| BACKGROUNDER | • backgrounder n. (Chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives… • backgrounder n. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon. • backgrounder n. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation. |
| BLACKCURRANT | • blackcurrant n. A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries. • blackcurrant n. The berry borne by this shrub. • black-currant n. Alternative spelling of blackcurrant. |
| BRANKURSINES | • BRANKURSINE n. acanthus, or bear's-breech. |
| BREAKTHROUGH | • breakthrough adj. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle. • breakthrough adj. (Immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such… • breakthrough adj. (Medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment. |
| BRUSHSTROKES | • brushstrokes n. Plural of brushstroke. • BRUSHSTROKE n. a stroke with a brush. |
| HOUSEBREAKER | • housebreaker n. A criminal who breaks into and enters another’s house or premises with the intent of committing a crime. • house-breaker n. Alternative form of housebreaker. • house␣breaker n. Alternative form of housebreaker. |
| QUARTERBACKS | • quarterbacks n. Plural of quarterback. • quarterbacks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarterback. • QUARTERBACK v. to direct the offensive play of (as a football team). |
| RUBBERNECKED | • rubbernecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of rubberneck. • RUBBERNECK v. to look curiously at something. |
| RUBBERNECKER | • rubbernecker n. (Originally US) A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber… • rubber-necker n. Alternative form of rubbernecker. • RUBBERNECKER n. one who rubbernecks. |
| TROUBLEMAKER | • troublemaker n. One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately. • troublemaker n. A complainer. • trouble-maker n. Alternative spelling of troublemaker. |
| UNREMARKABLE | • unremarkable adj. Not remarkable. • UNREMARKABLE adj. not remarkable. |
| UNREMARKABLY | • unremarkably adv. In a way or to an extent that is unremarkable. • UNREMARKABLE adv. not remarkable. |