| ANTIBACKLASH | • antibacklash adj. (Mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery). • ANTIBACKLASH adj. arising in opposition to a backlash. |
| ANTIBLACKISM | • antiblackism n. Antiblack sentiments or politics. • ANTIBLACKISM n. prejudice against black people. |
| BACKLIGHTING | • backlighting v. Present participle of backlight. • backlighting n. The illumination of a photographic subject from the rear, causing edges to glow while other areas remain in shadow. • BACKLIGHT v. to illumine a subject from the rear. |
| BACKSTALLING | • BACKSTALL v. of a kite, to lose power and begin to drop in low winds. |
| BILLSTICKING | • billsticking n. Synonym of billposting. • BILLSTICKING n. the act of posting bills. |
| BLACKLISTING | • blacklisting v. Present participle of blacklist. • blacklisting n. The act of placing onto a blacklist. • BLACKLISTING n. the act of putting on a blacklist. |
| BLACKTOPPING | • blacktopping v. Present participle of blacktop. • black-topping v. Present participle of black-top. • black␣topping v. Present participle of black top. |
| BLOCKBUSTING | • blockbusting n. (US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood… • blockbusting adj. Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful. • BLOCKBUSTING n. the act of bringing about the sale of property in an area by stirring up fears of racial change. |
| BLUESTOCKING | • bluestocking n. (Usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman. • bluestocking n. (Historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society. • bluestocking n. (Historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament. |
| BOOTLICKINGS | • bootlickings n. Plural of bootlicking. • BOOTLICKING n. the act of toadying. |
| BUMPKINLIEST | • BUMPKINLY adj. like a bumpkin, also BUMPKINISH. |
| DOUBLETHINKS | • doublethinks n. Plural of doublethink. • DOUBLETHINK n. thought marked by the acceptance of gross contradictions and falsehoods, esp. when used as a technique of self-indoctrination. |
| DRINKABILITY | • drinkability n. The state or property of being drinkable. • drinkability n. The extent to which something is drinkable. • DRINKABILITY n. the state of being drinkable. |
| TELEBANKINGS | • TELEBANKING n. an electronic banking service accessed by telephone. |
| UNMISTAKABLE | • unmistakable adj. Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else. • UNMISTAKABLE adj. not capable of being mistaken or misunderstood, also UNMISTAKEABLE. |
| UNMISTAKABLY | • unmistakably adv. In an unmistakable manner; unquestionably. • UNMISTAKABLE adv. not capable of being mistaken or misunderstood, also UNMISTAKEABLE. |