| AGORAPHOBICS | • agoraphobics n. Plural of agoraphobic. • AGORAPHOBIC n. one with a morbid fear of open spaces. |
| ANGLOPHOBIAC | • Anglophobiac n. Synonym of Anglophobe. • ANGLOPHOBIAC n. one who suffers from anglophobia, a fear of England. |
| BACKPACKINGS | • BACKPACKING n. hiking with a pack on one's back. |
| 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. |
| BACKSLAPPING | • backslapping v. Present participle of backslap. • backslapping n. Action of the verb to backslap. • back-slapping n. Alternative spelling of backslapping. |
| BACKSTAMPING | • BACKSTAMP v. to mark with a backstamp. |
| BATHYGRAPHIC | • bathygraphic adj. Relating to bathygraphy. • BATHYGRAPHIC adj. of or relating to the depths of the ocean, also BATHYGRAPHICAL. |
| BATHYPELAGIC | • bathypelagic adj. (Oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep. • BATHYPELAGIC adj. found in the depths of the sea, down to 4000 metres below sea level. |
| BIOGRAPHICAL | • biographical adj. Of or relating to an account of a person’s life. • BIOGRAPHICAL adj. relating to biography, also BIOGRAPHIC. |
| BRACHYGRAPHY | • brachygraphy n. (Obsolete) A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand. • BRACHYGRAPHY n. certain old systems of shorthand. |
| CARPETBAGGED | • carpetbagged v. Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag. • CARPETBAG v. to engage in political chicanery. |
| CARPETBAGGER | • carpetbagger n. (Politics, history, chiefly US, offensive) A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after… • carpetbagger n. (Derogatory, by extension) One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous… • carpet␣bagger n. Alternative spelling of carpetbagger. |
| CLAPBOARDING | • clapboarding v. Present participle of clapboard. • CLAPBOARD v. to cover with clapboard. |
| LAMPBLACKING | • lampblacking v. Present participle of lampblack. • LAMPBLACK v. to blacken with lampblack. |
| PAPERBACKING | • paperbacking v. Present participle of paperback. • PAPERBACK v. to bring out in paperback. |
| PICKABACKING | • pickabacking v. Present participle of pickaback. • PICKABACK v. to carry someone on one's back, also PICKAPACK, PICKBACK, PIGGYBACK. |