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 |
Diamond-back
(n.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris). |
Filling
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fill |
Filling
(n.) That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency |
Filling
(n.) The woof in woven fabrics. |
Filling
(n.) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. |
Hog's-back
(n.) A hogback. |
Sand
(n.) Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust |
Sand
(n.) A single particle of such stone. |
Sand
(n.) The sand in the hourglass |
Sand
(n.) Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa |
Sand
(n.) Courage |
Sand
(v. t.) To sprinkle or cover with sand. |
back door
backdoor | a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position), he got his job through the back door |
| filling | the act of filling something |
| 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 |
| 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 |
sand tiger
sand shark
Carcharias taurus
Odontaspis taurus | shallow-water shark with sharp jagged teeth found on both sides of Atlantic, sometimes dangerous to swimmers |
bank martin
bank swallow
sand martin
Riparia riparia | swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks |
side-blotched lizard
sand lizard Uta stansburiana | one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States |
| sand lizard Lacerta agilis | a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia |
hognose snake
puff adder sand viper | harmless North American snake with upturned nose, may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed |
| sand snake | small North American burrowing snake |
banded sand snake
Chilomeniscus cinctus | a sand snake of southwestern United States, lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims', banding resembles that of coral snakes |
horned viper
cerastes
sand viper horned asp
Cerastes cornutus | highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye |
sandgrouse
sand grouse | pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young |
beach flea
sand hopper
sandhopper
sand flea | small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas, common on ocean beaches |
| sand cat | a desert wildcat |
sand fly
sandfly
Phlebotomus papatasii | any of various small dipterous flies, bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis |
sand cricket
Jerusalem cricket
Stenopelmatus fuscus | large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States |
| sand dollar | flattened disklike sea urchins that live on sandy bottoms |
| sand rat Meriones longifrons | southern European gerbil |
| sand rat | small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas |
hog badger
hog-nosed badger
sand badger
Arctonyx collaris | southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig |
| sand stargazer | small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head, they burrow in sand to await prey |
sand lance
sand launce
sand eel
launce | very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches |
| sand dab | small food fishes of the Pacific coast of North America |
sand sole
Psettichthys melanostichus | a common flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America |
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 |
bunker
sand trap
trap | a hazard on a golf course |
| filling | (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth, when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth, an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping' |
gasoline station
gas station
filling station
petrol station | a service station that sells gasoline |
| 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 |
rear
back | the side that goes last or is not normally seen, he wrote the date on the back of the photograph |
| sand painting | a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho), made of fine colored sands on a neutral background |
| sand wedge | a wedge used to get out of sand traps |