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Babka
- noun - a coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds
Backs
- noun - (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
- (football) a person who plays in the backfield
- a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"
- be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
- be in back of; "My garage backs their yard"
- cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot"
- defensive players
- establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"
- give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
- place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
- shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed"
- strengthen by providing with a back or backing
- support financial backing for; "back this enterprise"
Balks
- noun - an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
- one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- refuse to comply
- something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- the area on a billiard table behind the balkline; "a player with ball in hand must play from the balk"
Balky
- adjective - stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a balky mule"; "a balky customer"
Banks
- noun - a building in which the business of banking transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"
- a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty"
- a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home"
- a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank"
- a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
- a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
- act as the banker in a game or in gambling
- Alternative name for billiard table cushion
- an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he opera
Barks
- noun - a noise resembling the bark of a dog
- a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
- cover with bark
- mad, crazy (UK colloquial)
- make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger"
- remove the bark of a tree
- Sailing ship
- speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone"
- tan (a skin) with bark tannins
- the sound made by a dog
- tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
Barky
- adjective - resembling the rough bark of a tree; "the rattlesnake's barky scales"
Basks
- verb - be exposed; "The seals were basking in the sun"
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
Calks
- noun - a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping
- injure with a calk
- provide with calks; "calk horse shoes"
- seal with caulking; "caulk the window"
Carks
- verb - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"