| BACKSCATTERED | • backscattered v. Past participle of backscatter. • BACKSCATTER v. to scatter in this way. |
| BACKSCRATCHED | • backscratched v. Simple past tense and past participle of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCH v. to scratch the back; (figurative) to do favours in return for favours, to engage in servile flattery. |
| BACTERIOCIDAL | • bacteriocidal adj. Alternative form of bactericidal. |
| BACTERIOCIDES | • bacteriocides n. Plural of bacteriocide. |
| BRACHYDACTYLY | • brachydactyly n. (Pathology) Abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes. • BRACHYDACTYLY n. abnormal shortness of fingers and toes. |
| CHECKERBOARDS | • checkerboards n. Plural of checkerboard. • CHECKERBOARD n. a board used in various games (as checkers) with usually 64 squares in 2 alternating colors. |
| CHICKABIDDIES | • chickabiddies n. Plural of chickabiddy. • CHICKABIDDY n. a term of endearment. |
| CIRCUMSCRIBED | • circumscribed v. Simple past tense and past participle of circumscribe. • circumscribed adj. Limited narrowly; restricted. • CIRCUMSCRIBE v. to draw a line around, to surround by or as if by a boundary. |
| COACHBUILDERS | • coachbuilders n. Plural of coachbuilder. • COACHBUILDER n. a craftsman who builds the bodies of cars, lorries, railway carriages, etc. |
| COACHBUILDING | • coachbuilding n. The construction of coaches. • COACHBUILDING n. the craft of building coaches. |
| CONCELEBRATED | • concelebrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of concelebrate. • CONCELEBRATE v. to jointly recite the canon of the Eucharist in unison with others. |
| COUNTERBRACED | • counterbraced v. Simple past tense and past participle of counterbrace. • COUNTERBRACE v. to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways. |
| CYBERCHONDRIA | • cyberchondria n. Anxiety concerning one’s health, caused by visiting medical websites. • CYBERCHONDRIA n. unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites. |
| DECASYLLABICS | • decasyllabics n. Plural of decasyllabic. • DECASYLLABIC n. a decasyllabic verse. |
| SCRATCHBOARDS | • scratchboards n. Plural of scratchboard. • SCRATCHBOARD n. a scraperboard. |
| SCRATCHBUILDS | • SCRATCHBUILD v. to build (usually models) from raw materials, as opposed to constructing from kits or buying ready made. |
| SCROBICULATED | • scrobiculated adj. Alternative form of scrobiculate. • SCROBICULATED adj. marked with many shallow depressions, grooves, or pits, also SCROBICULATE. |
| SUBCONTRACTED | • subcontracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of subcontract. • SUBCONTRACT v. to enter into a subcontract. |