An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backswing
backswing
noun
(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
backwardness
backwardness
noun
Reluctance.
The state of being backward.
backwardnesses
backwardnesses
noun
plural of backwardness
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.
backwind
backwind
noun
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
verb
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
(transitive) To wind backwards.
backwinded
backwinding
backwinding
verb
present participle of backwind
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
backwoodsman
backwoodsman
noun
(informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
An uncivilized person.
backwoodsmen
backwoodsmen
noun
plural of backwoodsman
baconweed
baconweed
noun
Synonym of pigweed (“the plant Chenopodium album”)
balancewise
balancewise
adv
In terms of balance.
baldcrown
batchtown
beaconwise
beaconwise
adv
Like a beacon; in the manner of a beacon.
becowarding
becrawling
becrawling
verb
present participle of becrawl
benchwarmer
benchwarmer
noun
Alternative spelling of bench-warmer
benchwarmers
benchwarmers
noun
plural of benchwarmer
birdwatching
birdwatching
noun
(slang) The hobby of watching rocket launches.
Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
branchway
branchway
noun
(poetic) A path or route formed by the branches of trees.
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
braunschweiger
braunschweiger
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Braunschweiger (a sausage).
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
brownistical
buchenwald
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
buckwashing
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
cabbagetown
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
campbelltown
campbeltown
chamberwoman
chamberwoman
noun
Synonym of chambermaid
chawbacon
chawbacon
noun
(archaic) An uncultured rustic person.
chawbone
clubwoman
clubwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who is a member of a club.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
counterbreastwork
cowbane
cowbane
noun
Any of several related poisonous plants of the genus Cicuta
Cicuta virosa, type species of this genus.
cowbanes
cowbanes
noun
plural of cowbane
cowbarn
crossbowman
crossbowman
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crowbarring
crowbarring
verb
present participle of crowbar
crownband
crownbeard
crownbeard
noun
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Verbesina.
cwmbran
cwmbran
Proper noun
A Welsh town.
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
jabberwockian
lawrenceburg
lawrenceburg
Proper noun
a city in Indiana, USA
a home-rule class city in Kentucky, USA
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
a village in Pennsylvania, USA.
a city in Tennessee, USA
schwaben
scowbank
scowbanker
screwbean
screwbean
noun
Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
The nutritious seedpod of this plant.
scrubwoman
scrubwoman
noun
(US) A woman employed to do general housework, such as cleaning a house or office.
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
swashbuckling
swashbuckling
adj
Adventurous, exciting.
swashbucklings
swingback
unbackward
unbackward
adj
Not backward.
unchewable
unchewable
adj
That cannot be chewed.
noun
Something that cannot be chewed.
unchewableness
uneschewable
uneschewable
adj
Not eschewable; imposible to eschew.
uneschewably
unscrewable
unscrewable
adj
That can be unscrewed.
That cannot be screwed.
unwatchable
unwatchable
adj
That cannot be watched; that does not bear watching.
watchband
watchband
noun
a band of leather, metal etc that fastens a wristwatch to the wrist; a watchstrap
watchbands
watchbands
noun
plural of watchband
windbracing
windbroach
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.