| ANTIBACCHII | • ANTIBACCHIUS n. (Latin) a foot of two long (or stressed) syllables followed by a short (or unstressed) one. |
| BACKCHATTED | • backchatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of backchat. • back-chatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of back-chat. • back␣chatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of back chat. |
| 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. |
| BREECHCLOTH | • breechcloth n. An apron-like garment held on by a belt tied around the waist to cover the loins; a loincloth. • breech-cloth n. Alternative spelling of breechcloth. • BREECHCLOTH n. a loincloth. |
| BREECHCLOUT | • breechclout n. (Dated) A breechcloth or loincloth. • BREECHCLOUT n. a loincloth. |
| BRONCHITICS | • bronchitics n. Plural of bronchitic. • BRONCHITIC n. one suffering from bronchitis. |
| CRUMBCLOTHS | • crumbcloths n. Plural of crumbcloth. • CRUMBCLOTH n. a cloth laid under a table to keep crumbs from the carpet. |
| NYCTOPHOBIC | • nyctophobic adj. Afflicted with nyctophobia; fearful of the dark or of night. • NYCTOPHOBIC adj. suffering from nyctophobia, an irrational fear of the night. |
| 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. |
| TECTIBRANCH | • tectibranch n. (Zoology) One of the order Tectibranchiata. • TECTIBRANCH n. any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |
| UNCATCHABLE | • uncatchable adj. Not catchable; that cannot be caught. • UNCATCHABLE adj. not catchable. |