| ANTILOCK | • antilock adj. Alternative spelling of anti-lock. • anti-lock adj. Preventing something from becoming stuck or jammed. Especially applies to anti-lock brakes, which are… • ANTILOCK adj. designed to stop wheels locking. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| CHALKPIT | • chalkpit n. A quarry where chalk is found. • CHALKPIT n. a quarry of chalk. |
| COATLIKE | • coatlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a coat (item of clothing). • COATLIKE adj. like a coat. |
| COCKTAIL | • cocktail n. A mixed alcoholic beverage. • cocktail n. (By extension) A mixture of other substances or things. • cocktail n. A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins. |
| DUCKTAIL | • ducktail n. A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back into an upturned point at the back. • DUCKTAIL n. (US) a style of haircut. |
| FLATPICK | • flatpick v. To play acoustic guitar in the flatpicking style. • flat-pick v. Alternative spelling of flatpick. • FLATPICK v. to play (a guitar, banjo, etc.) by plucking individual strings with a plectrum. |
| HELITACK | • HELITACK n. the use of helicopters to fight forest fires. |
| LIFTBACK | • liftback n. (US) hatchback. • LIFTBACK n. a motorcar with a sloping rear door; a hatchback. |
| MALSTICK | • malstick n. Alternative form of maulstick. • MALSTICK n. (Dutch) a stick used by painters to steady the hand, also MAHLSTICK, MAULSTICK. |
| MOCKTAIL | • mocktail n. A non-alcoholic cocktail. • MOCKTAIL n. a cocktail with no alcohol. |
| PLANKTIC | • planktic adj. Planktonic. • PLANKTIC adj. relating to plankton. |
| TACKLING | • tackling v. Present participle of tackle. • tackling n. The process by which something is tackled or dealt with. • tackling n. (Nautical) The tackle of a vessel. |
| 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. |
| TALCKIER | • TALCKY adj. pertaining to talc. |
| TALCKING | • TALC v. to treat with a fine powdery mineral. |
| TICKLACE | • TICKLACE n. (Canadian) in Newfoundland, a kittiwake, also TICKLEASS. |