| BACKPACK | • backpack n. A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back… • backpack n. A similarly placed item containing a parachute or other life-support equipment. • backpack v. (Intransitive) To hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one’s gear carried in a backpack. |
| BACKTALK | • backtalk n. (US) Verbal impudence or argumentative discourse, given in response. • backtalk v. (Transitive) To respond to in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or insolent manner. • BACKTALK n. an impudent reply. |
| BACKWORK | • backwork n. Movement or exertion of the back. • BACKWORK n. work done underground but not at the coalface. |
| BANGKOKS | • bangkoks n. Plural of bangkok. • BANGKOK n. a straw hat. |
| BANKBOOK | • bankbook n. Passbook, chequebook. • bankbook n. (Transferred sense) wealth. • BANKBOOK n. a depositor's book. |
| BARKLIKE | • barklike adj. Resembling the bark of a tree. • BARKLIKE adj. like a dog's bark. |
| BEAKLIKE | • beaklike adj. Resembling a beak; pointed. • BEAKLIKE adj. like a beak. |
| BOOKMARK | • bookmark n. A strip of material used to mark a place in a book. • bookmark n. (Computing) A record of the address of a file or Internet page, serving as a shortcut to it. • bookmark n. (Databases) A pointer found in a nonclustered index to a row in a clustered index or a table heap. |
| BOOKRACK | • bookrack n. A rack for books; a bookshelf. • BOOKRACK n. a support for an open book. |
| BUCKRAKE | • BUCKRAKE n. a large agricultural rake, often attached to a tractor. |
| BUKKAKES | • BUKKAKE n. (Japanese) a type of sexual practice. |
| KIBITKAS | • kibitkas n. Plural of kibitka. • KIBITKA n. (Russian) a tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars. |
| KICKABLE | • kickable adj. Capable or deserving of being kicked. • KICKABLE adj. able to be kicked. |
| KICKBACK | • kickback n. (Countable) A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity. • kickback n. (Countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing… • kickback n. (Uncountable, firearms, machinery) recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator. |
| KICKBALL | • kickball n. (Uncountable) A sport similar to baseball, where a ball is kicked rather than hit. • kickball n. (Countable) The ball used in the above sport. • KICKBALL n. a child's game, similar to baseball. |
| PICKBACK | • pickback adv. Archaic form of pickaback. • PICKBACK n. a carry on one's back. • PICKBACK v. to carry someone on one's back, also PICKABACK, PICKAPACK, PIGGYBACK. |
| SKEWBACK | • skewback n. (Architecture) The side of an arch; the course of masonry on the top of an abutment with a slope for… • SKEWBACK n. a sloping surface against which the end of an arch rests. |
| TALKBACK | • talkback n. A system in broadcasting and recording studios that enables the director to communicate with others… • talkback n. (By extension) Communication from members of the public to the makers of a broadcast transmission while… • talk␣back v. (Idiomatic) To reply impertinently or rudely; to answer in a cheeky or rude manner. |