| 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. |
| BILLHOOKS | • billhooks n. Plural of billhook. • bill-hooks n. Plural of bill-hook. • bill␣hooks n. Plural of bill hook. |
| BLOCKHEAD | • blockhead n. (Colloquial) A stupid person. • blockhead n. A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity;… • blockhead v. To perform as a human blockhead. |
| BLOCKHOLE | • blockhole n. (Cricket) A small depression in the pitch caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the point where they… • blockhole n. (By extension) The approximate place where the toe of the bat touches the pitch when a batsman is taking guard. • BLOCKHOLE n. the place where a batsman rests his bat. |
| BLOCKSHIP | • blockship n. (Nautical) A vessel that is deliberately sunk in order to block a waterway (to prevent it being used by an enemy). • BLOCKSHIP n. a warship too old for action, but useful in port defence. |
| BOLSHEVIK | • bolshevik n. Alternative form of Bolshevik. • Bolshevik n. (Historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, member of the Bolshevik Party in the 1917 Communist… • Bolshevik n. (Historical) A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic… |
| BOOKISHLY | • bookishly adv. In a bookish manner. • BOOKISH adv. pertaining to books. |
| BOOKLIGHT | • booklight n. A small clip-on light, usually battery-powered, used for reading books in the dark. • BOOKLIGHT n. a light that clips on to a book. |
| BOOKSHELF | • bookshelf n. A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference. • BOOKSHELF n. a shelf for books. |
| BUHLWORKS | • BUHLWORK n. (French) a form of marquetry with e.g. gold and silver inlaid in tortoiseshell, also BOULLE, BOULLEWORK, BUHL. |
| CHOKEABLE | • CHOKEABLE adj. that can be choked. |
| HACKBOLTS | • hackbolts n. Plural of hackbolt. • HACKBOLT n. a sea bird, the greater shearwater, also HAGBOLT, HAGDEN, HAGDON, HAGDOWN. |
| HOLDBACKS | • holdbacks n. Plural of holdback. • HOLDBACK n. a restraining device. |
| HOWLBACKS | • HOWLBACK n. a condition resulting in a howling noise when recording from a mike, also HOWLROUND. |
| KOHLRABIS | • kohlrabis n. Plural of kohlrabi. • KOHLRABI n. (German) a variety of cabbage. |
| SHOCKABLE | • shockable adj. Able to be shocked. • shockable adj. Easily shocked. • shockable adj. (Medicine) Capable of being treated by defibrillator. |
| SHOEBLACK | • shoeblack n. One who cleans and polishes shoes (and boots) as an occupation. • SHOEBLACK n. one who polishes shoes. |