| BLOWBACK | • blowback n. (Firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward… • blowback n. An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action. • blowback n. (Slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker’s mouth). |
| BLOWBALL | • blowball n. The downy seed head of a dandelion, a dandelion clock. • BLOWBALL n. a fluffy seed ball. |
| BROWBAND | • browband n. Part of a horse’s bridle that runs from just under one ear, across the forehead, to just under the other… • browband n. A band of fur of a contrasting colour on an animal’s brow. • browband n. A band of metal, part of a (person’s) helmet or crown, which covers the brow. |
| CATAWBAS | • catawbas n. Plural of catawba. • Catawbas n. Plural of Catawba. • CATAWBA n. a well known light red variety of American grape; a red wine made from it. |
| CLAWBACK | • clawback n. (US law of evidence) A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly… • clawback n. (US taxation law) Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision but is taken by another… • clawback n. (US, business) Any recovery of a performance-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not genuine. |
| COWBANES | • cowbanes n. Plural of cowbane. • COWBANE n. the water hemlock, often poisonous to cattle. |
| CROWBAIT | • crowbait n. (US, often attributive) An old, emaciated horse. • CROWBAIT n. an old horse. |
| CROWBARS | • crowbars n. Plural of crowbar. • crowbars v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crowbar. • CROWBAR v. to use a steel bar as a lever. |
| DAWBAKES | • DAWBAKE n. (dialect) a slow-witted person. |
| DRAWBACK | • drawback n. A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away. • drawback n. A partial refund of an import fee, as when goods are re-exported from the country that collected the fee. • drawback n. The inhalation of a lungful of smoke from a cigarette. |
| DRAWBARS | • drawbars n. Plural of drawbar. • DRAWBAR n. a sliding bar. |
| LOWBALLS | • lowballs n. Plural of lowball. • lowballs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lowball. • LOWBALL v. to give a customer a deceptively low price. |
| PLOWBACK | • plow␣back v. To reinvest profits into a business. • PLOWBACK n. a reinvestment of profits in a business, also PLOUGHBACK. |
| SKEWBACK | • skewback n. (Architecture) The side of an arch; the course of masonry on the top of an abutment with a slope for… • SKEWBACK n. a sloping surface against which the end of an arch rests. |
| SKEWBALD | • skewbald adj. (Of horses) Marked with patches of white and non-black colours. • skewbald n. A skewbald horse. • SKEWBALD n. a horse with brown and white patches. |
| SLOWBACK | • slowback n. (Archaic, slang) A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer. • SLOWBACK n. (obsolete) a lazy person. |
| SNOWBALL | • snowball n. A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger… • snowball n. A cocktail made from lemonade and advocaat. • snowball n. (Figuratively) Something that snowballs (grows rapidly out of control). |
| SNOWBANK | • snowbank n. A heap of snow. • SNOWBANK n. a mound of snow. |
| SOWBACKS | • sowbacks n. Plural of sowback. • SOWBACK n. an eroded, steeply tilted ridge of resistant rocks with equal slopes on the sides, also HOGBACK. |