(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
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
blockage
blockage
noun
A thing that is blocking; an obstruction.
The state of being blocked.
constipation
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
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
bulkages
bulkages
noun
plural of bulkage
gerbatka
giveback
giveback
noun
A rebate.
A reduction in pay or conditions as a result of unfavourable economic conditions.
gladbeck
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
longbeak
longbeak
noun
The American red-bellied snipe (Limnodromus scolopaceus).
megabuck
megabuck
noun
(informal) A million dollars.
rebaking
rebaking
verb
present participle of rebake
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.
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.