| ABRICOCKS | • abricocks n. Plural of abricock. • ABRICOCK n. (obsolete) an apricot, also APRICOCK. |
| BACKBLOCK | • backblock n. (Australia, New Zealand, usually in the plural) A residential area remote from major cities and lacking… • BACKBLOCK adj. (Australian) of the backblocks, remote, sparsely populated country. |
| BACKCLOTH | • backcloth n. The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop. • back-cloth n. Alternative spelling of backcloth. • BACKCLOTH n. the painted cloth or curtain at the back of the stage. |
| BACKCOMBS | • backcombs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcomb. • back-combs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of back-comb. • BACKCOMB v. to comb back e.g. the hair. |
| BACKCOURT | • backcourt n. (Chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building. • backcourt n. (Basketball) A team’s defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team’s basket… • BACKCOURT n. in lawn tennis, that part of the court lying behind the service line. |
| BACKCROSS | • backcross v. (Genetics) To cross a hybrid with one of its parents. • backcross n. (Genetics) The act of crossing a hybrid with one of its parents. • backcross n. (Genetics) An organism produced by such a crossing. |
| BALLCOCKS | • ballcocks n. Plural of ballcock. • ball␣cocks n. Plural of ball cock. • BALLCOCK n. the stopcock in a cistern. |
| BLACKCOCK | • blackcock n. The male black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix). • black␣cock n. (Scotland, Wales, Northern England) The black grouse. • black␣cock n. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, cock. |
| COCKBOATS | • cockboats n. Plural of cockboat. • cock-boats n. Plural of cock-boat. • COCKBOAT n. a small boat. |
| COMEBACKS | • comebacks n. Plural of comeback. • COMEBACK n. a return to former glory. |
| COUNTBACK | • countback n. (Sports) A procedure used to determine which of two equal finishers is the winner, based on past performance. • COUNTBACK n. a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores. |
| CROOKBACK | • crookback n. A crooked back, or a person with such a back; a hunchback. • CROOKBACK n. (Shakespeare) a hunchback. |
| KNOCKBACK | • knockback n. A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil. • knockback n. Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback. • knockback n. (UK, Australia, informal) A rejection; a refusal. |
| NOTCHBACK | • notchback n. A motor car whose rear window makes an angle with its back segment. • NOTCHBACK n. a car whose roof does not slope continuously from the roof to the bumper, but juts out from the bottom of the rear window. |
| TOUCHBACK | • touchback n. (American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the… • TOUCHBACK n. a play in which the ball is dead on or behind a team's own goal line, having been put across the line by an opponent but actually put down by a member of that team. |