| BACKCOUNTRY | • backcountry n. A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks. • back␣country n. Alternative form of backcountry. • BACKCOUNTRY n. a remote rural region. |
| BACKGROUNDS | • backgrounds n. Plural of background. • backgrounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background. • BACKGROUND v. to provide with background. |
| 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. |
| BIVOUACKING | • bivouacking v. Present participle of bivouac. • BIVOUAC v. (French) to spend the night in a makeshift camp without tents etc. |
| BUCKETLOADS | • bucketloads n. Plural of bucketload. |
| DOUBLESPEAK | • doublespeak n. Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing… • DOUBLESPEAK n. language used to deceive usually through concealment or misrepresentation of truth. |
| HOUSEBREAKS | • housebreaks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak. • HOUSEBREAK v. to train a pet not to relieve itself indoors. |
| KNOCKABOUTS | • knockabouts n. Plural of knockabout. • KNOCKABOUT n. a boisterous performance with horseplay. |
| KOOKABURRAS | • kookaburras n. Plural of kookaburra. • KOOKABURRA n. (Native Australian) a large Australian kingfisher, with a call sounds like a raucous laugh, also GOBURRA. |
| KOULIBIACAS | • koulibiacas n. Plural of koulibiaca. • KOULIBIACA n. (Russian) a Russian fish pie, also COULIBIAC, COULIBIACA. |
| KOURBASHING | • kourbashing v. Present participle of kourbash. • KOURBASH v. (Arabic) to whip with a hide whip, also KURBASH. |
| LEUKOBLASTS | • leukoblasts n. Plural of leukoblast. • LEUKOBLAST n. an immature leukocyte, also LEUCOBLAST. |
| MOUNTEBANKS | • mountebanks n. Plural of mountebank. • mountebanks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mountebank. • MOUNTEBANK n. a person who sells quack medicines from a platform; a charlatan. |
| OUTBREAKING | • outbreaking n. The act of breaking out. • outbreaking n. That which bursts forth. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • outbreaking v. Present participle of outbreak. |
| PLOUGHBACKS | • PLOUGHBACK n. the reinvestment of profits, also PLOWBACK. |
| TCHOUKBALLS | • TCHOUKBALL n. a ball game involving a ball thrown against a highly sprung net. |
| UNKNOWABLES | • unknowables n. Plural of unknowable. • UNKNOWABLE n. something that cannot be known. |
| UNSHOCKABLE | • unshockable adj. Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled). • UNSHOCKABLE adj. not capable of being shocked. |