Of or pertaining to Abkhazia, a disputed territory in Georgia.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Abkhazia, a region in the Caucasus.
Proper noun
The Abkhaz language, spoken in Abkhazia, a region in the Caucasus.
abococket
abococket
noun
Alternative form of bycoket
aboudikro
abovedeck
abovedeck
adj
(nautical) Located on deck.
adv
(nautical) On deck.
noun
The area on a boat that is abovedeck.
absarokee
acockbill
acockbill
adv
(nautical) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
(nautical) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
amberjack
amberjack
noun
Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
amberlike
amberlike
adj
Resembling the resin amber.
anklebone
anklebone
noun
The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
antiblack
antiblack
adj
Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
antiblock
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
apickback
arkabutla
ashkhabad
athabaska
awakeable
axbreaker
baaskaaps
babushkas
babushkas
noun
plural of babushka
bacbakiri
bacbakiri
noun
Archaic form of bokmakierie.
backaches
backaches
noun
plural of backache
backarrow
backbeats
backbeats
noun
plural of backbeat
backbends
backbends
noun
plural of backbend
backbiter
backbiter
noun
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
backbites
backbites
noun
plural of backbite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite
backboard
backboard
noun
(basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
(medicine) A spine board.
(nautical) The port or larboard side of a ship
(tennis) A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it, designed to practice hitting against such that the ball rebounds.
A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, etc.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To place (a patient) on a spine board.
backboned
backboned
adj
Having a spine.
backbones
backbones
noun
plural of backbone
backbrand
backcasts
backcasts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcast
backchain
backchain
verb
(computing, artificial intelligence) To perform inferences, starting with a list of goals (or a hypothesis) and working backwards from the consequent to the antecedent.
backchats
backchats
noun
plural of backchat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backchat
backcloth
backcloth
noun
The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
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.
backcross
backcross
noun
(genetics) An organism produced by such a crossing.
(genetics) The act of crossing a hybrid with one of its parents.
(juggling) Alternative form of back cross
verb
(genetics) To cross a hybrid with one of its parents.
backdated
backdated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backdate
backdates
backdates
noun
plural of backdate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate
backdrops
backdrops
noun
plural of backdrop
backening
backfield
backfield
noun
(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.
(baseball, rare) Synonym of outfield.
(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.
The players occupying this area.
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backframe
backhands
backhands
noun
plural of backhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand
backhatch
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
backlands
backlands
noun
plural of backland
backlings
backlists
backlists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist
backorder
backorder
noun
An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.
verb
To place such an order
backpacks
backpacks
noun
plural of backpack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpack
backpedal
backpedal
verb
(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
(intransitive) To step backwards.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea.
backpiece
backpiece
noun
A decorated comb that attaches a veil to the back of a bride's head.
A large tattoo on a person's back.
A piece or plate of armour protecting a person's back.
backplane
backplane
noun
(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
backplate
backplate
noun
(UK, automotive) A rigid metal plate inside the brake drum, which supports the wheel cylinder, brake shoes, and other parts of a drum brake.
(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.
A metal plate on the rear of a computer's casing, used to cover a port or slot.
A plate protecting a fighting person's back.
A wood or metal (or glass, etc) plate that serves as a backing for an object.
Part of a condenser microphone that sits behind the diaphragm and which acts, in conjunction with the diaphragm, as a sort of variable capacitor.
backrests
backrests
noun
plural of backrest
backropes
backseats
backseats
noun
plural of backseat
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backshish
backshish
noun
Alternative spelling of baksheesh
backsides
backsides
noun
plural of backside
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backslaps
backslaps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslap
backslash
backslash
noun
(computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
The punctuation mark \.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
verb
(computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
backslide
backslide
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
backspace
backspace
noun
(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
(computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
verb
(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
backspang
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
backspins
backspins
noun
plural of backspin
backstaff
backstaff
noun
(nautical) An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.
backstage
backstage
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Secret, concealed from the public.
adv
Out of view of the public.
