| BACKWALLS | • backwalls n. Plural of backwall. • back␣walls n. Plural of back wall.
 • BACKWALL n. a rear wall.
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| BACKWARDS | • backwards adj. Synonym of backward; see usage notes there. • backwards adv. Synonym of backward; see usage notes there.
 • BACKWARDS adv. in a reverse direction, also BACKWARD.
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| BACKWATER | • backwater n. The water held back by a dam or other obstruction. • backwater n. (Idiomatic) A remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.
 • backwater n. A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water.
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| BACKWRAPS | • backwraps n. Plural of backwrap. • backwraps v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backwrap.
 • BACKWRAP n. a wrap around garment that fastens at the back.
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| BEACHWEAR | • beachwear n. Clothing suitable for wearing on the beach, though not necessarily for swimming in. • BEACHWEAR n. wear suitable for the beach.
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| BLACKWASH | • blackwash n. (Slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team. • blackwash n. (Slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash"…
 • blackwash n. (Medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
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| CABLEWAYS | • cableways n. Plural of cableway. • CABLEWAY n. a structure for transport of material in cars, suspended from a cable.
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| CHAWBACON | • chawbacon n. (Archaic) An uncultured rustic person. • CHAWBACON n. a bumpkin, a hick.
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| CLAWBACKS | • clawbacks n. Plural of clawback. • CLAWBACK n. taking by taxation what has been given as benefit.
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| COWABUNGA | • cowabunga interj. (Slang, originally US, usually humorous) Expressing amazement, enthusiasm, or joy. • COWABUNGA interj. an interjection used to express delight or satisfaction.
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| DRAWBACKS | • drawbacks n. Plural of drawback. • DRAWBACK n. a hinderance.
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| MACCABAWS | • MACCABAW n. a type of snuff, also MACCABOY, MACCOBOY. | 
| SWAYBACKS | • swaybacks n. Plural of swayback. • SWAYBACK n. an abnormal sagging of the back.
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| WATCHABLE | • watchable adj. That can be watched. • watchable adj. That is worth watching; interesting or thrilling to watch.
 • watchable n. Something to be watched, or worth watching.
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| WATCHBAND | • watchband n. A band of leather, metal etc that fastens a wristwatch to the wrist; a watchstrap. • WATCHBAND n. a band on which a watch is worn.
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| WHALEBACK | • whaleback n. (Historical) A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curves above the waterline from… • whaleback n. (Geology) A landform (typically a sand dune) having the form of the back of a whale.
 • WHALEBACK n. a kind of steamboat used on the Great Lakes to carry grain, etc. having a rounded upper deck.
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