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 |
Bicuspid
(a.) Alt. of Bicuspidate |
Bicuspid
(n.) One of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw. See Tooth, n. |
Colt's tooth
() See under Colt. |
Diamond-back
(n.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris). |
Fore tooth
() One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth |
Grinder
(n.) One who, or that which, grinds. |
Grinder
(n.) One of the double teeth, used to grind or masticate the food |
Grinder
(n.) The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia |
Hog's-back
(n.) A hogback. |
Lion's tooth
() See Leontodon. |
Molar
(a.) Of or pertaining to a mass of matter |
Molar
(a.) Having power to grind |
fine-tooth comb
fine-toothed comb | a method of examining in minute detail, he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes |
| tooth | a means of enforcement, the treaty had no teeth in it |
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 |
| meat grinder | any action resulting in injury or destruction, the meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation, allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder |
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 |
tooth shell
tusk shell | any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing |
bleeding tooth
Nerita peloronta | gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening, of the Caribbean area |
| tooth | toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell |
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 |
coffee mill
coffee grinder | a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans |
fine-tooth comb
fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
| grinder | a machine tool that polishes metal |
houndstooth check
hound's-tooth check
dogstooth check
dogs-tooth check
dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
| 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 |
| meat grinder | a mill for grinding meat |
mill
grinder milling machinery | machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing |
| mouse-tooth forceps | a type of forceps |
paperback book
paper-back book
paperback
softback book
softback
softover book
softover | a book with paper covers |
pepper mill
pepper grinder | a mill for grinding pepper |
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 |
| tooth | something resembling the tooth of an animal |
| tooth | one of a number of uniform projections on a gear |
tooth powder
toothpowder | a dentifrice in the form of a powder |
| water back | water heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stove |
molarity
molar concentration
M | concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution |
| tooth | hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates, used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense |
| carnassial tooth | the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore, having sharp edges for cutting flesh |
tooth socket
alveolus | a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth |
front tooth
anterior | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth, his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors |
back tooth
posterior | a tooth situated at the back of the mouth |
| malposed tooth | a tooth that has grown in a faulty position |
permanent tooth
adult tooth | any of the teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age |