| BACKLIFT | • backlift n. (Cricket) The lifting of the bat in preparation for hitting the ball. • BACKLIFT n. the backwards lifting of a bat. |
| BACKLIST | • backlist n. (Publishing) A list of older books available from a publisher, as opposed to the frontlist of more recent titles. • backlist v. (Transitive) To hold back a student’s application (To a college etc.) based on whether a preferred candidate… • backlist v. (Transitive, publishing) To place (a book) on a backlist. |
| BACULITE | • baculite n. (Paleontology) Any of the extinct genus Baculites of cephalopod heteromorph ammonites. • BACULITE n. a fossil of the genus Baculites, allied to the ammonites, with a straight, tapering shell. |
| BALLETIC | • balletic adj. Pertaining to or suitable for ballet. • BALLETIC adj. relating to ballet. |
| BASALTIC | • basaltic adj. Of or pertaining to basalt. • BASALTIC adj. relating to basalt. |
| BASILECT | • basilect n. (Sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is… • BASILECT n. the least prestigious language of an area. |
| BIACETYL | • BIACETYL n. a chemical flavor enhancer. |
| BIOTICAL | • biotical adj. Biotic. • BIOTICAL adj. relating to living organisms, also BIOTIC. |
| BITTACLE | • bittacle n. (Obsolete) A binnacle. • BITTACLE n. a casing for a ship's compass, also BINNACLE. |
| BLACKTIP | • blacktip n. Any of various fish having black-colored tips. • blacktip n. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Elphinstonia, having black tips to the upper forewings. • BLACKTIP n. a kind of small shark. |
| BUCKTAIL | • bucktail n. The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure. • BUCKTAIL n. a fishing lure. |
| CABALIST | • cabalist n. A member of a cabal. • cabalist n. A person skilled in esoteric matters. • cabalist n. A student of the Jewish Kaballah. |
| CELIBATE | • celibate adj. (Chiefly religious) Not married. • celibate adj. (By extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures. • celibate n. One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because… |
| CITEABLE | • citeable adj. Alternative spelling of citable. • CITEABLE adj. suitable for citation, also CITABLE. |
| COBALTIC | • cobaltic adj. (Chemistry) Of or relating to cobalt. • cobaltic adj. (Chemistry) Containing cobalt in oxidation state 3. • COBALTIC adj. relating to a cobalt. |
| LIFTBACK | • liftback n. (US) hatchback. • LIFTBACK n. a motorcar with a sloping rear door; a hatchback. |
| TAILBACK | • tailback n. (UK) A line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam. • tailback n. (American football) A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation. • TAILBACK n. a member of a football formation. |