Towards the area behind the stage.
noun
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
backstair
backstair
adj
clandestine, secret or furtive
noun
The backstairs (stairs at the rear of a building).
backstamp
backstays
backstays
noun
plural of backstay
backstein
backstick
backstick
noun
(field hockey, often attributively) An illegal shot in which a player strikes the ball with the rounded face of the stick in field hockey.
backstone
backstops
backstops
noun
plural of backstop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop
backstrap
backstrap
noun
(drugs) The rolling a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion
(firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
The backbone of a book.
verb
To apply or make into a backstrap.
backstrip
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
backswing
backswing
noun
(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
backsword
backsword
noun
(UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements.
(UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used.
A sword with one sharp edge.
backtrace
backtrace
noun
(computing) A stack trace.
verb
(by extension) To find the cause of something by examining past events
(computing) To examine a stack trace
backtrack
backtrack
noun
the act of backtracking
verb
(aviation) To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.
To repeat or review work already done.
To retrace one's steps.
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.
backtrick
backwards
backwards
adj
Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
backwater
backwater
noun
(idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
(paper industry) Water used in the papermaking process. Recycled to reduce usage of fresh water, and usually containing residual amounts of chemicals and fibres.
A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
The water held back by a dam or other obstruction
verb
(idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
To row or paddle a backwater stroke.
backwoods
backwoods
adj
Pertaining to the backwoods.
Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.
noun
A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life.
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
backwraps
backwraps
noun
plural of backwrap
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwrap
backyards
backyards
noun
plural of backyard
baedekers
baekeland
bagmaking
bagmaking
noun
The manufacture of bags.
bagritski
baidarkas
baidarkas
noun
plural of baidarka
baikalite
baikerite
bailiwick
bailiwick
noun
A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
bakeapple
bakeapple
noun
(Atlantic Canada) The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus
bakeboard
bakeboard
noun
(now rare) A board upon which dough is prepared (kneaded, etc) while making bread.
bakehouse
bakehouse
noun
(UK dialectal) Bakery.
A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
A building principally containing ovens.
bakemeats
bakemeats
noun
plural of bakemeat
bakemeier
bakerless
bakerless
adj
Without a baker.
bakerlike
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
bakestone
bakestone
noun
Synonym of Welshcake
Synonym of baking stone
bakhtiari
bakshaish
baksheesh
baksheesh
noun
(military slang) A minor wound that is severe enough to get a soldier sent away from the front.
in the Middle East, southwest Asia and Eastern Europe: a bribe or tip.
verb
To bribe with a baksheesh.
balakirev
balaklava
balalaika
balalaika
noun
A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.
baldricks
baldricks
noun
plural of baldrick
balkanise
balkanise
verb
Alternative spelling of balkanize
balkanism
balkanism
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanism
balkanite
balkanite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white gray mineral containing copper, mercury, silver, and sulfur.
balkanize
balkanize
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanize
balkiness
balkiness
noun
The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.
balkingly
balkingly
adv
in a balking manner
balklines
balklines
noun
plural of balkline
ballhawks
ballhawks
noun
plural of ballhawk
ballparks
ballparks
noun
plural of ballpark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballpark
ballstock
ballstock
noun
(printing, historical) The handle of a printer's ball.
ballyhack
ballywack
baloskion
bankbooks
bankbooks
noun
plural of bankbook
bankcards
bankcards
noun
plural of bankcard
bankerdom
bankerdom
noun
The world of bankers and finance.
bankeress
bankeress
noun
(obsolete) A female banker.
banknotes
banknotes
noun
plural of banknote
bankrider
bankrolls
bankrolls
noun
plural of bankroll
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankroll
bankrupcy
bankrupcy
noun
Misspelling of bankruptcy.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
bankshall
bankshall
noun
(India, historical) A warehouse.
(India, historical) The office of a harbormaster or other port authority.
banksides
banksides
noun
plural of bankside
baresarks
baresarks
noun
plural of baresark
bargelike
bargelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a barge.
barkbound
barkbound
adj
Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.
barkeeper
barkeeper
noun
A bartender: a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.