Definition of back

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Back (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements..

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Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
Pullback :: Pullback (n.) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point..
Recalcitration :: Recalcitration (n.) A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink..
Guillemot :: Guillemot (n.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers..
Auchenium :: Auchenium (n.) The part of the neck nearest the back.
Reproach :: Reproach (v. t.) To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace..
Counter :: Counter (adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot.
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig..
Regrant :: Regrant (n.) The act of granting back to a former proprietor.
Urosteon :: Urosteon (n.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.
Cue :: Cue (n.) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue..
Fore :: Fore (adv.) Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon..
Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other..
Revert :: Revert (v. t.) To change back. See Revert, v. i..
Slum :: Slum (n.) A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives..
Backarack :: Backarack (n.) See Bacharach.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice..
Hog :: Hog (v. i.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form..
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