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 |
Coll
(v. t.) To embrace. |
Diamond-back
(n.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris). |
Hog's-back
(n.) A hogback. |
Lower
(a.) Compar. of Low, a. |
Lower
(a.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended |
Lower
(a.) To reduce the height of |
Lower
(a.) To depress as to direction |
Lower
(a.) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of |
Lower
(a.) To bring down |
Lower
(a.) To reduce in value, amount, etc. |
Lower
(v. i.) To fall |
Lower
(v. i.) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds |
| tattoo | the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining |
back door
backdoor | a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position), he got his job through the back door |
hike
hiking
tramp | a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure, she enjoys a hike in her spare time |
| 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 |
philately
stamp collecting
stamp collection | the collection and study of postage stamps |
| rubber stamp | routine authorization of an action without questions |
| 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 |
| battery stamp battery | a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores |
binding
book binding
cover back | the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book, the book had a leather binding |
handstamp
rubber stamp | a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand |
| 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 |
lower berth
lower | the lower of two berths |
lower deck
third deck | the deck below the main deck |
pad inkpad
inking pad
stamp pad | a block of absorbent material saturated with ink, used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp |
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 |
seal
stamp | a device incised to make an impression, used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents |
set-back
setoff
offset | structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly |
| stamp | a block or die used to imprint a mark or design |
| stamp pestle | machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores |
| stamp album | an album for stamps |
stamp mill
stamping mill | a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps |
| tattoo | a design on the skin made by tattooing |
tramp steamer
tramp | a commercial steamer for hire, one having no regular schedule |
vambrace
lower cannon | cannon of plate armor protecting the forearm |
| water back | water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove |
lower respiratory tract smear
bronchoscopic smear
sputum smear | any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract, used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs |
lower jaw
mandible
mandibula
mandibular bone
submaxilla
lower jawbone
jawbone
jowl | the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth |
back tooth
posterior | a tooth situated at the back of the mouth |
| lower respiratory tract | the bronchi and lungs |
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 |
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 |
| back channel | an alternative to the regular channels of communication that is used when agreements must be made secretly (especially in diplomacy or government), they negotiated via a back channel |