| 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. |
| BACKCHANNEL | • backchannel v. To employ a back channel. • backchannel v. (Linguistics) To employ non-verbal (oral and visual) means to influence a speaker without interruption. • backchannel n. Alternative form of back channel. |
| BACKHANDERS | • backhanders n. Plural of backhander. • back-handers n. Plural of back-hander. • BACKHANDER n. a bribe. |
| BENCHMARKED | • benchmarked v. Simple past tense and past participle of benchmark. • BENCHMARK v. to test by a preset standard. |
| BETHWACKING | • bethwacking v. Present participle of bethwack. • BETHWACK v. to thrash soundly. |
| BLACKHANDER | • blackhander n. Alternative form of Black Hander. • Blackhander n. Alternative form of Black Hander. • Black␣Hander n. A person who carries on the Black Hand extortion racket. |
| CHAINBRAKES | • CHAINBRAKE n. a cutoff safety device on a chainsaw. |
| HUCKLEBONES | • huckle␣bones n. Plural of huckle bone. • HUCKLEBONE n. the ankle bone, or talus. |
| HUNCHBACKED | • hunchbacked adj. Having an abnormally curved or hunched back. • HUNCHBACKED adj. having a hunchback. |
| LUCKENBOOTH | • LUCKENBOOTH n. (Scots) a shop or booth esp. in 18th century Edinburgh. |
| LUNCHBREAKS | • lunchbreaks n. Plural of lunchbreak. • lunch␣breaks n. Plural of lunch break. • LUNCHBREAK n. a break for lunch. |
| 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. |
| UNSHOCKABLE | • unshockable adj. Incapable of being shocked (scandalised or appalled). • UNSHOCKABLE adj. not capable of being shocked. |
| WORKBENCHES | • workbenches n. Plural of workbench. • WORKBENCH n. a bench, often purpose-built, at which a craftsman, mechanic, etc. works. |