| BACKBLOCK | • backblock n. (Australia, New Zealand, usually in the plural) A residential area remote from major cities and lacking… • BACKBLOCK adj. (Australian) of the backblocks, remote, sparsely populated country. |
| BACKBOARD | • backboard n. (Basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached. • backboard n. (Tennis) A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it, designed to practice… • backboard n. (Medicine) A spine board. |
| BACKBONDS | • backbonds n. Plural of backbond. • BACKBOND n. a deed attaching a qualification or condition to the terms of a conveyance or other instrument. |
| BACKBONED | • backboned adj. Having a spine. • BACKBONED adj. having a backbone, vertebrate. |
| BACKBONES | • backbones n. Plural of backbone. • back-bones n. Plural of back-bone. • BACKBONE n. the spine. |
| BACKCOMBS | • backcombs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcomb. • back-combs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of back-comb. • BACKCOMB v. to comb back e.g. the hair. |
| BAKEBOARD | • bakeboard n. (Now rare) A board upon which dough is prepared (kneaded, etc) while making bread. • BAKEBOARD n. (Scots) a board for kneading dough on. |
| BANKBOOKS | • bankbooks n. Plural of bankbook. • BANKBOOK n. a depositor's book. |
| BLACKBODY | • blackbody n. (Physics) a theoretical body, approximated by a hole in a hollow black sphere, that absorbs all incident… • black␣body n. (Physics) Alternative form of blackbody. • black␣body n. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, body. |
| BLACKBOYS | • blackboys n. Plural of blackboy. • black␣boys n. Plural of black boy. • BLACKBOY n. an Australian grass tree, aka yacca. |
| BLOCKABLE | • blockable adj. Able to be blocked. • BLOCKABLE adj. that can be blocked. |
| BLOWBACKS | • blowbacks n. Plural of blowback. • BLOWBACK n. an escape of gases. |
| BOBSKATES | • bobskates n. Plural of bobskate. • bob-skates n. Plural of bob-skate. • bob␣skates n. Plural of bob skate. |
| BONEBLACK | • boneblack n. Alternative form of bone black. • bone␣black n. A preparation containing carbonized bone, used as a pigment and a filtering medium. • BONEBLACK n. black residue from the destructive distillation of bones. |
| BOOTBLACK | • bootblack n. (Dated) A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation. • bootblack v. (Transitive) To shine shoes. • boot-black n. Alternative spelling of bootblack. |
| BREAKBONE | • breakbone n. (Pathology, uncountable) dengue fever. • breakbone n. (US dialect, countable) A chicken’s wishbone. • breakbone adj. Violent; rough and painful. |
| BROOKABLE | • BROOKABLE adj. that can be brooked, tolerated. |
| BUCKBOARD | • buckboard n. A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled horse-drawn wagon designed for personal transport as well… • BUCKBOARD n. a light horse-drawn vehicle consisting of a flexible board on four wheels, with a two-person seat. |
| KABOBBING | • kabobbing v. Present participle of kabob. • KABOB v. to cook on a skewer, also CABOB, KABAB, KEBAB, KEBOB. |