| BACKINGS | • backings n. Plural of backing. • BACKING n. a support. |
| BACKLINE | • backline n. Alternative form of back line. • back␣line n. (Soccer) Collectively, the defenders of a team. • back␣line n. (Field hockey) The line running across the goal to the corners of the playing field. |
| BACKSPIN | • backspin n. Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands. • backspin n. (Music) Synonym of spinback. • backspin v. (Transitive) To spin (a ball) with this motion. |
| BACKWIND | • backwind v. (Nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel. • backwind n. (Nautical) The flow of air so deflected. • backwind v. (Transitive) To wind backwards. |
| BENEDICK | • benedick n. A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage. • BENEDICK n. a newly married husband, esp. one formerly a confirmed bachelor, also BENEDICT. |
| BLACKFIN | • blackfin n. Bluefin tuna. • BLACKFIN n. a food fish, a kind of tuna. |
| BLACKING | • blacking v. Present participle of black. • blacking n. A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating. • blacking n. Shoe polish. |
| BLOCKING | • blocking v. Present participle of block. • blocking n. The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction. • blocking n. The precise movement and positioning of actors in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned… |
| BRICKING | • bricking v. Present participle of brick. • bricking n. The act of pelting with bricks. • BRICKING n. brickwork. |
| BUCKINGS | • buckings n. Plural of bucking. • BUCKING n. the process of steeping in lye before bleaching. |
| BUCKLING | • buckling n. The act of fastening a buckle. • buckling n. (Geology) A folding into hills and valleys. • buckling n. The action of collapsing under pressure or stress. |
| BUCKSKIN | • buckskin n. The skin of a male deer, a buck. • buckskin n. Clothing made from buckskin. • buckskin n. Breeches made of buckskin. |
| FINBACKS | • finbacks n. Plural of finback. • FINBACK n. a type of whale characterized by a prominent fin on the back, aka rorqual, also FINFISH, FINNER. |
| ICEBLINK | • iceblink n. A glare in the sky caused by reflection of light from an ice field. • ICEBLINK n. a glare in the sky caused by light reflected off ice. |
| NIBLICKS | • niblicks n. Plural of niblick. • NIBLICK n. an iron-headed golf club with a steeply angled face, for playing out of bunkers. |
| WINGBACK | • wingback n. (Soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending… • wingback n. (American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback. • wingback n. One of the projecting side pieces on a wingback chair. |