'Back' definitions:
Definition of 'back'
From: WordNet
adverb
In or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house"
adverb
At or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" [syn: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards] [ant: forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards]
adverb
In or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep"
adverb
In or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" [syn: back, backward] [ant: ahead, forward]
adverb
In reply; "he wrote back three days later"
adverb
In repayment or retaliation; "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher"
adjective
Related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" [ant: front(a)]
adjective
Located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" [syn: back(a), hind(a), hinder(a)]
adjective
Of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine"
noun
The posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" [syn: back, dorsum]
noun
The side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" [syn: rear, back] [ant: front]
noun
The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" [syn: back, rear] [ant: front]
noun
(football) a person who plays in the backfield
noun
The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis]
noun
The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding" [syn: binding, book binding, cover, back]
noun
The part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"
noun
A support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable" [syn: back, backrest]
noun
(American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage
verb
Be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" [syn: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support]
verb
Travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
verb
Give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project" [syn: second, back, endorse, indorse]
verb
Cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot" [ant: advance, bring forward]
verb
Support financial backing for; "back this enterprise"
verb
verb
Place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt]
verb
Shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed" [ant: veer]
verb
Establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?" [syn: back, back up]
verb
Strengthen by providing with a back or backing
Definition of 'Back'
From: GCIDE
- Back \Back\, a.
- 1. Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Moving or operating backward; as, back action. [1913 Webster]
- Back blocks, Australian pastoral country which is remote from the seacoast or from a river. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Back charges, charges brought forward after an account has been made up.
- Back filling (Arch.), the mass of materials used in filling up the space between two walls, or between the inner and outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or vault.
- Back pressure. (Steam Engine) See under Pressure.
- Back rest, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in turning.
- Back slang, a kind of slang in which every word is written or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man.
- Back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs, Backstairs, and Backstair, in the Vocabulary.
- Back step (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body of men, without changing front.
- Back stream, a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy.
- To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Back'
From: GCIDE
- Back \Back\, n. [F. bac: cf. Arm. bag, bak a bark, D. bak tray, bowl.]
- 1. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Hop back, Jack back, the cistern which receives the infusion of malt and hops from the copper.
- Wash back, a vat in which distillers ferment the wort to form wash.
- Water back, a cistern to hold a supply of water; esp. a small cistern at the back of a stove, or a group of pipes set in the fire box of a stove or furnace, through which water circulates and is heated. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A ferryboat. See Bac, 1. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Back'
From: GCIDE
- Back \Back\ (b[a^]k), n. [AS. b[ae]c, bac; akin to Icel., Sw., & LG. bak, Dan. bag; cf. OHG. bahho ham, Skr. bhaj to turn, OSlav. b[=e]g[u^] flight. Cf. Bacon.]
- 1. In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge. [1913 Webster]
- [The mountains] their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail. [1913 Webster]
- Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this, Gave me your hands, the backs and palms to kiss. --Donne. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village. [1913 Webster]
- 6. The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw. [1913 Webster]
- 7. A support or resource in reserve. [1913 Webster]
- This project Should have a back or second, that might hold, If this should blast in proof. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Naut.) The keel and keelson of a ship. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Mining) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage. [1913 Webster]
- 10. A garment for the back; hence, clothing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- A bak to walken inne by daylight. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Behind one's back, when one is absent; without one's knowledge; as, to ridicule a person behind his back.
- Full back, Half back, Quarter back (Football), players stationed behind those in the front line.
- To be on one's back or To lie on one's back, to be helpless.
- To put one's back up or to get one's back up, to assume an attitude of obstinate resistance (from the action of a cat when attacked). [Colloq.]
- To see the back of, to get rid of.
- To turn the back, to go away; to flee.
- To turn the back on one, to forsake or neglect him. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Back'
From: GCIDE
- Back \Back\, v. i.
- 1. To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Sporting) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- To back and fill, to manage the sails of a ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while the current or tide carries the vessel against the wind. Hence: (Fig.) To take opposite positions alternately; to assert and deny. [Colloq.]
