(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
backgeared
backhanded
backhanded
adj
(of writing) inclining to the left
Backwards, turned around.
Indirect.
Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
With the back of the hand.
adv
In a backhanded manner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhand
backhander
backhander
noun
(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.
(racquet sports) A player who plays a backhand shot.
(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.
(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell with the wave behind them ("on their backhand") rather than facing the wave ("on their forehand").
A blow with the back of the hand.
A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards.
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
backhooker
backhouses
backhouses
noun
plural of backhouse
backiebird
backlashed
backlashed
adj
Having a backlash.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlash
backlasher
backlasher
noun
A participant in a backlash
backlashes
backlashes
noun
plural of backlash
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlash
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backlotter
backpacked
backpacked
adj
Wearing a backpack.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backpack
backpacker
backpacker
noun
(music, slang) A fan or performer of backpack rap.
A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.
backplanes
backplanes
noun
plural of backplane
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
backsheesh
backsheesh
noun
Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
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
backspaced
backspaced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backspace
backspacer
backspacer
noun
A mechanism in a typewriter that controls backspacing.
backspaces
backspaces
noun
plural of backspace
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backspace
backsplice
backsplice
noun
Such a knot
verb
To secure the ends of a twisted rope within the rope itself in order to prevent fraying
backspread
backstreet
backstreet
adj
(figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley.
Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.
noun
Alternative spelling of back street
backstroke
backstroke
noun
(bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke)
(swimming) A stroke swum lying on one's back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel the swimmer backwards.
A backhanded stroke or blow.
verb
To swim the backstroke.
backtender
backtenter
backvelder
backvelder
noun
A native or inhabitant of the backveld.
backwashed
backwashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backwash
backwasher
backwasher
noun
(textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
backwashes
backwashes
noun
plural of backwash
backwaters
backwaters
noun
plural of backwater
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwater
backwinded
backyarder
backyarder
noun
One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.
Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
adv
Synonym of bareback
barenecked
barenecked
adj
Having the neck bare.
barkcutter
barleysick
battercake
battercake
noun
A kind of flat cake similar to a pancake.
batterdock
bechalking
bechalking
verb
present participle of bechalk
beckemeyer
becloaking
becloaking
verb
present participle of becloak
bedticking
beflecking
beflecking
verb
present participle of befleck
bekerchief
bellbuckle
belowdecks
belowdecks
adv
(nautical) Below the main deck of a ship.
benchmarks
benchmarks
noun
plural of benchmark
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark
bespeckled
bespeckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
betuckered
birdieback
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blackbeard
blackbeard
Proper noun
The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.
blackbelly
blackberry
blackberry
noun
(UK, dialectal) The blackcurrant.
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
verb
To gather or forage for blackberries.
blackeners
blackeners
noun
plural of blackener
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
blacketeer
blacketeer
noun
Short for black marketeer.
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
blackheads
blackheads
noun
plural of blackhead
blackheart
blackheart
noun
A cruel and remorseless person.
A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark skin.
A type of malleable cast iron with minimum tensile strength of 350 N/mm².
Any of various plant diseases that cause darkening of the central tissue.
blackplate
blackshear
blackshear
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
blacksnake
blacksnake
noun
(US) A long, tapering whip.
(chiefly vulgar, slang) A penis, especially a black penis.
Alternative form of black snake: any of several relatively harmless North American snakes.
verb
To whip with a long, tapering whip.
blackstone
blackville
blackwater
blackwater
noun
Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
Water containing loam, tannins, etc., giving it a very dark appearance.
blockaders
blockaders
noun
plural of blockader
blockheads
blockheads
noun
plural of blockhead
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockhead
blockholer
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
blockmaker
blockmaker
noun
A manufacturer of blocks for use in printing.
A manufacturer of nautical blocks.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
bocklogged
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
boondocker
boondocker
noun
A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bootlicker
bootlicker
noun
(by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady
bottleneck
bottleneck
noun
(by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.
(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
verb
(intransitive) To form a bottleneck.
(transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.
bouckville
bounceback
bounceback
noun
(Internet) An automated response to an email, indicating that it could not be delivered.
(marketing) A customized order form sent out with previously ordered goods, encouraging the customer to make a further order, perhaps motivated by a discount or free gift.
A rebound.
An economic recovery.
bracketing
bracketing
noun
(architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
verb
present participle of bracket
bracketted
branchlike
branchlike
adj
resembling a branch of a tree
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
bricklayer
bricklayer
noun
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
brickliner
brickmaker
brickmaker
noun
A maker of bricks.
bucketfull
bucketfuls
bucketfuls
noun
plural of bucketful
bucketsful
bucketshop
bucketshop
noun
Alternative spelling of bucket shop
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
buckleless
buckleless
adj
Without a buckle.
bucklering
bucklering
verb
present participle of buckler
buckwasher
buckwheats
buckwheats
noun
plural of buckwheat
bullnecked
bullnecked
adj
Having a thick, muscular neck
bullockite
bullsucker
butterback
canebrakes
canebrakes
noun
plural of canebrake
cankerbird
cedarbrook
cellblocks
cellblocks
noun
plural of cellblock
chainbreak
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
checkbooks
checkbooks
noun
plural of checkbook
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
chequebook
chequebook
noun
A folder or booklet containing preprinted cheques for use by the holder of a bank account
cherubikon
cherublike
cherublike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cherub.
chokeberry
chokeberry
noun
Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps.
The fruit of such a shrub.
chubsucker
chubsucker
noun
Any of various freshwater suckers of the genus Erimyzon, native to North America.
clearbrook
cobleskill
cockbilled
cockbilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cockbill
cockleboat
cockleboat
noun
Alternative form of cockboat
comebacker
comebacker
noun
(baseball) A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
cornerback
cornerback
noun
(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.
corymblike
cymballike
cymballike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a cymbal.
deblocking
deblocking
verb
present participle of deblock
dickeybird
donkeyback
donkeyback
noun
(with on, upon, etc.) The back of a donkey.
duikerbuck
fernambuck
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.
firebricks
firebricks
noun
plural of firebrick
goldenback
goldenback
noun
(regional) The natterjack.
Any of a group of large woodpeckers that are resident breeders in tropical southern Asia.
greenbacks
greenbacks
noun
plural of greenback
hackbuteer
hackbuteer
noun
An arquebusier.
hackbutter
hackbutter
Noun
An arquebusier.
hackleback
hackleback
noun
A small North American sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, the roe of which is harvested for caviar