| BACKLIGHTS | • backlights n. Plural of backlight. • BACKLIGHT v. to illumine a subject from the rear. |
| BACKSIGHTS | • backsights n. Plural of backsight. • BACKSIGHT n. the sight of a rifle nearer the stock. |
| BACKSTITCH | • backstitch n. (Sewing) A type of sewing stitch where the stitch goes backwards on the top side of the fabric and doubles… • backstitch v. To sew with a backstitch. • BACKSTITCH n. a stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end. |
| BEKNIGHTED | • beknighted v. Simple past tense and past participle of beknight. • BEKNIGHT v. to raise to knighthood. |
| BETHANKING | • bethanking v. Present participle of bethank. • BETHANK v. to ply with thanks. |
| BETHANKITS | • BETHANKIT n. (Scots) a grace, elliptical for God be thanked. |
| BETHINKING | • bethinking n. The act of thinking, thinking about, considering, reflecting, or remembering. • bethinking v. Present participle of bethink. • BETHINK v. to call to mind. |
| BIRTHMARKS | • birthmarks n. Plural of birthmark. • BIRTHMARK n. a mark, e.g. a pigmented area or spot, on one's body at birth. |
| BLACKSHIRT | • blackshirt n. (Historical, chiefly in the plural) A uniformed member of a paramilitary wing of the Italian Fascist Party. • blackshirt n. (By extension) Any member of a fascist party. • Blackshirt n. Alternative letter-case form of blackshirt. |
| BLACKSMITH | • blacksmith n. A person who forges iron. • blacksmith n. (Informal) A person who shoes horses. • blacksmith n. A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis). |
| BOOKLIGHTS | • booklights n. Plural of booklight. • BOOKLIGHT n. a light that clips on to a book. |
| BRICKEARTH | • BRICKEARTH n. a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks. |
| BRIGHTWORK | • brightwork n. Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat. • brightwork n. The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat. • BRIGHTWORK n. polished metal on cars etc. |
| BRITSCHKAS | • britschkas n. Plural of britschka. • BRITSCHKA n. (Polish) an open four-wheeled carriage with a folding top, also BRITSKA, BRITZKA, BRITZSKA. |
| FIGHTBACKS | • fightbacks n. Plural of fightback. • FIGHTBACK n. a recovery. |
| SWITCHBACK | • switchback n. (Rail transport). • switchback n. (By extension). • switchback v. (Intransitive) To take a zigzag course or path. |
| THUMBIKINS | • thumbikins n. An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbkin or thumbscrew. • thumbikins n. Plural of thumbikin. • THUMBIKINS n. (Scots) an instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew, also THUMBKIN. |
| TOKOPHOBIA | • tokophobia n. A morbid fear of childbirth or pregnancy. • TOKOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of giving birth or becoming pregnant. |