| BACKDRAUGHT | • backdraught n. (Firefighting, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of backdraft. • BACKDRAUGHT n. a reverse movement of air, also BACKDRAFT. |
| BACKHANDERS | • backhanders n. Plural of backhander. • back-handers n. Plural of back-hander. • BACKHANDER n. a bribe. |
| BACKLASHERS | • backlashers n. Plural of backlasher. • BACKLASHER n. one who backlashes. |
| BACKSCRATCH | • backscratch n. A scratch on the back. • backscratch v. To scratch one’s or another’s back. • backscratch v. (Business, politics, slang) To engage in a reciprocal action. |
| BLACKHANDER | • blackhander n. Alternative form of Black Hander. • Blackhander n. Alternative form of Black Hander. • Black␣Hander n. A person who carries on the Black Hand extortion racket. |
| BLACKHEARTS | • blackhearts n. Plural of blackheart. • BLACKHEART n. a heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-colored skin. |
| CHAINBRAKES | • CHAINBRAKE n. a cutoff safety device on a chainsaw. |
| CHALKBOARDS | • chalkboards n. Plural of chalkboard. • CHALKBOARD n. a blackboard. |
| CHARGEBACKS | • chargebacks n. Plural of chargeback. • CHARGEBACK n. the charge a credit card merchant pays to a customer after the customer successfully disputes an item on his or her credit card statement. |
| HALTERBREAK | • halterbreak v. To get an animal used to wearing and being handled in a halter. • HALTERBREAK v. to break (as a colt) to a halter. |
| HAWKSBEARDS | • hawksbeards n. Plural of hawksbeard. • HAWKSBEARD n. a flower of the dandelion family. |
| HEARTBREAKS | • heartbreaks n. Plural of heartbreak. • HEARTBREAK n. crushing grief, anguish, or distress. |
| KATABOTHRON | • KATABOTHRON n. (Modern Greek) an underground water channel, also KATAVOTHRON. |
| LEATHERBACK | • leatherback n. A large sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a leathery back. • LEATHERBACK n. a kind of large sea turtle. |
| MUKHABARATS | • MUKHABARAT n. (in Middle Eastern countries) a secret police force. |
| SCRATCHBACK | • scratchback n. (UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting… • SCRATCHBACK n. a backscratcher. |
| SVARABHAKTI | • svarabhakti n. (Linguistics, phonology) Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis. • SVARABHAKTI n. (Sanskrit) the development of a vowel between consonants. |