| BACKBENCHER | • backbencher n. (Politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the… • backbencher n. (Education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom. • backbencher n. (Sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve. |
| BACKBENCHES | • backbenches n. Plural of backbench. • back-benches n. Plural of back-bench. • back␣benches n. Plural of back bench. |
| BACKBLOCKER | • BACKBLOCKER n. one who lives in the backblocks. |
| BACKBREAKER | • backbreaker n. A strenuous and exhausting task, typically involving physical effort. • BACKBREAKER n. a strenuous task. |
| BACKSTABBED | • backstabbed v. Simple past tense and past participle of backstab. • BACKSTAB v. to stab in the back. |
| BACKSTABBER | • backstabber n. A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks… • BACKSTABBER n. one who backstabs. |
| BAREBACKING | • barebacking n. (Jargon) The practice of engaging in intercourse, most often anal, without using a condom. • BAREBACKING n. the act of practising unprotected sex. |
| BIOFEEDBACK | • biofeedback n. A technique consisting of measuring a person’s quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure… • BIOFEEDBACK n. a technique for learning control of autonomic body functions in response to monitoring by electronic instruments such as an electrocardiograph. |
| BLACKBALLED | • blackballed v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackball. • BLACKBALL v. to vote against someone becoming member of a club. |
| BLACKBIRDED | • blackbirded v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackbird. • BLACKBIRD v. to traffic in slaves. |
| BLACKBIRDER | • blackbirder n. A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour). • blackbirder n. A ship used for blackbirding. • BLACKBIRDER n. (Australian slang) a person engaged in press-ganging or kidnapping labourers in the south Pacific region for work on the sugar plantations; a slave trader. |
| BLACKBODIES | • blackbodies n. Plural of blackbody. • black␣bodies n. Plural of black body. • BLACKBODY n. a body absorbing all incident radiation. |
| JABBERWOCKS | • JABBERWOCK n. nonsense, gibberish, also JABBERWOCKY. |
| JABBERWOCKY | • jabberwocky n. Invented or meaningless language; nonsense. • jabberwocky adj. Meaningless, worthless. • jabberwocky adj. Absurd, nonsense, nonsensical. |