| ADAPTABLE | • adaptable adj. Capable of adapting or of being adapted. • ADAPTABLE adj. that can be adapted. |
| ADOPTABLE | • adoptable adj. Able to be adopted. • adoptable adj. Desirable to adopt. • adoptable n. A person or animal that is eligible to be adopted. |
| BACKPEDAL | • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle. • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To step backwards. • backpedal v. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea. |
| BALDPATED | • baldpated adj. (Archaic) Lacking hair on the head; bald. • BALDPATED adj. destitute of hair on the head. |
| BALDPATES | • baldpates n. Plural of baldpate. • BALDPATE n. a bald person. |
| BLACKDAMP | • blackdamp n. Choke damp. • BLACKDAMP n. air that is low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide as a result of an explosion in a mine. |
| CARBIDOPA | • carbidopa n. (Pharmacology) A drug C10H14N2O4·H2O that inhibits decarboxylation of ʟ-dopa in tissues outside the… • CARBIDOPA n. a drug given to people with Parkinson's disease in order to inhibit peripheral metabolism of levodopa. |
| CLAPBOARD | • clapboard n. A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures… • clapboard n. (Uncountable) Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding. • clapboard n. (Archaic, UK) An oak board of a size used for barrel staves. |
| CLAPBREAD | • clapbread n. Clapcake. • clap-bread n. Alternative form of clapbread. • CLAPBREAD n. a kind of hard-baked oatmeal cake. |
| DRAPEABLE | • drapeable adj. Able to be draped. • DRAPEABLE adj. that can be draped, also DRAPABLE. |
| LAPBOARDS | • lapboards n. Plural of lapboard. • LAPBOARD n. a board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors. |
| PACKBOARD | • packboard n. A board worn on the back like a backpack for carrying goods while travelling. • PACKBOARD n. a canvas-covered wooden or metal frame for carrying goods etc. |
| PASSBANDS | • passbands n. Plural of passband. • PASSBAND n. a frequency band that transmits efficiently. |
| PEDALBOAT | • pedalboat n. (Nautical) a pedalo. • PEDALBOAT n. a boat that is propelled by operating the pedals, usually one hired for pleasure. |
| PLATBANDS | • platbands n. Plural of platband. • PLATBAND n. (French) a border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or a parterre. |
| PLEADABLE | • pleadable adj. (Law) That may be pleaded. • PLEADABLE adj. capable of being pleaded. |
| SPACEBAND | • spaceband n. In a linotype machine, a kind of extensible wedge used to produce spaces of variable width in the text. • SPACEBAND n. a wedge for justifying the line in mediaeval typesetting. |
| UPDATABLE | • updatable adj. (Computing) That can be updated. • UPDATABLE adj. capable of being updated, also UPDATEABLE. |