Definition of back

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Back (n.) 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..

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Laggard :: Laggard (a.) Slow; sluggish; backward.
Resail :: Resail (v. t. & i.) To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port..
Particle :: Particle (n.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely..
Silhouette :: Silhouette (v. t.) To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette..
Backbiter :: Backbiter (n.) One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.
Astride :: Astride (adv.) With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle..
Vivificate :: Vivificate (v. t.) To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide or solution; to reduce..
Sisyphus :: Sisyphus (n.) A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant..
Fetlock :: Fetlock (n.) The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair..
Backhand :: Backhand (a.) Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
Postclavicle :: Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.
Peritoneum :: Peritoneum (n.) The smooth serous membrane which lines the cavity of the abdomen, or the whole body cavity when there is no diaphragm, and, turning back, surrounds the viscera, forming a closed, or nearly closed, sac..
Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Hunched; hump-backed.
Repulsory :: Repulsory (a.) Repulsive; driving back.
Upright :: Upright (a.) Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
Backfriend :: Backfriend (n.) A secret enemy.
Bay :: Bay (n.) A bank or dam to keep back water.
Fireback :: Fireback (n.) One of several species of pheasants of the genus Euplocamus, having the lower back a bright, fiery red. They inhabit Southern Asia and the East Indies..
Repercussive :: Repercussive (a.) Driven back; rebounding; reverberated.
Whettlebones :: Whettlebones (n. pl.) The vertebrae of the back.
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