| BACKFLOW | • backflow n. The flow of a fluid (Through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended. • backflow v. To flow in the wrong or backward direction. • BACKFLOW n. the action of flowing back towards a source. |
| BACKWALL | • backwall n. (Sports) Alternative form of back wall. • back␣wall n. (Squash, racquetball) The wall at the back of a racquetball or squash court, directly opposite the front wall. • back␣wall n. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, wall. |
| BECLOWNS | • beclowns v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclown. • BECLOWN v. to make ridiculous. |
| BECRAWLS | • becrawls v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrawl. • BECRAWL v. to creep over. |
| BESCRAWL | • bescrawl v. (Transitive) To cover (something) with scrawls; to scribble over. • BESCRAWL v. to cover with scrawls. |
| BLOWBACK | • blowback n. (Firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward… • blowback n. An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action. • blowback n. (Slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker’s mouth). |
| CABLEWAY | • cableway n. A system of suspended cables from which cable cars are hung. • CABLEWAY n. a structure for transport of material in cars, suspended from a cable. |
| CHEWABLE | • chewable adj. Capable of being chewed. • chewable adj. Chewy. • chewable adj. (Finance, of a poison pill) Allowing for a particular type of bid that does not trigger the flip-in. |
| CLAWBACK | • clawback n. (US law of evidence) A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly… • clawback n. (US taxation law) Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision but is taken by another… • clawback n. (US, business) Any recovery of a performance-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not genuine. |
| COWBELLS | • cowbells n. Plural of cowbell. • cow␣bells n. Plural of cow bell. • COWBELL n. a bell worn around a cow's neck. |
| HOWLBACK | • howlback n. A high-pitched squeal produced by feedback when a microphone is too close to its connected speakers. • HOWLBACK n. a condition resulting in a howling noise when recording from a mike, also HOWLROUND. |
| PLOWBACK | • plow␣back v. To reinvest profits into a business. • PLOWBACK n. a reinvestment of profits in a business, also PLOUGHBACK. |
| SLOWBACK | • slowback n. (Archaic, slang) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer. • SLOWBACK n. (obsolete) a lazy person. |
| WELLCURB | • WELLCURB n. the stone ring around a well. |