The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
blockhead
blockhead
noun
(colloquial) A stupid person.
A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
verb
(rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
To perform as a human blockhead.
blockhole
blockhole
noun
(by extension) The approximate place where the toe of the bat touches the pitch when a batsman is taking guard.
(cricket) A small depression in the pitch caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the point where they have taken block.
blockship
blockship
noun
(nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy)
bodycheck
bodycheck
noun
Alternative spelling of body check
boschboks
boschboks
noun
plural of boschbok
boschvark
botchwork
botchwork
noun
Inferior and shoddy work.
boychicks
boychicks
noun
plural of boychick
brickhood
buckholts
buckhound
buckhound
noun
(UK) A hound for deer hunting.
buckshots
buckshots
noun
plural of buckshot
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
bucktooth
bucktooth
noun
An upper tooth that protrudes further than the bottom teeth.
cashbooks
cashbooks
noun
plural of cashbook
chapbooks
chapbooks
noun
plural of chapbook
checkbook
checkbook
noun
Alternative form of chequebook
cheekbone
cheekbone
noun
The small prominent bone of the cheek.
chokeable
chokebore
chokebore
noun
A shotgun that is made with such a bore.
In a shotgun, a bore which is tapered to a slightly smaller diameter at a short distance to the rear of the muzzle, in order to prevent the rapid dispersion of the shot.
verb
(transitive) To provide (a gun) with a chokebore.
holdbacks
holdbacks
noun
plural of holdback
horseback
horseback
adv
On the back of a horse.
noun
(countable) A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders.
(usually with on, upon, etc.) The back of a horse.
matchbook
matchbook
noun
A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.
notchback
notchback
noun
A motor car whose rear window makes an angle with its back segment
roachback
rockbrush
shackbolt
shockable
shockable
adj
(medicine) Capable of being treated by defibrillator.
Able to be shocked.
Easily shocked.
shoeblack
shoeblack
noun
One who cleans and polishes shoes (and boots) as an occupation.
thornback
thornback
noun
(archaic) A woman over a certain age (variously 26 or 30) who has never married, older than a spinster.
The thornback guitarfish (Platyrhinoidis triseriata), a species of ray in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean.
The thornback ray or thornback skate (Raja clavata), a species of ray in the Atlantic Ocean.
The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri), a fish endemic to Australia.
throwback
throwback
noun
(US, accounting) A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction.
(derogatory) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient.
(slang, often attributive) A person or thing that evokes memories.
A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.
A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
An atavism.
An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
Coordinate terms: nowhere income, throwout
touchback
touchback
noun
(American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the back of the end zone or a team otherwise gains possession of the ball in their own end zone.
workbench
workbench
noun
A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.