(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.
linebackers
linebackers
noun
plural of linebacker
linebacking
linebacking
noun
(American football) Playing as a linebacker
linebackings
linkable
linkable
adj
Capable of being linked.
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.
lubiniezky
mecklenburgian
membranelike
membranelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a membrane.
mistakableness
muehlenbeckia
muehlenbeckia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Muehlenbeckia of maidenhairs.
neighborlike
neighborlike
adj
US standard spelling of neighbourlike.
neighborlikeness
neighbourlike
neighbourlike
adj
(Britain, Canada) Synonym of neighbourly
niblike
niblike
adj
(UK, slang, obsolete) Gentlemanly.
Resembling or characteristic of the nib of a pen.
nickelbloom
nicknameable
nicknameable
adj
Able to be called by a nickname.
nondrinkable
nonmarketability
nonpickable
nonpickable
adj
Not pickable.
nonshrinkable
nonshrinkable
adj
Not shrinkable.
nonsinkable
nonsinkable
adj
Not sinkable.
nonwrinkleable
obelisking
overbulkiness
pickableness
pikeblennies
pikeblenny
preblockading
rainbowlike
rainbowlike
adj
Resembling a rainbow; displaying a range of colours.
rebuckling
rebuckling
verb
present participle of rebuckle
rebukingly
rebukingly
adv
In a rebuking manner.
ribandlike
ribandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a riband.
ribbonlike
ribbonlike
adj
having the characteristics of ribbons
saltimbankery
shrinkable
shrinkable
adj
Capable of being made to shrink.
sinkable
sinkable
adj
Capable of being sunk
snakeblennies
subalkaline
subalkaline
adj
Somewhat alkaline.
swashbucklering
swashbucklering
adj
Alternative form of swashbuckling
tablemaking
tablemaking
noun
The construction of tables of data.
The manufacture of tables.
thimblemaking
thinkable
thinkable
adj
(rare) Morally acceptable or legal.
Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.
thinkableness
thinkableness
noun
The property of being thinkable.
ticklebrain
ticklebrain
noun
(obsolete) Alcoholic liquor.
ticklenburg
ticklenburg
noun
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
treblinka
treblinka
Proper noun
A Nazi death camp in occupied Poland during World War II, located in a forest north-east of Warsaw.
troublemaking
troublemaking
adj
Causing trouble.
noun
Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
turbanlike
turbanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a turban.
turbinelike
turbinelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a turbine.
unbasketlike
unbesprinkled
unbesprinkled
adj
Not besprinkled.
unbirdlike
unbirdlike
adj
Not birdlike.
unbluestockingish
unbodylike
unbodylike
adj
Not bodylike.
unboylike
unboylike
adj
Not boylike.
unbreakability
unbreakability
noun
The quality of being impossible to break.
unbridegroomlike
unbridegroomlike
adj
Not bridegroomlike.
unbrotherlike
unbrotherlike
adj
Not brotherlike.
unbrutelike
unbusinesslike
unbusinesslike
adj
Not businesslike.
unbutcherlike
unbutcherlike
adj
Not butcherlike.
undrinkable
undrinkable
adj
Not drinkable.
noun
Anything not suitable for drinking.
undrinkableness
undrinkableness
noun
The quality of being undrinkable.
uninvokable
uninvokable
adj
That cannot be invoked.
unkillable
unkillable
adj
Not killable; unable to be killed.
unknittable
unknittable
adj
Not knittable; unable to be knitted.
unlickable
unlickable
adj
(colloquial) That cannot be defeated or overcome.
Unable to be licked.
unlikable
unlikable
adj
Not likable
unlikableness
unlikableness
noun
Alternative form of unlikeableness
unlikeable
unlikeable
adj
Alternative spelling of unlikable
unlikeableness
unlikeableness
noun
The quality of being unlikeable.
unlikeably
unlikeably
adv
Alternative spelling of unlikably
unmistakable
unmistakable
adj
Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.
unmistakableness
unmistakableness
noun
The quality of being unmistakable, or recognizably unique.
unneighborlike
unpickable
unpickable
adj
That cannot be picked.
unriskable
unriskable
adj
Not riskable.
unshrinkable
unshrinkable
adj
That will not shrink
unsinkable
unsinkable
adj
(figurative) That cannot be overcome or defeated.
A piece of faeces that floats.
Of a ship: that cannot be sunk.
unspeakability
unspeakability
noun
unspeakableness
unsubjectlike
unsubjectlike
adj
Not subjectlike.
unthinkable
unthinkable
adj
Incapable of being believed; incredible.
Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.