All English words - page 447

Meanings of Backwinding:

verb

(of a sail or vessel) deflect a flow of air into the back of (another sail or vessel).

Usage examples:

On the other hand, if the luff below the spreaders backwinds first then the leech has to be eased.

noun

A flow of air deflected into the back of a sail.

Usage examples:

You will no doubt have backwind in the main and this is necessary to keep the boat balanced.

Meanings of Backwood:

noun

Remote uncleared forest land.

Usage examples:

Backwoods homesteads

plural noun

A place that is off by itself, not near to transportation or a larger town

Usage examples:

I grew up in the backwoods of north carolina.

Meanings of Backwoods:

plural noun

Remote uncleared forest land.

Usage examples:

Backwoods homesteads

Meanings of Backwoodsman:

noun

An inhabitant of backwoods, especially one regarded as uncouth or backward.

Usage examples:

The men were dressed like typical backwoodsmen, in buckskins, hunting shirts, and moccasins

Meanings of Backwoodsmen:

noun

An inhabitant of backwoods, especially one regarded as uncouth or backward.

Usage examples:

The men were dressed like typical backwoodsmen, in buckskins, hunting shirts, and moccasins

Meanings of Backy:

noun

A ride given to a passenger on a bicycle, in which they typically sit on the saddle and hold on to the cyclist, who stands up to pedal.

Usage examples:

Ask him nicely and he might give you a backie on his bmx

Meanings of Backyard:

noun

A back garden.

Usage examples:

Bricks, logs and other materials have been recycled into a retaining wall to keep dirt from the bas…

Meanings of Backyards:

noun

A back garden.

Usage examples:

Bricks, logs and other materials have been recycled into a retaining wall to keep dirt from the bas…

Meanings of Baclava:

noun

A dessert originating in the middle east made of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and soaked in honey.

Usage examples:

A favorite dessert is baklava (flaky pastry dough with nuts soaked in sweet syrup).

Meanings of Bacon:

noun

Cured meat from the back or sides of a pig.

Usage examples:

Crisp rashers of bacon

Meanings of Baconer:

noun

A pig fit for being made into bacon and ham, typically heavier than both a porker and a cutter.

Usage examples:

Pigs are moving along very nicely and baconers are priced from 103-108p/kilo with lighter weight po…

Meanings of Baconian:

adjective

Relating to sir francis bacon or his inductive method of reasoning and philosophy.

Usage examples:

Hume's analysis has been interpreted as reinforcing baconian inductivism, a tradition that perhaps …

noun

An adherent of bacon's philosophical system.

Usage examples:

Though truth is not self-revealing (as cartesians and baconians thought), though certainty may be u…

Meanings of Bacons:

noun

Cured meat from the back or sides of a pig.

Usage examples:

Crisp rashers of bacon

Meanings of Bacteraemia:

noun

The presence of bacteria in the blood.

Usage examples:

Fever may be a marker of sepsis, localized infection, occult bacteremia, or benign illness.

Meanings of Bacteremia:

noun

The presence of bacteria in the blood.

Usage examples:

Fever may be a marker of sepsis, localized infection, occult bacteremia, or benign illness.

Meanings of Bacteria:

noun

A member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.

Usage examples:

A urine test can also be used to confirm that the bacteria are the legionella bacteria.

plural noun

Very small organisms that are found everywhere and are the cause of many diseases

Meanings of Bacterial:

adjective

Relating to or caused by bacteria.

Usage examples:

A bacterial infection

Meanings of Bacterially:

adverb

In a way that relates to or is caused by bacteria.

Usage examples:

Bacterially contaminated blood products

Meanings of Bactericide:

noun

A substance which kills bacteria.

Usage examples:

Yes, not actually eating, but the alpha-streptococci emits a type of bactericide which kills the pa…

Meanings of Bactericides:

noun

A substance which kills bacteria.

Usage examples:

Yes, not actually eating, but the alpha-streptococci emits a type of bactericide which kills the pa…

Meanings of Bacteriocin:

noun

A protein produced by bacteria of one strain and active against those of a closely related strain.

Usage examples:

For example, certain protein receptors are common to a colicin and a virulent phage; others, like t…

Meanings of Bacteriocyte:

noun

A specialized cell containing symbiotic bacteria which is found in certain invertebrates (especially insects).

Meanings of Bacteriological:

adjective

Relating to bacteriology or bacteria.

Usage examples:

Bacteriological analysis

Meanings of Bacteriologist:

noun

A scientist who studies bacteria, especially those that cause disease

Usage examples:

She is a physician and a bacteriologist working at a university laboratory., it is a bacterium that…

Meanings of Bacteriologists:

noun

A scientist who studies bacteria, especially those that cause disease

Usage examples:

She is a physician and a bacteriologist working at a university laboratory., it is a bacterium that…