| 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. |
| BACKWIND | • backwind v. (Nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel. • backwind n. (Nautical) The flow of air so deflected. • backwind v. (Transitive) To wind backwards. |
| BANDSAWS | • bandsaws n. Plural of bandsaw. • band-saws n. Plural of band-saw. • band␣saws n. Plural of band saw. |
| BARNWOOD | • barnwood n. Wood used to build a barn. • barnwood n. Aged or weathered wood, especially from a dismantled barn. • Barnwood prop.n. A suburb of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8518). |
| BAWDKINS | • bawdkins n. Plural of bawdkin. • BAWDKIN n. a rich embroidered material, originally woven with woof of silk and warp of gold thread, also BALDACHIN, BALDACHINO, BALDAQUIN, BAUDEKIN. |
| BEATDOWN | • beatdown n. (Slang) a severe beating. • beatdown n. (Professional wrestling, slang) A prescribed situation, usually to advance an angle or establish character… • beat␣down v. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, down. |
| BEDAWINS | • bedawins n. Plural of bedawin. • Bedawins n. Plural of Bedawin. • BEDAWIN n. a nomadic Arab, also BEDOUIN, BEDU, BEDUIN. |
| BEGNAWED | • begnawed v. Simple past tense and past participle of begnaw. • BEGNAW v. to gnaw. |
| BENDWAYS | • bendways adv. Bendwise. • BENDWAYS adv. diagonally, also BENDWISE. |
| BROWBAND | • browband n. Part of a horse’s bridle that runs from just under one ear, across the forehead, to just under the other… • browband n. A band of fur of a contrasting colour on an animal’s brow. • browband n. A band of metal, part of a (person’s) helmet or crown, which covers the brow. |
| BUNDWALL | • BUNDWALL n. a concrete or earth wall surrounding a storage tank containing crude oil. |
| DOWNBEAT | • downbeat n. (Music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke). • downbeat adj. Sad or pessimistic. • downbeat adj. Cautiously optimistic. |
| JAWBONED | • jawboned v. Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone. • jawboned adj. (In combination) Having a specified kind of jawbone. • JAWBONE v. to lecture or scold. |
| MAWBOUND | • MAWBOUND adj. constipated by impaction of the rumen. |
| RAWBONED | • rawboned adj. (Of a person) thin and bony; having prominent bones; gaunt. • raw-boned adj. Not plump or muscular; thin so that the outline of bones may be seen; gaunt. • RAWBONED adj. having little flesh. |
| WAVEBAND | • waveband n. (Physics) A range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies; for example shortwave or mediumwave radio. • WAVEBAND n. a range of radio frequencies. |
| WIDEBAND | • wideband adj. Describing a communications transmission rate between that of narrowband and broadband. • WIDEBAND n. a wide bandwidth transmission. |
| WINDABLE | • windable adj. Capable of being wound. • WINDABLE adj. able to be wound. |
| WINDBAGS | • windbags n. Plural of windbag. • WINDBAG n. a talkative person. |
| WINDSLAB | • windslab n. Snow that peels off in large slabs when disturbed, increasing the risk of avalanche. • WINDSLAB n. a crust formed on soft snow by the wind. |