BACKHOUSE | • backhouse n. (Now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building. • backhouse n. (US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. • Backhouse prop.n. A surname from Old English. |
BACKSHORE | • backshore n. (Geology) An upper shore zone above high-tide. • BACKSHORE n. an area of beach. |
BAHOOKIES | • bahookies n. Plural of bahookie. • BAHOOKIE n. (colloquial) the buttocks. |
BAKEHOUSE | • bakehouse n. A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods. • bakehouse n. A building principally containing ovens. • bakehouse n. (UK dialectal) Bakery. |
BAKESHOPS | • bakeshops n. Plural of bakeshop. • BAKESHOP n. a bakery. |
BOLSHEVIK | • bolshevik n. Alternative form of Bolshevik. • Bolshevik n. (Historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, member of the Bolshevik Party in the 1917 Communist… • Bolshevik n. (Historical) A member of the Communist Party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic… |
BOOKSHELF | • bookshelf n. A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference. • BOOKSHELF n. a shelf for books. |
BUNKHOUSE | • bunkhouse n. A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting. • BUNKHOUSE n. a place where cowboys etc. sleep. |
HORNBEAKS | • hornbeaks n. Plural of hornbeak. • HORNBEAK n. a dialect name for the garfish. |
HORSEBACK | • horseback n. (Usually with on, upon, etc.) The back of a horse. • horseback n. (Countable) A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders. • horseback adv. On the back of a horse. |
KNOBHEADS | • knobheads n. Plural of knobhead. • knob␣heads n. Plural of knob head. • KNOBHEAD n. (vulgar slang) a stupid person. |
SHANKBONE | • shankbone n. Synonym of canon bone. • shank-bone n. Alternative form of shankbone. • SHANKBONE n. the bone of the shank. |
SHOCKABLE | • shockable adj. Able to be shocked. • shockable adj. Easily shocked. • shockable adj. (Medicine) Capable of being treated by defibrillator. |
SHOEBLACK | • shoeblack n. One who cleans and polishes shoes (and boots) as an occupation. • SHOEBLACK n. one who polishes shoes. |
SMOKEBUSH | • smokebush n. Any of several Australian shrubs and trees, of the genus Conospermum, that have flowers in dense spikes. • SMOKEBUSH n. a plant with purple leaves and small flowers that turn grey-white before they fall. |