BACKSPACE | • backspace n. The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards. • backspace n. (Computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one… • backspace n. (Computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace. |
BACKSPEER | • BACKSPEER v. (Scots) to cross-question, also BACKSPEIR. |
BACKSPEIR | • BACKSPEIR v. (Scots) to cross-question, also BACKSPEER. |
BACKSWEPT | • backswept adj. Swept back. • BACKSWEPT adj. swept backwards. |
BAKESHOPS | • bakeshops n. Plural of bakeshop. • BAKESHOP n. a bakery. |
PALEBUCKS | • PALEBUCK n. a kind of antelope, aka oribi. |
PARBREAKS | • parbreaks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parbreak. • parbreaks n. Plural of parbreak. • PARBREAK v. (archaic) to vomit. |
PEEKABOOS | • peekaboos v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of peekaboo. • PEEKABOO n. a peeping game played by small children, also PEEKABO. |
PRESSBACK | • pressback n. A wooden chair of the Victorian period, having a pattern pressed into the crest rail and/or splat by… • PRESSBACK adj. relating to wooden chairs of the Victorian period, having a pattern pressed into the crest rail and/or splat by means of a steam press. |
SKIPPABLE | • skippable adj. Capable of being skipped. • skippable adj. Not worth watching or doing; missable. • SKIPPABLE adj. that can be skipped. |
SPEAKABLE | • speakable adj. That can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable. • speakable adj. Acceptable as a topic of discussion; not subject to taboo. • speakable adj. (Obsolete) Capable of speech. |
SUPERBANK | • superbank n. A particularly large or powerful bank. • SUPERBANK n. a very large bank. |
SWEEPBACK | • sweepback n. The rearward angle of the leading edge of a wing, or airfoil. • SWEEPBACK n. the angle at which an aircraft wing is set back relative to the axis. |
SWEPTBACK | • sweptback adj. (Of an aircraft wing) Angled backwards from its attachment to the fuselage. • sweptback adj. (Of a hairstyle) Backswept. • swept-back adj. Alternative form of sweptback. |
UNBESPEAK | • unbespeak v. (Obsolete, transitive) To unsay; to annul or cancel. • UNBESPEAK v. to unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. |