| BACKACHES | • backaches n. Plural of backache. • BACKACHE n. pain in the back. |
| BACKACTER | • BACKACTER n. a mechanical excavator with an extension consisting of a bucket on an extending arm, which can be used to scoop up earth as it is drawn back towards the machine, aka backhoe. |
| BACKSPACE | • backspace n. The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards. • backspace n. (Computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one… • backspace n. (Computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace. |
| BLACKFACE | • blackface n. (Uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to… • blackface n. (Countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed. • Blackface n. Alternative letter-case form of blackface (form of racist vaudeville entertainment). |
| CAMELBACK | • camelback n. (Uncountable) The backs of camels. • camelback n. (Countable) A flexible water container worn on the back. • camelback n. (Countable) A house with a second storey that does not completely cover the ground floor. |
| CARJACKED | • carjacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of carjack. • CARJACK v. to hijack a car. |
| CARJACKER | • carjacker n. One who engages in carjacking; one who steals an occupied automobile. • CARJACKER n. one who steals cars by holding up their owners and demanding the keys. |
| CHALKFACE | • chalkface n. (Geology) A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover. • chalkface n. (Education) The environment where teaching is carried out, specifically a school. • CHALKFACE n. as in the phrase at the chalkface, i.e. in the classroom, as the centre of a teacher's activities. |
| CHEAPJACK | • cheapjack n. A peddler, a travelling hawker. • cheapjack adj. Shabby. • CHEAPJACK n. a travelling hawker who professes to give a great bargain. |
| CRACKHEAD | • crackhead n. (Derogatory, slang) A person who is addicted to or regularly uses crack cocaine. • crackhead n. (Derogatory, slang, US) Someone whose thinking makes no sense; a fool or an idiot. • crack␣head n. Alternative spelling of crackhead. |
| CRANKCASE | • crankcase n. The part of an engine that contains the crankshaft. • CRANKCASE n. the case or covering in which a crankshaft is enclosed. |
| LANCEJACK | • lancejack n. Alternative form of lance-jack. • lance-jack n. (UK, military, slang) A lance-corporal or lance-bombadier. • LANCEJACK n. a lance corporal. |
| RACETRACK | • racetrack n. A course over which any type of races are run. • racetrack n. A characteristic circular erosion pattern in deposition processes. • race␣track n. Alternative spelling of racetrack. |