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Kaleege :: Kaleege (n.) One of several species of large, crested, Asiatic pheasants, belonging to the genus Euplocamus, and allied to the firebacks..

Backsliding :: Backsliding (a.) Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.

Setback :: Setback (n.) Offset, n., 4..

Backare :: Backare (interj.) Same as Baccare.

Reredos :: Reredos (n.) The back of a fireplace.

Hamstring :: Hamstring (n.) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh..

Back :: Back (n.) In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster..

Return :: Return (v. i.) To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

Backgammon :: Backgammon (v. i.) In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first table..

Scrode :: Scrode (n.) A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed..

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

Repass :: Repass (v. i.) To pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes..

Clawback :: Clawback (n.) A flatterer or sycophant.

Reciprocornous :: Reciprocornous (a.) Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram..

Backhanded :: Backhanded (a.) Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment..

Saddleback :: Saddleback (n.) Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top..

Placophora :: Placophora (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura..

Back Door :: Back door () A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way..

Boxhaul :: Boxhaul (v. t.) To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; -- so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind)..

Repress :: Repress (v. t.) To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent..

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