9-letter words containing a, c, k
- backplane — A board to which the main circuit boards of a computer may be connected and that provides connections between them.
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backrests — Plural form of backrest.
- backroads — Plural form of backroad.
- backronym — an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin. For example, rap has been said to be a backronym of “rhythm and poetry.”.
- backrooms — Plural form of backroom.
- backround — Misspelling of background.
- backseats — Plural form of backseat.
- backshift — The changing of a present tense in direct speech to a past tense in reported speech (or a past tense to pluperfect).
- backshish — Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
- backshore — the area of a beach above the usual high tide mark
- backsides — Plural form of backside.
- backsight — the sight of a rifle nearer the stock
- backslash — a slash which slopes to the left \
- backslide — to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
- backsolve — To determine the inputs that would lead to a given output in a mathematical system.
- backspace — to move a (typewriter carriage) backwards
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- backstabs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstab.
- backstage — In a theatre, backstage refers to the areas behind the stage.
- backstall — the loss of power and tendency to drop of a kite in low winds
- backstamp — a mark stamped on the back of an envelope by a post office to indicate the date and place of its arrival
- backstays — Plural form of backstay.
- backstops — Plural form of backstop.
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- backswept — slanting backwards
- backswing — the movement of a club, bat, or racket backwards, away from the intended point of contact, in preparation for making a stroke
- backsword — a person who uses the backsword
- backtrace — (computing) A stack trace.
- backtrack — If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
- backwards — If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- backwoods — If you refer to an area as the backwoods, you mean that it is a long way from large towns and is isolated from modern life.
- backwords — Plural form of backword.
- backyards — Plural form of backyard.
- bad check — A bad check is a check that will not be paid because there is a mistake on it, or because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote the check.
- bailiwick — the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
- bakuchiol — A meroterpene phenol, extracted from seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, that shows antimicrobial activity.
- ball cock — a device for regulating the flow of a liquid into a tank, cistern, etc, consisting of a floating ball mounted at one end of an arm and a valve on the other end that opens and closes as the ball falls and rises with the water level in the cistern
- ballcocks — Plural form of ballcock.
- bank card — A bank card is a plastic card which your bank gives you so you can get money from your bank account using a cash machine. It is also called an ATM card in American English. In Britain, you also use bank cards to prove who you are when you pay for something by cheque.
- bar snack — a light quick meal, such as a sandwich or pie, served in a bar
- barkcloth — Cloth made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry or similar tree.
- barm cake — a round flat soft bread roll
- barmbrack — a loaf of bread with currants in it
- barracked — Simple past tense and past participle of barrack.
- barracker — to shout boisterously for or against a player or team; root or jeer.
- basestock — Refined petroleum oil with no additives.