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 |
Collared
(imp. & p. p.) of Collar |
Collared
(a.) Wearing a collar. |
Collared
(a.) Wearing a collar |
Collared
(a.) Rolled up and bound close with a string |
Cream-white
(a.) As white as cream. |
Diamond-back
(n.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris). |
Hog's-back
(n.) A hogback. |
Olive
(n.) A tree (Olea Europaea) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated. |
Olive
(n.) The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil is pressed from its flesh. |
Olive
(n.) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera |
Olive
(n.) The oyster catcher. |
Olive
(n.) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green. |
whitelash
white backlash | backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances |
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 |
| 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 |
| white sale | a sale of household linens |
| white man's burden | the supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjects |
| 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 |
great white shark
white shark
man-eater
man-eating shark
Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
whitetip shark oceanic whitetip shark
white-tipped shark
Carcharinus longimanus | large deep-water shark with white-tipped dorsal fin, worldwide distribution, most dangerous shark |
white-throated sparrow
whitethroat
Zonotrichia albicollis | common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown |
white-breasted nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis | bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast, of eastern North America |
white-bellied swallow
tree swallow Iridoprocne bicolor | bluish-green-and-white North American swallow, nests in tree cavities |
white-tailed kite
Elanus leucurus | grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions |
ern
erne
grey sea eagle
gray sea eagle
European sea eagle
white-tailed sea eagle
Haliatus albicilla | bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail, of Europe and Greenland |
Pacific ridley
olive ridley
Lepidochelys olivacea | oliveolored sea turtle of tropical Pacific and Indian and the southern Atlantic oceans |
| collared lizard | any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands, of central and western United States and northern Mexico |
white stork
Ciconia ciconia | the common stork of Europe, white with black wing feathers and a red bill |
| great white heron Ardea occidentalis | large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys |
| great white heron Casmerodius albus | widely distributed Old World white egret |
American egret
great white heron Egretta albus | a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America, it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus |
white-headed stilt
Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus | stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck |
white pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | large American pelican, white with black wing feathers |
Old world white pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus | similar to American white pelican |
white whale
beluga Delphinapterus leucas | small northern whale that is white when adult |
| West Highland white terrier | small white longoated terrier developed in Scotland |
white wolf
Arctic wolf
Canis lupus tundrarum | wolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail |
Arctic fox
white fox
Alopex lagopus | thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions, brownish in summer and white in winter |
bald-faced hornet
white-faced hornet
Vespula maculata | North American hornet |
termite
white ant | whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood |
| white admiral Limenitis camilla | Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings |
banded purple
white admiral Limenitis arthemis | North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band |
small white
Pieris rapae | small widely distributed form |
large white
Pieris brassicae | Old World form of cabbage butterfly |
white-tailed jackrabbit
whitetail jackrabbit
Lepus townsendi | largest hare of northern plains and western mountains of United States, brownish-grey in summer and pale grey in winter, tail nearly always all white |
collared pika
Ochotona collaris | similar to little chief hare and may be same species |
white-footed mouse
vesper mouse
Peromyscus leucopus | American woodland mouse with white feet and underparts |
Hudson bay collared lemming
Dicrostonyx hudsonius | of northern Canada |
white rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
Diceros simus | large light-grey African rhinoceros having two horns, endangered, sometimes placed in genus Diceros |
collared peccary
javelina
Tayassu angulatus
Tayassu tajacu
Peccari angulatus | dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar, of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States |
white-lipped peccary
Tayassu pecari | blackish peccary with whitish cheeks, larger than the collared peccary |
Dall sheep
Dall's sheep
white sheep
Ovis montana dalli | large white wild sheep of northwestern Canada and Alaska |
Virginia deer
white tail
whitetail
white-tailed deer
whitetail deer
Odocoileus Virginianus | common North American deer, tail has a white underside |
| white elephant | albinic Indian elephant, rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia |
barramundi
giant perch
giant seaperch
Asian seabass
white seabass
Lates calcarifer | a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities, lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats |
white crappie
Pomoxis annularis | a crappie that is white |
white perch
silver perch Morone americana | small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams |