(By association) A stereotypical, Eastern European peasant grandmother-type figure.
A traditional floral headscarf worn by an Eastern European woman, tied under the chin.
An old woman, especially one of Eastern European descent.
Russian doll, matryoshka
backhaul
backhaul
noun
(broadcasting) Uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished show.
(military) The shipment of material to or through an area from which the material had previously been shipped.
(transport) A return trip after delivery of cargo.
(travel, aviation, fare construction) Travel to a destination via a further point, or a higher fare point, than the destination (higher intermediate point).
verb
To transmit (data or footage) from a remote site to a central site from where it is re-transmitted.
backhaus
backrush
backrush
noun
A rushing backward; a retreat.
barukhzy
buckhead
buckwash
bukharin
bulkhead
bulkhead
noun
(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
A retaining wall along a waterfront.
A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Mechanically, a partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
burkhard
burkhart
bushwack
bushwack
verb
Alternative spelling of bushwhack
chabouks
chabouks
noun
plural of chabouk
chawbuck
chawbuck
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To beat with a chabuk.
habakkuk
habakkuk
Proper noun
A prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.
A Jewish prophet of the Old Testament; author of the book that bears his name.
definition
hackbush
hackbuts
hackbuts
noun
plural of hackbut
hauberks
hauberks
noun
plural of hauberk
haulback
hubmaker
humpback
humpback
noun
(by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
(derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
(figurative) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
A humpback salmon.
A humpback whale.
A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
