| BACKPLATE | • backplate n. A plate protecting a fighting person’s back. • backplate n. (Underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver’s back, to which the gas cylinders are attached. • backplate n. A metal plate on the rear of a computer’s casing, used to cover a port or slot. |
| BACKSWEPT | • backswept adj. Swept back. • BACKSWEPT adj. swept backwards. |
| BECARPETS | • becarpets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becarpet. • BECARPET v. to cover with a carpet. |
| BENCHTOPS | • benchtops n. Plural of benchtop. • BENCHTOP n. a flat surface area to work on. |
| BEPATCHED | • bepatched adj. Covered in patches. • BEPATCHED adj. (archaic) covered with patches. |
| BETATOPIC | • BETATOPIC adj. of atoms, differing in proton number by one. |
| BUTTERCUP | • buttercup n. Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot. • buttercup n. Any flower of the genus Narcissus; a daffodil. • buttercup n. Affectionate or ironic term of address. |
| CAPABLEST | • capablest adj. (Nonstandard) superlative form of capable: most capable. • CAPABLE adj. competent. |
| CARPETBAG | • carpetbag n. A traveling bag made from scraps of carpet and widely used in the United States (and elsewhere) in the… • carpetbag v. (Chiefly US) To come to a place or organisation with which one has no previous connection with the sole… • carpetbag adj. (Chiefly US) Having the characteristics of carpetbaggers. |
| COMPTABLE | • COMPTABLE adj. (obsolete) countable, also COMPTIBLE, COUNTABLE. |
| COMPTIBLE | • comptible adj. (Obsolete) accountable; responsible. • comptible adj. (Obsolete) sensitive. • COMPTIBLE adj. (obsolete) countable, also COMPTABLE. |
| CYBERPETS | • cyberpets n. Plural of cyberpet. • CYBERPET n. a computer simulated pet. |
| EPIBIOTIC | • epibiotic adj. Living on the surface of another organism. • EPIBIOTIC adj. relating to epibiosis, a relationship between two organisms where one grows on the other but is not parasitic. |
| PATCHABLE | • patchable adj. Able to be repaired; mendable. • patchable adj. Able to be patched into an electrical circuit or system. • PATCHABLE adj. that can be patched. |
| PHLEBITIC | • phlebitic adj. Of or pertaining to phlebitis. • PHLEBITIC adj. relating to phlebitis, inflammation of a vein. |
| PITCHBEND | • PITCHBEND n. a device that enables a player to bend the pitch of a note on a synthesiser. |
| PREBIOTIC | • prebiotic n. (Chiefly in the plural) A substance in food that is hard to digest and promotes the growth of beneficial… • prebiotic adj. Before the advent of life. • prebiotic adj. (Of a food) Not digestible, but beneficial. |
| PRESBYTIC | • presbytic adj. Presbyopic. • PRESBYTIC adj. relating to an old man. |
| PUBESCENT | • pubescent adj. At or just after the age of puberty. • pubescent adj. (Botany, zoology) Covered with down or fine hairs. • pubescent n. An individual who is going through puberty. |
| SWEPTBACK | • sweptback adj. (Of an aircraft wing) Angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage. • sweptback adj. (Of a hairstyle) Backswept. • swept-back adj. Alternative form of sweptback. |