(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backfiller
backfiller
noun
A machine for refilling an excavation.
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backlighted
backpedaling
backpedaling
noun
The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop.
verb
(US) present participle of backpedal
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backslide
backslide
noun
(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
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To lick or lick about.
belucki
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bickleton
bicknell
billsticker
billsticker
noun
Someone who sticks up advertisements on billboards, walls, and similar surfaces.
biscuitlike
biscuitlike
Adjective
Resembling a biscuit or some aspect of one.
blackberries
blackberries
noun
plural of blackberry
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackberry
blackberrylike
blackberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blackberry.
blackbine
blackbirded
blackbirded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackbird
blackbirder
blackbirder
noun
A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour).
A ship used for blackbirding.
blackbirders
blackbirders
noun
plural of blackbirder
blackbodies
blackbodies
noun
plural of blackbody
blackening
blackening
noun
(countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
The act of defaming or sullying.
verb
present participle of blacken
blackenings
blackenings
noun
plural of blackening
blackfigured
blackfire
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blackie
blackie
noun
Alternative spelling of blacky
blackies
blackies
noun
plural of blackie
plural of blacky
blackishness
blackishness
noun
The quality of being blackish, somewhat black.
blacklegging
blacklegging
noun
The practice of working in place of those who are engaged in a strike.
verb
present participle of blackleg
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
blackmailed
blackmailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackmail
blackmailer
blackmailer
noun
Someone who blackmails.
blackmailers
blackmailers
noun
plural of blackmailer
blackshirted
blacksville
blackville
blickey
blickey
noun
(dialectal, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, dated) A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.
blickeys
blickie
blickies
blickies
noun
plural of blickey
blockaderunning
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadishness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
blockier
blockier
adj
comparative form of blocky: more blocky
blockiest
blockiest
adj
superlative form of blocky: most blocky
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
blockishness
blockishness
noun
The state or quality of being blockish.
blocklike
blocklike
adj
Having an oblong shape
blockline
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
bluestockingish
bluestockingish
adj
Like a bluestocking, or scholarly woman.
bluestockingism
bluestockingism
noun
(colloquial) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.
bluestockings
bluestockings
noun
plural of bluestocking
bluetick
bluetick
noun
A coonhound of a certain breed originating in the United States,
verb
(Internet slang) To ignore (a message) sent via a social messaging app, especially one where a reply is expected or requested.
bombernickel
booklice
booklice
noun
plural of booklouse
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bootlicker
bootlicker
noun
(by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady
bootlickers
bootlickers
noun
plural of bootlicker
bouckville
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
brackettville
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
brecksville
brickel
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
brickfielder
brickfielder
noun
(Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
bricklayer
bricklayer
noun
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
bricklayers
bricklayers
noun
plural of bricklayer
brickle
brickle
adj
(Appalachia or archaic or dialect) Alternative form of breakle
verb
(Canada, dialect) To fail spectacularly.
brickleness
brickleness
noun
(obsolete) brittleness
brickles
brickles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brickle
bricklike
bricklike
adj
Resembling a brick
brickliner
buckfield
bucklandite
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckwheatlike
buckwheatlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of buckwheat.
bullockite
bullsticker
cabbagelike
cabbagelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cabbage.
cabinlike
cabinlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cabin.
cablelike
cablelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cable.
checkerbellies
chelyabinsk
cherublike
cherublike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.
chickenbill
cobleskill
cockbilled
cockbilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockbill
comblike
comblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a comb.
constablewick
constablewick
noun
(obsolete) The district to which a constable's power is limited.
corymblike
crablike
crablike
adj
Having some characteristics of a crab
Walking or moving sideways
crookbilled
cuddebackville
curblike
curblike
adj
Alternative form of kerblike
cymballike
cymballike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cymbal.
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
fiddleback
fiddleback
noun
A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
The brown recluse spider.
fiddlebacks
fiddlebacks
noun
plural of fiddleback
goldbricked
goldbricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick
goldbricker
goldbricker
noun
(US, informal) A lazy person; an idler.
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
greenbackville
hacksilber
hacksilber
noun
Alternative form of hacksilver
huckleberries
huckleberries
noun
plural of huckleberry
hyperbrachyskelic
iceblink
iceblink
noun
A glare in the sky caused by reflection of light from an ice field.
iceblinks
iceblinks
noun
plural of iceblink
inattackable
interblock
interblock
adj
Between blocks.
noun
A space or interval between two adjacent blocks or cells on a grid.
kickable
kickable
adj
Capable or deserving of being kicked.
kilbrickenite
kilbrickenite
noun
(mineralogy) A mixed sulphide and antimonide of lead.
koeberliniaceae
koeberliniaceous
lackbrained
lackbrainedness
leukoblastic
leukoblastic
adj
Relating to leukoblasts.
liebknecht
limbeck
limbeck
noun
(obsolete) An alembic.
limbecks
limbecks
noun
plural of limbeck
limberneck
limberneck
noun
A flaccid paralysis of the neck of poultry afflicted with botulism.
linebacker
linebacker
noun
(American football) The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes.