| BACKSTREET | • backstreet adj. Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents. • backstreet adj. (Figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley. • backstreet n. Alternative spelling of back street. |
| HACKBUTTER | • hackbutter n. An arquebusier. • HACKBUTTER n. one who uses a hackbut, also HACKBUTEER, HAGBUTEER, HAGBUTTER. |
| INTERTRACK | • intertrack adj. Between tracks (Of a railway, album of music, etc.). • intertrack adj. (Gambling, of a race) Having contenders entered by different racecourses. |
| KICKSTARTS | • kickstarts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kickstart. • kickstarts n. Plural of kickstart. • kick-starts n. Plural of kick-start. |
| KLEPTOCRAT | • kleptocrat n. A ruling figure in a kleptocracy. |
| MULTITRACK | • multitrack adj. Having or involving more than one track. • multitrack v. To record on multiple tracks simultaneously (typically with each performer or instrument having its own track). • MULTITRACK v. to make a recording using many tracks. |
| NATTERJACK | • natterjack n. A toad of species Bufo calamita (or Epidalea calamita), known for its running lizard-like gait and very… • NATTERJACK n. a kind of toad, having a yellow line along its back. |
| RACKETIEST | • racketiest adj. Superlative form of rackety: most rackety. • RACKETY adj. noisy. |
| REATTACKED | • reattacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of reattack. • REATTACK v. to attack again. |
| RICKETTSIA | • rickettsia n. Any of a group of gram-negative bacteria, of the genus Rickettsia, carried as parasites by ticks, fleas… • Rickettsia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Rickettsiaceae – very small bacteria that include the causative… • RICKETTSIA n. a genus of bacteria that cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. |
| STARSTRUCK | • starstruck adj. Star-struck. • star-struck adj. (Dated) under the malevolent influence of the stars or of one’s horoscope. • star-struck adj. Fascinated and/or obsessed by fame or by celebrities; awed by an encounter with a celebrity. |
| STATICKIER | • STATICKY adj. marked by static. |
| TAPERSTICK | • taperstick n. A miniature candlestick. • TAPERSTICK n. a stick for holding a taper. |
| TICKERTAPE | • ticker␣tape n. (Trading, finance) Paper tape on which a stock ticker, news ticker or similar device would print incoming information. • ticker␣tape n. (By extension) Any device used for displaying usually sideways scrolling news or updates. |
| TRACKPOINT | • trackpoint n. (Computing) An individual record within a GPS of a visited location. |
| TRACKSUITS | • tracksuits n. Plural of tracksuit. • TRACKSUIT n. a loose warm suit intended to be worn by athletes when warming up or training. |
| TRICKTRACK | • tricktrack n. Alternative form of ticktack (“kind of backgammon”). • TRICKTRACK n. a form of backgammon in which pegs as well as pieces are used, also TRICTRAC. |
| TURTLEBACK | • turtleback n. Anything having the shape of a turtle’s back (that is, its shell). • turtleback n. (Nautical) A convex deck at the bow or stern of a vessel, designed to shed seawater quickly. • turtleback n. (Military, nautical) An armor layout with an armored deck which slopes downwards towards the sides of… |