| BACKCASTS | • backcasts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcast. • BACKCAST v. to make a backward cast in fishing. |
| BACKCHATS | • backchats n. Plural of backchat. • backchats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backchat. • back-chats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of back-chat. |
| BACKCHECK | • backcheck v. (Transitive, ice hockey) To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one’s own goal. • backcheck v. (Intransitive, ice hockey) To engage in checking while skating toward or near one’s own goal. • backcheck v. (Quality control) To check someone else’s work after they have completed it, in a backward-looking type… |
| BACKCLOTH | • backcloth n. The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop. • back-cloth n. Alternative spelling of backcloth. • BACKCLOTH n. the painted cloth or curtain at the back of the stage. |
| BACKCOMBS | • backcombs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcomb. • back-combs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of back-comb. • BACKCOMB v. to comb back e.g. the hair. |
| BACKCOURT | • backcourt n. (Chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building. • backcourt n. (Basketball) A team’s defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team’s basket… • BACKCOURT n. in lawn tennis, that part of the court lying behind the service line. |
| BACKCROSS | • backcross v. (Genetics) To cross a hybrid with one of its parents. • backcross n. (Genetics) The act of crossing a hybrid with one of its parents. • backcross n. (Genetics) An organism produced by such a crossing. |
| BLACKCAPS | • blackcaps n. Plural of blackcap. • black␣caps n. Plural of black cap. • Black␣Caps n. (Plural only) The New Zealand national cricket team. |
| BLACKCOCK | • blackcock n. The male black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix). • black␣cock n. (Scotland, Wales, Northern England) The black grouse. • black␣cock n. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, cock. |
| BRICKCLAY | • brickclay n. A clay used in making bricks. • BRICKCLAY n. a clay containing sand and a good deal of iron; any clay used for brickmaking. |
| COCKCROWS | • cockcrows n. Plural of cockcrow. • cock-crows n. Plural of cock-crow. • COCKCROW n. early dawn, the time when the cock crows to greet the sun. |
| DECKCHAIR | • deckchair n. Alternative spelling of deck chair. • deck-chair n. Alternative spelling of deck chair. • deck␣chair n. A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach… |
| NECKCLOTH | • neckcloth n. (Historical) An ornamental cravat, usually white. • neck-cloth n. (Historical) Alternative form of neckcloth. • NECKCLOTH n. a cloth worn round the neck. |
| PACKCLOTH | • packcloth n. A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging. • PACKCLOTH n. a cloth in which goods are enclosed. |
| ROCKCRESS | • rockcress n. Any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: in genera Arabis, with… • ROCKCRESS n. another name for the plant arabis. |
| SACKCLOTH | • sackcloth n. A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks. • sackcloth n. (Usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance. • sackcloth adj. Made of sackcloth. |
| STOCKCARS | • stockcars n. Plural of stockcar. • stock␣cars n. Plural of stock car. • STOCKCAR n. a boxcar for carrying livestock. |