| BACKPLANE | • backplane n. (Electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each… • BACKPLANE n. the circuit board on a computer to which other circuit boards and components can be connected. |
| BACKSPINS | • backspins n. Plural of backspin. • BACKSPIN n. a backward rotation. |
| BANKRUPTS | • bankrupts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt. • bankrupts n. Plural of bankrupt. • BANKRUPT v. to make insolvent. |
| BUMPKINLY | • bumpkinly adj. Befitting a bumpkin. • BUMPKINLY adj. like a bumpkin, also BUMPKINISH. |
| CYBERPUNK | • cyberpunk n. (Science fiction, uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information… • cyberpunk n. (Countable) A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life. • cyberpunk n. (Countable) A writer of cyberpunk fiction. |
| PARBAKING | • parbaking v. Present participle of parbake. • PARBAKE v. to bake partially. |
| PINCHBECK | • pinchbeck n. An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry. • pinchbeck adj. (Not comparable) Made of pinchbeck. • pinchbeck adj. Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive. |
| PREBAKING | • prebaking adj. Alternative spelling of pre-baking. • prebaking n. Blind-baking (baking a pastry before adding a filling). • prebaking n. (Electronics, physics) surface modification by heating prior to another operation. |
| PRONGBUCK | • prongbuck n. (Dated) The springbok. • prongbuck n. The pronghorn. • PRONGBUCK n. the springbuck. |
| SNAPBACKS | • snapbacks n. Plural of snapback. • SNAPBACK n. a sudden rebound or recovery. |
| SPRINGBOK | • springbok n. A small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis. • Springbok n. A member of South Africa’s national rugby union team ("the Springboks"). • SPRINGBOK n. (South African) a kind of antelope, that moves in leaps when alarmed, also SPRINGBUCK. |
| STOPBANKS | • stopbanks n. Plural of stopbank. • STOPBANK n. (New Zealand) an embankment along a river. |
| SUPERBANK | • superbank n. A particularly large or powerful bank. • SUPERBANK n. a very large bank. |
| UNBESPEAK | • unbespeak v. (Obsolete, transitive) To unsay; to annul or cancel. • UNBESPEAK v. to unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. |
| UNBESPOKE | • unbespoke v. Simple past tense of unbespeak. • UNBESPEAK v. to unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. |