| BACKFIRE | • backfire v. (Of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction… • backfire v. (Of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound. • backfire v. To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune. |
| BACKREST | • backrest n. The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter’s back. • backrest n. A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning. • BACKREST n. a back support. |
| BAREBACK | • bareback adj. Without a saddle. • bareback adj. Without a condom. • bareback adj. (Dated) Without a shirt; shirtless. |
| BRACKENS | • brackens n. Plural of bracken. • Brackens prop.n. A surname. • BRACKEN n. a large fern. |
| BRACKETS | • brackets n. Plural of bracket. • brackets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bracket. • BRACKET v. to group, classify. |
| BROCKAGE | • brockage n. (Coin collecting) A type of error coin in which one side of the coin has the normal design and the other… • BROCKAGE n. (Scots) fragments of crockery etc. |
| BUCKRAKE | • BUCKRAKE n. a large agricultural rake, often attached to a tractor. |
| CRABLIKE | • crablike adj. Having some characteristics of a crab. • crablike adj. Walking or moving sideways. • CRABLIKE adj. like a crab. |
| FIREBACK | • fireback n. Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura. • fireback n. A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking. • FIREBACK n. a cast-iron plate at the back of a fireplace. |
| GREYBACK | • greyback n. (Historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms). • greyback n. (Dated) A louse. • greyback n. (Regional) Any of various grey birds. |
| LACEBARK | • lacebark n. Any of various New Zealand plants in the genus Hoheria. • lacebark n. The Caribbean tree Lagetta lagetto. • LACEBARK n. a West Indian tree. |
| REBACKED | • rebacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of reback. • REBACK v. to replace the back of. |
| REDBACKS | • redbacks n. Plural of redback. • red-backs n. Plural of red-back. • red␣backs n. Plural of red back. |
| ROCKABLE | • rockable adj. (Engineering) Able to rock back and forth. • ROCKABLE adj. able to be rocked. |
| ROCKABYE | • rockabye v. (Transitive, intransitive) To rock soothingly. • rockabye n. A soothing rocking motion. • ROCKABYE n. a song used to lull children to sleep, also ROCKABY. |
| TRACKBED | • trackbed n. The layer of gravel or other foundation on which a railway track is laid. • trackbed n. (Loosely) The land on which a railway (especially one that has been closed or dismantled) was built;… • track␣bed n. Alternative form of trackbed. |