Definition of back

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Back (adv.) In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another..

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Back :: Back (n.) A support or resource in reserve.
Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn..
Natterjack :: Natterjack (n.) A European toad (Bufo calamita), having a yellow line along its back..
Waggel :: Waggel (n.) The young of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), formerly considered a distinct species..
Rear :: Rear (n.) The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to front..
Indorsement :: Indorsement (n.) That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of an officer, etc.; a writing, usually upon the back, but sometimes on the face, of a negotiable instrument, by which the property therein is assigned and transferred..
Trapezium :: Trapezium (n.) A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers..
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method..
Ana- :: Ana- () A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew..
Repellent :: Repellent (a.) Driving back; able or tending to repel.
Notal :: Notal (a.) Of or pertaining to the back; dorsal.
Recess :: Recess (n.) A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides..
Backlog :: Backlog (n.) A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth..
Nudibranchiata :: Nudibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia..
Backed :: Backed (a.) Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; hump-backed..
Sheepback :: Sheepback (n.) A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually in the plural.
Retrogressive :: Retrogressive (a.) Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
Auchenium :: Auchenium (n.) The part of the neck nearest the back.
Heterodactylous :: Heterodactylous (a.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons..
Backward :: Backward (adv.) Alt. of Backward.
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