| BACKFLOWS | • backflows n. Plural of backflow. • BACKFLOW n. the action of flowing back towards a source. |
| BACKWALLS | • backwalls n. Plural of backwall. • back␣walls n. Plural of back wall. • BACKWALL n. a rear wall. |
| BAILIWICK | • bailiwick n. The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction. • bailiwick n. A person’s concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority. • BAILIWICK n. the region in which a sheriff (bailie) has legal powers. |
| BLACKWASH | • blackwash n. (Slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team. • blackwash n. (Slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash"… • blackwash n. (Medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater. |
| BLACKWOOD | • blackwood n. (Countable) Any of several trees yielding a very dark wood. • blackwood n. (Uncountable) The very dark wood of such trees. • Blackwood prop.n. Any of many places around the world. |
| BLOWBACKS | • blowbacks n. Plural of blowback. • BLOWBACK n. an escape of gases. |
| BRICKWALL | • brickwall n. (Nonstandard) Alternative form of brick wall. • brick␣wall n. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brick, wall. A wall made of bricks. • brick␣wall n. (Figurative) An obstacle. |
| BULLWHACK | • bullwhack v. (US) To work as a bullwhacker, driving a bullock team. • BULLWHACK v. to strike with a kind of heavy whip. |
| CLAWBACKS | • clawbacks n. Plural of clawback. • CLAWBACK n. taking by taxation what has been given as benefit. |
| HOWLBACKS | • HOWLBACK n. a condition resulting in a howling noise when recording from a mike, also HOWLROUND. |
| PLOWBACKS | • PLOWBACK n. a reinvestment of profits in a business, also PLOUGHBACK. |
| SLOWBACKS | • slowbacks n. Plural of slowback. • SLOWBACK n. (obsolete) a lazy person. |
| WHALEBACK | • whaleback n. (Historical) A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curves above the waterline from… • whaleback n. (Geology) A landform (typically a sand dune) having the form of the back of a whale. • WHALEBACK n. a kind of steamboat used on the Great Lakes to carry grain, etc. having a rounded upper deck. |