| ANTIBACKLASH | • antibacklash adj. (Mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery). • ANTIBACKLASH adj. arising in opposition to a backlash. |
| BACKLASHING | • backlashing v. Present participle of backlash. • BACKLASH v. to cause a reaction. |
| BACKSCRATCHING | • backscratching v. Present participle of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCHING n. the act of scratching another's back. |
| BACKSCRATCHINGS | • BACKSCRATCHING n. the act of scratching another's back. |
| BACKSTRAIGHT | • backstraight n. Alternative form of back straight (“backstretch”). • back␣straight n. (Athletics, horse racing) The straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing… |
| BACKSTRAIGHTS | • backstraights n. Plural of backstraight. • back␣straights n. Plural of back straight. |
| BACKWASHING | • backwashing n. A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with… • back␣washing v. Present participle of back wash. • BACKWASH v. to affect with receding water. |
| BASHIBAZOUK | • bashibazouk n. Alternative spelling of bashi-bazouk. • bashi-bazouk n. An irregular soldier of the Ottoman army, reputed to be undisciplined and brutal. • BASHIBAZOUK n. one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality. |
| BASHIBAZOUKS | • bashibazouks n. Plural of bashibazouk. • bashi-bazouks n. Plural of bashi-bazouk. • BASHIBAZOUK n. one of a group of irregular Turkish soldiers notorious for their brutality. |
| BLACKWASHING | • blackwashing n. (Derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people. • blackwashing n. The application of a coating of blackwash. • blackwashing n. (Derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil. |
| BRACHYPINAKOIDS | • BRACHYPINAKOID n. a pinakoid or prism parallel to the brachydiagonal. |
| CHAINBRAKES | • CHAINBRAKE n. a cutoff safety device on a chainsaw. |
| CHAIRBACKS | • chairbacks n. Plural of chairback. • CHAIRBACK n. the part of a chair that supports the sitter's back. |
| FLASHBACKING | • flashbacking v. Present participle of flashback. • FLASHBACK v. to show a flashback. |
| HAIRYBACKS | • hairybacks n. Plural of hairyback. • HAIRYBACK n. (offensive South African) an Afrikaaner. |
| HIBAKUSHA | • hibakusha n. A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. • HIBAKUSHA n. (Japanese) a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
| HIBAKUSHAS | • hibakushas n. Plural of hibakusha. • HIBAKUSHA n. (Japanese) a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
| SVARABHAKTI | • svarabhakti n. (Linguistics, phonology) Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant Engerland for England; anaptyxis. • SVARABHAKTI n. (Sanskrit) the development of a vowel between consonants. |
| SVARABHAKTIS | • svarabhaktis n. Plural of svarabhakti. • SVARABHAKTI n. (Sanskrit) the development of a vowel between consonants. |