| BACKGROUND | • background adj. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system. • background n. One’s social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. • background n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. |
| BOUSINGKEN | • bousing-ken n. Alternative spelling of bousing ken. • bousing␣ken n. (Obsolete, UK, thieves’ cant) A pub; a public house; a tavern. • BOUSINGKEN n. (obsolete) in thieves' slang, a low drinking shop. |
| BULLOCKING | • bullocking v. Present participle of bullock. • bullocking adj. (Colloquial) powerful. • BULLOCK v. to force one's way. |
| BUTTOCKING | • buttocking n. The cross-buttock throw in wrestling. • BUTTOCK v. in wrestling, to throw by the buttocks. |
| GUESTBOOKS | • guestbooks n. Plural of guestbook. • guest␣books n. Plural of guest book. • GUESTBOOK n. a book in a museum, hotel etc. in which a visitor can comment on his or her visit to that place. |
| GUIDEBOOKS | • guidebooks n. Plural of guidebook. • guide␣books n. Plural of guide book. • GUIDEBOOK n. a book of information for tourists. |
| OUTBARKING | • outbarking v. Present participle of outbark. • OUTBARK v. to surpass in barking. |
| OUTBULKING | • outbulking v. Present participle of outbulk. • OUTBULK v. to surpass in bulking. |
| PLOUGHBACK | • plough␣back v. To reinvest profits into a business. • PLOUGHBACK n. the reinvestment of profits, also PLOWBACK. |
| PRONGBUCKS | • prongbucks n. Plural of prongbuck. • PRONGBUCK n. the springbuck. |
| ROUGHBACKS | • ROUGHBACK n. a rough-skinned flatfish. |
| SUBKINGDOM | • subkingdom n. (Taxonomy) A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum. • subkingdom n. (Uncommon) A kingdom that is part of another kingdom, ruled by a subking. • SUBKINGDOM n. a taxonomic division of a kingdom; a phylum. |
| UNBLOCKING | • unblocking v. Present participle of unblock. • unblocking n. The process by which something is unblocked. • UNBLOCK v. to free from blockage. |