A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backhandedly
backsey
backstay
backstay
noun
(nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from masthead the top of the mast to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional support to the shrouds when the wind is abaft the beam.
A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something.
backstays
backstays
noun
plural of backstay
backwardly
backwardly
adv
In a backward direction.
backway
backway
noun
A back alley.
backwoodsy
backwoodsy
adj
(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
backy
backy
noun
Alternative spelling of baccy
backyard
backyard
noun
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, colloquial) An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
backyarder
backyarder
noun
One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.
backyards
backyards
noun
plural of backyard
ballyhack
ballywack
ballywrack
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
barleysick
battycake
beckemeyer
beckley
beckley
Proper noun
a village in district, East Sussex, England
a hamlet in district, Hampshire, England
a village in district, Oxfordshire, England
a neighbourhood in Kentucky, USA.
a city in West Virginia, USA, and the county seat of Named after
beckoningly
beckoningly
adv
So as to beckon or call near; enticingly.
becky
becky
Noun
A placeholder name used to refer to a (usually white) woman held in contempt by the speaker.
berrypicker
berrypicking
billycock
billycock
noun
(dated) A felt hat with a rounded crown, similar to a bowler.
birdyback
bkcy
blackbelly
blackberry
blackberry
noun
(UK, dialectal) The blackcurrant.
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
verb
To gather or forage for blackberries.
blackberrylike
blackberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blackberry.
blackbody
blackbody
noun
(physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation and reflects none; it has a characteristic emission spectrum
blackboy
blackboy
noun
(Australia, informal) Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea, native to Australia.
(Australia, obsolete, possibly offensive) An Aboriginal boy or servant.
blackboys
blackboys
noun
plural of blackboy
blackey
blackeye
blackeye
noun
A basic coffee drink consisting of any size coffee with two shots of espresso added.
A black-eyed species of white-eye, Zosterops emiliae (syn. Chlorocharis emiliae, mountain blackeye, olive blackeye).
blackeyes
blackeyes
noun
plural of blackeye
blackfly
blackfly
noun
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
blackguardly
blackguardly
adj
Characteristic of a blackguard.
blackguardry
blackheartedly
blackishly
blackishly
adv
In a blackish way.
blackleggery
blackly
blackly
adv
Darkly or gloomily.
Wickedly.
With a black appearance.
blacky
blacky
noun
(informal, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
blickey
blickey
noun
(dialectal, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, dated) A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.
blickeys
blicky
blicky
noun
(slang, New York, Maryland, MLE) A pistol.
Alternative spelling of blickey (“A small tin canister or cylindrical pail.”)
blockheadedly
blockheadedly
adv
In a blockheaded way.
blockishly
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
blocky
blocky
adj
Resembling a block in shape.
bobbysocks
bockey
bockey
noun
(US, dialect, archaic, New York) A large basket woven from oak splints.
bodycheck
bodycheck
noun
Alternative spelling of body check
bodychecked
bodychecked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bodycheck
bodychecking
bodychecking
verb
present participle of bodycheck
boychick
boychick
noun
Alternative form of boychik
boychicks
boychicks
noun
plural of boychick
boychik
boychik
noun
(chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for a young boy, or a young man.
(chiefly Jewish) Term of endearment for any special male with whom one is familiar.
boychiks
boychiks
noun
plural of boychik
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
brackely
brackney
bracky
bracky
adj
(archaic) brackish
bradykinetic
bradykinetic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting bradykinesia
brainsickly
brainsickly
adv
(obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
brickeys
bricklay
bricklayer
bricklayer
noun
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
bricklayers
bricklayers
noun
plural of bricklayer
bricklaying
bricklaying
noun
The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks.
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
brickly
brickly
adj
(dialect) fragile; brittle
bricky
bricky
adj
Covered with brick.
Similar to brick in texture, colour, shape, etc.
noun
(slang) A bricklayer.
brickyard
brickyard
noun
A factory where bricks are produced or distributed
brockway
brocky
buckayro
buckayro
noun
Obsolete form of buckaroo.
buckayros
buckayros
noun
plural of buckayro
buckberry
buckberry
noun
The deerberry, Vaccinium stamineum.
The huckleberry, Gaylussacia ursina, found in the Southern United States.
The silver buffaloberry, Shepherdia argentea.
buckety
buckety
adj
Resembling a bucket.
buckeye
buckeye
noun
(US) A confection made from peanut butter fudge partially dipped in chocolate to leave a circle of peanut butter visible, supposed to resemble the nut of the Ohio buckeye tree.
(US, slang) A native or resident of the American state of Ohio.
Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut.
Any of several species of the related Mexican buckeye (genus Ungnadia).
Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
The Junonia coenia butterfly.
The seed or fruit of these plants.
buckeyed
buckeyes
buckeyes
noun
plural of buckeye
buckeystown
buckishly
buckishly
adv
In a buckish manner.
buckley
buckleya
buckstay
buckstay
noun
A vertical support for a furnace or boiler, to give it rigidity.
bucky
bucky
noun
(Britain, slang) A gun.
(medicine, informal) Alternative form of Bucky (“a Potter-Bucky diaphragm”)
bullocky
bullocky
noun
(Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.
bullyrock
bumicky
buyback
buyback
noun
(countable) A free drink given to a patron by a bartender.
A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction in firearm numbers.
The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.
buybacks
buybacks
noun
plural of buyback
bycoket
bycoket
noun
(historical) A type of medieval cap with a wide brim that comes to a point in the front and is turned up at the rear, originally worn by Western European nobility and royalty.
bysacki
cambyuskan
cankerberry
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
checkerbelly
checkerberry
checkerberry
Noun
The teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens.
chelyabinsk
chickabiddy
chickabiddy
noun
(childish) A chicken or similar bird.
Term of endearment for a young child or loved one.
chickenberry
chokeberry
chokeberry
noun
Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.
The fruit of such a shrub.
claybank
claybank
noun
(color) Dun; brownish-yellow.
A dun-coloured horse.
claybanks
claybanks
noun
plural of claybank
clydebank
clydebank
Proper noun
a town on the north side of the River in council area, Scotland
cockabondy
cockabondy
noun
(fishing, dated) An angler's artificial fly.
cockneybred
copybook
copybook
noun
(Quebec, UK) A notebook containing blank, often lined, pages for writing answers.
(programming, COBOL) A series of instructions or data definitions copied into multiple programs from a shared library; boilerplate.
A student's exercise book containing samples of good handwriting to be copied.
copybooks
copybooks
noun
plural of copybook
corymblike
crackability
crackability
noun
Quality or degree of being crackable.
crackerberry
crackerberry
noun
The Canadian bunchberry, Cornus canadensis.
cymballike
cymballike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cymbal.
dickeybird
dickybird
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
dyebeck
eyeblack
eyeblack
noun
Alternative spelling of eye black
fishyback
fishybacking
flyback
flyback
noun
A special kind of electrical transformer, originally designed to generate high-voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency, and now extensively used in switched-mode power supplies.
The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.
forebackwardly
grayback
grayback
noun
Alternative spelling of greyback
graybacks
graybacks
noun
plural of grayback
greyback
greyback
noun
(dated) A louse.
(historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
(regional) Any of various grey birds.
hackberry
hackberry
noun
(uncountable) The wood of these plants.
Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the Northern Hemisphere, having small fruit.
Prunus padus, a species of cherry tree, of Eurasia, or its berry.
heavyback
huckaby
huckleberry
huckleberry
noun
(US, slang) The person one is looking for; the right person for the job.
(slang) A person of little consequence.
A shrub growing this fruit.
A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon.
A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.
verb
(intransitive) To pick huckleberries.
hyperbrachyskelic
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
jackboy
jackboy
noun
A street thug who is part of a gang of thieves.
katabolically
laceybark
layback
layback
noun
(audio editing) The process of recording the final sound onto the master track.
(climbing) A maneuver to scale a vertical crack, by pulling with the arms and jamming the legs underneath, and shuffling up one limb at a time.
(figure skating) A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice; also called a layback spin.
(skateboarding, snowboarding) A trick where the boarder leans back while on the lip of the ramp, or down a rail.
(soccer) A short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position.
(surfing) A surf maneuver where the upright surfer leans back against the wave.
A wedge-shaped kerbstone that allows a vehicle to enter a driveway without a bump
verb
(climbing) To climb using layback maneuvers.
lazyback
lazyback
noun
(colloquial) A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage.
leukocytoblast
lobachevsky
mackaybean
mackenboy
mackinboy
mossyback
mossyback
noun
(fishing, obsolete) A fish that is large and old, especially one that has algae growing on its back; a mossback.
(informal) A person with old-fashioned views; hence, one who is very conservative or reactionary; a mossback.
(informal, historical, obsolete) Synonym of mossback (“a person who stayed hidden to evade conscription (especially by the Confederate States Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865)”)
(obsolete) The menhaden, mossbanker, or mossbunker, a marine fish of the genus Brevoortia or Ethmidium.
packability
packability
noun
The quality or state of being packable
payback
payback
noun
(countable) A benefit, reward, a form of recompense.
(rare) A refund; reimbursement.
(uncountable) An act of revenge.
A return on investment.
verb
Misspelling of pay back.
paybacks
paybacks
noun
plural of payback
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