BACKCLOTHS | • backcloths n. Plural of backcloth. • back-cloths n. Plural of back-cloth. • BACKCLOTH n. the painted cloth or curtain at the back of the stage. |
BLACKTHORN | • blackthorn n. A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa… • blackthorn n. A stick or staff taken from this tree. • Blackthorn prop.n. A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6219). |
BOOKLIGHTS | • booklights n. Plural of booklight. • BOOKLIGHT n. a light that clips on to a book. |
BRIGHTWORK | • brightwork n. Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat. • brightwork n. The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat. • BRIGHTWORK n. polished metal on cars etc. |
BUCKTHORNS | • buckthorns n. Plural of buckthorn. • BUCKTHORN n. a shrub of the Rhamnus genus. |
BUTTONHOOK | • buttonhook n. (Sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button. • buttonhook n. A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes. • buttonhook n. (American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the… |
HEARTBROKE | • heartbroke adj. (Dialect or nonstandard) heartbroken. • HEARTBREAK v. to cause intense grief to. |
MATCHBOOKS | • matchbooks n. Plural of matchbook. • MATCHBOOK n. a book of matches. |
NOTCHBACKS | • notchbacks n. Plural of notchback. • NOTCHBACK n. a car whose roof does not slope continuously from the roof to the bumper, but juts out from the bottom of the rear window. |
SKETCHBOOK | • sketchbook n. A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad. • sketchbook n. A book of printed sketches. • sketchbook n. (Dated) A printed book of literary sketches or skits. |
SWATCHBOOK | • SWATCHBOOK n. a collection of swatches bound together in book form. |
TCHOUKBALL | • tchoukball n. An indoor ball game for two teams of twelve players (seven on the court at any time), in which points… • TCHOUKBALL n. a ball game involving a ball thrown against a highly sprung net. |
THORNBACKS | • thornbacks n. Plural of thornback. • THORNBACK n. a kind of skate having thornlike spines on its back, aka roker. |
THROWBACKS | • throwbacks n. Plural of throwback. • THROWBACK n. a reversion (e.g. to an earlier developmental type). |
TOKOPHOBIA | • tokophobia n. A morbid fear of childbirth or pregnancy. • TOKOPHOBIA n. an abnormal fear of giving birth or becoming pregnant. |
TOUCHBACKS | • touchbacks n. Plural of touchback. • TOUCHBACK n. a play in which the ball is dead on or behind a team's own goal line, having been put across the line by an opponent but actually put down by a member of that team. |