| BACKFIRED | • backfired v. Simple past tense and past participle of backfire. • BACKFIRE v. to go wrong. |
| BACTEROID | • bacteroid n. (Dated) A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast. • bacteroid n. A bacterium of the species Bacteroides. • bacteroid n. A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces. |
| BARRICADE | • barricade n. A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence. • barricade n. An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. • barricade n. (Figuratively, in the plural) A place of confrontation. |
| BAUDRICKE | • BAUDRICKE n. (Spenser) the zodiac. |
| BEDCHAIRS | • bedchairs n. Plural of bedchair. • BEDCHAIR n. a chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in bed. |
| BEZOARDIC | • bezoardic adj. Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar. • bezoardic n. A medicine containing bezoar. • BEZOARDIC adj. pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar. |
| BIRDCAGES | • birdcages n. Plural of birdcage. • bird-cages n. Plural of bird-cage. • BIRDCAGE n. a cage for birds. |
| BRATTICED | • bratticed v. Simple past tense and past participle of brattice. • BRATTICE v. to provide with a brattice, also BRATTISH, BRETTICE. |
| BRIDECAKE | • bridecake n. (Archaic) Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends… • BRIDECAKE n. rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding. |
| CABDRIVER | • cabdriver n. One who drives a taxi for a living. • cabdriver n. One who drives a carriage for a living. • cab␣driver n. Alternative spelling of cabdriver. |
| CALIBERED | • calibered adj. (Firearms, in combination) Having the specified caliber. • CALIBERED adj. having a given caliber, also CALIBRED. |
| CARBAMIDE | • carbamide n. (Organic chemistry, especially in combination) urea. • CARBAMIDE n. the technical name for urea. |
| CEDARBIRD | • cedarbird n. The cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum. • cedar␣bird n. A species of waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum). • CEDARBIRD n. the cedar waxwing. |
| DECARBING | • decarbing v. Present participle of decarb. • DECARB v. to decarbonise. |
| FABRICKED | • fabricked v. Simple past tense and past participle of fabric. • FABRIC v. to construct. |
| MICROBEAD | • microbead n. A microscopic bead of plastic used as an exfoliant in personal care products. • MICROBEAD n. a very small plastic particle, numbers of which are used as exfoliating agents in cosmetics. |
| RIDGEBACK | • ridgeback n. Any of three breeds of dog with a distinctive ridge of hair that runs against the grain of the rest… • RIDGEBACK n. a large hunting-dog. |
| RUDBECKIA | • rudbeckia n. Any member of the genus Rudbeckia of coneflowers. • Rudbeckia prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – coneflowers and black-eyed susans, native to North America. • RUDBECKIA n. (Swedish) a composite plant of the sunflower family. |