| ANTIBACKLASH | • antibacklash adj. (Mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery). • ANTIBACKLASH adj. arising in opposition to a backlash. |
| BACKCHATTING | • backchatting v. Present participle of backchat. • back-chatting v. Present participle of back-chat. • back␣chatting v. Present participle of back chat. |
| BACKCHECKING | • backchecking v. Present participle of backcheck. • BACKCHECK v. in ice hockey, to return from attack to defence. |
| BACKLIGHTING | • backlighting v. Present participle of backlight. • backlighting n. The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow. • BACKLIGHT v. to illumine a subject from the rear. |
| BACKSHISHING | • backshishing v. Present participle of backshish. • BACKSHISH v. to give a tip, also BACKSHEESH, BAKHSHISH, BAKSHEESH, BAKSHISH, BUCKSHISH. |
| BACKSTITCHED | • backstitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of backstitch. • BACKSTITCH v. to stitch in this way. |
| BACKSTITCHES | • backstitches n. Plural of backstitch. • backstitches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstitch. • BACKSTITCH n. a stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end. |
| BACKSTRAIGHT | • backstraight n. Alternative form of back straight (“backstretch”). • back␣straight n. (Athletics, horse racing) The straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing… |
| BENCHMARKING | • benchmarking v. Present participle of benchmark. • benchmarking n. A performance measurement according to a benchmark. • BENCHMARKING n. the process of testing by a benchmark. |
| BLACKWASHING | • blackwashing n. (Derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people. • blackwashing n. The application of a coating of blackwash. • blackwashing n. (Derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil. |
| BRACKISHNESS | • brackishness n. Distastefulness; unpleasantness. • BRACKISHNESS n. the state of being brackish. |
| BULLWHACKING | • bullwhacking v. Present participle of bullwhack. • BULLWHACK v. to strike with a kind of heavy whip. |
| BUSHWHACKING | • bushwhacking n. Travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress. • bushwhacking n. Fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country. • bushwhacking n. Criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions. |
| FLASHBACKING | • flashbacking v. Present participle of flashback. • FLASHBACK v. to show a flashback. |
| PICKELHAUBES | • pickelhaubes n. Plural of pickelhaube. • PICKELHAUBE n. (German) the spiked helmet worn by German or Prussian soldiers before World War I. |
| SHOCKABILITY | • shockability n. The condition of being shockable; the capacity to be shocked. • SHOCKABILITY n. the quality of being shockable. |
| SWITCHBACKED | • switchbacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of switchback. • SWITCHBACK v. to follow a zigzag course esp. for ascent or descent. |
| THUMBTACKING | • thumbtacking v. Present participle of thumbtack. • THUMBTACK v. to fasten with a thumbtack. |