(dated) A decorative comb worn as an ornament and to secure a hairstyle.
The hairstyle produced by backcombing.
verb
To hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backgammon
backgammon
noun
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
{{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
backgammons
backgammons
noun
plural of backgammon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backgammon
backmost
backmost
adj
farthest back
backstromite
backstromite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite
backswordman
backswordman
noun
(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
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
bemock
bemock
verb
(archaic) To ridicule or mock.
(transitive) To cause to appear as if mock or unreal; excel or surpass, as the genuine surpasses the counterfeit.
(transitive) To mock repeatedly; flout.
(transitive, archaic) To make up as something else, to make into an imitation or semblance
bemocked
bemocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemock
bemocking
bemocking
verb
present participle of bemock
bemocks
bemocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemock
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bickmore
blackamoor
blackamoor
noun
(archaic, often offensive) A person with dark skin, especially one from north Africa.
(heraldry) A stylized Negro.
A blackamoor slave, a blackamoor servant; and hence any slave, servant, inferior, or child.
blackamoors
blackamoors
noun
plural of blackamoor
blackmore
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
blockmaking
blockmaking
noun
The manufacture of blocks for use in printing.
The manufacture of nautical blocks.
blockman
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bodicemaker
bodicemaking
bombernickel
brickmason
broomstick
broomstick
noun
(slang, rare) A gun.
A broom imbued with magic, enabling one to fly astride the handle.
The handle of a broom (sweeping tool).
verb
(intransitive) To fly on a broomstick, as witches are said to.
broomsticks
broomsticks
noun
plural of broomstick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broomstick
bullockman
bumclock
bummock
bummock
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A brewing of ale.
A submerged, downward-projecting piece of ice.
checkerbloom
checkerbloom
noun
Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.
cockscomb
cockscomb
noun
(archaic) A conceited dandy
(nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed
A red cap once worn by court jesters
A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia)
An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers
The fleshy red crest of a rooster
cockscombed
cockscombs
cockscombs
noun
plural of cockscomb
comblike
comblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a comb.
combmaker
combmaker
noun
A manufacturer of combs.
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
comeback
comeback
noun
(sports) An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw.
A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.
A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity.
verb
Misspelling of come back.
comebacker
comebacker
noun
(baseball) A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
comebacks
comebacks
noun
plural of comeback
corymblike
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
mackenboy
mackinboy
malbrouck
malbrouck
noun
An arboreal monkey from Africa, Chlorocebus cynosuros.
matchbook
matchbook
noun
A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.
matchbooks
matchbooks
noun
plural of matchbook
microleukoblast
mobjack
mockable
mockable
adj
(software engineering) Of which a mockup or prototype may be made.
Able to be mocked or ridiculed.
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
mossback
mossback
noun
(fishing) Synonym of mossyback (“a fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back”)
(informal) Synonym of mossyback (“a person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary”)
(informal, historical) A person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865); a mossyback.
A turtle that, because of its age, has a growth of algae on its back
The common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina).
The largemouth bass or moss bass (Micropterus salmoides).
mossbacked
mossbacked
adj
(informal) Having old-fashioned views; very conservative or reactionary.
mossbacks
mossbacks
noun
plural of mossback
mossyback
mossyback
noun
(fishing, obsolete) A fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back; a mossback.
(informal) A person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary; a mossback.
(informal, historical, obsolete) Synonym of mossback (“a person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865)”)
(obsolete) The menhaden, mossbanker, or mossbunker, a marine fish of the genus Brevoortia or Ethmidium.
multiblock
multiblock
adj
Of or pertaining to more than one block (in various senses).