backpacker
A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.
A hostel offering accommodation for such people.
A fan or performer of backpack rap.

backpackers
plural of backpacker

backshop
A specialized store or workshop found in service industries, such as locomotive and aircraft repair.

backshops
plural of backshop

backshunt
A section of railway track which gives access to a siding (or another section of railway line) only by reversing direction; also a train movement which uses such track.

backshunts
plural of backshunt

backstay
A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from the top of the mast (masthead) to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional support to the shrouds when the wind is abaft the beam.
A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something.

backstays
plural of backstay

bacs
plural of bac

badarrah
A kind of traditional native boat used in Alaska.

badarrahs
plural of badarrah

baetuli
plural of baetulus

baetulus
Alternative form of baetyl (“sacred stone”).

baetyl
A meteorite or similar-looking rough stone thought to be of divine origin and worshipped as sacred.

baetyls
plural of baetyl

bagdrag
The carrying of one's luggage to the airfield in preparation for a scheduled flight.

bagdrags
plural of bagdrag

baggala
A traditional two-masted sailing vessel, used in the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf.

baggalas
plural of baggala

baghla
Alternative form of baggala.

baghlah
Alternative form of baggala.

baghlahs
plural of baghlah

baghlas
plural of baghla

baglo
A two-masted trading boat.

baglos
plural of baglo

bagpacker
Misspelling of backpacker.

bagwork
Training with a punching bag.

baihe
A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women; yuri.
Romantic or sexual relationships between women, lesbianism.

bailiffships
plural of bailiffship

baitboat
Alternative form of bait boat.

baitboats
plural of baitboat

baityloi
plural of baitylos

baitylos
Alternative form of baetyl.

bakfiet
Alternative form of bakfiets.

bakfiets
A bicycle or tricycle with a long wheelbase between the front wheel and handlebars holding a large box, originally used solely to transport goods but now also commonly for carrying young children.

bakfietsen
plural of bakfiets

bakfietses
plural of bakfiets

bakkie
A small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container.
A small pick-up truck or ute, generally open and sometimes fitted with a removable canopy, but distinct from an enclosed van and a large truck.

bakkies
plural of bakkie

balancelle
A garden seat in the form of a swing.
A small boat, typically with a single lateen sail, used in the Mediterranean.

balancelles
plural of balancelle

balander
Alternative form of balandra.

balanders
plural of balander.

balandra
A sailboat with a single mast.

balandras
plural of balandra.

balangay
A type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.
Alternative form of barangay (“local government unit in the Philippines”).

balangays
plural of balangay

balanghai
A large boat, about 18 meters in length, used by Malay settlers of the Philippines in prehispanic times. Such a vessel would carry a small clan or a large family.

balanghais
plural of balanghai

balinger
A small medieval sea-going ship with oars and sails.

balingers
plural of balinger

balise
An electronic beacon or transponder placed between the rails of a railway.

balises
plural of balise

balitao
Alternative form of balitaw.

balitaos
plural of balitao

balitaw
A Filipino form of poetic debate with courtship undertones, sung and danced simultaneously by a man and a woman using improvised steps and verses.

balitaws
plural of balitaw

ballahoo
A fast-sailing class of schooner made for the Royal Navy, used in the Bermudas and the Caribbean.

ballahoos
plural of ballahoo

ballahou
Alternative form of ballahoo.

ballahous
plural of ballahou

ballast
Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.
Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.
A material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place.
A material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place.
device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)
That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.

ballastings
plural of ballasting

ballastmaster
A harbor official responsible for overseeing the taking on and discharging of ballast by ships.

ballastmasters
plural of ballastmaster

ballasts
plural of ballast

balliards
Obsolete form of billiards.

ballinger
Alternative spelling of balinger.

ballingers
plural of ballinger

ballute
A parachute that incorporates a toroidal balloon.

bandalores
plural of bandalore

bandmate
Someone with whom one shares membership in a band.

bandmates
plural of bandmate

bankcard
A card that a bank issues used by the cardholder in the course of authorization to receive bank services.

bankcards
plural of bankcard

bankerships
plural of bankership

bankra
A kind of basket for transporting goods.

bankras
plural of bankra

banque
Alternative form of bank (“underwriter or controller of a card game”).

banques
plural of banque

banquette
A narrow area behind a defensive wall's parapet elevated above its terreplein and used by defenders to shoot at attackers.
A bench built into a wall, especially (military) one built into a wall of a defensive trench, used for sitting and for shooting at attackers.
An upholstered bench, e.g., along a wall of a restaurant or lounge area.
A bench or similar seat on top of a diligence or other public vehicle.
A sidewalk.

banquettes
plural of banquette

baralime
Alternative form of baralyme.

baralyme
A granular mixture of barium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide, used to absorb carbon dioxide in closed environments (such as spacecraft)

barangay
The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
Alternative form of balangay (“type of boat”).

barangays
plural of barangay

barbette
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
The inside fixed trunk of a warship's gun-mounting, on which the turret revolves. It contains the hoists for shells and cordite from the shell-room and magazine.

barbettes
plural of barbette

bardships
plural of bardship

bargehouse
A boathouse that houses a barge.

bargehouses
plural of bargehouse

bargemaster
The person in charge of transport on a barge or barges.

bargemasters
plural of bargemaster

barinophyte
Any of a group of extinct vascular plants (tracheophytes), whose relationship with other vascular plants is unclear.

barinophytes
plural of barinophyte

barkantine
Alternative spelling of barquentine.

barkantines
plural of barkantine

barkentine
Alternative spelling of barquentine.

barkentines
plural of barkentine

baronetships
plural of baronetship

baronships
plural of baronship

baroto
A small dugout canoe boat from the Philippines, which normally lacks outriggers and is usually used in calm waters.

barotos
plural of baroto

barque
A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
Any small sailing vessel.
A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.

barquentine
A sailing vessel similar to a barque, but fore-and-aft (schooner) rigged on the mainmast

barquentines
plural of barquentine

barques
plural of barque