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.
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
backsplice
backsplice
noun
Such a knot
verb
To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying
badgerlike
badgerlike
adj
Similar to a badger.
Similar to that of a badger.
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balkanized
balkanized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanize
Having physical or temperamental characteristics like those of a beaver.
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
beggarlike
beggarlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beggar: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.
bellmaking
bellmaking
noun
The manufacture of bells.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
berkeleian
berkeleian
Adjective
Of or relating to or his system of idealism.
blackening
blackening
noun
(countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
(uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
The act of defaming or sullying.
verb
present participle of blacken
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
blackville
blanketing
blanketing
noun
(countable) A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
(nautical, slang) A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
(rail transport) Provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.
(uncountable, countable) Cloth for making blankets.
(uncountable, countable) The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
verb
present participle of blanket
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
bricklayer
bricklayer
noun
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
cymballike
cymballike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cymbal.
dislikable
dislikable
adj
Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
drinkables
drinkables
noun
plural of drinkable
fiddleback
fiddleback
noun
A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.
The brown recluse spider.
gulbenkian
hacksilber
hacksilber
noun
Alternative form of hacksilver
jailbreaks
jailbreaks
noun
plural of jailbreak
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jailbreak
kaliborite
kaliborite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous borate of potassium and magnesium
katabolite
katabolize
ketembilla
ketembilla
noun
The plant Dovyalis hebecarpa, native to Sri Lanka and southern India.
kibblerman
klebsiella
klebsiella
noun
Any of the genus Klebsiella of rod-shaped bacteria, which cause many diseases in humans.
kohlrabies
kohlrabies
noun
plural of kohlrabi
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.
marblelike
marblelike
adj
Resembling a marble or marbles
Resembling marble stone
mislikable
mistakable
mistakable
adj
Possible to be mistaken or misunderstood.
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
pimpleback
pimpleback
noun
Quadrula pustulosa, an American freshwater mussel.
rabbitlike
rabbitlike
adj
Similar to a rabbit, or an aspect of a rabbit.
rabblelike
ribandlike
ribandlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a riband.
semibalked
shrinkable
shrinkable
adj
Capable of being made to shrink.
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.