(ice hockey) Of a play that uses the back side of the hockey stick
(of handwriting) Slanting to the left.
(of strokes or throws) In the backhand style
noun
(Ultimate Frisbee) the standard throw; a throw during which the disc begins on the off-hand side and travels across the chest to be released from the opposite side.
(surfing) the hand towards the back of the board.
(tennis) a stroke made across the chest from the off-hand side to the racquet hand side; a stroke during which the back of the hand faces the shot.
Handwriting that leans to the left
The reverse side of the human hand.
verb
to execute a backhand stroke or throw
to slap with the back of one's hand
bedchair
bedchair
noun
A chair with adjustable back to enable an invalid to sit up in bed.
bedrench
bedrench
verb
(archaic, transitive) To drench thoroughly; to make extremely wet; saturate with moisture; soak.
berdache
berdache
noun
(anthropology, dated, now offensive) Among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person.
birchard
blanched
blanched
adj
bleached
lacking complexion or color
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blanch
bleached
bleached
adj
Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.
Having the hair lightened by bleaching.
Whitened; made white using bleach
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bleach
blenched
blenched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blench
blotched
blotched
adj
Covered in blotches (“uneven patches of colour or discolouration”).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blotch
bouchard
bowditch
branched
branched
adj
Having branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of branch
breached
breached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breach
breeched
breeched
adj
Dressed in breeches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breech
broached
broached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of broach
brodench
brooched
brooched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brooch
brunched
brunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brunch
buchwald
buckhead
burchard
caboched
caboched
adj
Alternative form of caboshed
caboshed
caboshed
adj
(heraldry, of an animal) Shown face-on, showing the full face, but cut off immediately behind the ears and hence showing nothing of the neck.
chadburn
chambord
childbed
childbed
noun
(countable) The bed in which a baby is born.
(uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement.
chinband
chinband
noun
A band of fabric worn around the chin.
clubhand
clubhand
noun
(medicine) A short, distorted hand.
cubehead
dabchick
dabchick
noun
a small grebe, the little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis.
debouche
debouche
verb
(hydrology, of a river or stream) To discharge into a larger body of water such as a lake or sea.
(military, of a body of soldiers) To enter into battle.
dibranch
disbench
disbench
verb
(transitive) To drive from a bench or seat.
(transitive, UK, law) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges.
ditchbur
dobchick
dschubba
dschubba
Proper noun
A star in the constellation Scorpio.
hardback
hardback
adj
(of a book) Having a solid binding.
noun
A book with a solid binding.
holdback
holdback
noun
The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.
The strap or part of the harness so used.
restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)