(mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backcourt
backcourt
noun
(basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
(chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backlotter
backpointer
backpointers
backstories
backstories
noun
plural of backstory
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
backstroked
backstroked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstroke
backstrokes
backstrokes
noun
plural of backstroke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstroke
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backstromite
backstromite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of hydrohausmannite
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
backwort
bakerstown
bakerton
barkometer
barkometer
noun
A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
barkstone
barnstock
bartko
bartok
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworks
basketworks
noun
plural of basketwork
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
batterdock
berakot
berakoth
berakoth
noun
plural of berakah
bialystoker
biometrika
blackroot
blackroot
noun
Colicroot, Aletris farinosa
Culver's root, Veronicastrum virginicum
Either of two species in the genus Pterocaulon: Pterocaulon pycnostachyum and Pterocaulon virgatum
Several plant diseases caused by fungi in the genus Aphanomyces causing that cause roots to rot and turn black.
blackthorn
blackthorn
noun
A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blackwort
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
boatkeeper
boatkeeper
noun
(historical) A person who operated small-crew open fishing boats and fishing rooms on the shores around Newfoundland in the early 19th century.
A person in charge of a boat.
boltmaker
boltmaker
noun
A machine that manufactures bolts.
A manufacturer of bolts.
boltstrake
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
bootmaker
bootmaker
noun
A maker of boots; a cobbler.
bottlemaker
bottlemaker
noun
A manufacturer of bottles.
bradyteleokinesis
brakeroot
branstock
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
breakout
breakout
adj
Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to mainstream success.
noun
(aviation) The point at which visibility returns after passing through cloud.
A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
An escape from prison.
An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).
breakouts
breakouts
noun
plural of breakout
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
breakstone
breakstone
noun
Burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
Parsley piert (Aphanes arvensis)
Pearlwort (Sagina spp.)
Saxifrage (Saxifraga spp.)
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
breasthook
breasthook
noun
(nautical) A horizontal timber fitted in the bows of a ship to add strength and to connect the sides to the stem.
breaststroke
breaststroke
noun
A swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies face down, the arms being swept forward, outward and back under the water and the legs are kicked like a frog's
verb
to swim using this stroke
breaststroker
breaststroker
noun
(swimming) A person swimming using the breaststroke.
breaststrokes
breaststrokes
noun
plural of breaststroke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breaststroke
breastwork
breastwork
noun
(nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
(slang) Breast augmentation.
A fortification consisting of a breast-high bulwark; a parapet.
A parapet.
breastworks
breastworks
noun
plural of breastwork
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedly
adv
In a brokenhearted manner.
brokenheartedness
brokenheartedness
noun
The quality of being brokenhearted.
brooktondale
cabinetwork
cabinetwork
noun
cabinetmaking
furniture made by a cabinetmaker
cabinetworker
cabinetworker
noun
One who makes cabinets; a practitioner of cabinetwork.
cabinetworking
cabinetworks
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbreastwork
debarkation
debarkation
noun
Disembarkation.
debarkations
debarkations
noun
plural of debarkation
disembarkation
disembarkation
noun
The act of disembarking.
disembarkations
disembarkations
noun
plural of disembarkation
embarkation
embarkation
noun
(obsolete) A vessel.
The act of embarking.
The process of loading military personnel and vehicles etc into ships or aircraft.
embarkations
embarkations
noun
plural of embarkation
halterbroke
halterbroke
verb
simple past tense of halterbreak
halterbroken
halterbroken
verb
past participle of halterbreak
heartblock
heartbroke
heartbroke
adj
(dialect or nonstandard) heartbroken
heartbroken
heartbroken
adj
Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
heartbrokenly
heartbrokenly
adv
In a heartbroken manner.
heartbrokenness
heartbrokenness
noun
The state or quality of being heartbroken.
hyperkatabolism
hyperkatabolism
noun
Alternative form of hypercatabolism
imbarkation
kaliborite
kaliborite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous borate of potassium and magnesium
katabothra
katabothron
katakiribori
katakiribori
noun
A Japanese sword-making technique employing a chisel at two different angles.
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
keyboardist
keyboardist
noun
Someone who plays a keyboard.
keyboardists
keyboardists
noun
plural of keyboardist
korenblat
kotabaru
megakaryoblast
megakaryoblast
noun
(cytology) A precursor cell in hematopoiesis which gives rise to the promegakaryocyte, which in turn gives rise to the megakaryocyte.
microleukoblast
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
mountebankery
mountebankery
noun
The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
nonembarkation
nonembarkation
noun
Failure to embark.
nonmarketability
nonmarketable
nonmarketable
adj
Not marketable.
outbacker
outbacker
noun
One who lives in the outback.
outbark
outbark
verb
(transitive) To surpass in barking.
outbarked
outbarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbark
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
outbarks
outbarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbark
outbreak
outbreak
noun
(figurative) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
A sudden increase.
An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
Synonym of breakout (“escape from prison”)
verb
(intransitive) To burst out or break forth.
outbreaker
outbreaker
noun
One who breaks out; an escapee from prison.
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
outbreaks
outbreaks
noun
plural of outbreak
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbreak
overtakable
overtakable
adj
That can be overtaken
parrotbeak
postbreakfast
postbreakfast
adj
After breakfast.
probankruptcy
probasketball
pseudobankrupt
reembarkation
reembarkation
noun
embarkation again or anew
reimbarkation
skateboard
skateboard
noun
(automotive) A vehicle chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (ie. batteries), forming the vehicular base.
(sports, recreation) A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.
verb
(intransitive) To use a skateboard.
skateboarded
skateboarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skateboard
skateboarder
skateboarder
noun
A person who rides a skateboard.
skateboarders
skateboarders
noun
plural of skateboarder
skateboarding
skateboarding
noun
the act of riding on a skateboard
verb
present participle of skateboard
skateboards
skateboards
noun
plural of skateboard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skateboard
skirtboard
skirtboard
noun
Synonym of skirting board
stabroek
starksboro
stockbrokerage
stockbrokerage
noun
stockbroking
stonebreak
stonebreak
noun
The meadow saxifrage.
strikeboard
strikeboat
strongback
strongback
noun
(carpentry) A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.
(nautical) A strong bar placed across a hatch opening to hold hatch boards or hatch covers. (FM 55-501)
(nautical) The fore-and-aft spar extending from stem to stern on a lifeboat and serving as a raised spreader for a boat cover. (FM 55-501)
(sculpture) A backing pole used to reinforce and stabilize vertically-oriented sculptures.
(space science) A vertical structure used to support and stabilize a rocket, often hosting fuel and power umbilical connections. Usually retracted immediately before launch.
strongbark
tackboard
tackboard
noun
Synonym of pinboard
tankerabogus
tankerabogus
noun
(UK, regional) A bogeyman; a fanciful monster used to frighten children.
tarabooka
tarabooka
noun
A kind of African kettledrum.
thornback
thornback
noun
(archaic) A woman over a certain age (variously 26 or 30) who has never married, older than a spinster.
The thornback guitarfish (Platyrhinoidis triseriata), a species of ray in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean.
The thornback ray or thornback skate (Raja clavata), a species of ray in the Atlantic Ocean.
The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri), a fish endemic to Australia.
thrombokinase
thrombokinase
noun
(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin into thrombin during the clotting of blood
throwback
throwback
noun
(US, accounting) A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction.
(derogatory) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
(slang, often attributive) A person or thing that evokes memories.
A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
An atavism.
An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
Coordinate terms: nowhere income, throwout
throwbacks
throwbacks
noun
plural of throwback
tobikhar
trackbarrow
triskaidekaphobe
triskaidekaphobe
noun
(rare) Someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia.
triskaidekaphobes
triskaidekaphobes
noun
plural of triskaidekaphobe
triskaidekaphobia
triskaidekaphobia
noun
Fear or dislike of the number thirteen (13).
troublemaker
troublemaker
noun
A complainer.
One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.
troublemakers
troublemakers
noun
plural of troublemaker
troublemaking
troublemaking
adj
Causing trouble.
noun
Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
trowelbeak
turkophobia
unworkability
unworkability
noun
An unworkable aspect or element.
The quality or state of being unworkable, lack of workability.
waterbok
waterbok
noun
Alternative form of waterbuck
workability
workability
noun
The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned.
The quality of being workable; practical capacity to succeed.
workbasket
workbasket
noun
A basket used to hold materials for needlework, etc.