bullweed
bullweed
noun
Knapweed.
bundweed
burnweed
burnwood
burrowed
burrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burrow
burweeds
burweeds
noun
plural of burweed
bushwood
buttwood
buzzword
buzzword
noun
(derogatory) A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning.
clubweed
clubwood
cowbinds
cowbirds
cowbirds
noun
plural of cowbird
crabweed
crabwood
crabwood
noun
A flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.
dewberry
dewberry
noun
American dewberry, species of Rubus sect. Flagellares
European dewberry, Rubus caesius.
The purple to black berries of these plants.
dewsbury
dewsbury
Proper noun
a minster town in West Yorkshire, England.
disbowel
disbowel
verb
(rare) To disembowel.
downbear
downbear
verb
(transitive) To bear or press down (on); press upon; depress; subdue.
(transitive) To bear, bring or carry down.
(transitive) To lessen; reduce.
downbeat
downbeat
adj
Cautiously optimistic.
Sad or pessimistic.
noun
(music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke).
downbend
downbent
downbent
adj
Bent downward.
dowsabel
drawable
drawable
adj
Capable of being drawn (deduced or inferred).
Capable of being drawn (pulled or extracted).
Capable of being drawn (represented graphically).
drawback
drawback
noun
A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee.
The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette.
drawbars
drawbars
noun
plural of drawbar
drawbeam
drawbolt
drawbolt
noun
(engineering) A coupling pin
drawbore
drawbore
noun
(joinery) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together.
verb
To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.
To make a drawbore in
drawtube
drawtube
noun
The tube that is drawn out in order to expand a telescope.
enwombed
enwombed
adj
(archaic) Pregnant.
glowbard
glowbird
handblow
handblow
noun
A blow struck with the hand.
jawboned
jawboned
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of jawbone.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jawbone
knobweed
knobweed
noun
Hyptis capitata, an erect annual lamiaceous shrub.
knobwood
knobwood
noun
Any of various South African trees of genus Zanthoxylum that have knob-like protuberances on the bark.
mawbound
noibwood
noibwood
noun
The hardwood of Handroanthus serratifolius.
obwalden
obwalden
Proper noun
A canton of Switzerland.
outbowed
outbowed
adj
Bowed outward, curved outward.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbow
rawboned
rawboned
adj
(of a person) thin and bony; having prominent bones; gaunt
rubdowns
rubdowns
noun
plural of rubdown
shadblow
shadblow
noun
Synonym of shadbush
showbird
skewbald
skewbald
adj
(of horses) Marked with patches of white and non-black colours.
noun
A skewbald horse.
slabwood
snowbird
snowbird
noun
(slang) A cocaine user.
A bird seen primarily in the winter time.
A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
sowbread
sowbread
noun
Cyclamen, plant of the genus Cyclamen.
stowbord
stowbord
noun
Alternative form of stowboard
subdwarf
subdwarf
noun
(astronomy) A star that is dimmer than a main sequence star of same temperature. They are located below the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.