English | Esperanto |
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backpack [backpacks] (worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking) noun [UK: ˈbæk.pæk] [US: ˈbæk.ˌpæk] | |
backplane (circuit board) noun | |
backside [backsides] (back side of something) noun [UK: ˈbæk.saɪd] [US: ˈbæk.ˌsaɪd] | dorsoflankonoun |
backslash (punctuation mark) noun [UK: ˈbæk.slæʃ] [US: ˈbæk.slæʃ] | deklivonoun |
backspace [backspaces] (typewriter key) noun [UK: ˈbæk.speɪs] [US: ˈbæk.speɪs] | retropaŝonoun |
backstage (behind a stage) adjective [UK: ˌbæk.ˈsteɪdʒ] [US: ˌbæk.ˈsteɪdʒ] | kulisoadjective |
backtalk (disputatively or sarcastically respond) verb [UK: ˈbæk.tɔːk] [US: ˈbæk.tɔːk] | |
backtalk (verbal impudence or argument) noun [UK: ˈbæk.tɔːk] [US: ˈbæk.tɔːk] | kontraŭparolonoun |
backtick (the symbol `, resembling a reversed quotation mark) noun | malapostrofonoun |
backtracking (computer science: building all solutions and abandoning any if it cannot lead to a valid one) noun [UK: ˈbæk.trækɪŋ] [US: ˈbæk.ˌtrækɪŋ] | malavanconoun |
backup [backups] (copy of file or record) noun [UK: ˈbækʌp] [US: ˈbæˌkəp] | |
Backus-Naur form (a formal notation for context-free grammars) noun | |
backward adverb [UK: ˈbæk.wəd] [US: ˈbæk.wərd] | malantaŭenadverb |
backwardation (situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity is lower than prices for immediate or nearer delivery) noun [UK: ˌbæk.wərˈ.deɪ.ʃən] [US: ˌbæk.wər.ˈdeɪ.ʃən] | diportonoun |
barrack (a building for soldiers) noun [UK: ˈbæ.rək] [US: ˈbæ.rək] | |
black [blacker, blackest] (absorbing all light) adjective [UK: blæk] [US: ˈblæk] | nigraadjective |
black [blacker, blackest] (chess, checkers etc.: color opposing "white") adjective [UK: blæk] [US: ˈblæk] | nigraadjective |
black [blacks] (colour/color) noun [UK: blæk] [US: ˈblæk] | nigronoun |
black [blacks] (dark-skinned person, see also: Negro) noun [UK: blæk] [US: ˈblæk] | nigrulonoun |
black [blacker, blackest] (historical: designated for use by those with dark skin) adjective [UK: blæk] [US: ˈblæk] | negroadjective |
black [blacker, blackest] (relating to people with dark skin, see also: dark-skinned) adjective [UK: blæk] [US: ˈblæk] | nigrulaadjective |
black [blacker, blackest] (without light) adjective [UK: blæk] [US: ˈblæk] | malhelaadjective |
black alder (Alnus glutinosa tree) noun [UK: blæk ˈɔːl.də] [US: ˈblæk ˈɒl.dər] | |
black-and-white (displaying images in shades of grey/gray) adjective [UK: blæk ənd waɪt] [US: ˈblæk ænd ˈwaɪt] | negroblankaadjective |
black-and-white (using shades of grey/gray) adjective [UK: blæk ənd waɪt] [US: ˈblæk ænd ˈwaɪt] | nigrblankaadjective |
black-backed jackal [black-backed jackals] (Canis mesomelas) noun [UK: blæk bækt ˈʤækɔːl ] [US: blæk bækt ˈʤækəl ] | |
black-billed magpie (Pica hudsonia) noun | nigrabeka pigonoun |
black-box testing (testing in which knowledge of the system being tested is unknown) noun | |
black cat (black-furred cat) noun | nigra katonoun |
black-crowned night heron [black-crowned night herons] (Nycticorax nycticorax) noun [UK: blæk kraʊnd naɪt ˈhɛrən ] [US: blæk kraʊnd naɪt ˈhɛrən ] | noktardeonoun |
Black Death (14th century pandemic outbreak) proper noun [UK: ˈblæk.ˈdeθ] [US: ˈblæk.ˈdeθ] | nigra mortoproper noun |
black dwarf (cooled white dwarf) noun | nigra nanonoun |
black eye [black eyes] (bruised eye) noun [UK: blæk aɪ] [US: ˈblæk ˈaɪ] | subokula bluaĵonoun |
Black Forest (German forest and mountain range) proper noun [UK: blæk ˈfɒ.rɪst] [US: ˈblæk ˈfɔː.rəst] | Nigra Arbaroproper noun |
Black Forest gâteau (type of gâteau originating in the Black Forest region of Germany) noun [UK: blæk ˈfɒ.rɪst ˈɡæ.təʊ] [US: ˈblæk ˈfɔː.rəst ˈɡæto.ʊ] | nigrarbara kukonoun |
Black Friday (sales period involving heavy price reductions) proper noun | nigra vendredoproper noun |
black grouse [black grouses] (Lyrurus tetrix) noun [UK: blæk ɡraʊs] [US: ˈblæk ˈɡraʊs] | tetronoun |
black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) noun | ridmevonoun |
black hole (celestial body) noun [UK: blæk həʊl] [US: ˈblæk hoʊl] | nigra truonoun |
black ice (invisible film of ice) noun | glatglacionoun |