| 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. |
| BACKSTRETCH | • backstretch n. (Athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running… • backstretch n. (Horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees. • backstretch n. (Figuratively) The middle part of an event. |
| BLACKHEARTS | • blackhearts n. Plural of blackheart. • BLACKHEART n. a heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-colored skin. |
| BLACKSHIRTS | • blackshirts n. Plural of blackshirt. • Blackshirts n. Plural of Blackshirt. |
| BLACKSMITHS | • blacksmiths n. Plural of blacksmith. • Blacksmiths prop.n. Plural of Blacksmith. • BLACKSMITH n. a smith who forges iron. |
| BLACKTHORNS | • blackthorns n. Plural of blackthorn. • BLACKTHORN n. a dark-coloured thornbush bearing sloes. |
| BRICKEARTHS | • BRICKEARTH n. a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks. |
| HACKBUTEERS | • hackbuteers n. Plural of hackbuteer. • HACKBUTEER n. one who uses a hackbut, an arquebus, also HACKBUTTER, HAGBUTEER, HAGBUTTER. |
| HACKBUTTERS | • hackbutters n. Plural of hackbutter. • HACKBUTTER n. one who uses a hackbut, also HACKBUTEER, HAGBUTEER, HAGBUTTER. |
| HANDBASKETS | • handbaskets n. Plural of handbasket. • hand-baskets n. Plural of hand-basket. • HANDBASKET n. a basket carried in the hand. |
| HEARTBREAKS | • heartbreaks n. Plural of heartbreak. • HEARTBREAK n. crushing grief, anguish, or distress. |
| 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. |
| SWATCHBOOKS | • SWATCHBOOK n. a collection of swatches bound together in book form. |
| SWITCHBACKS | • switchbacks n. Plural of switchback. • SWITCHBACK v. to follow a zigzag course esp. for ascent or descent. |
| TCHOUKBALLS | • TCHOUKBALL n. a ball game involving a ball thrown against a highly sprung net. |
| TOKOPHOBIAS | • TOKOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of giving birth or becoming pregnant. |