| 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. |
| BACKBITINGS | • backbitings n. Plural of backbiting. • BACKBITING n. malicious gossip. |
| BACKBLOCKER | • BACKBLOCKER n. one who lives in the backblocks. |
| BACKBREAKER | • backbreaker n. A strenuous and exhausting task, typically involving physical effort. • BACKBREAKER n. a strenuous task. |
| BACKBURNING | • backburning v. Present participle of backburn. • BACKBURN v. to set a fire in order to halt the spread of another fire. |
| BLACKBALLED | • blackballed v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackball. • BLACKBALL v. to vote against someone becoming member of a club. |
| BLACKBIRDED | • blackbirded v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackbird. • BLACKBIRD v. to traffic in slaves. |
| BLACKBIRDER | • blackbirder n. A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour). • blackbirder n. A ship used for blackbirding. • 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. |
| BLACKBOARDS | • blackboards n. Plural of blackboard. • blackboards v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackboard. • BLACKBOARD n. a hard smooth usually dark surface used esp. in a classroom for writing or drawing on with chalk. |
| BLACKBODIES | • blackbodies n. Plural of blackbody. • black␣bodies n. Plural of black body. • BLACKBODY n. a body absorbing all incident radiation. |
| CRACKBRAINS | • crackbrains n. Plural of crackbrain. • CRACKBRAIN n. a crazy person. |
| HACKBERRIES | • hackberries n. Plural of hackberry. • HACKBERRY n. a genus of trees related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp, also HAGBERRY. |
| HACKBUTEERS | • hackbuteers n. Plural of hackbuteer. • HACKBUTEER n. one who uses a hackbut, an arquebus, also HACKBUTTER, HAGBUTEER, HAGBUTTER. |
| HACKBUTTERS | • hackbutters n. Plural of hackbutter. • HACKBUTTER n. one who uses a hackbut, also HACKBUTEER, HAGBUTEER, HAGBUTTER. |
| JACKBOOTING | • jackbooting v. Present participle of jackboot. • jack-booting v. Present participle of jack-boot. • jack␣booting v. Present participle of jack boot. |