(by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
(education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
(sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backlashers
backlashers
noun
plural of backlasher
backstretch
backstretch
noun
(athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.
(figuratively) The middle part of an event.
(horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
benchmarked
benchmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benchmark
bhaktimarga
blackfisher
blackhander
blackhearts
blackhearts
noun
plural of blackheart
blackthorns
blackthorns
noun
plural of blackthorn
blackwasher
blackwasher
noun
One who blackwashes.
bleachworks
bleachworks
noun
A factory that manufactures bleach.
breithablik
brushmaking
brushmaking
noun
The manufacture of brushes.
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bullwhacker
bullwhacker
noun
(US) The driver of a bullock team.
bushwhacker
bushwhacker
noun
(Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
A small, soft-floored inflatable boat (designed for use by one or two people).
chalkboards
chalkboards
noun
plural of chalkboard
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
hackberries
hackberries
noun
plural of hackberry
halterbreak
halterbreak
verb
To get an animal used to wearing and being handled in a halter.
halterbroke
halterbroke
verb
simple past tense of halterbreak
heartbreaks
heartbreaks
noun
plural of heartbreak
heartbroken
heartbroken
adj
Suffering from grief, especially after a failed romance.
horsebacker
horsebacker
noun
One who rides on horseback.
housebreaks
housebreaks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak
kabirpanthi
katabothron
leatherback
leatherback
noun
A large sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a leathery back.
leatherbark
marshbanker
pathbreaker
pathbreaker
noun
A person who carries out pathbreaking work.
scratchback
scratchback
noun
(UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
sharebroker
sharebroker
noun
A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities.
shcherbakov
shopbreaker
shopbreaker
noun
One who breaks into a shop with unlawful intent.
svarabhakti
svarabhakti
noun
(linguistics, phonology) Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis.
