| BACKDROPT | • BACKDROP v. to create a background for a stage. |
| BACKSTRAP | • backstrap n. A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe. • backstrap n. The backbone of a book. • backstrap n. A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine. |
| BECARPETS | • becarpets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becarpet. • BECARPET v. to cover with a carpet. |
| BRATPACKS | • BRATPACK n. a clique of rowdy film stars. |
| 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. |
| BYPRODUCT | • byproduct n. Alternative form of by-product. • by-product n. A secondary product; something made incidentally during the production of something else. • by-product n. A side effect. |
| 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. |
| CYBERPETS | • cyberpets n. Plural of cyberpet. • CYBERPET n. a computer simulated pet. |
| 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. |
| PROBIOTIC | • probiotic n. (Bacteriology) A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons. • probiotic adj. (Ecology) Of, or relating to probiosis; ecologic facilitation. • probiotic adj. Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes. |
| SUBSCRIPT | • subscript n. (Typography) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it. • subscript n. (Programming) An index into an array or hash. • subscript v. (Mathematics, sciences, typography, transitive, of a variable) To provide with a subscript. |
| SUBTROPIC | • subtropic n. A subtropical region. • SUBTROPIC adj. relating to the area lying between the Tropic of Cancer and 40 degrees N, and the Tropic of Capricorn and 40 degrees south, also SUBTROPICAL. • SUBTROPIC n. a subtropical region. |