| BACKHANDEDLY | • backhandedly adv. In a backhanded manner. • back-handedly adv. Alternative form of backhandedly. • BACKHANDED adv. BACKHAND, to strike with the back of the hand. |
| BACKPEDALING | • backpedaling v. (US) present participle of backpedal. • backpedaling n. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACKPEDALLED | • backpedalled v. (British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BLACKBERRIED | • blackberried v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackberry. • BlackBerried adj. (Informal) Carrying and/or using a BlackBerry device. • BlackBerried v. Simple past tense and past participle of BlackBerry. |
| BLACKBIRDERS | • blackbirders n. Plural of blackbirder. • BLACKBIRDER n. (Australian slang) a person engaged in press-ganging or kidnapping labourers in the south Pacific region for work on the sugar plantations; a slave trader. |
| BLACKGUARDED | • blackguarded v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackguard. • BLACKGUARD v. to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel. |
| BLACKHANDERS | • blackhanders n. Plural of blackhander. • Blackhanders n. Plural of Blackhander. • Black␣Handers n. Plural of Black Hander. |
| BLACKLEADING | • blackleading v. Present participle of blacklead. • BLACKLEAD v. to coat with blacklead. |
| BLADDERWRACK | • bladderwrack n. Fucus vesiculosus, a seaweed in which iodine was first discovered. • bladder␣wrack n. Fucus vesiculosus, seaweed widespread in the cool waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. • bladder␣wrack n. Nereocystis luetkeana, kelp common on the northeastern Pacific coast. |
| BLOODSUCKERS | • bloodsuckers n. Plural of bloodsucker. • blood-suckers n. Plural of blood-sucker (alternative spelling of bloodsuckers). • BLOODSUCKER n. an animal that sucks blood. |
| BOTTLENECKED | • bottlenecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of bottleneck. • BOTTLENECK v. to slow down or impede by creating an obstruction. |
| BRICKFIELDER | • brickfielder n. (Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia. • BRICKFIELDER n. a hot dry wind in Australia. |
| SADDLEBACKED | • saddlebacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of saddleback. • saddle-backed adj. Shaped or curved like a saddle. • saddle-backed adj. Having a saddle-shaped marking; saddleback. |
| STRADDLEBACK | • STRADDLEBACK adv. with legs astride. |
| SWASHBUCKLED | • swashbuckled v. Simple past tense and past participle of swashbuckle. • SWASHBUCKLE v. to act the part of a swashbuckler. |