| BACKDRAUGHT | • backdraught n. (Firefighting, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of backdraft. • BACKDRAUGHT n. a reverse movement of air, also BACKDRAFT. |
| BACKHAULING | • backhauling v. Present participle of backhaul. • BACKHAUL v. to return after delivering a cargo. |
| BASHIBAZOUK | • bashibazouk n. Alternative spelling of bashi-bazouk. • bashi-bazouk n. An irregular soldier of the Ottoman army, reputed to be undisciplined and brutal. • BASHIBAZOUK n. one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality. |
| CHUCKAWALLA | • chuckawalla n. Alternative form of chuckwalla. • CHUCKAWALLA n. (Spanish) an iguanid lizard of Mexico and the southwestern US, also CHUCKWALLA. |
| CHUCKWALLAS | • chuckwallas n. Plural of chuckwalla. • CHUCKWALLA n. (Spanish) an iguanid lizard of Mexico and the southwestern US, also CHUCKAWALLA. |
| EARTHQUAKED | • earthquaked v. Simple past tense and past participle of earthquake. • EARTHQUAKED adj. shaken or destroyed by an earthquake. |
| EARTHQUAKES | • earthquakes n. Plural of earthquake. • EARTHQUAKE n. a quaking or shaking of the earth. |
| KURDAITCHAS | • kurdaitchas n. Plural of kurdaitcha. • KURDAITCHA n. (Native Australian) in certain Central Australian aboriginal tribes, a man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman, also KADAITCHA. |
| MUKHABARATS | • MUKHABARAT n. (in Middle Eastern countries) a secret police force. |
| POHUTUKAWAS | • pohutukawas n. Plural of pohutukawa. • POHUTUKAWA n. (Maori) a New Zealand evergreen which bears clusters of red flowers in December and January; thus called the Christmas tree. |
| RAJPRAMUKHS | • rajpramukhs n. Plural of rajpramukh. • RAJPRAMUKH n. (Hindi) the head of a state or states union in the Democratic Republic of India. |
| SHAKUHACHIS | • shakuhachis n. Plural of shakuhachi. • SHAKUHACHI n. (Japanese) a Japanese bamboo flute. |
| UNSHAKEABLE | • unshakeable adj. Alternative form of unshakable. • UNSHAKEABLE adj. that cannot be shaken, also UNSHAKABLE. |
| UNSHAKEABLY | • unshakeably adv. Alternative spelling of unshakably. • UNSHAKEABLE adv. that cannot be shaken, also UNSHAKABLE. |