(by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
(education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
(sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
backbenches
backbenches
noun
plural of backbench
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backhanding
backhanding
verb
present participle of backhand
backhauling
backhauling
verb
present participle of backhaul
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backwashing
backwashing
noun
A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
bakshishing
bakshishing
verb
present participle of bakshish
beknighting
beknighting
verb
present participle of beknight
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
blackhander
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blankenship
bookishness
bookishness
noun
The property of being bookish.
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
buckwashing
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
bunchbacked
bundelkhand
bushwalking
bushwalking
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking.
verb
present participle of bushwalk
buttonhooks
buttonhooks
noun
plural of buttonhook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhook
chelyabinsk
chickenbill
doublethink
doublethink
noun
The holding of two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously and accepting both of them as true or correct, without realizing the contradiction.
finchbacked
handbaskets
handbaskets
noun
plural of handbasket
heartbroken
heartbroken
adj
Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
housebroken
housebroken
adj
Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
hunchbacked
hunchbacked
adj
Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
kabirpanthi
katabothron
koniophobia
marshbanker
nonbulkhead
nonbulkhead
adj
Not of or relating to a bulkhead.
nonchokable
nonchokable
adj
On which a person cannot choke.
That cannot become choked or blocked up.
quackenbush
shacklebone
snakephobia
snakephobia
noun
Fear of snakes.
unbookishly
unbookishly
adv
In an unbookish manner.
uncheckable
uncheckable
adj
Incapable of being checked or restrained.
Incapable of being checked or verified.
unshakeable
unshakeable
adj
Alternative form of unshakable
unshakeably
unshakeably
adv
Alternative spelling of unshakably
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).
unthinkable
unthinkable
adj
Incapable of being believed; incredible.
Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.
