| BACKPEDAL | • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle. • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To step backwards. • backpedal v. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea. |
| BACKPLANE | • backplane n. (Electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each… • BACKPLANE n. the circuit board on a computer to which other circuit boards and components can be connected. |
| BACKPLATE | • backplate n. A plate protecting a fighting person’s back. • backplate n. (Underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver’s back, to which the gas cylinders are attached. • backplate n. A metal plate on the rear of a computer’s casing, used to cover a port or slot. |
| BACKSLAPS | • backslaps v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslap. • back␣slaps n. Plural of back slap. • BACKSLAP v. to show approval. |
| BAKEAPPLE | • bakeapple n. (Atlantic Canada) The cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus. • BAKEAPPLE n. (Canadian) the fruit of the cloudberry. |
| BALLPARKS | • ballparks n. Plural of ballpark. • ballparks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ballpark. • ball-parks n. Plural of ball-park. |
| BLACKCAPS | • blackcaps n. Plural of blackcap. • black␣caps n. Plural of black cap. • Black␣Caps n. (Plural only) The New Zealand national cricket team. |
| BLACKDAMP | • blackdamp n. Choke damp. • BLACKDAMP n. air that is low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide as a result of an explosion in a mine. |
| LAMPBLACK | • lampblack n. An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks. • lampblack v. (Transitive) To blacken (something) using this form of carbon. • LAMPBLACK n. a finely divided form of almost pure carbon produced by the incomplete combustion of organic compounds. |
| PLAYBACKS | • playbacks n. Plural of playback. • PLAYBACK n. the act of replaying a newly made recording. |
| SPEAKABLE | • speakable adj. That can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable. • speakable adj. Acceptable as a topic of discussion; not subject to taboo. • speakable adj. (Obsolete) Capable of speech. |