| BACKDROPT | • BACKDROP v. to create a background for a stage. |
| BACKPLATE | • backplate n. A plate protecting a fighting person’s back. • backplate n. (Underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver’s back, to which the gas cylinders are attached. • backplate n. A metal plate on the rear of a computer’s casing, used to cover a port or slot. |
| BACKSPLIT | • backsplit n. A split-level home whose split level is visible only from the side elevation. • BACKSPLIT n. (Canadian) a house with floors raised half a storey at the rear, having an upper and lower main floor, and an upper and lower basement. |
| BACKSTAMP | • BACKSTAMP n. a mark stamped on the back of an envelope. • BACKSTAMP v. to mark with a backstamp. |
| BACKSTOPS | • backstops n. Plural of backstop. • backstops v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstop. • back-stops n. Plural of back-stop. |
| BACKSTRAP | • backstrap n. A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe. • backstrap n. The backbone of a book. • backstrap n. A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine. |
| BACKSWEPT | • backswept adj. Swept back. • BACKSWEPT adj. swept backwards. |
| BECARPETS | • becarpets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becarpet. • BECARPET v. to cover with a carpet. |
| BEPATCHED | • bepatched adj. Covered in patches. • BEPATCHED adj. (archaic) covered with patches. |
| BETATOPIC | • BETATOPIC adj. of atoms, differing in proton number by one. |
| BICIPITAL | • bicipital adj. Of or pertaining to a biceps. • bicipital adj. (Of a muscle) Having two heads or points of origin. • BICIPITAL adj. having two heads or origins, as a muscle. |
| BLACKSPOT | • blackspot n. Alternative form of black spot. • black␣spot n. (Phytopathology) A fungal disease among plants, particularly roses, that results in black spots on the leaves. • black␣spot n. (Transport) A section of roadway that has been designated as being particularly accident-prone. |
| BLACKTIPS | • blacktips n. Plural of blacktip. • BLACKTIP n. a kind of small shark. |
| BLACKTOPS | • blacktops v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop. • black-tops v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of black-top. • black-tops n. Plural of black-top. |
| BRATPACKS | • BRATPACK n. a clique of rowdy film stars. |
| CAPABLEST | • capablest adj. (Nonstandard) superlative form of capable: most capable. • CAPABLE adj. competent. |
| CARPETBAG | • carpetbag n. A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the… • carpetbag v. (Chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole… • carpetbag adj. (Chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers. |
| COMPTABLE | • COMPTABLE adj. (obsolete) countable, also COMPTIBLE, COUNTABLE. |
| PATCHABLE | • patchable adj. Able to be repaired; mendable. • patchable adj. Able to be patched into an electrical circuit or system. • PATCHABLE adj. that can be patched. |
| SWEPTBACK | • sweptback adj. (Of an aircraft wing) Angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage. • sweptback adj. (Of a hairstyle) Backswept. • swept-back adj. Alternative form of sweptback. |