| BACKSWIMMER | • backswimmer n. Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs. • BACKSWIMMER n. one who swims on the back. |
| BACKWORKERS | • BACKWORKER n. a miner who does backwork, work done underground but not at the coalface. |
| BESCRAWLING | • bescrawling v. Present participle of bescrawl. • BESCRAWL v. to cover with scrawls. |
| BIRDWATCHES | • birdwatches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdwatch. • BIRDWATCH v. to watch birds as a hobby. |
| BLACKWATERS | • blackwaters n. Plural of blackwater. • BLACKWATER n. a complication of malaria. |
| BLOWTORCHES | • blowtorches n. Plural of blowtorch. • blowtorches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blowtorch. • blow␣torches n. Plural of blow torch. |
| BUSHWHACKER | • bushwhacker n. (US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path. • bushwhacker n. (Australia) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country. • bushwhacker n. (US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War. |
| CROSSBOWERS | • crossbowers n. Plural of crossbower. • CROSSBOWER n. one who uses a crossbow. |
| CROSSBOWMAN | • crossbowman n. Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow. • CROSSBOWMAN n. a person (as a soldier or a hunter) whose weapon is a crossbow. |
| CROSSBOWMEN | • crossbowmen n. Plural of crossbowman. • CROSSBOWMAN n. a person (as a soldier or a hunter) whose weapon is a crossbow. |
| CROWBERRIES | • crowberries n. Plural of crowberry. • CROWBERRY n. a low creeping moorland shrub with small black berries. |
| JABBERWOCKS | • JABBERWOCK n. nonsense, gibberish, also JABBERWOCKY. |
| PUBCRAWLERS | • pub␣crawlers n. Plural of pub crawler. • PUBCRAWLER n. one who engages in pub-crawls. |
| SWITCHBOARD | • switchboard n. (Telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient. • switchboard n. (Electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads. • SWITCHBOARD n. a board or frame bearing apparatus for making or breaking an electric current or circuit. |
| THUMBSCREWS | • thumbscrews n. Plural of thumbscrew. • THUMBSCREW n. an instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw. |
| WITCHBROOMS | • WITCHBROOM n. a dense abnormal growth of shoots on a tree or other woody plant, usually caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Taphrina. |
| WORKBENCHES | • workbenches n. Plural of workbench. • WORKBENCH n. a bench, often purpose-built, at which a craftsman, mechanic, etc. works. |