| BACKGROUNDER | • backgrounder n. (Chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives… • backgrounder n. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon. • backgrounder n. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation. |
| BLACKBERRIED | • blackberried v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackberry. • BlackBerried adj. (Informal) Carrying and/or using a BlackBerry device. • BlackBerried v. Simple past tense and past participle of BlackBerry. |
| BLACKBIRDERS | • blackbirders n. Plural of blackbirder. • BLACKBIRDER n. (Australian slang) a person engaged in press-ganging or kidnapping labourers in the south Pacific region for work on the sugar plantations; a slave trader. |
| BLADDERWRACK | • bladderwrack n. Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered. • bladder␣wrack n. Fucus vesiculosus, seaweed widespread in the cool waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. • bladder␣wrack n. Nereocystis luetkeana, kelp common on the northeastern Pacific coast. |
| BREAKDANCERS | • breakdancers n. Plural of breakdancer. • break-dancers n. Plural of break-dancer. • break␣dancers n. Plural of break dancer. |
| CACKERMANDER | • CACKERMANDER n. (dialect) a friend. |
| CHECKERBOARD | • checkerboard n. A pattern of squares of alternating colours. • checkerboard n. A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used… • checkerboard n. (Film) A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks. |
| CODEBREAKERS | • codebreakers n. Plural of codebreaker. • CODEBREAKER n. one who job it is to break codes. |
| CRACKBRAINED | • crackbrained adj. Idiotic. • CRACKBRAINED adj. of or like a crackbrain, a crazy person. |
| HANDKERCHERS | • handkerchers n. Plural of handkercher. • HANDKERCHER n. a handkerchief, also HANDKERCHIEF. |
| HYDROCRACKED | • hydrocracked v. Simple past tense and past participle of hydrocrack. • hydrocracked adj. That has been subjected to hydrocracking. • HYDROCRACK v. to crack hydrocarbons in the presence of hydrogen. |
| HYDROCRACKER | • hydrocracker n. (Organic chemistry) A chemical engineering plant in which hydrocracking takes place. • HYDROCRACKER n. one engaged in hydrocracking. |
| MICROCRACKED | • microcracked v. Simple past tense and past participle of microcrack. • MICROCRACK v. to crack microscopically. |
| MUCKSPREADER | • muckspreader n. Alternative form of muck spreader. • muck␣spreader n. A piece of farm machinery, usually towed behind a tractor, used to spray liquified manure on fields. • MUCKSPREADER n. an agricultural machine for spreading manure. |
| QUARTERDECKS | • quarterdecks n. Plural of quarterdeck. • quarter-decks n. Plural of quarter-deck. • quarter␣decks n. Plural of quarter deck. |