| BACKBURNED | • backburned v. Simple past tense and past participle of backburn. • BACKBURN v. to set a fire in order to halt the spread of another fire. |
| BACKHANDER | • backhander n. A glass of wine given out of turn, the bottle having been handed backwards. • backhander n. A blow with the back of the hand. • backhander n. (Informal) A bribe, a secret payment. |
| BACKSLIDER | • backslider n. A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate. • BACKSLIDER n. one who backslides. |
| BACKVELDER | • backvelder n. A native or inhabitant of the backveld. • BACKVELDER n. (South African) one who lives in the backveld, country remote from towns. |
| BADDERLOCK | • BADDERLOCK n. an edible seaweed, also BALDERLOCKS. |
| BAREBACKED | • barebacked adv. Synonym of bareback. • barebacked adj. Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait. • bare-backed adj. Without a saddle. |
| BAUDRICKES | • baudrickes n. Plural of baudricke. • BAUDRICKE n. (Spenser) the zodiac. |
| BLOCKADERS | • blockaders n. Plural of blockader. • BLOCKADER n. one who blockades. |
| BREADSTICK | • breadstick n. A long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and… • bread-stick n. Alternative spelling of breadstick. • BREADSTICK n. a stick of bread. |
| BREAKDANCE | • breakdance n. The art, or an instance, of breakdancing. • breakdance v. (Intransitive) To dance in this style. • break-dance v. Alternative form of breakdance. |
| BRICKFIELD | • brickfield n. A place where bricks are made; a brickyard. • BRICKFIELD n. a brickyard. |
| BRIDECAKES | • bridecakes n. Plural of bridecake. • BRIDECAKE n. rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding. |
| BUTTERDOCK | • butterdock n. Butterbur. • BUTTERDOCK n. a wild plant, butterbur. |
| DICKEYBIRD | • DICKEYBIRD n. a false shirtfront, also DICKYBIRD. |
| HARDBACKED | • hardbacked adj. (Of a book) Having a solid binding; hardback. • hardbacked adj. Having a hard back. • HARDBACKED adj. of a book, having hard covers. |
| LADDERBACK | • ladderback n. A chair whose back incorporates a series of horizontal bars. • ladder-back n. Alternative form of ladderback. • ladder␣back n. Alternative form of ladderback. |
| PARBUCKLED | • parbuckled v. Simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle. • PARBUCKLE v. to raise or lower (a cask, gun, etc.) with a parbuckle, a sling made by wrapping both ends of rope around object. |
| RIDGEBACKS | • ridgebacks n. Plural of ridgeback. • RIDGEBACK n. a large hunting-dog. |
| RUDBECKIAS | • rudbeckias n. Plural of rudbeckia. • RUDBECKIA n. (Swedish) a composite plant of the sunflower family. |