Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of back is as below...

Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger..

Singlestick :: Singlestick (n.) In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword..

Retortion :: Retortion (v. t.) Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.

Pygropodes :: Pygropodes (n. pl.) A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back..

Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting..

Ephod :: Ephod (n.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front..

Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Perversely; ill.

Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.

Saddled :: Saddled (a.) Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed..

Unke :: Unke (n.) A European aquatic toad (Bombinator igneus). Its back is dark; its belly is marked with crimson. Called also feuerkrote.

Ayenward :: Ayenward (adv.) Backward.

Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other..

Recall :: Recall (v. t.) To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days..

Grain :: Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4..

Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp..

Debenture :: Debenture (n.) A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation.

Untwist :: Untwist (v. t.) To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine..

Countermarch :: Countermarch (v. i.) To march back, or to march in reversed order..

Back :: Back (n.) 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..

Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address..

Random Fonts

Most Popular