| 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. |
| BACKSPLIT | • backsplit n. A split-level home whose split level is visible only from the side elevation. • BACKSPLIT n. (Canadian) a house with floors raised half a storey at the rear, having an upper and lower main floor, and an upper and lower basement. |
| BICIPITAL | • bicipital adj. Of or pertaining to a biceps. • bicipital adj. (Of a muscle) Having two heads or points of origin. • BICIPITAL adj. having two heads or origins, as a muscle. |
| BLACKSPOT | • blackspot n. Alternative form of black spot. • black␣spot n. (Phytopathology) A fungal disease among plants, particularly roses, that results in black spots on the leaves. • black␣spot n. (Transport) A section of roadway that has been designated as being particularly accident-prone. |
| BLACKTIPS | • blacktips n. Plural of blacktip. • BLACKTIP n. a kind of small shark. |
| BLACKTOPS | • blacktops v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacktop. • black-tops v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of black-top. • black-tops n. Plural of black-top. |
| CAPABLEST | • capablest adj. (Nonstandard) superlative form of capable: most capable. • CAPABLE adj. competent. |
| COMPTABLE | • COMPTABLE adj. (obsolete) countable, also COMPTIBLE, COUNTABLE. |
| COMPTIBLE | • comptible adj. (Obsolete) accountable; responsible. • comptible adj. (Obsolete) sensitive. • COMPTIBLE adj. (obsolete) countable, also COMPTABLE. |
| 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. |
| PUBLICIST | • publicist n. A person whose job is to publicize information or events; a publicity agent; a public relations agent or worker. • publicist n. A journalist, often a commentator, who focusses on politics. • publicist n. (Now rare and archaic) A scholar, of public or international law. |
| PUBLICITY | • publicity n. Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something. • publicity n. Public interest attracted in this way. • publicity n. The condition of being the object of public attention. |