| BACKBITINGS | • backbitings n. Plural of backbiting. • BACKBITING n. malicious gossip. |
| BACKBURNING | • backburning v. Present participle of backburn. • BACKBURN v. to set a fire in order to halt the spread of another fire. |
| BACKCOMBING | • backcombing v. Present participle of backcomb. • back-combing v. Present participle of back-comb. • BACKCOMB v. to comb back e.g. the hair. |
| BANKABILITY | • bankability n. The state or condition of being bankable. • BANKABILITY n. being bankable, reliable. |
| BAREBACKING | • barebacking n. (Jargon) The practice of engaging in intercourse, most often anal, without using a condom. • BAREBACKING n. the act of practising unprotected sex. |
| BASHIBAZOUK | • bashibazouk n. Alternative spelling of bashi-bazouk. • bashi-bazouk n. An irregular soldier of the Ottoman army, reputed to be undisciplined and brutal. • BASHIBAZOUK n. one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality. |
| BIOBANKINGS | • BIOBANKING n. the practice of creating large-scale repositories of human biological material (e.g. blood, urine, tissue samples, DNA, etc.) designed to further medical research. |
| BIOFEEDBACK | • biofeedback n. A technique consisting of measuring a person’s quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure… • BIOFEEDBACK n. a technique for learning control of autonomic body functions in response to monitoring by electronic instruments such as an electrocardiograph. |
| BITTERBARKS | • bitterbarks n. Plural of bitterbark. • bitter␣barks n. Plural of bitter bark. • BITTERBARK n. an Australian tree with bitter tasting bark, used for tonic medicine. |
| BLACKBIRDED | • blackbirded v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackbird. • BLACKBIRD v. to traffic in slaves. |
| BLACKBIRDER | • blackbirder n. A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour). • blackbirder n. A ship used for blackbirding. • 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. |
| BLACKBODIES | • blackbodies n. Plural of blackbody. • black␣bodies n. Plural of black body. • BLACKBODY n. a body absorbing all incident radiation. |
| BOOKBINDERS | • bookbinders n. Plural of bookbinder. • BOOKBINDER n. one who binds books. |
| BOOKBINDERY | • bookbindery n. A building where books are assembled and bound. • BOOKBINDERY n. a place where books are bound. |
| BOOKBINDING | • bookbinding n. The art, craft or process of binding books. • BOOKBINDING n. the art or trade of binding books. |
| BOOKMOBILES | • bookmobiles n. Plural of bookmobile. • BOOKMOBILE n. (US) a truck that serves as a travelling library. |
| JACKRABBITS | • jackrabbits n. Plural of jackrabbit. • jack-rabbits n. Plural of jack-rabbit (alternative form of jackrabbits). • JACKRABBIT n. a long-eared American hare. |
| KABBALISTIC | • kabbalistic adj. Alternative spelling of cabalistic. • KABBALISTIC adj. relating to the kabbala. |
| KIBBUTZNIKS | • kibbutzniks n. Plural of kibbutznik. • KIBBUTZNIK n. (Hebrew) a person who lives or works on a kibbutz. |
| SKIBOBBINGS | • SKIBOBBING n. the sport of riding a skibob. |