(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backsliders
backsliders
noun
plural of backslider
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
backslidingness
backspacefile
backsplice
backsplice
noun
Such a knot
verb
To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice
bakersfield
bakersfield
Proper noun
A major city in California, USA
bakersville
bakersville
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
a town in North Carolina, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
an unincorporated community in Coshocton County, Ohio, USA.
balkanise
balkanise
verb
Alternative spelling of balkanize
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkiest
balkiest
adj
superlative form of balky: most balky
balkiness
balkiness
noun
The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.
Resembling or characteristic of a base (in various senses).
basilicalike
basinlike
basinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a basin.
baskerville
baskerville
Proper noun
A serif typeface from the 18th century.
basketlike
basketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a basket.
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
beastlike
beastlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beast.
bellowsmaking
bengkalis
berkeleianism
bialystoker
bikales
blackberries
blackberries
noun
plural of blackberry
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackberry
blackbirders
blackbirders
noun
plural of blackbirder
blackbodies
blackbodies
noun
plural of blackbody
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
blackies
blackies
noun
plural of blackie
plural of blacky
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blacklegism
blacklegism
noun
The character or actions of a blackleg.
blacklisted
blacklisted
adj
Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacklist
blacklister
blacklister
noun
One who blacklists.
blacklisters
blacklisters
noun
plural of blacklister
blackmailers
blackmailers
noun
plural of blackmailer
blackshirted
blacksville
blankenship
blankmindedness
blatherskite
blatherskite
noun
A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
A worthless fellow; a deadbeat.
Nonsense or blather; empty talk.
blatherskites
blatherskites
noun
plural of blatherskite
bleakish
bleakish
adj
Somewhat bleak.
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadishness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
boilermakers
boilermakers
noun
plural of boilermaker
bolshevikian
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
bradyteleokinesis
brasslike
brasslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of the metal brass.
breaklist
breislak
breislakite
bricklayers
bricklayers
noun
plural of bricklayer
chelyabinsk
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
dislikable
dislikable
adj
Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
dislikeable
dislikeable
adj
Alternative spelling of dislikable
drinkableness
drinkableness
noun
The quality of being drinkable.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
farkleberries
farkleberries
noun
plural of farkleberry
fiddlebacks
fiddlebacks
noun
plural of fiddleback
hacksilber
hacksilber
noun
Alternative form of hacksilver
husbandlike
husbandlike
adj
Resembling a husband.
hyperbrachyskelic
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
jailbreaks
jailbreaks
noun
plural of jailbreak
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jailbreak
kielbasa
kielbasa
noun
A spicy, smoked sausage of a particular kind from Eastern Europe.
kielbasas
kielbasas
noun
plural of kielbasa
kielbasi
kielbasi
noun
Alternative spelling of kielbasa
kielbasy
kissable
kissable
adj
Attractive, so as to invite kissing.
Capable of being kissed.
kissableness
klebsiella
klebsiella
noun
Any of the genus Klebsiella of rod-shaped bacteria, which cause many diseases in humans.
klebsiellas
klebsiellas
noun
plural of klebsiella
koeberliniaceous
kohlrabies
kohlrabies
noun
plural of kohlrabi
lackbrainedness
lamblikeness
lawbreakings
lawbreakings
noun
plural of lawbreaking
leukoblastic
leukoblastic
adj
Relating to leukoblasts.
likabilities
likabilities
noun
plural of likability
likableness
likableness
noun
The property of being likable, that which makes likable.
likeableness
likeableness
noun
likeability
linebackers
linebackers
noun
plural of linebacker
linebackings
lobachevskian
lobachevskian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (1792–1856), Russian mathematician.
Of or related to hyperbolic geometry, which was developed by Nikolai Lobachevsky.
microleukoblast
mislikable
mistakable
mistakable
adj
Possible to be mistaken or misunderstood.
mistakableness
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
nonsinkable
nonsinkable
adj
Not sinkable.
pickableness
raspberrylike
raspberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a raspberry (plant or fruit).
rockabillies
rockabillies
noun
plural of rockabilly
sabbathlike
saberlike
saberlike
adj
Alternative spelling of sabrelike
saltimbankery
scablike
scablike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a scab (incrustation).
semibalked
shrinkable
shrinkable
adj
Capable of being made to shrink.
silverback
silverback
noun
(informal, by extension) A dominant older human male.
(mammalogy) A mature male gorilla, so named from the silver streaking on its back.
Any of various ferns of the genus Pityrogramma.
silverbacks
silverbacks
noun
plural of silverback
sinkable
sinkable
adj
Capable of being sunk
skatemobile
skatemobile
noun
A makeshift vehicle built by attaching roller skates to a crate.
sketchability
sketchability
noun
The quality of being sketchable.
skiable
skiable
adj
Able to be skied on; having conditions amenable to skiing.
skippable
skippable
adj
Capable of being skipped.
Not worth watching or doing; missable.
slablike
slablike
adj
Resembling a slab.
slipperyback
snakeblennies
speakablies
speiskobalt
speiskobalt
noun
smaltite
splitbeak
stablelike
stablelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a stable.
stickable
stickable
adj
Capable of being stuck; adhesive.
stickleback
stickleback
noun
Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct nests from weeds.
sticklebacks
sticklebacks
noun
plural of stickleback
strawberrylike
strawberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a strawberry (plant or fruit).
subalkaline
subalkaline
adj
Somewhat alkaline.
subbrachyskelic
submakroskelic
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
thinkableness
thinkableness
noun
The property of being thinkable.
unbasketlike
undrinkableness
undrinkableness
noun
The quality of being undrinkable.
unlikableness
unlikableness
noun
Alternative form of unlikeableness
unlikeableness
unlikeableness
noun
The quality of being unlikeable.
unmistakable
unmistakable
adj
Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.
unmistakableness
unmistakableness
noun
The quality of being unmistakable, or recognizably unique.