Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpack
backpedal
backpedal
verb
(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
(intransitive) To step backwards.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
backpiece
backpiece
noun
A decorated comb that attaches a veil to the back of a bride's head.
A large tattoo on a person's back.
A piece or plate of armour protecting a person's back.
backplane
backplane
noun
(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
backplate
backplate
noun
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
backropes
backslaps
backslaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslap
backspace
backspace
noun
(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
(computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
verb
(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
backspang
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
backspins
backspins
noun
plural of backspin
backstamp
backstops
backstops
noun
plural of backstop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop
backstrap
backstrap
noun
(drugs) The rolling a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion
(firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
The backbone of a book.
verb
To apply or make into a backstrap.
backstrip
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
backwraps
backwraps
noun
plural of backwrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwrap
bakeapple
bakeapple
noun
(Atlantic Canada) The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
ballparks
ballparks
noun
plural of ballpark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballpark
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
barkeeper
barkeeper
noun
A bartender: a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
beekeeper
beekeeper
noun
A person who maintains hives and keeps bees, especially for the production of honey.
bepranked
bespeaker
bespeaker
noun
One who bespeaks.
bespecked
bespeckle
bespeckle
verb
To add speckles.
bhaktapur
blackcaps
blackcaps
noun
plural of blackcap
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
blackpoll
blackpoll
noun
A North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black patch on its head
blackpool
blackpool
Proper noun
A town and resort in Lancashire, England
blacktops
blacktops
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop
blockpate
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
bookkeeps
bookkeeps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bookkeep
bookplate
bookplate
noun
A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.
verb
(transitive) To affix a bookplate to (a book).
bookpress
bookshops
bookshops
noun
plural of bookshop
boskopoid
boxkeeper
boxkeeper
noun
(now historical) A theatre attendant in charge of the boxes.
brockport
brookport
buckplate
bucksport
bumpkinet
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
copybooks
copybooks
noun
plural of copybook
humpbacks
humpbacks
noun
plural of humpback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humpback
koopbrief
lampblack
lampblack
noun
An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
verb
(transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon.
packboard
packboard
noun
A board worn on the back like a backpack for carrying goods while travelling.
paintbank
pakanbaru
paperback
paperback
adj
(of a book) Having flexible binding.
noun
A book with flexible binding.
verb
(transitive, publishing) To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.
paperbark
paperbark
noun
Any of several Australian plants, of the genus Melaleuca, that have flaky bark
parabrake
parabrake
noun
Synonym of drag parachute
parbuckle
parbuckle
noun
A double sling made of a single rope, for slinging a cask, gun, etc.
A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the cylinder and looped back towards the attachment point. The object rests in the loops, and rolls upward in them as the rope ends are hauled up, or downward when the ends are payed out.
verb
To hoist or lower by means of a parbuckle
passbooks
passbooks
noun
plural of passbook
peekaboos
peekaboos
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peekaboo
pequabuck
philbrook
piblockto
pibloktos
pickaback
pickaback
adv
(Carried) on the back or the shoulders.
verb
(transitive) Dated form of piggyback (“carry someone on the back or shoulders”).
piggyback
piggyback
adj
Attached or appended to something larger or more important.
On somebody's back or shoulders.
Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
noun
(countable) A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
(medicine, countable, uncountable) The connection of one intravenous drip to another.
An act or instance of piggybacking.
verb
(transitive) To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders.
(transitive) To enter a secured area at the same time along with someone having authorized access; to tailgate
(transitive) To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway waggon
(transitive, Internet) To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.
(transitive, Internet) To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.
(transitive, intransitive) To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
pinchback
pinchbeck
pinchbeck
adj
(not comparable) Made of pinchbeck.
Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.
noun
An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
pinebrook
pinkberry
plainback
playbacks
playbacks
noun
plural of playback
playbooks
playbooks
noun
plural of playbook
plowbacks
pokeberry
pokeberry
noun
Synonym of pokeweed (the plant Phytolacca americana or its dark red or purple fruit).
prongbuck
prongbuck
noun
(dated) The springbok.
The pronghorn
psalmbook
psalmbook
noun
A book of psalms.
pullbacks
pullbacks
noun
plural of pullback
scrapbook
scrapbook
noun
a book, similar to a notebook or journal, in which personal or family memorabilia and photos are collected and arranged
verb
to create scrapbooks.
sheepback
sheepback
noun
(geography, glaciology) A rock formation created by glacial erosion.
skipbrain
skippable
skippable
adj
Capable of being skipped.
Not worth watching or doing; missable.
snapbacks
snapbacks
noun
plural of snapback
soapbarks
soapbarks
noun
plural of soapbark
sparkback
speakable
speakable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of speech.
Acceptable as a topic of discussion; not subject to taboo.
That can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable.
speakably
spikebill
spikebill
noun
A hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus).
A marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).
splitbeak
spoilbank
spoonback
springbok
springbok
noun
A small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis.
stopblock
stopblock
noun
(rail transport, especially US) An obstruction placed at the end of a railway track to prevent rail vehicles from going any further.
sweepback
sweepback
noun
The rearward angle of the leading edge of a wing, or airfoil.
sweptback
sweptback
adj
(of a hairstyle) Backswept.
(of an aircraft wing) Angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage.
unbespeak
unbespeak
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To unsay; to annul or cancel.