| BACKSTITCH | • backstitch n. (Sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles… • backstitch v. To sew with a backstitch. • BACKSTITCH n. a stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end. |
| 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. |
| BLACKBUTTS | • blackbutts n. Plural of blackbutt. • BLACKBUTT n. a type of eucalyptus tree. |
| HACKTIVIST | • hacktivist n. A person who engages in hacktivism. • HACKTIVIST n. someone who hacks into computer systems as a form of protest. |
| KICKSTARTS | • kickstarts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kickstart. • kickstarts n. Plural of kickstart. • kick-starts n. Plural of kick-start. |
| MATCHSTICK | • matchstick n. A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match. • matchstick n. (Chiefly in the plural) Any similarly small and thin piece. • match␣stick n. Alternative spelling of matchstick. |
| POSTATTACK | • postattack adj. After an attack. • POSTATTACK adj. following an attack. |
| RACKETIEST | • racketiest adj. Superlative form of rackety: most rackety. • RACKETY adj. noisy. |
| 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. |
| SNACKETTES | • snackettes n. Plural of snackette. • SNACKETTE n. (Caribbean) a snack bar. |
| 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. |
| STOCKTAKEN | • STOCKTAKE v. to perform the counting stock. |
| STOCKTAKES | • stocktakes n. Plural of stocktake. • STOCKTAKE v. to perform the counting stock. |
| TACKETIEST | • TACKETY adj. like a tacket or hobnail. |
| TAILSTOCKS | • tailstocks n. Plural of tailstock. • TAILSTOCK n. a slidable casting mounted on a lathe, aligned with the headstock, used to support the free end of the piece being worked on. |
| TAPERSTICK | • taperstick n. A miniature candlestick. • TAPERSTICK n. a stick for holding a taper. |
| THUMBTACKS | • thumbtacks n. Plural of thumbtack. • THUMBTACK v. to fasten with a thumbtack. |
| TRACKSUITS | • tracksuits n. Plural of tracksuit. • TRACKSUIT n. a loose warm suit intended to be worn by athletes when warming up or training. |