| 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. |
| 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. |
| CHAPSTICKS | • chapsticks n. Plural of chapstick. • CHAPSTICK n. a small stick of a substance for soothing chapped lips. |
| CHECKMATES | • checkmates n. Plural of checkmate. • checkmates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate. • CHECKMATE v. in chess, to put (a player's king) in checkmate; to defeat or render incapable of counterattack. |
| HATCHBACKS | • hatchbacks n. Plural of hatchback. • HATCHBACK n. a car with a certain type of liftable back. |
| HEATHCOCKS | • heathcocks n. Plural of heathcock. • Heathcocks prop.n. Plural of Heathcock. • heath␣cocks n. Plural of heath cock. |
| MATCHLOCKS | • matchlocks n. Plural of matchlock. • MATCHLOCK n. an early form of gun. |
| MATCHSTICK | • matchstick n. A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match. • matchstick n. (Chiefly in the plural) Any similarly small and thin piece. • match␣stick n. Alternative spelling of matchstick. |
| 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. |
| PACKCLOTHS | • PACKCLOTH n. a cloth in which goods are enclosed. |
| PATCHOCKES | • PATCHOCKE n. (Spenser) perhaps a clown, also PATCHCOCKE. |
| SACKCLOTHS | • sackcloths n. Plural of sackcloth. • SACKCLOTH n. a coarse cloth worn by penitents. |
| SALTCHUCKS | • saltchucks n. Plural of saltchuck. • salt␣chucks n. Plural of salt chuck. • SALTCHUCK n. (Canadian) a body of salt water. |
| SPATCHCOCK | • spatchcock n. (Cooking, also attributively) Poultry which has been cut along the spine and spread out for more even cooking. • spatchcock v. (Cooking) To cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart for more even cooking. • spatchcock v. (Figuratively) Often followed by in or into: to interpolate or insert (something into another thing);… |
| SWITCHBACK | • switchback n. (Rail transport). • switchback n. (By extension). • switchback v. (Intransitive) To take a zigzag course or path. |
| TACMAHACKS | • TACMAHACK n. (Nahuatl) a gum resin yielded by various tropical trees, also TACAMAHAC, TAKAMAKA. |
| 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. |