| BACKGAMMON | • backgammon n. A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according… • backgammon n. (Backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more… • backgammon v. To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row… |
| BACKRONYMS | • backronyms n. Plural of backronym. • BACKRONYM n. an acronym formed using the initial letters or syllables of an existing word, also BACRONYM. |
| BENCHMARKS | • benchmarks n. Plural of benchmark. • benchmarks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark. • BENCHMARK v. to test by a preset standard. |
| BOOKMAKING | • bookmaking n. The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the… • bookmaking n. The art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others. • BOOKMAKING n. the business of a bookmaker. |
| BOOTMAKING | • bootmaking n. The making of boots. • BOOTMAKING n. the craft of making boots. |
| BUCKRAMING | • buckraming v. Present participle of buckram. • BUCKRAM v. to pad or stiffen with buckram. |
| EMBANKMENT | • embankment n. A long mound of earth, stone, or similar material, usually built for purposes such as to hold back or… • EMBANKMENT n. a raised structure (as of earth or gravel) used esp. to hold back water or to carry a roadway. |
| EMBARKMENT | • embarkment n. Embarkation; the act of setting out. • EMBARKMENT n. embarkation. |
| JAMBOKKING | • jambokking v. Present participle of jambok. • JAMBOK v. (South African) to beat with a rhinoceros-hide whip, also SJAMBOK. |
| MINIBREAKS | • minibreaks n. Plural of minibreak. • mini-breaks n. Plural of mini-break. • MINIBREAK n. a short break. |
| MOUNTEBANK | • mountebank n. One who sells dubious medicines. • mountebank n. One who sells by deception; a con artist. • mountebank n. Any boastful, false pretender. |
| SJAMBOKING | • sjamboking v. Present participle of sjamboke. • SJAMBOK v. (South African) to beat with a rhinoceros-hide whip, also JAMBOK. |
| UNSMOKABLE | • unsmokable adj. Impossible or undesirable to smoke. • UNSMOKABLE adj. not capable of being smoked. |