| 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. |
| BESPECTACLED | • bespectacled adj. Wearing spectacles (glasses). • BESPECTACLED adj. wearing spectacles. |
| BICUSPIDATES | • BICUSPIDATE n. a tooth having two cusps, also BICUSPID. |
| BRADYPEPTICS | • BRADYPEPTIC n. one who is slow of digestion. |
| CARPETBAGGED | • carpetbagged v. Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag. • CARPETBAG v. to engage in political chicanery. |
| CLAPPERBOARD | • clapperboard n. (Film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap… • clapper␣board n. (Film) Alternative form of clapperboard. • CLAPPERBOARD n. a hinged board (or a set of hinged boards) clapped together in front of the camera before or after shooting a piece of film, to help synchronize sound and vision. |
| COMPOUNDABLE | • compoundable adj. That can be compounded. • COMPOUNDABLE adj. that can be compounded. |
| DECIPHERABLE | • decipherable adj. That can be deciphered, understood or comprehended. • DECIPHERABLE adj. capable of being deciphered. |
| DECOMPOSABLE | • decomposable adj. Able to be decomposed. • DECOMPOSABLE adj. that can be decomposed. |
| DISPLACEABLE | • displaceable adj. Capable of being displaced. • DISPLACEABLE adj. capable of being displaced. |
| PREDIABETICS | • prediabetics n. Plural of prediabetic. • PREDIABETIC n. one suffering from prediabetes. |
| PROBOSCIDEAN | • proboscidean n. Any of various large, herbivorous mammals, of the order Proboscidea, that have a trunk; the elephants. • PROBOSCIDEAN n. any of an order of large mammals comprising the elephants and extinct related forms, also PROBOSCIDIAN. |
| SCRAPERBOARD | • scraperboard n. (Art) scratchboard. • SCRAPERBOARD n. a clay-surface board on which drawings can be made by scraping tints off as well as applying them. |
| SUBDUPLICATE | • subduplicate adj. (Mathematics) Expressed by the square root; said of ratios. • SUBDUPLICATE adj. expressed by a square root. |