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Opisthodome :: Opisthodome (n.) A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as a treasury..

Backslider :: Backslider (n.) One who backslides.

Finback :: Finback (n.) Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Balaenoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus..

Unreserved :: Unreserved (a.) Not reserved; not kept back; not withheld in part; unrestrained.

Recidivate :: Recidivate (v. i.) To backslide; to fall again.

Calamary :: Calamary (n.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid..

Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges..

Retroversion :: Retroversion (n.) A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus..

Againward :: Againward (adv.) Back again.

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

Race :: Race (n.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc..

Gestation :: Gestation (n.) Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise..

Horseback :: Horseback (n.) The back of a horse.

Resail :: Resail (v. t. & i.) To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port..

Seesaw :: Seesaw (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.

Backs :: Backs (n. pl.) Among leather dealers, the thickest and stoutest tanned hides..

Recourse :: Recourse (n.) A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence..

Dorsally :: Dorsally (adv.) On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad..

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..

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..

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