Back (n.) A large shallow vat |
Back (n.) A ferryboat. See Bac, 1. |
Back (n.) In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine |
Back (n.) An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge. |
Back (n.) The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part |
Back (n.) The part opposed to the front |
Back (n.) The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor |
Back (n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge |
Back (n.) A support or resource in reserve. |
Back (n.) The keel and keelson of a ship. |
Back (n.) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage. |
Back (n.) A garment for the back |
Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear |
Back (a.) Being in arrear |
Back (a.) Moving or operating backward |
Back (v. i.) To get upon the back of |
Back (v. i.) To place or seat upon the back. |
Back (v. i.) To drive or force backward |
Back (v. i.) To make a back for |
Back (v. i.) To adjoin behind |
Back (v. i.) To write upon the back of |
Back (v. i.) To support |
Back (v. i.) To bet on the success of |
Back (v. i.) To move or go backward |
Back (v. i.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun |
Back (v. i.) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed |
Back (adv.) In, to, or toward, the rear |
Back (adv.) To the place from which one came |
Back (adv.) To a former state, condition, or station |
Back (adv.) (Of time) In times past |
Back (adv.) Away from contact |
Back (adv.) In concealment or reserve |
Back (adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance. |
Back (adv.) In return, repayment, or requital. |
Back (adv.) In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking |
Back (adv.) In arrear |
Back door () A door in the back part of a building |
Back stairs () Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs |
Booking office () An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. |
Booking office () An office where passage tickets are sold. |
Crown office () The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. |
Diamond-back (n.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris). |
Hog's-back (n.) A hogback. |
Office (n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others |
Office (n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose |
Office (n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself |
Office (n.) That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform |
Office (n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted |
Office (n.) The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office |
Office (n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. |
back door backdoor | a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position), he got his job through the back door |
back circle | a feat in which an acrobat arches the back from a prone position and bends the knees until the toes touch the head |
post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
public office | a position concerning the people as a whole |
back exercise | exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles |
function office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
back | (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage |
rollback push back | the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw |
office | a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, the offices of the mass |
Divine Office | canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church) |
Little Office | a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary, similar to but shorter than the Divine Office |
Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
call-back | the recall of an employee after a layoff |
return paying back getting even | a reciprocal group action, in return we gave them as good as we got |
recession ceding back | the act of ceding back |
c acid back breaker battery-acid dose dot Elvis loony toons Lucy in the sky with diamonds pane superman window pane Zen | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
alley alleyway back street | a narrow street with walls on both sides |
back backrest | a support that you can lean against while sitting, the back of the dental chair was adjustable |
back | the part of a garment that covers the back of your body, they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back |
back brace | a brace worn to support the back |
back door backdoor back entrance | an entrance at the rear of a building |
backpack back pack knapsack packsack rucksack haversack | a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder |
back porch | a porch for the back door |
back room | a room located in the rear of an establishment, usually accessible only to privileged groups |
backsaw back saw | a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the upper edge |
binding book binding cover back | the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book, the book had a leather binding |
box office ticket office ticket booth | the office where tickets of admission are sold |
checkroom left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
government office | an office where government employees work |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
ladder-back | the backrest of a chair that consists of two uprights with connecting slats |
ladder-back ladder-back chair | a chair with a ladder-back |
land office | a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted |
life office | life assurance office |
loan office | an office where loans are negotiated and repaid |
office business office | place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed, he rented an office in the new building |
office building office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
office furniture | furniture intended for use in an office |
Oval Office | the office of the President of the United States in the White House |
paperback book paper-back book paperback softback book softback softover book softover | a book with paper covers |
pawnbroker's shop pawnshop loan office | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
Post-Office box PO Box POB call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |
rear back | the side that goes last or is not normally seen, he wrote the date on the back of the photograph |
set-back setoff offset | structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly |
shipping office | the office of a shipping agent, an office where seamen are hired |
water back | water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove |
back tooth posterior | a tooth situated at the back of the mouth |
back dorsum | the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine, his back was nicely tanned |