- To back out, To back down, to retreat or withdraw from a promise, engagement, or contest; to recede. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- Cleon at first . . . was willing to go; but, finding that he [Nicias] was in earnest, he tried to back out. --Jowett (Thucyd. ) [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Back'
From: GCIDE
- Back \Back\ (b[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Backed (b[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Backing.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To get upon the back of; to mount. [1913 Webster]
- I will back him [a horse] straight. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To place or seat upon the back. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Great Jupiter, upon his eagle backed, Appeared to me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of. [1913 Webster]
- A garden . . . with a vineyard backed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The chalk cliffs which back the beach. --Huxley. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend. "The Parliament would be backed by the people." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Have still found it necessary to back and fortify their laws with rewards and punishments. --South. [1913 Webster]
- The mate backed the captain manfully. --Blackw. Mag. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse. [1913 Webster]
- To back an anchor (Naut.), to lay down a small anchor ahead of a large one, the cable of the small one being fastened to the crown of the large one.
- To back the field, in horse racing, to bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated "the field", will win.
- To back the oars, to row backward with the oars.
- To back a rope, to put on a preventer.
- To back the sails, to arrange them so as to cause the ship to move astern.
- To back up, to support; to sustain; as, to back up one's friends.
- To back a warrant (Law), is for a justice of the peace, in the county where the warrant is to be executed, to sign or indorse a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender.
- To back water (Naut.), to reverse the action of the oars, paddles, or propeller, so as to force the boat or ship backward. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Back'
From: GCIDE
- Back \Back\, adv. [Shortened from aback.]
- 1. In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Of time) In times past; ago. "Sixty or seventy years back." --Gladstone. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Away from contact; by reverse movement. [1913 Webster]
- The angel of the Lord . . . came, and rolled back the stone from the door. --Matt. xxviii. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 6. In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another. [1913 Webster]
- 7. In a state of restraint or hindrance. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord hath kept thee back from honor. --Numb. xxiv. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 8. In return, repayment, or requital. [1913 Webster]
- What have I to give you back? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 9. In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back the offensive words. [1913 Webster]
- 10. In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- Back and forth, backwards and forwards; to and fro.
- To go back on, to turn back from; to abandon; to betray; as, to go back on a friend; to go back on one's professions. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'back'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a priori,
- a rebours,
- a reculons,
- abandon,
- abet,
- accented,
- acknowledgments,
- advance,
- advocate,
- affirm,
- afford support,
- aft,
- after,
- aftermost,
- afterpart,
- afterpiece,
- again,
- against the grain,
- ago,
- aid,
- alpenstock,
- alveolar,
- alveolar ridge,
- alveolus,
- angel,
- ante,
- ante up,
- anticlockwise,
- apex,
- apical,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- arear,
- arena,
- arm,
- around,
- arrested,
- articulated,
- arytenoid cartilages,
- ascend,
- ascender,
- ascending,
- aside,
- ass-backwards,
- assimilated,
- assist,
- assure,
- astern,
- athletic supporter,
- attest,
- authenticate,
- away,
- axial,
- back away,
- back door,
- back matter,
- back of beyond,
- back off,
- back seat,
- back side,
- back up,
- back when,
- back-country,
- back-flowing,
- backbone,
- backdrop,
- background,
- backing,
- backpedal,
- backside,
- backstop,
- backtrack,
- backtrail,
- backward,
- backwards,
- backwater,
- backwood,
- backwoods,
- backwoodsy,
- bandeau,
- bankroll,
- bankrupt,
- barytone,
- bastard title,
- bastard type,
- be sponsor for,
- bear,
- bear out,
- bear up,
- beard,
- bearer,
- behind,
- behindhand,
- belated,
- belly,
- bestraddle,
- bestride,
- bet,
- bet on,
- bevel,
- bibliography,
- bilabial,
- black letter,
- blade,
- blocked,
- board,
- body,
- bolster,
- bolster up,
- bond,
- boost,
- bra,
- brace,
- bracer,
- bracket,
- brassiere,
- break,
- breech,
- broad,
- budge,
- buoy up,
- buttress,
- by,
- cacuminal,
- call,
- cane,
- cap,
- capital,
- capitalize,
- carrier,
- carry,
- case,
- cast off,
- catch line,
- catchword,
- central,
- cerebral,
- certify,
- cervix,
- champion,
- change,
- change place,
- chasing,
- checked,
- circle,
- circumstantiate,
- climb,
- climb on,
- close,
- colophon,
- come after,
- come last,
- commend,
- confirm,
- consonant,
- consonantal,
- contents,
- contents page,
- continuant,
- copyright page,
- corroborate,
- corset,
- counter,
- counterclockwise,
- countermarch,
- countersecure,
- cover,
- cradle,
- crook,
- crush,
- crutch,
- cry up,
- cushion,
- deceitfully,
- dedication,
- defeat,
- delayed,
- delayed-action,
- dental,
- deny,
- descend,
- descender,
- descending,
- destroy,
- detained,
- disavow,
- disown,
- disregard,
- dissimilated,
- distance,
- distant,
- document,
- dorsal,
- dorsal region,
- dorsum,
- down-trending,
- downward,
- drifting,
- due,
- early,
- ebb,
- elect,
- em,
- en,
- encourage,
- endleaf,
- endorse,
- endpaper,
- endsheet,
- ensure,
- errata,
- ex post facto,
- extremity,
- face,
- fade,
- fail,
- fall astern,
- fall back,
- fall behind,
- fat-faced type,
- feet,
- field,
- finance,
- flat,
- flow,
- flowing,
- fluent,
- flying,
- flyleaf,
- folio,
- follow,
- following,
- font,
- for a consideration,
- fore edge,
- foreword,
- forsake,
- fortify,
- foundation garment,
- fro,
- front,
- front matter,
- frontier,
- fulcrum,
- fund,
- furtively,
- gamble,
- get behind,
- get in,
- get in behind,
- get on,
- get over,
- girdle,
- give support,
- glide,
- glossal,
- glottal,
- go,
- go aboard,
- go around,
- go astern,
- go back,
- go back on,
- go backwards,
- go into reverse,
- go on board,
- go round,
- go sideways,
- going,
- gone by,
- groove,
- ground,
- grubstake,
- guarantee,
- guaranty,
- guttural,
- guy,
- guywire,
- gyrate,
- gyrational,
- gyratory,
- half-title page,
- hard,
- hard palate,
- hard pressed,
- hazard,
- head,
- heavy,
- heel,
- held up,
- help,
- helpless,
- high,
- hind,
- hind end,
- hind part,
- hinder,
- hindermost,
- hindhand,
- hindhead,
- hindmost,
- hindward,
- hindwards,
- hinterland,
- hold,
- hold up,
- hop in,
- hung up,
- hype,
- ignore,
- imprint,
- in a bind,
- in abeyance,
- in arrear,
- in arrears,
- in back of,
- in compensation,
- in consideration,
- in reserve,
- in return,
- in reverse,
- in times past,
- index,
- inscription,
- insidiously,
- insure,
- into the past,
- intonated,
- introduction,
- invest in,
- isolated,
- italic,
- jammed,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- jump in,
- keep afloat,
- keep up,
- labial,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- lag behind,
- larynx,
- late,
- lateral,
- latish,
- lax,
- lay,
- lay a wager,
- lay down,
- leaf,
- lend support,
- letter,
- ligature,
- light,
- lingual,
- lips,
- liquid,
- locale,
- logotype,
- loin,
- low,
- lower case,
- mainstay,
- maintain,
- maintainer,
- majuscule,
- make a bet,
- make sternway,
- makeup,
- mast,
- master,
- mature,
- meet a bet,
- mid,
- minuscule,
- mise-en-scene,
- monophthongal,
- moratory,
- mount,
- mounting,
- move,
- move over,
- muted,
- narrow,
- nasal,
- nasal cavity,
- nasalized,
- neck,
- never on time,
- nick,
- nominate,
- obstructed,
- occiput,
- occlusive,
- open,
- oral cavity,
- outback,
- outlandish,
- outlying,
- outstanding,
- overcome,
- overdue,
- owed,
- owing,
- oxytone,
- page,
- palatal,
- palatalized,
- palate,
- parlay,
- pass,
- passing,
- past due,
- patronize,
- pay for,
- payable,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngeal cavity,
- pharyngealized,
- pharynx,
- phonemic,
- phonetic,
- phonic,
- pi,
- pica,
- pile in,
- pillow,
- pitch,
- pitched,
- play against,
- plug,
- plunge,
- plunging,
- point,
- posterior,
- postern,
- posttonic,
- preface,
- preliminaries,
- primitive,
- print,
- privately,
- probate,
- progress,
- progressive,
- promote,
- prop,
- prove,
- provide for,
- puff,
- punt,
- pursuing,
- rachis,
- ratify,
- raw,
- rear,
- rear end,
- rearmost,
- rearward,
- rearwards,
- receivable,
- recommend,
- recto,
- redeemable,
- refinance,
- reflex,
- reflowing,
- refluent,
- regress,
- regressive,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- reject,
- reminiscently,
- remote,
- renege,
- repudiate,
- rest,
- resting place,
- retarded,
- retract,
- retrad,
- retral,
- retreat,
- retroactive,
- retroactively,
- retrocede,
- retroflex,
- retrograde,
- retrogress,
- retrogressive,
- retrospective,
- retrospectively,
- reverse,
- reversed,
- reverso,
- revert,
- ridge,
- rigging,
- rigidify,
- rise,
- rising,
- roman,
- rotary,
- rotate,
- rotational,
- rotatory,
- rough,
- round,
- round about,
- rounded,
- ruin,
- run,
- run interference for,
- running,
- running title,
- rushing,
- sans serif,
- scene,
- screw up,
- script,
- second,
- secretly,
- secure,
- see,
- semivowel,
- service,
- set up,
- setting,
- shank,
- shift,
- shore,
- shore up,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- side with,
- sideward,
- sign,
- sign for,
- signature,
- since,
- sink,
- sinking,
- slow,
- slyly,
- small cap,
- small capital,
- sneakily,
- soar,
- soaring,
- soft,
- soft palate,
- sonant,
- speak highly of,
- speak warmly of,
- speak well of,
- speech organ,
- spin,
- spinal column,
- spine,
- sponsor,
- sprit,
- staff,
- stage,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- stake,
- stamp,
- stand back of,
- stand behind,
- stand by,
- stand pat,
- stand up for,
- standing rigging,
- stave,
- stay,
- stem,
- stern,
- stick,
- stick by,
- stick up for,
- stiffen,
- stiffener,
- stir,
- stopped,
- stream,
- streaming,
- strengthen,
- strengthener,
- stressed,
- strong,
- subscribe to,
- subside,
- subsidize,
- substantiate,
- subtitle,
- subvene,
- subvention,
- support,
- supporter,
- surd,
- surreptitiously,
- sustain,
- sustainer,
- syllabic,
- sylvan,
- syrinx,
- table of contents,
- tail,
- tail end,
- tailpiece,
- take sides with,
- tardy,
- teeth,
- teeth ridge,
- tense,
- text,
- theater,
- thick,
- throaty,
- tighten,
- tip,
- title,
- title page,
- to the rear,
- tonal,
- tongue,
- tonic,
- tout,
- trail,
- trail behind,
- travel,
- treacherously,
- trice up,
- trim size,
- turned around,
- twangy,
- type,
- type body,
- type class,
- type lice,
- type page,
- typecase,
- typeface,
- typefounders,
- typefoundry,
- unaccented,
- uncivilized,
- uncultivated,
- underbrace,
- undergird,
- underlie,
- underpin,
- underset,
- undersign,
- underwrite,
- undeveloped,
- uninhabited,
- unoccupied,
- unpaid,
- unpopulated,
- unpunctual,
- unready,
- unrounded,
- unsettled,
- unstressed,
- untimely,
- up-country,
- up-trending,
- upbear,
- uphold,
- upholder,
- upkeep,
- upper case,
- upward,
- validate,
- vanquish,
- velar,
- velum,
- verify,
- verso,
- vertebrae,
- vertebral column,
- virgin,
- vocal chink,
- vocal cords,
- vocal folds,
- vocal processes,
- vocalic,
- vocoid,
- voice box,
- voiced,
- voiceless,
- vote,
- vowel,
- vowellike,
- wager,
- walking stick,
- wane,
