(baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
(figurative) An event that is hard to predict.
verb
(intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.
lackbrained
lampblacked
lampblacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of lampblack
leatherback
leatherback
noun
A large sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a leathery back.
linebackers
linebackers
noun
plural of linebacker
linebacking
linebacking
noun
(American football) Playing as a linebacker
lobachevsky
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
nobackspace
nonchokable
nonchokable
adj
On which a person cannot choke.
That cannot become choked or blocked up.
nonpickable
nonpickable
adj
Not pickable.
packability
packability
noun
The quality or state of being packable
packbuilder
paperbacked
paperbacked
adj
Having the sort of flexible binding characteristic of a paperback book.
parbuckling
parbuckling
verb
present participle of parbuckle
pickabacked
pickabacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of pickaback
pickelhaube
pickelhaube
noun
(historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
picketboats
picketboats
noun
plural of picketboat
piggybacked
piggybacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of piggyback
preblockade
preblockade
adj
Before a blockade.
prickleback
prickleback
noun
Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.
The stickleback
pricklyback
problockade
quackenbush
quarterback
quarterback
noun
(American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.
(American football, historical) An offensive back who receives the snap (hike) and then blocks the defense from crossing the line of scrimmage; a blocking back.
(rugby football, historical) A position just behind the forwards, or one who plays this position.
verb
(American football) To play the position of quarterback.
(by extension) To lead a team or group; to be primarily responsible for some group project or activity.
quickenbeam
roadblocked
roadblocked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of roadblock
saarbrucken
scratchback
scratchback
noun
(UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
shacklebone
shcherbakov
silverbacks
silverbacks
noun
plural of silverback
snapperback
stickleback
stickleback
noun
Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct nests from weeds.
subakhmimic
subtacksman
subtacksmen
swashbuckle
swashbuckle
verb
(intransitive) To take part in exciting romantic adventures.
switchbacks
switchbacks
noun
plural of switchback
thumbtacked
thumbtacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of thumbtack
ticklebrain
ticklebrain
noun
(obsolete) Alcoholic liquor.
tobaccolike
tobaccolike
adj
Resembling tobacco or some aspect of it.
trackbarrow
turtlebacks
turtlebacks
noun
plural of turtleback
unblackened
unblackened
adj
Not blackened.
unblockaded
unblockaded
adj
Not blockaded.
unbracketed
unbracketed
adj
Not bracketed.
unbuckramed
unbuckramed
adj
(archaic) Not stiffened with buckram; not stiff.
uncheckable
uncheckable
adj
Incapable of being checked or restrained.
Incapable of being checked or verified.
uncloakable
uncloakable
adj
Not cloakable.
unshockable
unshockable
adj
Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled).