(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
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backiebird
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
backside
backside
adj
(board sports) Approaching an obstacle backward
noun
(euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
(figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
(obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
backsides
backsides
noun
plural of backside
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
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice
backstitched
backstitched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstitch
backwinded
backwoodsiness
backwoodsiness
noun
The quality of being backwoodsy.
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
baedekerian
bakersfield
bakersfield
Proper noun
A major city in California, USA
bakshished
bakshished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bakshish
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkanized
balkanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanize
balladlike
balladlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a ballad.
bandaranaike
bandkeramik
bankrider
bankside
bankside
noun
The land by a riverbank.
banksides
banksides
noun
plural of bankside
bardlike
bardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bard.
batiked
batiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of batik
bauckiebird
baudekin
baudekins
baudekins
noun
plural of baudekin
beadlike
beadlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bead.
beardlike
beardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beard.
bedarkening
bedarkening
verb
present participle of bedarken
bedecking
bedecking
noun
An ornament.
verb
present participle of bedeck
bedikah
bedikah
noun
(Judaism) A ritual inspection or examination.
bedlike
bedlike
adj
Resembling a bed.
bedmaking
bedmaking
noun
The skill or act of making beds (arranging the sheets, etc.).
bedsick
bedtick
bedtick
noun
A tick or bag made of cloth, used for enclosing the materials of a bed.
bedticking
bedticks
bedticks
noun
plural of bedtick
beiderbecke
beinked
beinked
adj
Covered in ink.
bekilted
bekilted
adj
Wearing a kilt.
bekissed
bekissed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bekiss
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
beknived
beliked
beliked
adj
Beloved; liked.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of belike
bendick
benedick
benedick
noun
A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.
benedicks
benedicks
noun
plural of benedick
benedikt
benedikta
benediktov
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
bewhiskered
bewhiskered
adj
Having whiskers
bickered
bickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bicker
bidarkee
bidarkee
noun
Archaic form of bidarka.
bidarkees
bidarkees
noun
plural of bidarkee
biforked
biforked
adj
forked into two; bifurcate
biked
biked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bike
bikinied
bikinied
adj
Wearing a bikini.
bilked
bilked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bilk
biofeedback
biofeedback
noun
A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
birdieback
birdlike
birdlike
adj
Similar to a bird or an aspect of a bird; reminiscent of birds; avian.
adv
(postpositive) In the manner of a bird; as, to fly.
birkenhead
birkenhead
Proper noun
An English topographic surname
Either of F. E. Smith, Frederick Smith or Frederick Smith the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Earls of Birkenhead
the town itself.
birkeniidae
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
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
blackfigured
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
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
blackmailed
blackmailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackmail
blackshirted
bladderlike
bladderlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bladder.
bladelike
bladelike
adj
Resembling a blade
blankminded
blankmindedness
blinked
blinked
adj
(Appalachia) Sour.
Affected with blinking.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blink
blinkered
blinkered
adj
(figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one.
Wearing blinkers or blinders.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blinker
blitzkrieged
blockaderunning
blockheadish
blockheadish
adj
stupid
blockheadishness
blockheadism
blockheadism
noun
The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity.
bloodlike
bloodlike
adj
Resembling blood.
boardlike
boardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a board.
bodicemaker
bodicemaking
bodkinwise
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
bookbinder
bookbinder
noun
A person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
bookbinderies
bookbinderies
noun
plural of bookbindery
bookbinders
bookbinders
noun
plural of bookbinder
bookbindery
bookbindery
noun
A building where books are assembled and bound.
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
brackenridge
bradykinesia
bradykinesia
noun
(medicine) Slowness of movement.
bradykinesis
bradykinesis
noun
Alternative form of bradykinesia
bradykinetic
bradykinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting bradykinesia
bradyteleokinesis
breadmaking
breadmaking
noun
The making of bread.
breakwind
breakwind
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A windbreak.
breckenridge
breckenridge
Proper noun
A town in Colorado, USA
an unincorporated community in Indiana, in the United States
A village/town in Michigan, US.
A city and county seat in Minnesota, US.
A city/town in Missouri, US.
A town in Oklahoma, US.
A city in Texas, USA
breckinridge
brickbatted
brickbatted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brickbat
bricked
bricked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brick
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
brickred
bridecake
bridecake
noun
(archaic) Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.
brideknot
bridelike
bridelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bride.
bridestake
bridgekeeper
bridgekeeper
noun
One who guards (or keeps) a bridge.
bridgelike
bridgelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bridge.
Similar to the card game of bridge.
bridgemaker
bridgemaker
noun
(figuratively) A person who connects others.
A person who designs and/or constructs bridges.
bridgemaking
bridgework
bridgework
noun
(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.
The component parts of a bridge.
The construction or repair of bridges.
bridgeworks
bridgeworks
noun
plural of bridgework
brisked
brisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisk
briskened
briskened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brisken
brodekin
brodekin
noun
Alternative form of brodequin
broderick
broderick
noun
(slang, early 20th century) A thorough beating
verb
(transitive) To administer a beating to
brookfield
brooklandville
brookside
brookside
adj
On the side of a brook.
noun
The side of a brook.
buckfield
bucklandite
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
budlike
budlike
adj
Resembling a bud (newly formed leaf or flower, not yet unfolded).
bulkheading
bulkheading
noun
bulkheads in general
buskined
buskined
adj
Tragic, dignified or serious in style.
Trodden by buskins.
Wearing buskins.
buzzardlike
buzzardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buzzard.
cankerbird
checkbird
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering