| ACROBATIC | • acrobatic adj. Of or pertaining to an acrobat. • acrobatic adj. Vigorously active (Can we add an example for this sense?). • ACROBATIC adj. like an acrobat, agile. |
| BACKCLOTH | • backcloth n. The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop. • back-cloth n. Alternative spelling of backcloth. • BACKCLOTH n. the painted cloth or curtain at the back of the stage. |
| BACKCOURT | • backcourt n. (Chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building. • backcourt n. (Basketball) A team’s defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team’s basket… • BACKCOURT n. in lawn tennis, that part of the court lying behind the service line. |
| CANCELBOT | • cancelbot n. (Internet) A bot that sends messages to Usenet newsgroups to remove certain postings, especially spam. • CANCELBOT n. a computer program that identifies and deletes unwanted articles sent to an Internet newsgroup. |
| CATABOLIC | • catabolic adj. Of, or relating to catabolism. • CATABOLIC adj. relating to catabolism, destructive chemical processes in living creatures, also KATABOLIC. |
| CATACOMBS | • catacombs n. Plural of catacomb. • CATACOMB n. an underground cemetery. |
| CENOBITIC | • cenobitic adj. Of or pertaining to a cenobite. • CENOBITIC adj. of or like a cenobite, also CENOBITICAL, COENOBITIC. |
| COCKBOATS | • cockboats n. Plural of cockboat. • cock-boats n. Plural of cock-boat. • COCKBOAT n. a small boat. |
| COUNTBACK | • countback n. (Sports) A procedure used to determine which of two equal finishers is the winner, based on past performance. • COUNTBACK n. a system of deciding the winner of a tied competition by comparing earlier points or scores. |
| CUTBLOCKS | • CUTBLOCK n. a limited area authorised for logging. |
| NOTCHBACK | • notchback n. A motor car whose rear window makes an angle with its back segment. • NOTCHBACK n. a car whose roof does not slope continuously from the roof to the bumper, but juts out from the bottom of the rear window. |
| SCORBUTIC | • scorbutic adj. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from scurvy. • SCORBUTIC adj. pertaining to or afflicted with scurvy. |
| TOBACCOES | • tobaccoes n. (Dated) plural of tobacco. • TOBACCO n. an annual herb cultivated for its leaves. |
| TOUCHBACK | • touchback n. (American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the… • TOUCHBACK n. a play in which the ball is dead on or behind a team's own goal line, having been put across the line by an opponent but actually put down by a member of that team. |