A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
backcourt
backcourt
noun
(basketball) A team's defensive half of the court; the part of the court where the other team's basket is located, or the guards playing in that area.
(chiefly Scotland) A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bankruptly
bankruptly
adv
In a bankrupt manner.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
bankruptship
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
barkcutter
batruk
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
betuckered
bhaktapur
biscuitmaker
blackcurrant
blackcurrant
noun
A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
The berry borne by this shrub.
blockbuster
blockbuster
noun
(US) One who engages in blockbusting (technique encouraging people to sell property).
(informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale
(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
(slang) Anything very large or powerful; a whopper.
A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
A large firework of the firecracker type; an M-80.
blockbusters
blockbusters
noun
plural of blockbuster
brackebuschite
brackebuschite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.
breakout
breakout
adj
Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to mainstream success.
noun
(aviation) The point at which visibility returns after passing through cloud.
A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
An escape from prison.
An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).
breakouts
breakouts
noun
plural of breakout
breakthrough
breakthrough
adj
(immunology) Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.
(medicine) The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.
Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.
noun
(construction) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
(military) An advance through and past enemy lines.
(sports) The penetration of the opposition's defence.
Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.
breakthroughes
breakthroughs
breakthroughs
noun
plural of breakthrough
bruskest
bruskest
adj
superlative form of brusk: most brusk
brutelike
brutelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a brute.
bucketeer
bucketeer
noun
The operator of a bucket shop; a fraudulent or deceptive trader.
bucketer
bucketer
noun
(finance) A bucket shop operator.
A person employed to use a bucket in some capacity.
bucketmaker
bucketmaker
noun
A manufacturer of buckets.
bucksport
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
buckwheater
buckwheater
noun
A poor and unskilled farmer.
bulletmaker
bulletmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bullets.
bullsticker
burckhardt
burkburnett
burket
burkett
burkettsville
burkhardt
burkhart
burkite
burkites
burkitt
burkittsville
burrknot
butlerlike
butlerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butler.
butterback
butterflylike
butterflylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butterfly.
butterlike
butterlike
adj
Resembling butter or some aspect of it.
buttermaker
buttermaking
buttermilk
buttermilk
noun
Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
buttermilks
buttermilks
noun
plural of buttermilk
butterworker
buttocker
buttocker
noun
(mining, historical) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
(wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.
buttresslike
buttresslike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a buttress.
buttrick
counterblockade
counterblockade
noun
A blockade set up in opposition to another blockade.
counterblockades
counterblockades
noun
plural of counterblockade
counterbreastwork
doukhobortsy
doukhobortsy
Noun
The Doukhobors.
dukhobortsy
dumbstricken
dumbstruck
dumbstruck
adj
so shocked as to be unable to speak
ekaterinburg
grubstake
grubstake
noun
(business) An amount of money advanced to someone starting a business in return for a share of the future profits.
(mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
Money, necessities stockpiled to sustain an effort for a period of time.
verb
(transitive) To supply such funds to.
grubstaked
grubstaked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of grubstake
grubstaker
grubstaker
noun
One who provides a prospector with a grubstake.
grubstakers
grubstakers
noun
plural of grubstaker
grubstakes
grubstakes
noun
plural of grubstake
grubstaking
grubstaking
verb
present participle of grubstake
hackbuteer
hackbuteer
noun
An arquebusier.
hackbutter
hackbutter
Noun
An arquebusier.
keithsburg
kennebunkport
keratoglobus
keratoglobus
noun
(pathology) A disorder of the eye in which the cornea is enlarged and globular in shape.
kirkcudbright
kirkcudbrightshire
kirkcudbrightshire
Proper noun
A historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the informal Galloway area of south-western Scotland.
korbut
kotabaru
krubut
krubut
noun
Rafflesia arnoldii, a plant with very large flowers.
krubuts
lumberjacket
lumberjacket
noun
A lumberjack shirt.
microleukoblast
mountebankeries
mountebankeries
noun
plural of mountebankery
mountebankery
mountebankery
noun
The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
multibreak
multibreak
adj
Involving more than one break.
nutbreaker
nutbreaker
noun
The nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes).
outbacker
outbacker
noun
One who lives in the outback.
outbark
outbark
verb
(transitive) To surpass in barking.
outbarked
outbarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outbark
outbarking
outbarking
verb
present participle of outbark
outbarks
outbarks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbark
outbreak
outbreak
noun
(figurative) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
A sudden increase.
An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
Synonym of breakout (“escape from prison”)
verb
(intransitive) To burst out or break forth.
outbreaker
outbreaker
noun
One who breaks out; an escapee from prison.
outbreaking
outbreaking
noun
That which bursts forth.
The act of breaking out.
verb
present participle of outbreak
outbreaks
outbreaks
noun
plural of outbreak
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outbreak
patricksburg
prebankruptcy
prebankruptcy
adj
Preceding a bankruptcy.
probankruptcy
pseudobankrupt
pseudobrookite
pseudobrookite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, magnesium, oxygen, and titanium.
quarterback
quarterback
noun
(American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.
(American football, historical) An offensive back who receives the snap (hike) and then blocks the defense from crossing the line of scrimmage; a blocking back.
(rugby football, historical) A position just behind the forwards, or one who plays this position.
verb
(American football) To play the position of quarterback.
(by extension) To lead a team or group; to be primarily responsible for some group project or activity.
quarterbacked
quarterbacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of quarterback
quarterbacking
quarterbacking
noun
(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback
(US) The action of making criticisms after the event
verb
present participle of quarterback
quarterbacks
quarterbacks
noun
plural of quarterback
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quarterback
rebankrupt
rebankrupt
verb
(transitive) To bankrupt again.
rebankruptcy
reitbuck
reitbuck
noun
Alternative form of reitbok (“reedbuck”)
rubtsovsk
rukbat
rustyback
rustyback
noun
Asplenium ceterach (syn. Ceterach officinarum), a fern with orange-brown trichomes.
starbuck
strikebound
strikebound
adj
Not operating normally because of strike action.
studebaker
subnetwork
subnetwork
noun
A subsection of a network.
subnetworked
subnetworks
subnetworks
noun
plural of subnetwork
subtrunk
tankerabogus
tankerabogus
noun
(UK, regional) A bogeyman; a fanciful monster used to frighten children.
tewkesbury
tewkesbury
Proper noun
a town in Gloucestershire, England
tewksbury
thumbmark
thumbmark
noun
The mark left by a thumb.
ticklenburg
ticklenburg
noun
A coarse, mixed linen fabric made to be sold in the West Indies.
ticklenburgs
ticklenburgs
noun
plural of ticklenburg
tobruk
tororokombu
tororokombu
noun
Saccharina gyrata, an edible kelp.
trebucket
trebucket
noun
Alternative spelling of trebuchet
troubetzkoy
troublemaker
troublemaker
noun
A complainer.
One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.
troublemakers
troublemakers
noun
plural of troublemaker
troublemaking
troublemaking
adj
Causing trouble.
noun
Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
trubetskoi
trubetzkoy
trucebreaker
trucebreaker
noun
One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement.
trucebreaking
trunkback
trunkback
noun
(zoology) The leatherback.
tubemaker
tubemaker
noun
A manufacturer of tubes.
tuberclelike
tuberclelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tubercle.
tubework
tubework
noun
An assemblage of tubes.
tubeworks
tubmaker
tubmaker
noun
A manufacturer of tubs.
tumblerlike
tumblerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a tumbler (in various senses).