| BACKDOWNS | • backdowns n. Plural of backdown. • BACKDOWN n. the abandonment of one's position. |
| BACKFLOWS | • backflows n. Plural of backflow. • BACKFLOW n. the action of flowing back towards a source. |
| BACKSWORD | • backsword n. A sword with one sharp edge. • backsword n. (UK, dated) A stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements. • backsword n. (UK, dated) The game in which the stick is used. |
| BACKWOODS | • backwoods n. Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America. • backwoods n. A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the… • backwoods adj. Pertaining to the backwoods. |
| BACKWORDS | • backwords n. Plural of backword. • BACKWORD n. a retort. |
| BACKWORKS | • BACKWORK n. work done underground but not at the coalface. |
| BECOWARDS | • BECOWARD v. to accuse of cowardice. |
| BLOWBACKS | • blowbacks n. Plural of blowback. • BLOWBACK n. an escape of gases. |
| CRABWOODS | • crabwoods n. Plural of crabwood. • CRABWOOD n. a tropical American tree. |
| CRIBWORKS | • cribworks n. Plural of cribwork. • CRIBWORK n. a timber framework for e.g. a pier or mine. |
| CROSSBOWS | • crossbows n. Plural of crossbow. • CROSSBOW n. a weapon for shooting bolts, formed of a bow placed crosswise on a stock. |
| CROWBAITS | • crowbaits n. Plural of crowbait. • CROWBAIT n. an old horse. |
| CROWBOOTS | • CROWBOOT n. a type of Inuit boot made of fur and leather. |
| HOWLBACKS | • HOWLBACK n. a condition resulting in a howling noise when recording from a mike, also HOWLROUND. |
| PLOWBACKS | • PLOWBACK n. a reinvestment of profits in a business, also PLOUGHBACK. |
| SLOWBACKS | • slowbacks n. Plural of slowback. • SLOWBACK n. (obsolete) a lazy person. |