A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
{{lb|en|backgammon}} A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
verb
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
becharming
becharming
verb
present participle of becharm
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
blancmange
blancmange
noun
(historical) A dish, eaten in the Middle Ages, generally consisting of chicken (or sometimes capon or fish), milk or almond milk, rice, and sugar.
A simple dessert made by cooking sweetened milk with cornstarch and vanilla.
buckingham
buckingham
Proper noun
A place name:
A town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A former city in Quebec, Canada, merged into Gatineau in 2002.
An unincorporated community in Colorado, USA, named after a railroad official.
A census-designated place in Florida, USA.
A village in Illinois, USA.
An unincorporated community in Iowa, USA, named after Buckingham County, VA.
A former city in Texas, USA, now part of Richardson, Texas.
A census-designated place and county seat of Buckingham County in Virginia, USA.
A dukedom in the English peerage.
An English habitational surname derived from the place name.
buckraming
buckraming
verb
present participle of buckram
bumsucking
chambering
chambering
noun
The chamber of a gun or other firearm.
verb
present participle of chamber
clambering
clambering
noun
The act of one who clambers.
verb
present participle of clamber
clubmonger
combatting
combatting
verb
present participle of combat
combmaking
combmaking
noun
The manufacture of combs.
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
crumblings
crumblings
noun
plural of crumbling
cymballing
cymbopogon
reclimbing
reclimbing
verb
present participle of reclimb
scrambling
scrambling
adj
(botany) Having a stem too weak to support itself, instead attaching to and relying on the stems or trunks of stronger plants.
Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.
noun
The act by which something is scrambled.
verb
present participle of scramble
succumbing
succumbing
verb
present participle of succumb
unbecoming
unbecoming
adj
Not flattering, attractive or appropriate.
Not in keeping with the expected standards of one's position.