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Back :: 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..

Quicksilvering :: Quicksilvering (n.) The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.

Rorqual :: Rorqual (n.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback..

Parchesi :: Parchesi (n.) A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India..

Tragopan :: Tragopan (n.) Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus Ceriornis. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant (C. satyra), of India is one of the best-known species..

Joust :: "Joust (v. i.) To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt..

Batter :: Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

Indorsement :: Indorsement (n.) The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument..

Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.

Hunchback :: Hunchback (n.) A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person..

Reflection :: Reflection (n.) The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected..

Dorsad :: Dorsad (adv.) Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally.

Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..

Boat Bug :: Boat bug () An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman..

Springer :: Springer (n.) The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer..

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

Domino :: Domino (n.) A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played.

Relapsing :: Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.

Thar :: Thar (n.) A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo..

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