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
backtrail
backtrail
noun
A small path or trail that is not used regularly.
The path over which one has already traveled.
verb
To backtrack along a trail.
baldrick
baldrick
noun
Alternative form of baldric
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
barleysick
barrackville
blackberries
blackberries
noun
plural of blackberry
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackberry
blackberrylike
blackberrylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a blackberry.
blackbird
blackbird
noun
(slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.
A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
verb
To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
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
blackbirding
blackbirding
noun
(UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
present participle of blackbird
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
blackfigured
blackfire
blackfisher
blackfriars
blackfriars
intj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware
noun
plural of blackfriar
blackguardism
blackguardism
noun
Blackguardly behaviour or language.
blackguardize
blackguardize
verb
To make blackguardly.
blacklister
blacklister
noun
One who blacklists.
blacklisters
blacklisters
noun
plural of blacklister
blackmailer
blackmailer
noun
Someone who blackmails.
blackmailers
blackmailers
noun
plural of blackmailer
blackprint
blackshirt
blackshirt
noun
(by extension) Any member of a fascist party.
(historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party.
blackshirted
blockaderunning
brachyskelic
brachyskelic
adj
Having unusually short legs
brackettville
brainsickly
brainsickly
adv
(obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
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
brickwall
brickwall
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of brick wall
crablike
crablike
adj
Having some characteristics of a crab
Walking or moving sideways
crackability
crackability
noun
Quality or degree of being crackable.
frillback
frillback
noun
A pigeon of a fancy breed having a frill or curls on the wing shield feathers.
greenbackville
hacksilber
hacksilber
noun
Alternative form of hacksilver
hyperbrachyskelic
koeberliniaceae
koeberliniaceous
lackbrained
lackbrainedness
linebacker
linebacker
noun
(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
mecklenburgian
microleukoblast
packbuilder
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
preblockading
prickleback
prickleback
noun
Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.
The stickleback
pricklyback
roadblocking
roadblocking
verb
present participle of roadblock
rockabillies
rockabillies
noun
plural of rockabilly
rockabilly
rockabilly
noun
(countable) A member of the subculture associated with rockabilly music.
(uncountable, music) A genre of music originating from the South (United States) and mixing elements of rock, blues, country, hillbilly boogie and bluegrass music.
silverback
silverback
noun
(informal, by extension) A dominant older human male.
(mammalogy) A mature male gorilla, so named from the silver streaking on its back.