| BACCHANTE | • bacchante n. A priestess of Bacchus. • bacchante n. A female bacchanal. • BACCHANTE n. a priestess of Bacchus. |
| BACKACHES | • backaches n. Plural of backache. • BACKACHE n. pain in the back. |
| BACKBENCH | • backbench adj. Relating to the back benches in parliament. • backbench adj. Pertaining to the preparation of a donor organ prior to transplantation. • backbench adj. Secondary or inactive. |
| BACKCHECK | • backcheck v. (Transitive, ice hockey) To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one’s own goal. • backcheck v. (Intransitive, ice hockey) To engage in checking while skating toward or near one’s own goal. • backcheck v. (Quality control) To check someone else’s work after they have completed it, in a backward-looking type… |
| BEACHCOMB | • beachcomb v. To go beachcombing. • beachcomb n. An instance of beachcombing. • BEACHCOMB v. to wander along a beach looking for useful objects. |
| BECHANCED | • bechanced v. Simple past tense and past participle of bechance. • BECHANCE v. to happen by chance. |
| BECHANCES | • bechances v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bechance. • BECHANCE v. to happen by chance. |
| BIOCHEMIC | • BIOCHEMIC adj. relating to the chemistry of living things, also BIOCHEMICAL. |
| BODYCHECK | • bodycheck n. Alternative spelling of body check. • bodycheck v. Alternative spelling of body check. • body-check v. To perform a body check; to shove. |
| BYCATCHES | • bycatches n. Plural of bycatch. • by-catches n. Plural of by-catch. • BYCATCH n. an immature fish, esp. one caught along with the main catch. |
| CATCHABLE | • catchable adj. That can be caught. • CATCHABLE adj. capable of being caught. |
| CHECKABLE | • checkable adj. Able to be checked or verified. • checkable adj. Able to be marked with a check mark, or tick. • checkable adj. (Finance, not comparable) Alternative form of chequable. |
| CHECKBOOK | • checkbook n. Alternative form of chequebook. • CHECKBOOK n. (US) a chequebook. |
| COACHABLE | • coachable adj. That can be traversed by a coach. • coachable adj. Able to be coached or tutored effectively. • COACHABLE adj. that can be coached. |
| ESCABECHE | • escabeche n. A dish of fish (sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold. • ESCABECHE n. pickled vegetables such as onions, carrots, jalapeno peppers and garlic, typically served with fish. |
| LIBECCHIO | • libecchio n. A southwest wind. • LIBECCHIO n. (Milton) a strong westerly (or southwesterly) wind that blows on to Corsica's western coast, also LIBECCIO. |
| PINCHBECK | • pinchbeck n. An alloy of copper and zinc once used as imitation gold for cheap jewelry. • pinchbeck adj. (Not comparable) Made of pinchbeck. • pinchbeck adj. Sham; spurious, artificial; being a cheap substitution; only superficially attractive. |