| BACKACHES | • backaches n. Plural of backache. • BACKACHE n. pain in the back. |
| BACKACTER | • BACKACTER n. a mechanical excavator with an extension consisting of a bucket on an extending arm, which can be used to scoop up earth as it is drawn back towards the machine, aka backhoe. |
| 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… |
| BACKPIECE | • backpiece n. A decorated comb that attaches a veil to the back of a bride’s head. • backpiece n. A large tattoo on a person’s back. • backpiece n. A piece or plate of armour protecting a person’s back. |
| BACKSPACE | • backspace n. The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards. • backspace n. (Computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one… • backspace n. (Computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace. |
| BLACKFACE | • blackface n. (Uncountable) A style of makeup in which a non-black person blackens their face, usually in order to… • blackface n. (Countable) A sheep of the Scottish Blackface breed. • Blackface n. Alternative letter-case form of blackface (form of racist vaudeville entertainment). |
| 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. |
| CAMELBACK | • camelback n. (Uncountable) The backs of camels. • camelback n. (Countable) A flexible water container worn on the back. • camelback n. (Countable) A house with a second storey that does not completely cover the ground floor. |
| CELLBLOCK | • cellblock n. A wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates. • cell␣block n. Alternative form of cellblock. • CELLBLOCK n. a group of prison cells. |
| 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. |
| CLICKABLE | • clickable adj. (Entertainment) That establishes rapport with an audience. • clickable adj. (Manufacturing, of a rigid plastic foam) That retains its shape after being cut by a blade or punched by a die. • clickable adj. (Computing) Causing some action to occur when clicked with a mouse or other pointing device. |
| COCKLEBUR | • cocklebur n. Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit. • COCKLEBUR n. the burdock, also CLOTBUR. |
| COMEBACKS | • comebacks n. Plural of comeback. • COMEBACK n. a return to former glory. |
| 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. |