simple past tense and past participle of backcross
backcrosses
backcrosses
noun
plural of backcross
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcross
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backlashers
backlashers
noun
plural of backlasher
backpackers
backpackers
noun
A hostel catering to backpackers.
plural of backpacker
backscatter
backscatter
noun
(computing) The sending of IP packets to essentially random addresses in response to incoming packets that have a spoofed origin.
(military) A portion of the energy of electromagnetic radiation such as a laser or radio waves that is scattered back in the direction of the source of radiation by an obscurant.
(physics) The deflection of particles and/or radiation through angles greater than 90 degrees to the original direction of travel.
The particles and/or radiation deflected in this manner.
verb
To scatter particles and/or radiation back to the direction from which they come.
backscraper
backsetting
backsetting
verb
present participle of backset
backsettler
backsettler
noun
One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.
backslapped
backslapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslap
backslapper
backslapper
noun
One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.
backslashes
backslashes
noun
plural of backslash
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backsliders
backsliders
noun
plural of backslider
backspierer
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice
backstabbed
backstabbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstab
backstabber
backstabber
noun
A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.
backstamped
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
backstories
backstories
noun
plural of backstory
backstreets
backstreets
noun
plural of backstreet
backstretch
backstretch
noun
(athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
(figuratively) The middle part of an event.
(horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
backstroked
backstroked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstroke
backstrokes
backstrokes
noun
plural of backstroke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstroke
backswimmer
backswimmer
noun
Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
backwoodser
badderlocks
badderlocks
noun
(Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta
bakersfield
bakersfield
Proper noun
A major city in California, USA
bakersville
bakersville
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
a town in North Carolina, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
an unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio, USA.
baksheeshes
baksheeshes
noun
plural of baksheesh
balkinesses
bangwaketsi
bankrollers
bankrollers
noun
plural of bankroller
barkentines
barkentines
noun
plural of barkentine
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
baskerville
baskerville
Proper noun
A serif typeface from the 18th century.
basketballs
basketballs
noun
plural of basketball
basketmaker
basketmaker
noun
A person who weaves baskets.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketworks
basketworks
noun
plural of basketwork
becassocked
becassocked
adj
Wearing a cassock.
beekeepings
beetlestock
bellowslike
bellowslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bellows (device for delivering pressurized air).
berkeleyism
bespeakable
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
besprinkler
besprinkler
noun
One who or that which besprinkles.
besprinkles
besprinkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besprinkle
bewhiskered
bewhiskered
adj
Having whiskers
bialystoker
billsticker
billsticker
noun
Someone who sticks up advertisements on billboards, walls, and similar surfaces.
biokinetics
biokinetics
noun
(medical biology) The study of movements of or within organisms
biscuitlike
biscuitlike
Adjective
Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.
blackbodies
blackbodies
noun
plural of blackbody
blackbreast
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blacklegism
blacklegism
noun
The character or actions of a blackleg.
blacklisted
blacklisted
adj
Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacklist
blacklister
blacklister
noun
One who blacklists.
blacknesses
blacknesses
noun
plural of blackness
blacksnakes
blacksnakes
noun
plural of blacksnake
blacksville
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
blackwaters
blackwaters
noun
plural of blackwater
blankenship
blanketless
blanketless
adj
Without a blanket or blankets.
blanknesses
blanknesses
noun
plural of blankness
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
bleaknesses
bleaknesses
noun
plural of bleakness
blitzkriegs
blitzkriegs
noun
plural of blitzkrieg
blockbusted
blockbuster
blockbuster
noun
(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
bloodstroke
bloodstroke
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Loss of sensation and motion from hemorrhage or congestion in the brain.
A stroke or blow with a weapon that draws blood.
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
boilerworks
bolsterwork
bookbinders
bookbinders
noun
plural of bookbinder
bookishness
bookishness
noun
The property of being bookish.
bookkeepers
bookkeepers
noun
plural of bookkeeper
bookmarkers
bookmarkers
noun
plural of bookmarker
bookmobiles
bookmobiles
noun
plural of bookmobile
booksellers
booksellers
noun
plural of bookseller
bookselling
bookselling
noun
The sale of books.
bookshelves
bookshelves
noun
plural of bookshelf
bootlickers
bootlickers
noun
plural of bootlicker
boskinesses
bottlenecks
bottlenecks
noun
plural of bottleneck
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bottleneck
boylikeness
bracketwise
bracketwise
adv
In terms of brackets (in various senses).
brankursine
brankursine
noun
A plant, the acanthus.
brassworker
brassworker
noun
A person who manufactures or shapes brass.
breadbasket
breadbasket
noun
(agriculture) A region which has favourable conditions to produce a large quantity of grain or, by extension, other food products; a food bowl.
(humorous) The abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack.
A basket used for storing or carrying bread.
breakfasted
breakfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breakfast
breakfaster
breakfaster
noun
One eating breakfast.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
breakwaters
breakwaters
noun
plural of breakwater
breastworks
breastworks
noun
plural of breastwork
brecksville
breislakite
breshkovsky
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
bricklayers
bricklayers
noun
plural of bricklayer
brickleness
brickleness
noun
(obsolete) brittleness
bricksetter
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
brisknesses
brisknesses
noun
plural of briskness
bristlelike
bristlelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bristle.
brookesmith
brooklynese
brooklynese
Proper noun
The dialect of American English spoken in the borough of Brooklyn in New York.
brooksville
bruckleness
buckbrushes
buckbrushes
noun
plural of buckbrush
buckeystown
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
bulkinesses
bulkinesses
noun
plural of bulkiness
bullsticker
bulrushlike
bulrushlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bulrush.
burkesville
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
buttermilks
buttermilks
noun
plural of buttermilk
buttinskies
chelyabinsk
cockscombed
cornerbacks
cornerbacks
noun
plural of cornerback
deckswabber
disembarked
disembarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of disembark
dislikeable
dislikeable
adj
Alternative spelling of dislikable
doublespeak
doublespeak
noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
drakensberg
embankments
embankments
noun
plural of embankment
embarkments
embarkments
noun
plural of embarkment
fiddlebacks
fiddlebacks
noun
plural of fiddleback
forebespeak
grubstakers
grubstakers
noun
plural of grubstaker
hackberries
hackberries
noun
plural of hackberry
handbaskets
handbaskets
noun
plural of handbasket
heartbreaks
heartbreaks
noun
plural of heartbreak
horsebacker
horsebacker
noun
One who rides on horseback.
housebreaks
housebreaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak
housebroken
housebroken
adj
Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.