| BACKHANDED | • backhanded adj. With the back of the hand. • backhanded adj. Involving a backward flip of the hand. • backhanded adj. Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory. |
| BACKHANDER | • backhander n. A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards. • backhander n. A blow with the back of the hand. • backhander n. (Informal) A bribe, a secret payment. |
| BACKHAULED | • backhauled v. Simple past tense and past participle of backhaul. • BACKHAUL v. to return after delivering a cargo. |
| BACKLASHED | • backlashed adj. Having a backlash. • backlashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of backlash. • BACKLASH v. to cause a reaction. |
| BACKLOADED | • backloaded v. Simple past tense and past participle of backload. • BACKLOAD v. to load a lorry for a return journey. |
| BACKPACKED | • backpacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of backpack. • backpacked adj. Wearing a backpack. • BACKPACK v. to hike with a pack on one's back. |
| BACKPADDLE | • backpaddle v. To paddle backwards. |
| BACKPEDALS | • backpedals v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACKSPACED | • backspaced v. Simple past tense and past participle of backspace. • BACKSPACE v. to move the cursor of a computer or the carriage of a typewriter one or more spaces back by means of a particular key. |
| BACKWASHED | • backwashed v. Simple past tense and past participle of backwash. • back␣washed v. Simple past tense and past participle of back wash. • BACKWASH v. to affect with receding water. |
| BAREBACKED | • barebacked adv. Synonym of bareback. • barebacked adj. Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait. • bare-backed adj. Without a saddle. |
| BLACKFACED | • blackfaced adj. Having a black face. • blackfaced adj. Wearing blackface theater makeup. • BLACKFACED adj. of sheep, having a black face. |
| BLACKHEADS | • blackheads n. Plural of blackhead. • BLACKHEAD n. a spot, a pimple. |
| BLACKLEADS | • blackleads v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacklead. • blackleads n. Plural of blacklead. • black␣leads n. Plural of black lead. |
| BREAKDANCE | • breakdance n. The art, or an instance, of breakdancing. • breakdance v. (Intransitive) To dance in this style. • break-dance v. Alternative form of breakdance. |
| HARDBACKED | • hardbacked adj. (Of a book) Having a solid binding; hardback. • hardbacked adj. Having a hard back. • HARDBACKED adj. of a book, having hard covers. |
| LADDERBACK | • ladderback n. A chair whose back incorporates a series of horizontal bars. • ladder-back n. Alternative form of ladderback. • ladder␣back n. Alternative form of ladderback. |
| SADDLEBACK | • saddleback n. A saddle-shaped ridge forming a shallow pass between two peaks. • saddleback n. A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end. • saddleback n. (Architecture) A coping that is thicker in the middle than at the edges. |
| SWAYBACKED | • swaybacked adj. Having a sagged back. • swaybacked adj. Having sagged or hollow surface. • swaybacked adj. (Figuratively) Old. |