| BACKSTREET | • backstreet adj. Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents. • backstreet adj. (Figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley. • backstreet n. Alternative spelling of back street. |
| BARKENTINE | • barkentine n. (Sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine. • BARKENTINE n. a three-masted vessel, with the foremast square-rigged, and the mainmast and mizzenmast fore-and-aft-rigged, also BARKANTINE, BARQUANTINE, BARQUENTINE. |
| BASKETRIES | • basketries n. Plural of basketry. • BASKETRY n. basket work. |
| BESTREAKED | • bestreaked v. Simple past tense and past participle of bestreak. • BESTREAK v. to overspread with streaks. |
| BREAKBEATS | • breakbeats n. Plural of breakbeat. • BREAKBEAT n. in house music, a short sample of drum beats taken from old soul or jazz records. |
| BREAKTIMES | • breaktimes n. Plural of breaktime. • break␣times n. Plural of break time. • BREAKTIME n. in schools etc., a recess, a break between lessons. |
| BREAKWATER | • breakwater n. A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter… • breakwater n. (Nautical) A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the… • breakwater n. (On beaches) A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the… |
| EMBARKMENT | • embarkment n. Embarkation; the act of setting out. • EMBARKMENT n. embarkation. |
| HACKBUTEER | • hackbuteer n. An arquebusier. • HACKBUTEER n. one who uses a hackbut, an arquebus, also HACKBUTTER, HAGBUTEER, HAGBUTTER. |
| HEARTBREAK | • heartbreak n. Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment. • HEARTBREAK n. crushing grief, anguish, or distress. • HEARTBREAK v. to cause intense grief to. |
| HEARTBROKE | • heartbroke adj. (Dialect or nonstandard) heartbroken. • HEARTBREAK v. to cause intense grief to. |
| KERBSTONES | • kerbstones n. Plural of kerbstone. • kerb-stones n. Plural of kerb-stone. • kerb␣stones n. Plural of kerb stone. |
| KIMBERLITE | • kimberlite n. (Geology) A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds. • KIMBERLITE n. a mica-peridotite, an intrusive igneous rock, in which the Kimberley diamonds were found. |
| MARKETABLE | • marketable adj. Of or pertaining to marketability; capable of being marketed. • marketable adj. Saleable (of goods) or employable (of people). • MARKETABLE adj. that can be marketed. |
| RIEBECKITE | • riebeckite n. (Mineralogy) A form of amphibole rich in sodium. • RIEBECKITE n. a monoclinic amphibole, a silicate of sodium and iron. |
| STONEBREAK | • stonebreak n. The meadow saxifrage. • STONEBREAK n. another name for saxifrage. |
| TIEBREAKER | • tiebreaker n. Something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation. • tie-breaker n. Alternative spelling of tiebreaker. • tie␣breaker n. An electronic circuit that transfers a load to a different power source. |
| TREBUCKETS | • trebuckets n. Plural of trebucket. • TREBUCKET n. a medieval siege engine for launching stones, also TREBUCHET. |