| ACROPHOBICS | • acrophobics n. Plural of acrophobic. • ACROPHOBIC n. one suffering from acrophobia. |
| BACKBENCHES | • backbenches n. Plural of backbench. • back-benches n. Plural of back-bench. • back␣benches n. Plural of back bench. |
| BACKFISCHES | • backfisches n. Plural of backfisch. • BACKFISCH n. (German) a young girl, a flapper. |
| BACKSCRATCH | • backscratch n. A scratch on the back. • backscratch v. To scratch one’s or another’s back. • backscratch v. (Business, politics, slang) To engage in a reciprocal action. |
| BACKSTRETCH | • backstretch n. (Athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running… • backstretch n. (Horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees. • backstretch n. (Figuratively) The middle part of an event. |
| BESCORCHING | • bescorching v. Present participle of bescorch. • BESCORCH v. to scorch thoroughly. |
| BLOCKCHAINS | • blockchains n. Plural of blockchain. • block␣chains n. Plural of block chain. • BLOCKCHAIN n. a system in which records of transactions using bitcoins are stored and may be accessed by linked computers. |
| BRONCHITICS | • bronchitics n. Plural of bronchitic. • BRONCHITIC n. one suffering from bronchitis. |
| CHARGEBACKS | • chargebacks n. Plural of chargeback. • CHARGEBACK n. the charge a credit card merchant pays to a customer after the customer successfully disputes an item on his or her credit card statement. |
| CHOLIAMBICS | • choliambics n. Plural of choliambic. • CHOLIAMBIC n. a verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last, also CHOLIAMB. |
| CHORIAMBICS | • choriambics n. Plural of choriambic. • CHORIAMBIC n. a metrical foot comprising a trochee and an iambus, also CHORIAMB, CHORIAMBUS. |
| CIBACHROMES | • Cibachromes n. Plural of Cibachrome. • CIBACHROME n. a type of colour print made directly form a colour transparency. |
| CRUMBCLOTHS | • crumbcloths n. Plural of crumbcloth. • CRUMBCLOTH n. a cloth laid under a table to keep crumbs from the carpet. |
| SCRATCHBACK | • scratchback n. (UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting… • SCRATCHBACK n. a backscratcher. |
| SWITCHBACKS | • switchbacks n. Plural of switchback. • SWITCHBACK v. to follow a zigzag course esp. for ascent or descent. |