BACKBEND | • backbend n. (Gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or… • backbend v. To perform such a move. • BACKBEND n. an acrobatic feat. |
BACKBONE | • backbone n. The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down… • backbone n. (Figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure. • backbone n. (Figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength. |
BACKLINE | • backline n. Alternative form of back line. • back␣line n. (Soccer) Collectively, the defenders of a team. • back␣line n. (Field hockey) The line running across the goal to the corners of the playing field. |
BECKONED | • beckoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of beckon. • BECKON v. to indicate by sign. |
BECKONER | • beckoner n. One who, or that which, beckons. • BECKONER n. one who beckons. |
BENEDICK | • benedick n. A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage. • BENEDICK n. a newly married husband, esp. one formerly a confirmed bachelor, also BENEDICT. |
BLACKENS | • blackens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blacken. • BLACKEN v. to make black, to defame. |
BLONCKET | • BLONCKET adj. (Spenser) grey. |
BOATNECK | • boatneck n. A wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams. • BOATNECK n. a wide open neck on a garment. |
BRACKENS | • brackens n. Plural of bracken. • Brackens prop.n. A surname. • BRACKEN n. a large fern. |
BUCKBEAN | • buckbean n. Menyanthes trifoliata, a plant with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves… • BUCKBEAN n. a marsh plant. |
BUCKEENS | • buckeens n. Plural of buckeen. • BUCKEEN n. (Anglo-Irish) a poor man who acts as if wealthy. |
BULLNECK | • bullneck n. A bull-necked person. • bullneck n. A short and thick neck, like that of a bull. • BULLNECK n. a thick short neck. |
ICEBLINK | • iceblink n. A glare in the sky caused by reflection of light from an ice field. • ICEBLINK n. a glare in the sky caused by light reflected off ice. |
NECKBAND | • neckband n. A band worn around the neck. • neckband n. The part of a shirt encircling the neck. • neckband v. To attach a band around the neck (especially of wild animals). |
NECKBEEF | • neckbeef n. (Obsolete) Meat from the neck of cattle. • NECKBEEF n. the coarse flesh on the neck of cattle; inferior stuff. |
UNBACKED | • unbacked adj. (Not comparable) Having no back. • unbacked adj. Not supported or backed up (by someone or something). • unbacked adj. Having no (or few) backers. |
UNBUCKLE | • unbuckle v. (Transitive) to unfasten (the buckle of (a belt, shoe, etc)). • UNBUCKLE v. to undo a buckle. |