| ACKNOWLEDGEABLE | • acknowledgeable adj. Able to be acknowledged. • acknowledgeable adj. Worthy of acknowledgement. • ACKNOWLEDGEABLE adj. capable of being acknowledged. |
| ACKNOWLEDGEABLY | • acknowledgeably adj. Such that it can be acknowledged. • ACKNOWLEDGEABLE adv. capable of being acknowledged. |
| BACKDOWN | • backdown n. An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal. • back␣down v. (Idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to. • back␣down v. (Idiomatic) To withdraw from a commitment or position. |
| BACKDOWNS | • backdowns n. Plural of backdown. • BACKDOWN n. the abandonment of one's position. |
| BACKSWORDMAN | • backswordman n. (Historical) One who fights with a backsword or singlestick. • BACKSWORDMAN n. one who uses a backsword, a sword with one sharp edge, also BACKSWORDSMAN. |
| BACKSWORDMEN | • backswordmen n. Plural of backswordman. • BACKSWORDMAN n. one who uses a backsword, a sword with one sharp edge, also BACKSWORDSMAN. |
| BACKSWORDSMAN | • BACKSWORDSMAN n. one who uses a backsword, a sword with one sharp edge, also BACKSWORDMAN. |
| BACKSWORDSMEN | • BACKSWORDSMAN n. one who uses a backsword, a sword with one sharp edge, also BACKSWORDMAN. |
| BACKWARDATION | • backwardation n. In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery… • backwardation n. The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price. • backwardation n. (Obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer… |
| BACKWARDATIONS | • backwardations n. Plural of backwardation. • BACKWARDATION n. on the Stock Exchange, the postponement of the delivery of stock; a charge associated with this. |
| BACKWARDNESS | • backwardness n. The state of being backward. • backwardness n. Reluctance. • BACKWARDNESS n. the state of being backward. |
| BACKWARDNESSES | • backwardnesses n. Plural of backwardness. • BACKWARDNESS n. the state of being backward. |
| BACKWIND | • backwind v. (Nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel. • backwind n. (Nautical) The flow of air so deflected. • backwind v. (Transitive) To wind backwards. |
| BACKWINDED | • backwinded v. Simple past tense and past participle of backwind. • BACKWIND v. to deflect airflow into the back of a sail. |
| BACKWINDING | • backwinding v. Present participle of backwind. • BACKWIND v. to deflect airflow into the back of a sail. |
| BACKWINDS | • backwinds n. Plural of backwind. • BACKWIND v. to deflect airflow into the back of a sail. |
| BACKWOODSMAN | • backwoodsman n. A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences. • backwoodsman n. An uncivilized person. • backwoodsman n. (Informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament… |
| BACKWOODSMEN | • backwoodsmen n. Plural of backwoodsman. • BACKWOODSMAN n. a provincial, a country bumpkin. |