| BACKDOWN | • backdown n. An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal. • back␣down v. (Idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to. • back␣down v. (Idiomatic) To withdraw from a commitment or position. |
| BACKFLOW | • backflow n. The flow of a fluid (Through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended. • backflow v. To flow in the wrong or backward direction. • BACKFLOW n. the action of flowing back towards a source. |
| BACKWOOD | • backwood adj. Native to or located in a remote rural location. • backwood adj. Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified. • BACKWOOD adj. uncouth. |
| BACKWORD | • backword n. A contention, retort, or reply. • backword n. A contradiction or answer to put off an engagement; a countermand. • backword n. A section of commentary at the end of a book. |
| BACKWORK | • backwork n. Movement or exertion of the back. • BACKWORK n. work done underground but not at the coalface. |
| BAWCOCKS | • bawcocks n. Plural of bawcock. • BAWCOCK n. (Shakespeare) a fine fellow. |
| BECOWARD | • BECOWARD v. to accuse of cowardice. |
| BLOWBACK | • blowback n. (Firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward… • blowback n. An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action. • blowback n. (Slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker’s mouth). |
| COWBANES | • cowbanes n. Plural of cowbane. • COWBANE n. the water hemlock, often poisonous to cattle. |
| CRABWOOD | • crabwood n. A flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. • CRABWOOD n. a tropical American tree. |
| CROWBAIT | • crowbait n. (US, often attributive) An old, emaciated horse. • CROWBAIT n. an old horse. |
| CROWBARS | • crowbars n. Plural of crowbar. • crowbars v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crowbar. • CROWBAR v. to use a steel bar as a lever. |
| HOWLBACK | • howlback n. A high-pitched squeal produced by feedback when a microphone is too close to its connected speakers. • HOWLBACK n. a condition resulting in a howling noise when recording from a mike, also HOWLROUND. |
| PLOWBACK | • plow␣back v. To reinvest profits into a business. • PLOWBACK n. a reinvestment of profits in a business, also PLOUGHBACK. |
| SLOWBACK | • slowback n. (Archaic, slang) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer. • SLOWBACK n. (obsolete) a lazy person. |
| SOWBACKS | • sowbacks n. Plural of sowback. • SOWBACK n. an eroded, steeply tilted ridge of resistant rocks with equal slopes on the sides, also HOGBACK. |
| WATCHBOX | • watchbox n. A sentry hut. • WATCHBOX n. a sentry box. |