| BACKCASTING | • backcasting v. Present participle of backcast. • BACKCAST v. to make a backward cast in fishing. |
| BACKCOMBING | • backcombing v. Present participle of backcomb. • back-combing v. Present participle of back-comb. • BACKCOMB v. to comb back e.g. the hair. |
| BACKPACKING | • backpacking v. Present participle of backpack. • backpacking n. Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one’s gear carried in a backpack. • backpacking n. Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations. |
| BACKSPACING | • backspacing v. Present participle of backspace. • BACKSPACE v. to move the cursor of a computer or the carriage of a typewriter one or more spaces back by means of a particular key. |
| BESCORCHING | • bescorching v. Present participle of bescorch. • BESCORCH v. to scorch thoroughly. |
| BRECCIATING | • brecciating v. Present participle of brecciate. • BRECCIATE v. to break a rock down into angular fragments. |
| CHARGEBACKS | • chargebacks n. Plural of chargeback. • CHARGEBACK n. the charge a credit card merchant pays to a customer after the customer successfully disputes an item on his or her credit card statement. |
| COCKBILLING | • cockbilling v. Present participle of cockbill. • COCKBILL v. to raise the yardarm on a ship. |
| COGNOSCIBLE | • cognoscible adj. Capable of being known. • cognoscible adj. Liable to judicial investigation. • COGNOSCIBLE adj. cognizable, knowable. |
| CONCUBINAGE | • concubinage n. The state of cohabiting or living together as man and woman while not married. • concubinage n. The state of being or keeping a concubine. • CONCUBINAGE n. the cohabitation of persons not legally married. |
| CONSCRIBING | • conscribing v. Present participle of conscribe. • CONSCRIBE v. to enroll; to enlist. |
| PICKBACKING | • PICKBACK v. to carry someone on one's back, also PICKABACK, PICKAPACK, PIGGYBACK. |