| BACKPEDAL | • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle. • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To step backwards. • backpedal v. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea. |
| BACKPLANE | • backplane n. (Electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each… • BACKPLANE n. the circuit board on a computer to which other circuit boards and components can be connected. |
| BACKPLATE | • backplate n. A plate protecting a fighting person’s back. • backplate n. (Underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver’s back, to which the gas cylinders are attached. • backplate n. A metal plate on the rear of a computer’s casing, used to cover a port or slot. |
| BLACKFACE | • blackface n. (Uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to… • blackface n. (Countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed. • Blackface n. Alternative letter-case form of blackface (form of racist vaudeville entertainment). |
| BLACKGAME | • blackgame n. Black grouse, Tetrao tetrix. • black␣game n. (Scotland, Wales, Northern England) The black grouse. • BLACKGAME n. black grouse. |
| BLACKHEAD | • blackhead n. (Countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged… • blackhead n. (Uncountable) A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird’s head. • blackhead n. (Countable) A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya. |
| BLACKLEAD | • blacklead v. To cover, treat or polish with graphite. • blacklead n. Alternative form of black lead. • black␣lead n. (Now historical) The metal lead. |
| CAMELBACK | • camelback n. (Uncountable) The backs of camels. • camelback n. (Countable) A flexible water container worn on the back. • camelback n. (Countable) A house with a second storey that does not completely cover the ground floor. |
| CLAMBAKES | • clambakes n. Plural of clambake. • clam␣bakes n. Plural of clam bake. • CLAMBAKE n. the baking or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed. |
| FLAREBACK | • flareback n. A burst of flame emitted from a cannon, furnace, etc. in an abnormal direction. • FLAREBACK n. a flame in the breech of a gun when fired. |
| LACEBARKS | • lacebarks n. Plural of lacebark. • LACEBARK n. a West Indian tree. |
| LAYBACKED | • laybacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of layback. • LAYBACK v. to climb using the layback technique. |
| LEASEBACK | • leaseback n. (Finance) A property transaction where a party sells something, then leases it from the purchaser. The… • LEASEBACK n. an arrangement whereby the buyer of a property leases it back to the seller. |
| STACKABLE | • stackable adj. Capable of being stacked. • stackable adj. (Retail, colloquial, of a coupon or similar offer) Capable of being combined with others on a single purchase. • stackable n. (Computing) A network switch that can be set up to operate with other network switches. |
| TRACKABLE | • trackable adj. Able to be tracked, or worthy of being tracked. • trackable n. Any object capable of being tracked. • TRACKABLE adj. that can be tracked. |
| WHALEBACK | • whaleback n. (Historical) A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curves above the waterline from… • whaleback n. (Geology) A landform (typically a sand dune) having the form of the back of a whale. • WHALEBACK n. a kind of steamboat used on the Great Lakes to carry grain, etc. having a rounded upper deck. |