| AFTERSHOCKS | • aftershocks n. Plural of aftershock. • after-shocks n. Plural of after-shock. • AFTERSHOCK n. an earthquake that follows and has its epicenter near a larger earthquake. |
| ALPENSTOCKS | • alpenstocks n. Plural of alpenstock. • ALPENSTOCK n. (German) a long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps. |
| BACKCROSSED | • backcrossed v. Simple past tense and past participle of backcross. • BACKCROSS v. to create a cross between a hybrid and a parent. |
| BACKCROSSES | • backcrosses n. Plural of backcross. • backcrosses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcross. • back-crosses n. Plural of back-cross. |
| BACKSTORIES | • backstories n. Plural of backstory. • back-stories n. Plural of back-story. • back␣stories n. Plural of back story. |
| BACKSTROKES | • backstrokes n. Plural of backstroke. • backstrokes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstroke. • BACKSTROKE v. to swim on the back. |
| CASEWORKERS | • caseworkers n. Plural of caseworker. • CASEWORKER n. one who works on a particular case. |
| CHALKSTONES | • chalkstones n. Plural of chalkstone. • CHALKSTONE n. a mass of chalk; a tophus. |
| COCKTEASERS | • cockteasers n. Plural of cockteaser. • cock-teasers n. Plural of cock-teaser. • cock␣teasers n. Plural of cock teaser. |
| DOCKMASTERS | • dockmasters n. Plural of dockmaster. • DOCKMASTER n. one in charge of a dock. |
| GOATSUCKERS | • goatsuckers n. Plural of goatsucker. • GOATSUCKER n. the nightjar, a bird similar to the swift, falsely thought to suck goats' udders for milk. |
| HASSOCKIEST | • HASSOCKY adj. soft and cushiony. |
| KILOPARSECS | • kiloparsecs n. Plural of kiloparsec. • KILOPARSEC n. a unit of astronomical distance, 1000 parsecs. |
| SHECKLATONS | • SHECKLATON n. (Spenser) a kind of gilt leather, also CHECKLATON, SCHECKLATON. |
| SKIASCOPIES | • skiascopies n. Plural of skiascopy. • SKIASCOPY n. retinoscopy. |
| SMOKESTACKS | • smokestacks n. Plural of smokestack. • SMOKESTACK n. a pipe or funnel through which smoke and gases are discharged. |