| ALKALISABLE | • ALKALISABLE adj. that can be alkalised, also ALKALIZABLE. |
| BACKCASTING | • backcasting v. Present participle of backcast. • BACKCAST v. to make a backward cast in fishing. |
| BACKLASHING | • backlashing v. Present participle of backlash. • BACKLASH v. to cause a reaction. |
| BACKSPACING | • backspacing v. Present participle of backspace. • BACKSPACE v. to move the cursor of a computer or the carriage of a typewriter one or more spaces back by means of a particular key. |
| BACKWASHING | • backwashing n. A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with… • back␣washing v. Present participle of back wash. • BACKWASH v. to affect with receding water. |
| BALKANISING | • balkanising v. Present participle of balkanise. • Balkanising v. Present participle of Balkanise. • BALKANISE v. to divide (a region or territory) into small, often hostile units, also BALKANIZE. |
| BARKANTINES | • barkantines n. Plural of barkantine. • BARKANTINE n. a three-masted vessel, with the foremast square-rigged, and the mainmast and mizzenmast fore-and-aft-rigged, also BARKENTINE, BARQUANTINE, BARQUENTINE. |
| BARRACKINGS | • barrackings n. Plural of barracking. • BARRACKING n. heckling. |
| BASHIBAZOUK | • bashibazouk n. Alternative spelling of bashi-bazouk. • bashi-bazouk n. An irregular soldier of the Ottoman army, reputed to be undisciplined and brutal. • BASHIBAZOUK n. one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality. |
| CHAINBRAKES | • CHAINBRAKE n. a cutoff safety device on a chainsaw. |
| CRACKBRAINS | • crackbrains n. Plural of crackbrain. • CRACKBRAIN n. a crazy person. |
| JACKRABBITS | • jackrabbits n. Plural of jackrabbit. • jack-rabbits n. Plural of jack-rabbit (alternative form of jackrabbits). • JACKRABBIT n. a long-eared American hare. |
| KABBALISTIC | • kabbalistic adj. Alternative spelling of cabalistic. • KABBALISTIC adj. relating to the kabbala. |
| KATABOLISMS | • katabolisms n. Plural of katabolism. • KATABOLISM n. destructive metabolism, the disruptive processes of chemical change in organisms, also CATABOLISM. |
| KOULIBIACAS | • koulibiacas n. Plural of koulibiaca. • KOULIBIACA n. (Russian) a Russian fish pie, also COULIBIAC, COULIBIACA. |
| MISTAKEABLE | • mistakeable adj. Alternative form of mistakable. • MISTAKEABLE adj. liable to be mistaken, also MISTAKABLE. |
| MISTAKEABLY | • mistakeably adv. Alternative form of mistakably. • MISTAKEABLE adv. liable to be mistaken, also MISTAKABLE. |
| 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. |