| BECKONERS | • beckoners n. Plural of beckoner. • BECKONER n. one who beckons. |
| BEDARKENS | • bedarkens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedarken. • BEDARKEN v. to make dark. |
| BLACKENER | • blackener n. One who blackens. • BLACKENER n. something that blackens. |
| BLINKERED | • blinkered adj. Wearing blinkers or blinders. • blinkered adj. (Figuratively) Having tunnel vision; unable to see what is happening around one. • blinkered v. Simple past tense and past participle of blinker. |
| BRAKESMEN | • brakesmen n. Plural of brakesman. • BRAKESMAN n. a pithead winch operator. |
| BREAKBONE | • breakbone n. (Pathology, uncountable) dengue fever. • breakbone n. (US dialect, countable) A chicken’s wishbone. • breakbone adj. Violent; rough and painful. |
| BREAKEVEN | • breakeven n. Alternative spelling of break-even. • breakeven adj. Alternative spelling of break-even. • breakeven v. (Nonstandard) Alternative spelling of break even. |
| BREAKNECK | • breakneck adj. Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather. • breakneck n. A fall that breaks the neck. • breakneck n. A dangerous steep place from which one could fall badly. |
| BRISKENED | • briskened v. Simple past tense and past participle of brisken. • BRISKEN v. to make brisk. |
| CANEBRAKE | • canebrake n. (US) A dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants. • cane␣brake n. A dense thicket of sugar-canes or bamboos. • CANEBRAKE n. a thicket of canes. |
| DEBUNKERS | • debunkers n. Plural of debunker. • DEBUNKER n. one who debunks. |
| EMBANKERS | • embankers n. Plural of embanker. • EMBANKER n. one who makes banks or dikes. |
| GREENBACK | • greenback n. (US) Any bill that is legal tender in the US (originally printed with green and black ink) issued by… • greenback n. The United States dollar. • greenback n. (Historical) A unit of American currency issued during the Civil War by the Treasury Department. |
| KERBSTONE | • kerbstone n. A paving stone that forms part of a kerb. • kerb-stone n. Alternative form of kerbstone. • kerb␣stone n. Alternative form of kerbstone. |
| KNEEBOARD | • kneeboard n. (Surfing) A short (often less than 6’), broad (sometimes extremely broad) surfboard designed to be ridden… • kneeboard n. (Aviation) A clipboard carried in the lap of an airplane pilot, on which basic flight data is recorded. • kneeboard n. (Waterskiing) A short wakeboard designed to be ridden in the kneeling position. |
| NEBENKERN | • nebenkern n. (Biology) A mass or shred of chromatin-staining material outside of the nucleus in the cytoplasm. • NEBENKERN n. (German) a two-stranded helical structure of the proximal tail region of a spermatozoon. |
| NEWSBREAK | • newsbreak n. An instance of news broadcasting. • NEWSBREAK n. a newsworthy event. |
| UNDERBAKE | • underbake v. To bake insufficiently, or less than usual. • UNDERBAKE v. to bake insufficiently. |
| UNREBUKED | • unrebuked adj. Not rebuked. • UNREBUKED adj. not rebuked. |