| BACKLASHING | • backlashing v. Present participle of backlash. • BACKLASH v. to cause a reaction. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| HACKERAZZIS | • HACKERAZZI n. a person who hacks into the personal computer of a celebrity in order to gain information about them. |
| HAIRSTREAKS | • hairstreaks n. Plural of hairstreak. • HAIRSTREAK n. a butterfly of the genus Thecla. |
| HANDSHAKING | • handshaking v. Present participle of handshake. • handshaking n. A greeting by clasping hands. • handshaking n. (Computing) A step in a protocol in which information is exchanged between computing processor devices;… |
| KALASHNIKOV | • Kalashnikov prop.n. A particular model of Russian assault rifle. • Kalashnikov prop.n. A transliteration of the Russian surname Кала́шников. • KALASHNIKOV n. (Russian) a kind of sub-machinegun made in the former USSR. |
| KOWHAIWHAIS | • KOWHAIWHAI n. (Maori) a type of pattern in Maori decorative art. |
| KURDAITCHAS | • kurdaitchas n. Plural of kurdaitcha. • KURDAITCHA n. (Native Australian) in certain Central Australian aboriginal tribes, a man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman, also KADAITCHA. |
| MATRIOSHKAS | • matrioshkas n. Plural of matrioshka. • MATRIOSHKA n. (Russian) a Russian doll, also MATROYSHKA, MATRYOSHKA. |
| PAPRIKASHES | • paprikashes n. Plural of paprikash. • PAPRIKASH n. a chicken dish of Hungarian origin, also PAPRIKAS. |
| RANSHAKLING | • RANSHAKLE v. (Scott) to search, ransack, also RANSHACKLE. |
| SHAKUHACHIS | • shakuhachis n. Plural of shakuhachi. • SHAKUHACHI n. (Japanese) a Japanese bamboo flute. |
| SKIAMACHIES | • SKIAMACHY n. fighting with a shadow or an imaginary opponent, also SCIAMACHY, SCIOMACHY. |
| 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. |