| BACKSLAP | • backslap v. To enthusiastically affirm or congratulate a person, especially by patting them on the back. • back␣slap n. A slap delivered with the back of one’s hand instead of the palm-side of an open hand. • back␣slap n. (Martial arts) A controlled landing, slapping to the mat with one’s back. |
| BACKSPIN | • backspin n. Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands. • backspin n. (Music) Synonym of spinback. • backspin v. (Transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion. |
| BACKSTOP | • backstop n. A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support. • backstop n. A default arrangement that holds if all else fails. • backstop n. (Baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate. |
| BECLASPS | • beclasps v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclasp. • BECLASP v. to clasp, embrace. |
| BIPHASIC | • biphasic adj. Having two phases. • BIPHASIC adj. having two phases. |
| BLUECAPS | • bluecaps n. Plural of bluecap. • BLUECAP n. a one-year salmon, with blue-spotted head. |
| BYPLACES | • by-places n. Plural of by-place. • BYPLACE n. a secluded place. |
| COPAIBAS | • copaibas n. Plural of copaiba. • COPAIBA n. (Tupi) a transparent resin obtained from certain South American trees, also COPAIVA. |
| PAYBACKS | • paybacks n. Plural of payback. • PAYBACK n. a return on an investment equal to the original capital outlay. |
| PEDICABS | • pedicabs n. Plural of pedicab. • PEDICAB n. a light vehicle consisting of a tricycle with the addition of a covered seat for a passenger. |
| PLACEBOS | • placebos n. Plural of placebo. • PLACEBO n. (Latin) a medicine given to humour a patient. |
| PUSHBACK | • pushback n. The act of repelling an enemy, etc. • pushback n. (Aviation) A procedure in which an aircraft is pushed backwards away from the gate by some external… • pushback n. Criticism of or resistance to a proposal, stance, or event. |
| SAPROBIC | • saprobic adj. (Biology) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a saprobe or saprobes; that feeds on dead or decaying organic matter. • saprobic adj. (Ecology) That contains dead or decaying organic material (and therefore also saprobes). • SAPROBIC adj. of or like a saprobe, an organism living in foul water, also SAPROBIAL. |
| SNAPBACK | • snapback n. The reimposition of an earlier and usually higher tariff. • snapback n. (Slang) An adjustable, flat-brimmed baseball cap with snap fasteners on the back. • SNAPBACK n. a sudden rebound or recovery. |
| SPACELAB | • SPACELAB n. a laboratory in space where scientific experiments are performed. |
| SUBSPACE | • subspace n. (Countable, mathematics) A subset of a space which is a space in its own right. • subspace n. (Uncountable, science fiction) Any (often unspecified) method of communicating or travelling faster than light speed. • subspace n. (Uncountable, science fiction) An alternative dimension or universe, access to or use of which permits… |
| WEBSPACE | • webspace n. (Computing, Internet) Disk space used to store web pages and other content that can be accessed through the Web. • WEBSPACE n. storage space on a web server. |