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 |
Diamond-back
(n.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris). |
Hog's-back
(n.) A hogback. |
Mountain
(n.) A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land |
Mountain
(n.) A range, chain, or group of such elevations |
Mountain
(n.) A mountainlike mass |
Mountain
(a.) Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains |
Mountain
(a.) Like a mountain |
Poly-mountain
(n.) Same as Poly, n. |
Poly-mountain
(n.) The closely related Teucrium montanum, formerly called Polium montanum, a plant of Southern Europe. |
Poly-mountain
(n.) The Bartsia alpina, a low purple-flowered herb of Europe. |
Ridge
(n.) The back, or top of the back |
Ridge
(n.) A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range |
back door
backdoor | a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position), he got his job through the back door |
mountain climbing
mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
| 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 |
| back exercise | exercise designed to strengthen the back muscles |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kennesaw Mountain | battle of the American Civil War (), Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Rocky Mountain jay
Perisoreus canadensis capitalis | a Canada jay with a white head, widely distributed from Montana to Arizona |
mountain skink
Eumeces callicephalus | frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico |
mountain devil
spiny lizard Moloch horridus | desert lizard that feeds on ants |
black rat snake
blacksnake pilot blacksnake
mountain blacksnake
Elaphe obsoleta | large harmless shiny black North American snake |
mountain quail
mountain partridge
Oreortyx picta palmeri | California partridge, slightly larger than the California quail |
| Greater Swiss Mountain dog | the largest of the four Swiss breeds |
| Bernese mountain dog | large powerful long-haired blackoated Swiss dog with deep tan or russet markings on legs and white blaze and feet and chest marking, formerly used for draft |
cougar
puma
catamount mountain lion
painter
panther Felis concolor | large American feline resembling a lion |
mountain beaver
sewellel
Aplodontia rufa | bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America, the most primitive living rodent |
| mountain paca | rodent of mountains of western South America |
mountain chinchilla
mountain viscacha | a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity |
mountain zebra
Equus zebra zebra | narrow-striped nearly extinct zebra of southern Africa |
| mountain sheep | any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions |
bighorn
bighorn sheep
cimarron
Rocky Mountain bighorn
Rocky Mountain sheep
Ovis canadensis | wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns |
mountain goat
Rocky Mountain goat
Oreamnos americanus | sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America |
mountain nyala
Tragelaphus buxtoni | shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia |
mountain gorilla
Gorilla gorilla beringei | gorilla of Kivu highlands |
Rocky Mountain whitefish
Prosopium williamsonii | whitefish of the western United States and Canada |
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 |
| 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 |
mountain bike
all-terrain bike
offoader | a bicycle with a sturdy frame and fat tires, originally designed for riding in mountainous country |
| mountain tent | a lightweight tent with a floor, flaps close with a zipper |
| mountain trail | a trail through mountainous country |
paperback book
paper-back book
paperback
softback book
softback
softover book
softover | a book with paper covers |
rear
back | the side that goes last or is not normally seen, he wrote the date on the back of the photograph |
ridge
ridgepole
rooftree | a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top, provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters |
| ridge rope | either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship |
set-back
setoff
offset | structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly |
| water back | water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove |