| BACKCLOTHS | • backcloths n. Plural of backcloth. • back-cloths n. Plural of back-cloth. • BACKCLOTH n. the painted cloth or curtain at the back of the stage. |
| BACKLIGHTS | • backlights n. Plural of backlight. • BACKLIGHT v. to illumine a subject from the rear. |
| BACKSIGHTS | • backsights n. Plural of backsight. • BACKSIGHT n. the sight of a rifle nearer the stock. |
| BACKSTITCH | • backstitch n. (Sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles… • backstitch v. To sew with a backstitch. • BACKSTITCH n. a stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end. |
| BLACKSHIRT | • blackshirt n. (Historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party. • blackshirt n. (By extension) Any member of a fascist party. • Blackshirt n. Alternative letter-case form of blackshirt. |
| BLACKSMITH | • blacksmith n. A person who forges iron. • blacksmith n. (Informal) A person who shoes horses. • blacksmith n. A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis). |
| BRITSCHKAS | • britschkas n. Plural of britschka. • BRITSCHKA n. (Polish) an open four-wheeled carriage with a folding top, also BRITSKA, BRITZKA, BRITZSKA. |
| BUCKWHEATS | • buckwheats n. Plural of buckwheat. • BUCKWHEAT n. a cereal plant, the seed of which is used for horse and poultry food, and in North America is milled for making breakfast pancakes. |
| FIGHTBACKS | • fightbacks n. Plural of fightback. • FIGHTBACK n. a recovery. |
| HATCHBACKS | • hatchbacks n. Plural of hatchback. • HATCHBACK n. a car with a certain type of liftable back. |
| MATCHBOOKS | • matchbooks n. Plural of matchbook. • MATCHBOOK n. a book of matches. |
| NOTCHBACKS | • notchbacks n. Plural of notchback. • 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. |
| SKETCHABLE | • sketchable adj. Capable of being sketched. • SKETCHABLE adj. that can be sketched. |
| SWATCHBOOK | • SWATCHBOOK n. a collection of swatches bound together in book form. |
| SWITCHBACK | • switchback n. (Rail transport). • switchback n. (By extension). • switchback v. (Intransitive) To take a zigzag course or path. |
| THORNBACKS | • thornbacks n. Plural of thornback. • THORNBACK n. a kind of skate having thornlike spines on its back, aka roker. |
| THROWBACKS | • throwbacks n. Plural of throwback. • THROWBACK n. a reversion (e.g. to an earlier developmental type). |
| THUMBTACKS | • thumbtacks n. Plural of thumbtack. • THUMBTACK v. to fasten with a thumbtack. |
| TOUCHBACKS | • touchbacks n. Plural of touchback. • 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. |