(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
backflipped
backflipped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backflip
backflipping
backflipping
verb
present participle of backflip
backpacking
backpacking
noun
hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.
low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations.
verb
present participle of backpack
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
backpiece
backpiece
noun
A decorated comb that attaches a veil to the back of a bride's head.
A large tattoo on a person's back.
A piece or plate of armour protecting a person's back.
backpointer
backpointers
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backspacefile
backspacing
backspacing
verb
present participle of backspace
backspeir
backspier
backspierer
backspin
backspin
noun
(music) Synonym of spinback
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
verb
(music) To play a section of a record in reverse, as a disc jockey; to apply spinback.
(transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion.
backspins
backspins
noun
plural of backspin
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
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backspringing
backstamping
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstrip
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakupari
bakupari
noun
Alternative form of bacupari
balikpapan
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bankruptship
barkpeeling
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
beekeeping
beekeeping
noun
The practice or profession of keeping and caring for bees.
beekeepings
berrypicker
berrypicking
bespeaking
bespeaking
verb
present participle of bespeak
besprinkle
besprinkle
verb
(archaic, transitive) To sprinkle.
besprinkled
besprinkled
adj
Sprinkled.
besprinkler
besprinkler
noun
One who or that which besprinkles.
besprinkles
besprinkles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besprinkle
besprinkling
besprinkling
verb
present participle of besprinkle
bibliokelpt
biblioklept
biblioklept
noun
A person who steals books
bibliokleptomania
bibliokleptomania
noun
A mental disorder that produces a compulsion to steal books.
bibliokleptomaniac
bibliokleptomaniac
noun
Someone who suffers from bibliokleptomania.
bipack
bipack
noun
(cinematography) The process of loading two reels of film into a camera, so that they both pass through the camera gate together, formerly used for visual effects and as a subtractive colour process.
verb
(cinematography) To load two reels of film in this manner.
bipacks
bipacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bipack
bishoplike
bishoplike
adj
Resembling, or pertaining to a bishop.
biskop
blackprint
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blankenship
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
bloubiskop
bookkeeping
bookkeeping
noun
(accounting) The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
(computing) General tasks for maintaining a system.
verb
present participle of bookkeep
bookkeepings
bookkeepings
noun
plural of bookkeeping
boskopoid
breakpoint
breakpoint
noun
(meteorology) A location referred to when issuing watches, warnings, or advisories for specific areas.
(physics) The point where surface water waves are breaking in, e.g., oceans or lakes.
(programming) A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated.
(web development) A particular size at which a web page is designed to switch to a different layout.
verb
(programming, transitive) To flag with a breakpoint.
breakpoints
breakpoints
noun
plural of breakpoint
bricktop
bridgekeeper
bridgekeeper
noun
One who guards (or keeps) a bridge.
brinkmanship
brinkmanship
noun
(chiefly politics) The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
brinksmanship
brinksmanship
noun
Alternative form of brinkmanship
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
bromopikrin
bumpkin
bumpkin
noun
(nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
bumpkinet
bumpkinish
bumpkinish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bumpkin.
bumpkinly
bumpkinly
adj
Befitting a bumpkin.
bumpkins
bumpkins
noun
plural of bumpkin
dikephobia
hyperbrachyskelic
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
kabirpanthi
kakorraphiaphobia
katagelophobia
katagelophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of catagelophobia
kenophobia
kenophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of empty spaces.
keraunophobia
keraunophobia
Noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
kinetophobia
kleptophobia
kleptophobia
noun
Abnormal fear of theft.
klipbok
klipbok
noun
klipspringer
koniophobia
koopbrief
kopophobia
lampblacking
lampblacking
verb
present participle of lampblack
nonpickable
nonpickable
adj
Not pickable.
oikophobia
oikophobia
noun
Dislike of one's own culture or compatriots.
Ecophobia; fear of a home environment.
packability
packability
noun
The quality or state of being packable
packbuilder
paintbank
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
pathbreaking
pathbreaking
adj
Opening a new path or approach
patricksburg
pawnbrokering
pawnbrokering
noun
Synonym of pawnbroking
pawnbroking
pawnbroking
noun
The business of a pawnbroker; advancing loans against pledges of household goods or personal possessions, and selling those pledges that are not redeemed.
pawnbrokings
peacebreaking
peacebreaking
noun
Disturbing or destroying a state of peace.
pembrokeshire
pembrokeshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.
A local government principal area, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.
philbrook
piblockto
piblokto
piblokto
noun
A condition affecting dogs or other animals in the Arctic, characterized by aggressive behavior and seizures.
A condition affecting the Inuit peoples in winter, characterised by a period of frenzied activity or irrational behaviour, followed by unconsciousness or stupor.
pibloktos
pickaback
pickaback
adv
(Carried) on the back or the shoulders.
verb
(transitive) Dated form of piggyback (“carry someone on the back or shoulders”).
pickabacked
pickabacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pickaback
pickabacking
pickabacking
verb
present participle of pickaback
pickable
pickable
adj
Able to be picked.
pickableness
pickback
pickback
adv
Archaic form of pickaback.
pickelhaube
pickelhaube
noun
(historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
picketboat
picketboat
noun
Alternative form of picket boat
picketboats
picketboats
noun
plural of picketboat
piggyback
piggyback
adj
Attached or appended to something larger or more important.
On somebody's back or shoulders.
Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
noun
(countable) A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
(medicine, countable, uncountable) The connection of one intravenous drip to another.
An act or instance of piggybacking.
verb
(transitive) To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders.
(transitive) To enter a secured area at the same time along with someone having authorized access; to tailgate
(transitive) To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway waggon
(transitive, Internet) To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.
(transitive, Internet) To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.
(transitive, intransitive) To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
piggybacked
piggybacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of piggyback
piggybacking
piggybacking
noun
The practice of carrying something piggyback.
verb
present participle of piggyback
piggybacks
piggybacks
noun
plural of piggyback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of piggyback
pikeblennies
pikeblenny
pimpleback
pimpleback
noun
Quadrula pustulosa, an American freshwater mussel.
pinchback
pinchbeck
pinchbeck
adj
(not comparable) Made of pinchbeck.
Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive.
noun
An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry.
pinebank
pinebrook
pinkberry
plainback
plainbacks
plankbuilt
poikiloblast
poikiloblast
noun
A porphyroblast mineral containing small inclusions of the previous rock.
poikiloblastic
poikiloblastic
adj
(geology) Describing the texture of a metamorphic rock that has small idioblasts of one constituent lying within larger xenoblasts
pointblank
pointblank
adv
(obsolete or rare) point blank
pokeberries
pokeberries
noun
plural of pokeberry
preblockading
prickleback
prickleback
noun
Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.
The stickleback
pricklyback
pricktimber
prisonbreak
proboscislike
proboscislike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proboscis.
probrick
proverblike
proverblike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a proverb.
pseudobrookite
pseudobrookite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, magnesium, oxygen, and titanium.
purbeckian
raspberrylike
raspberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a raspberry (plant or fruit).
sabbathkeeping
shipbreaking
shipbreaking
noun
The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.
shipbroken
shipbroken
adj
Synonym of shipwrecked
shopbreaking
shopbreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent.