| BACKHANDED | • backhanded adj. With the back of the hand. • backhanded adj. Involving a backward flip of the hand. • backhanded adj. Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory. |
| BACKHANDER | • backhander n. A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards. • backhander n. A blow with the back of the hand. • backhander n. (Informal) A bribe, a secret payment. |
| BACKHOEING | • backhoeing v. Present participle of backhoe. • BACKHOE v. to dig with a backhoe. |
| BECHALKING | • bechalking v. Present participle of bechalk. • BECHALK v. to cover with chalk. |
| BENCHMARKS | • benchmarks n. Plural of benchmark. • benchmarks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benchmark. • BENCHMARK v. to test by a preset standard. |
| BIOHACKING | • biohacking n. (Informal) The manipulation of biological functioning through, among others, genetics, nutrition and… |
| BLACKTHORN | • blackthorn n. A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa… • blackthorn n. A stick or staff taken from this tree. • Blackthorn prop.n. A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6219). |
| BLOCKCHAIN | • blockchain n. A shared record of past transactions in a distributed network, typically used for cryptocurrency. • block␣chain n. A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted to the ends… • BLOCKCHAIN n. a system in which records of transactions using bitcoins are stored and may be accessed by linked computers. |
| BRANCHLIKE | • branchlike adj. Resembling a branch of a tree. • BRANCHLIKE adj. like a branch. |
| BUCKHOUNDS | • buckhounds n. Plural of buckhound. • BUCKHOUND n. a hound for hunting deer. |
| BUCKTHORNS | • buckthorns n. Plural of buckthorn. • BUCKTHORN n. a shrub of the Rhamnus genus. |
| CHAINBRAKE | • CHAINBRAKE n. a cutoff safety device on a chainsaw. |
| CHEEKBONES | • cheekbones n. Plural of cheekbone. • cheek-bones n. Plural of cheek-bone. • cheek␣bones n. Plural of cheek bone. |
| HUCKLEBONE | • hucklebone n. Alternative form of huckle bone. • huckle␣bone n. The hip bone. • huckle␣bone n. The anklebone. |
| HUNCHBACKS | • hunchbacks n. Plural of hunchback. • HUNCHBACK n. a person whose spine is convexly curved to an abnormal degree. |
| LUNCHBREAK | • lunchbreak n. A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch. • lunch␣break n. Alternative form of lunchbreak. • LUNCHBREAK n. a break for lunch. |
| NOTCHBACKS | • notchbacks n. Plural of notchback. • NOTCHBACK n. a car whose roof does not slope continuously from the roof to the bumper, but juts out from the bottom of the rear window. |
| PINCHBECKS | • pinchbecks n. Plural of pinchbeck. • PINCHBECK n. a gold-like alloy of copper and zinc; tawdry jewellery. |
| THORNBACKS | • thornbacks n. Plural of thornback. • THORNBACK n. a kind of skate having thornlike spines on its back, aka roker. |