| BACKFIELD | • backfield n. (Sports) The rear part of the field of play, particularly. • backfield n. The players occupying this area. • BACKFIELD n. in American football, the backs collectively. |
| 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. |
| BACKSLIDE | • backslide v. To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state. • backslide v. To shirk responsibility; to renege on one’s obligations or commitments. • backslide v. (Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved. |
| BACKVELDS | • backvelds n. Plural of backveld. • BACKVELD n. (South African) a remote area. |
| BECHALKED | • bechalked adj. Having a surface that has been written on in chalk. • bechalked adj. Chalk-covered or chalky. • bechalked v. Simple past tense and past participle of bechalk. |
| BECLOAKED | • becloaked adj. Wearing a cloak. • becloaked v. Simple past tense and past participle of becloak. • BECLOAK v. to place a cloak on. |
| BLACKENED | • blackened adj. Darkened to the point of appearing black; as… • blackened v. Simple past tense and past participle of blacken. • BLACKEN v. to make black, to defame. |
| 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. |
| BLOCKADED | • blockaded v. Simple past tense and past participle of blockade. • BLOCKADE v. to block with troops or ships. |
| BLOCKADER | • blockader n. A person who blockades. • blockader n. A ship used in blockading. • BLOCKADER n. one who blockades. |
| BLOCKADES | • blockades n. Plural of blockade. • blockades v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blockade. • BLOCKADE v. to block with troops or ships. |
| BLOCKHEAD | • blockhead n. (Colloquial) A stupid person. • blockhead n. A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity;… • blockhead v. To perform as a human blockhead. |
| LAYBACKED | • laybacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of layback. • LAYBACK v. to climb using the layback technique. |