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 |
Card
(n.) A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses |
Card
(n.) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like |
Card
(n.) A paper on which the points of the compass are marked |
Card
(n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard. |
Card
(n.) An indicator card. See under Indicator. |
Card
(v. i.) To play at cards |
Card
(n.) An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc. |
Card
(n.) A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine. |
Card
(v. t.) To comb with a card |
Card
(v. t.) To clean or clear, as if by using a card. |
Card
(v. t.) To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article. |
Diamond-back
(n.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris). |
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 |
card game
cards | a game played with playing cards |
| card trick | a trick performed with playing cards |
| 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 |
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 |
| baseball card | a trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about his playing record |
binding
book binding
cover back | the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book, the book had a leather binding |
| card | one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes, he collected cards and traded them with the other boys |
card index
card catalog
card catalogue | an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item |
| card table | a small light table with folding legs, can be folded for storage |
| card table | a table for playing cards (as in a casino) |
circuit board
circuit card
board card plug-in
add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
compass card
mariner's compass | compass in the form of a card that rotates so that
degrees or North points to magnetic north |
drawing card
loss leader
leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
face card
picture card
court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
| gaming card | one of a set of cards used in gambling games |
| hole card | (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown |
house of cards
cardhouse
card-house
cardcastle | an unstable construction with playing cards, he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed |
| 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 |
paperback book
paper-back book
paperback
softback book
softback
softover book
softover | a book with paper covers |
| playing card | one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games |
punched card
punch card
Hollerith card | a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes |
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 |
tarot card
tarot | any of a set of (usually ) cards that include cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc., used by fortunetellers |
| trading card | a card with a picture on it, collected and traded by children |
trump
trump card | a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps, the ace of trumps is a sure winner |
| water back | water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove |
| wild card | a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it |
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 |
spinal column
vertebral column
spine
backbone
back rachis | the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord, the fall broke his back |
| calling card | a distinguishing characteristic or behavior, bombs are a terrorist's calling cards |
relation back
relation | (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time, his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed |