(historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick.
backswordmen
backswordmen
noun
plural of backswordman
backswordsman
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
bemocked
bemocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemock
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
blackdamp
blackdamp
noun
Choke damp.
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackmailed
blackmailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackmail
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
bodicemaker
bodicemaking
brackmard
brackmard
noun
Alternative form of braquemard (“type of sword”)
buckramed
buckramed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckram
cockscombed
demibuckram
diamondback
diamondback
noun
(common name) Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus, found in the southeastern United States, and Crotalus atrox, found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico.
The saltmarsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malaclemys terrapin).
diamondbacked
diamondbacks
diamondbacks
noun
plural of diamondback
dumbstricken
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
humpbacked
humpbacked
adj
Being a humpback bridge.
Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of humpback
lampblacked
lampblacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lampblack
mockbird
mockbird
noun
A bird, the European sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus).
mockingbird
mockingbird
noun
(archaic) Synonym of tui (“a species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand”)
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
mossbacked
mossbacked
adj
(informal) Having old-fashioned views; very conservative or reactionary.
swashbucklerdom
thumbtacked
thumbtacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of thumbtack