| BACKCHATS | • backchats n. Plural of backchat. • backchats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backchat. • back-chats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of back-chat. |
| 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. |
| BACKLIGHT | • backlight n. (Uncountable) Light shining from a source behind the object of interest or attention. • backlight n. (Countable) The rear window of a motor car. • backlight v. (Transitive) To illuminate something from behind. |
| BACKSIGHT | • backsight n. The rear sight of a firearm. • backsight n. (Surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate… • backsight n. (Surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position. |
| BETHWACKS | • bethwacks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethwack. • BETHWACK v. to thrash soundly. |
| BRITSCHKA | • britschka n. Alternative form of britchka. • BRITSCHKA n. (Polish) an open four-wheeled carriage with a folding top, also BRITSKA, BRITZKA, BRITZSKA. |
| BUCKWHEAT | • buckwheat n. An Asian plant, of the species Fagopyrum esculentum. • buckwheat n. (Cooking) The fruit of this plant used as a pseudocereal. • buckwheat n. (Western US) Any of the wild buckwheats in the genus Eriogonum. |
| FIGHTBACK | • fightback n. A campaign of resistance; a counterattack. • fight␣back v. (Intransitive) to defend oneself by fighting. • fight␣back v. (Intransitive) to counterattack; to resist an attack. |
| HACKBOLTS | • hackbolts n. Plural of hackbolt. • HACKBOLT n. a sea bird, the greater shearwater, also HAGBOLT, HAGDEN, HAGDON, HAGDOWN. |
| HATCHBACK | • hatchback n. A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards. • hatchback n. The door itself. • HATCHBACK n. a car with a certain type of liftable back. |
| MATCHBOOK | • matchbook n. A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside. • MATCHBOOK n. a book of matches. |
| 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. |
| THORNBACK | • thornback n. Any animal with a thorny back, especially marine animals, such as… • thornback n. (Archaic) A woman over a certain age (variously 26 or 30) who has never married, older than a spinster. • THORNBACK n. a kind of skate having thornlike spines on its back, aka roker. |
| THROWBACK | • throwback n. A reversion to an earlier stage of development. • throwback n. (Derogatory) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient. • throwback n. An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form. |
| THUMBTACK | • thumbtack n. (North America) A small nail-like tack with a slightly rounded head that can be pressed into place with… • thumbtack v. (Transitive) To fix or attach something with a thumbtack. • THUMBTACK n. a broad-headed tack. |
| 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. |