| BACKDRAUGHTS | • backdraughts n. Plural of backdraught. • BACKDRAUGHT n. a reverse movement of air, also BACKDRAFT. |
| BACKGAMMONED | • backgammoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of backgammon. • BACKGAMMON v. to defeat at the game of backgammon. |
| BACKHANDEDLY | • backhandedly adv. In a backhanded manner. • back-handedly adv. Alternative form of backhandedly. • BACKHANDED adv. BACKHAND, to strike with the back of the hand. |
| BACKPADDLING | • backpaddling v. Present participle of backpaddle. |
| BACKPEDALING | • backpedaling v. (US) present participle of backpedal. • backpedaling n. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACKPEDALLED | • backpedalled v. (British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACKSWORDMAN | • backswordman n. (Historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick. • BACKSWORDMAN n. one who uses a backsword, a sword with one sharp edge, also BACKSWORDSMAN. |
| BACKWARDNESS | • backwardness n. The state of being backward. • backwardness n. Reluctance. • BACKWARDNESS n. the state of being backward. |
| BACKWOODSMAN | • backwoodsman n. A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences. • backwoodsman n. An uncivilized person. • backwoodsman n. (Informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament… |
| BLACKGUARDED | • blackguarded v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackguard. • BLACKGUARD v. to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel. |
| BLACKGUARDLY | • blackguardly adj. Characteristic of a blackguard. • BLACKGUARDLY adj. like a blackguard. |
| BLACKHANDERS | • blackhanders n. Plural of blackhander. • Blackhanders n. Plural of Blackhander. • Black␣Handers n. Plural of Black Hander. |
| BLACKLEADING | • blackleading v. Present participle of blacklead. • BLACKLEAD v. to coat with blacklead. |
| BLADDERWRACK | • bladderwrack n. Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered. • bladder␣wrack n. Fucus vesiculosus, seaweed widespread in the cool waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. • bladder␣wrack n. Nereocystis luetkeana, kelp common on the northeastern Pacific coast. |
| BREAKDANCERS | • breakdancers n. Plural of breakdancer. • break-dancers n. Plural of break-dancer. • break␣dancers n. Plural of break dancer. |
| BREAKDANCING | • breakdancing n. (Dance) An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York… • break-dancing n. Alternative spelling of breakdancing. • break-dancing v. Present participle of break-dance. |
| CRACKBRAINED | • crackbrained adj. Idiotic. • CRACKBRAINED adj. of or like a crackbrain, a crazy person. |
| DIAMONDBACKS | • diamondbacks n. Plural of diamondback. • DIAMONDBACK n. a kind of rattlesnake. |
| SADDLEBACKED | • saddlebacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of saddleback. • saddle-backed adj. Shaped or curved like a saddle. • saddle-backed adj. Having a saddle-shaped marking; saddleback. |
| STRADDLEBACK | • STRADDLEBACK adv. with legs astride. |