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 |
Booting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boot |
Booting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boot |
Booting
(n.) Advantage |
Booting
(n.) A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2. |
Booting
(n.) A kicking, as with a booted foot. |
By-view
(n.) A private or selfish view |
Changed
(imp. & p. p.) of Change |
Diamond-back
(n.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris). |
Display
(v. t.) To unfold |
Display
(v. t.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. |
Display
(v. t.) To spread before the view |
Display
(v. t.) To make an exhibition of |
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 |
display
exhibit
showing | something shown to the public, the museum had many exhibits of oriental art |
| 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 |
view
survey sight | the act of looking or seeing or observing, he tried to get a better view of it, his survey of the battlefield was limited |
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 |
binding
book binding
cover back | the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book, the book had a leather binding |
| blunt file | a file with parallel edges |
case display case
showcase
vitrine | a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home |
computer screen
computer display | a screen used to display the output of a computer to the user |
| dedicated file server | (computer science) a file server that can be used only as a file server |
digital display
alphanumeric display | a display that gives the information in the form of characters (numbers or letters) |
display
presentation | a visual representation of something |
| display video display | an electronic device that represents information in visual form |
display adapter
display adaptor | (computer science) an electronic device that converts information in memory to video output to a display |
display panel
display board
board | a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view |
display window
shop window
shopwindow
show window | a window of a store facing onto the street, used to display merchandise for sale in the store |
| dual scan display | a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously |
| file | a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces, used for smoothing wood or metal |
file file cabinet
filing cabinet | office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order |
| file folder | folder that holds papers together in a filing cabinet |
| file server | (computer science) a digital computer that provides workstations on a network with controlled access to shared resources |
finder
viewfinder
view finder | optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest |
| flat file | a file with two flat surfaces |
flat panel display
FPD | a type of video display that is thin and flat, commonly used in laptop computers |
| icon ikon | a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel, venerated in the Eastern Church |
| 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 |
liquid crystal display
LCD | a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field, used for portable computer displays and watches etc. |
| non-dedicated file server | (computer science) a file server that can be used simultaneously as a workstation |
paperback book
paper-back book
paperback
softback book
softback
softover book
softover | a book with paper covers |
| passive matrix display | a type of LCD display used for some portable computers, parallel wires run both vertically and horizontally and pixels are turned on when the wires intersecting at that pixel are both energized, passive matrix displays are generally inferior to active matrix displays |
picture
image
icon
ikon | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface, they showed us the pictures of their wedding, a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them |
rasp
wood file | a coarse file with sharp pointed projections |
| rat-tail file | a thin round file shaped like the tail of a rat |
rear
back | the side that goes last or is not normally seen, he wrote the date on the back of the photograph |