| 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. |
| BANKRUPTS | • bankrupts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt. • bankrupts n. Plural of bankrupt. • BANKRUPT v. to make insolvent. |
| 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. |
| BOOKPLATE | • bookplate n. A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover… • bookplate v. (Transitive) To affix a bookplate to (a book). • BOOKPLATE n. a label usually pasted inside the cover of a book, bearing the owner's name or other distinguishing information. |
| BRATPACKS | • BRATPACK n. a clique of rowdy film stars. |
| STOPBANKS | • stopbanks n. Plural of stopbank. • STOPBANK n. (New Zealand) an embankment along a river. |
| 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. |