| BACKBENCHER | • backbencher n. (Politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the… • backbencher n. (Education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom. • backbencher n. (Sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve. |
| BACKBENCHES | • backbenches n. Plural of backbench. • back-benches n. Plural of back-bench. • back␣benches n. Plural of back bench. |
| BACKCHECKED | • backchecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of backcheck. • BACKCHECK v. in ice hockey, to return from attack to defence. |
| BENCHMARKED | • benchmarked v. Simple past tense and past participle of benchmark. • BENCHMARK v. to test by a preset standard. |
| BLACKHEADED | • blackheaded adj. Having a black head. • BLACKHEADED adj. having a black head. |
| BLOCKHEADED | • blockheaded adj. Resembling a blockhead; stupid. • blockheaded v. Simple past tense and past participle of blockhead. • BLOCKHEADED adj. stupid. |
| BODYCHECKED | • bodychecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of bodycheck. • body-checked v. Simple past tense and past participle of body-check. • body␣checked v. Simple past tense and past participle of body check. |
| BREECHBLOCK | • breechblock n. (Firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge. • BREECHBLOCK n. part of a gun. |
| CHEQUEBOOKS | • chequebooks n. Plural of chequebook. • cheque␣books n. Plural of cheque book. • CHEQUEBOOK n. a book containing cheques. |
| HACKBERRIES | • hackberries n. Plural of hackberry. • HACKBERRY n. a genus of trees related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp, also HAGBERRY. |
| HACKBUTEERS | • hackbuteers n. Plural of hackbuteer. • HACKBUTEER n. one who uses a hackbut, an arquebus, also HACKBUTTER, HAGBUTEER, HAGBUTTER. |
| HUCKLEBERRY | • huckleberry n. A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia. • huckleberry n. A shrub growing this fruit. • huckleberry n. A small amount, a short distance, as in the phrase huckleberry above a persimmon. |
| HUCKLEBONES | • huckle␣bones n. Plural of huckle bone. • HUCKLEBONE n. the ankle bone, or talus. |
| LEATHERBACK | • leatherback n. A large sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a leathery back. • LEATHERBACK n. a kind of large sea turtle. |
| PICKELHAUBE | • pickelhaube n. (Historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War. • PICKELHAUBE n. (German) the spiked helmet worn by German or Prussian soldiers before World War I. |
| SHACKLEBONE | • shackle-bone n. (Scotland, archaic) The wrist. • SHACKLEBONE n. (Scots) the wrist. |
| UNCHECKABLE | • uncheckable adj. Incapable of being checked or verified. • uncheckable adj. Incapable of being checked or restrained. • UNCHECKABLE adj. that cannot be checked. |
| WORKBENCHES | • workbenches n. Plural of workbench. • WORKBENCH n. a bench, often purpose-built, at which a craftsman, mechanic, etc. works. |