(backgammon) A game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.
An indirect strategy in which one attempts to achieve one's goals by maneuvering behind the scenes.
backings
backings
noun
plural of backing
backlogs
backlogs
noun
plural of backlog
bagmaker
bagmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bags.
bagtikan
bakingly
bakingly
adv
So as to bake.
bangkoks
bangkoks
noun
plural of bangkok
bankings
bankings
noun
plural of banking
batiking
batiking
verb
present participle of batik
baulking
baulking
noun
Alternative form of balking
verb
present participle of baulk
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
beraking
betaking
betaking
verb
present participle of betake
blackgum
blackgum
noun
Alternative form of black gum (“tree”)
blacking
blacking
noun
A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
Shoe polish.
verb
present participle of black
blackleg
blackleg
noun
(countable) A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker.
(countable) A person who takes the place of striking workers; a scab.
(uncountable, agriculture, veterinary medicine) A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.
verb
To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.
blackrag
blanking
blanking
noun
(television) The reduction of the brightness of the scanning beam to zero when it needs to be moved without updating the picture.
A metalworking process to form the rough shape of a sheet-metal workpiece.
An instance of something being blanked out.
verb
present participle of blank
blinking
blinking
adj
(UK, euphemistic, slang) bloody
That blinks.
noun
The act of something that blinks.
verb
present participle of blink
blockage
blockage
noun
A thing that is blocking; an obstruction.
The state of being blocked.
constipation
blocking
blocking
noun
(computing) A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
verb
present participle of block
bookings
bookings
noun
plural of booking
bookling
bookling
noun
A short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.
boskages
boskages
noun
plural of boskage
bracking
brakeage
breakage
breakage
noun
(accounting) A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.
Something that has been broken.
The act of breaking.
The left-over money in a parimutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.
breaking
breaking
noun
(linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
(music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
Breakdancing.
The act by which something is broken.
verb
present participle of break
bricking
bricking
noun
The act of pelting with bricks.
verb
present participle of brick
brisking
brisking
verb
present participle of brisk
brockage
brockage
noun
(coin collecting) A type of error coin in which one side of the coin has the normal design and the other side has a mirror image of the same design impressed upon it.
brokages
brokages
noun
plural of brokage
brooking
brooking
verb
present participle of brook
buckling
buckling
adj
Wavy; curly, as hair.
noun
(geology) A folding into hills and valleys.
A young male domestic goat of between one and two years.
Smoked herring.
The act of fastening a buckle.
The action of collapsing under pressure or stress.
verb
present participle of buckle
bulkages
bulkages
noun
plural of bulkage
bunkoing
bunkoing
verb
present participle of bunko
cokeburg
dungbeck
geelbeck
gemsboks
gemsboks
noun
plural of gemsbok
gemsbuck
gemsbuck
noun
Alternative form of gemsbok
gerbatka
giftbook
giveback
giveback
noun
A rebate.
A reduction in pay or conditions as a result of unfavourable economic conditions.
gladbeck
gobstick
gobylike
gobylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a goby (fish).
grabhook
grayback
grayback
noun
Alternative spelling of greyback
greyback
greyback
noun
(dated) A louse.
(historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
(regional) Any of various grey birds.
grosbeak
grosbeak
noun
Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill
hogbacks
hogbacks
noun
plural of hogback
karabagh
kibbling
kibbling
verb
present participle of kibble
kingbird
kingbird
noun
A group of large insectivorous passerine birds of the genus Tyrannus.
kingbolt
kingbolt
noun
The main bolt of a structure, especially the bolt in a motor vehicle that links the chassis to the axle, providing the steering pivot.
knobbing
knobbing
noun
(UK, vulgar, slang) A session of penetrative sexual intercourse.
A pattern of knobs or lumps.
verb
present participle of knob
kornberg
kuebbing
logbooks
logbooks
noun
plural of logbook
longbeak
longbeak
noun
The American red-bellied snipe (Limnodromus scolopaceus).
megabuck
megabuck
noun
(informal) A million dollars.
nykobing
rebaking
rebaking
verb
present participle of rebake
rebuking
rebuking
noun
The act of giving a rebuke.
verb
present participle of rebuke
ringbark
ringbark
verb
To remove the bark, phloem, and cambium from a tree in a ring all the way around its trunk, thereby normally killing the tree.
shagbark
shagbark
noun
A North-American hickory (Carya ovata) that has shaggy bark in mature trees; shagbark hickory
A West Indian leguminous tree, Pithecellobium micradenium.
songbook
songbook
noun
A book containing songs.
stinkbug
stinkbug
noun
(Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
(entomology) Any of various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder, principally in the superfamilies Pentatomoidea and Coreoidea.
Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes which they use to discourage predators.
wingback
wingback
noun
(American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.
(soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.
A wingback chair.
One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair.