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Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..

Back Stairs :: Back stairs () Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way..

Linoleum :: Linoleum (n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.

Backcast :: Backcast (n.) Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse..

Notaeum :: Notaeum (n.) The back or upper surface, as of a bird..

Pelican :: Pelican (n.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.

Velvet :: Velvet (n.) A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back..

Repulse :: Repulse (v. t.) To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy..

Scragged :: Scragged (a.) Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone..

Porcupine :: Porcupine (n.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known..

Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback.

Reflect :: Reflect (v.) To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.

Swarth :: Swartback (n.) The black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also swarbie.

Incontinency :: Incontinency (n.) Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the passions or appetites; indulgence of lust; lewdness..

Waggel :: Waggel (n.) The young of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), formerly considered a distinct species..

Ham :: Ham (n.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.

Antero- :: Antero- () A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side..

Humpback :: Humpback (n.) A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), of the northwest coast of America..

Backwoods :: Backwoods (n. pl.) The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.

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