| BACKBENCHER | • backbencher n. (Politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the… • backbencher n. (Education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom. • backbencher n. (Sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve. |
| BACKBENCHES | • backbenches n. Plural of backbench. • back-benches n. Plural of back-bench. • back␣benches n. Plural of back bench. |
| BACKCASTING | • backcasting v. Present participle of backcast. • BACKCAST v. to make a backward cast in fishing. |
| BACKCHANNEL | • backchannel v. To employ a back channel. • backchannel v. (Linguistics) To employ non-verbal (oral and visual) means to influence a speaker without interruption. • backchannel n. Alternative form of back channel. |
| BACKCOMBING | • backcombing v. Present participle of backcomb. • back-combing v. Present participle of back-comb. • BACKCOMB v. to comb back e.g. the hair. |
| BACKCOUNTRY | • backcountry n. A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks. • back␣country n. Alternative form of backcountry. • BACKCOUNTRY n. a remote rural region. |
| BACKPACKING | • backpacking v. Present participle of backpack. • backpacking n. Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one’s gear carried in a backpack. • backpacking n. Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations. |
| BACKSPACING | • backspacing v. Present participle of backspace. • BACKSPACE v. to move the cursor of a computer or the carriage of a typewriter one or more spaces back by means of a particular key. |
| 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. |
| CANVASBACKS | • canvasbacks n. Plural of canvasback. • CANVASBACK n. a species of duck, so named from the markings of the plumage on its back. |
| COCKBILLING | • cockbilling v. Present participle of cockbill. • COCKBILL v. to raise the yardarm on a ship. |
| CORNERBACKS | • cornerbacks n. Plural of cornerback. • CORNERBACK n. a position in American football. |
| CRACKBRAINS | • crackbrains n. Plural of crackbrain. • CRACKBRAIN n. a crazy person. |
| CRAMBOCLINK | • crambo-clink n. (Scotland, archaic) Bad poetry; doggerel. • CRAMBOCLINK n. (Scots) rhyming doggerel. |
| HUNCHBACKED | • hunchbacked adj. Having an abnormally curved or hunched back. • HUNCHBACKED adj. having a hunchback. |
| PICKBACKING | • PICKBACK v. to carry someone on one's back, also PICKABACK, PICKAPACK, PIGGYBACK. |
| UNCHECKABLE | • uncheckable adj. Incapable of being checked or verified. • uncheckable adj. Incapable of being checked or restrained. • UNCHECKABLE adj. that cannot be checked. |