| BACKBITING | • backbiting n. The action of slandering a person without that person’s knowledge. • backbiting adj. Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person’s knowledge. • backbiting v. Present participle of backbite. |
| BACKDATING | • backdating v. Present participle of backdate. • backdating n. The act by which something is backdated. • BACKDATE v. to date to an earlier time. |
| BACKFIRING | • backfiring v. Present participle of backfire. • backfiring n. A failure that leads to further misfortune. • backfiring n. The occurrence of a backfire. |
| BACKGAMMON | • backgammon n. A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according… • backgammon n. (Backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more… • backgammon v. To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row… |
| BACKGROUND | • background adj. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system. • background n. One’s social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. • background n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. |
| BACKHOEING | • backhoeing v. Present participle of backhoe. • BACKHOE v. to dig with a backhoe. |
| BACKSWINGS | • backswings n. Plural of backswing. • backswings v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backswing. • BACKSWING n. the first stage in a swing of a club, racket, etc. in which it is swung back and away from the ball. |
| BARRACKING | • barracking v. Present participle of barrack. • barracking n. An act of jeering or heckling. • barracking n. (Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team. |
| BECHALKING | • bechalking v. Present participle of bechalk. • BECHALK v. to cover with chalk. |
| BECLOAKING | • becloaking v. Present participle of becloak. • BECLOAK v. to place a cloak on. |
| BIOHACKING | • biohacking n. (Informal) The manipulation of biological functioning through, among others, genetics, nutrition and… |
| BLACKENING | • blackening v. Present participle of blacken. • blackening n. (Uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black#Adjective in colour. • blackening n. (Countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain#Noun or mark#Noun. |
| BLOCKADING | • blockading v. Present participle of blockade. • BLOCKADE v. to block with troops or ships. |
| BRACKETING | • bracketing v. Present participle of bracket. • bracketing n. (Architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively. • bracketing n. The act of enclosing (Text, etc.) in brackets. |
| BUCKRAMING | • buckraming v. Present participle of buckram. • BUCKRAM v. to pad or stiffen with buckram. |
| FABRICKING | • fabricking v. Present participle of fabric. • FABRICKING n. the act of fashioning. |
| GREENBACKS | • greenbacks n. Plural of greenback. • GREENBACK n. a monetary note issued by the US Government; generically. the US dollar. |
| LAYBACKING | • laybacking v. Present participle of layback. • LAYBACK v. to climb using the layback technique. |
| SLINGBACKS | • slingbacks n. Plural of slingback. • SLINGBACK n. a shoe without a covering for the heel, supported by a strap round the heel. |