| 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. |
| BACKCOURTS | • backcourts n. Plural of backcourt. • BACKCOURT n. in lawn tennis, that part of the court lying behind the service line. |
| BACKSTROKE | • backstroke n. A backhanded stroke or blow. • backstroke n. (Swimming) A stroke swum lying on one’s back, while rotating both arms through the water as to propel… • backstroke n. (Bellringing) The pull on the tail of the rope that swings the bell through a full circle (compare handstroke). |
| BLACKSPOTS | • blackspots n. Plural of blackspot. • black␣spots n. Plural of black spot. • BLACKSPOT n. as in accident blackspot, a spot where many accidents occur. |
| BOOTBLACKS | • bootblacks n. Plural of bootblack. • boot-blacks n. Plural of boot-black. • BOOTBLACK n. a person whose job is to clean and polish shoes. |
| COUNTBACKS | • countbacks n. Plural of countback. • COUNTBACK n. a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores. |
| KICKABOUTS | • kickabouts n. Plural of kickabout. • KICKABOUT n. an informal game of football, also KICKAROUND. |
| 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. |
| OUTBACKERS | • outbackers n. Plural of outbacker. • OUTBACKER n. one who lives in the outback. |
| SWATCHBOOK | • SWATCHBOOK n. a collection of swatches bound together in book form. |
| TACKBOARDS | • tackboards n. Plural of tackboard. • TACKBOARD n. a board, as of cork, for tacking up notices and display materials. |
| 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). |
| 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. |