- warrant,
- waste,
- weak,
- whirl,
- widdershins,
- wide,
- wild,
- wilderness,
- withdraw from,
- without hope,
- woodland,
- wrong-way,
- wrong-way around
Words containing 'Back'
- Backed,
- Backing,
- Backs,
- To back down,
- To back out,
- To back up,
- back down,
- back off,
- back out,
- back to back,
- back up,
- back-to-back,
- Back Mountain,
- Back and forth,
- Back blocks,
- Back charge,
- Back charges,
- Back door,
- Back eccentric,
- Back filling,
- Back pressure,
- Back rest,
- Back slang,
- Back stairs,
- Back step,
- Back stream,
- Full back,
- Half back,
- Hark back,
- Hop back,
- Jack back,
- Paneled back,
- Pump Back,
- Quarter back,
- Skew back,
- Snap back,
- Spring back,
- Switch back,
- Throw back,
- To back a rope,
- To back a warrant,
- To back against the field,
- To back an anchor,
- To back and fill,
- To back the field,
- To back the oars,
- To back the sails,
- To back water,
- To be on one's back,
- To bear back,
- To break the back,
- To bring back,
- To call back,
- To draw back,
- To fall back,
- To fall back on,
- To get back,
- To give back,
- To go back on,
- To hang back,
- To hark back,
- To keep back,
- To put back,
- To see the back of,
- To snap back,
- To throw back,
- To turn back,
- To turn the back,
- To turn the back on,
- Wash back,
- Water back,
- Watteau back,
- Window back,
- answer back,
- back and fill,
- back away,
- back brace,
- back breaker,
- back burner,
- back channel,
- back circle,
- back country,
- back end,
- back entrance,
- back exercise,
- back fire,
- back judge,
- back matter,
- back number,
- back of beyond,
- back pack,
- back porch,
- back room,
- back saw,
- back scratching,
- back seat,
- back spread,
- back street,
- back talk,
- back tooth,
- back way,
- beat back,
- bounce back,
- bring back,
- buy back,
- call back,
- carry back,
- ceding back,
- choke back,
- come back,
- come back at,
- coming back,
- cut back,
- date back,
- die back,
- double back,
- draw back,
- drive back,
- drop back,
- fall back,
- fat back,
- feed back,
- fight back,
- financial backing,
- flanker back,
- flash back,
- force back,
- from way back,
- get back,
- get back at,
- give back,
- go back,
- go back on,
- go back over,
- hang back,
- hold back,
- keep back,
- kick back,
- knock back,
- lean back,
- look back,
- move back,
- pat on the back,
- pay back,
- paying back,
- play back,
- pull back,
- push back,
- put back,
- rear back,
- relation back,
- roll back,
- running back,
- send back,
- set back,
- shrink back,
- sink back,
- sit back,
- slide back,
- slip back,
- stand back,
- strike back,
- take back,
- talk back,
- think back,
- thrust back,
- toss back,
- trim back,
- turn back,
- win back,
- Back Mountain, PA,
- Back-fire,
- Back-firing,
- Behind one's back,
- Broken-backed,
- Bunch-backed,
- Camel-backed,
- Diamond-back,
- Hog's-back,
- Huckle-backed,
- Lute-backed,
- Pump Back, OK,
- Razor-backed,
- Roach-backed,
- Round-backed,
- Saddle-backed,
- Stiff-backed,
- Sway-backed,
- To claw one on the back,
- To fall back upon,
- To lie on one's back,
- To put one's back up,
- To take the back track,
- To turn the back on one,
- To turn the back upon,
- Warty-back,
- back-and-forth,
- back-blast,
- back-channel,
- back-formation,
- back-geared,
- back-number,
- break one's back,
- call-back,
- dust-back,
- high-backed,
- hollow-back,
- ladder-back,
- ladder-backed,
- laid-back,
- lobster-backed,
- low-backed,
- move back and forth,
- pig-a-back,
- set-back,
- spiny-backed,
- straight-backed,
- to get one's back up,
- Mackerel-back sky,
- black-backed gull,
- blue-back mullet,
- broken-backed hogged,
- dust-back pitch,
- ladder-back chair,
- leather-backed tortoise,
- mortgage-backed security,
- paper-back book,
- red-backed lemming,
- red-backed mouse,
- red-backed sandpiper,
- Back-acting steam engine,
- Back-action steam engine,
- eastern red-backed salamander,
- great black-backed gull,
- western red-backed salamander,
- red-coated lobster-backed,
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