| BACKLIGHT | • backlight n. (Uncountable) Light shining from a source behind the object of interest or attention. • backlight n. (Countable) The rear window of a motor car. • backlight v. (Transitive) To illuminate something from behind. |
| BACKSIGHT | • backsight n. The rear sight of a firearm. • backsight n. (Surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate… • backsight n. (Surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position. |
| BARGHESTS | • barghests n. Plural of barghest. • BARGHEST n. a doglike goblin whose appearance portends death, also BARGEST, BARGUEST. |
| BATCHINGS | • BATCHING n. the act of sorting into batches. |
| BERTHAGES | • berthages n. Plural of berthage. • BERTHAGE n. a place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor. |
| BREATHING | • breathing v. Present participle of breathe. • breathing n. The act of respiration; a single instance of this. • breathing n. A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof. |
| BROUGHTAS | • BROUGHTAS n. a small portion added to a purchase of food by a vendor to encourage the person to return, also BRAATA, BRAATAS, BROUGHTA. |
| BUSHGOATS | • bush␣goats n. Plural of bush goat. • BUSHGOAT n. a small antelope, also BUSHBUCK. |
| EIGHTBALL | • eightball n. Alternative form of eight-ball. • eight-ball n. (Uncountable) A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object… • eight-ball n. (Countable) The billiard ball, almost always black, bearing the number eight. |
| EMBATHING | • embathing v. Present participle of embathe. • EMBATHE v. to bathe, also IMBATHE. |
| FIGHTABLE | • fightable adj. Able to be fought. • fightable adj. (Military) Capable in combat. • FIGHTABLE adj. able to be fought. |
| FIGHTBACK | • fightback n. A campaign of resistance; a counterattack. • fight␣back v. (Intransitive) to defend oneself by fighting. • fight␣back v. (Intransitive) to counterattack; to resist an attack. |
| HAGBUTEER | • HAGBUTEER n. one who uses a hagbut, also HACKBUTEER, HACKBUTTER, HAGBUTTER. |
| HAGBUTTER | • hagbutter n. A soldier armed with a hagbut or arquebus. • HAGBUTTER n. one who uses a hagbut, also HACKBUTEER, HACKBUTTER, HAGBUTEER. |
| IMBATHING | • imbathing v. Present participle of imbathe. • IMBATHE v. (archaic) to bathe, also EMBATHE. |
| RIGHTABLE | • rightable adj. That can be righted. • RIGHTABLE adj. that can be righted. |
| RIGHTABLY | • RIGHTABLE adv. that can be righted. |
| SIGHTABLE | • sightable adj. Capable of being sighted; visible from a vantage point. • SIGHTABLE adj. that can be sighted, e.g. of a gun. |