Definition of behind

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Behind (adv.) Backward in time or order of succession; past.

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Bourbon :: Bourbon (n.) A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.
Behind :: Behind (n.) The backside; the rump.
Omostegite :: Omostegite (n.) The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove.
Quagga :: Quagga (n.) A South African wild ass (Equus, / Hippotigris, quagga). The upper parts are reddish brown, becoming paler behind and behind and beneath, with dark stripes on the face, neck, and fore part of the body..
After :: After (adv.) Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after..
Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay or remain behind; to wait.
Prisage :: Prisage (n.) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this..
Dicky :: Dicky (n.) A seat behind a carriage, for a servant..
Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend..
Maxilliped :: Maxilliped (n.) One of the mouth appendages of Crustacea, situated next behind the maxillae. Crabs have three pairs, but many of the lower Crustacea have but one pair of them. Called also jawfoot, and foot jaw..
Zygodactylous :: Zygodactylous (a.) Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc..
Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..
Arear :: Arear (adv.) Backward; in or to the rear; behindhand.
Bopeep :: Bopeep (n.) The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened..
Pelerine :: Pelerine (n.) A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind..
Postscenium :: Postscenium (n.) The part of a theater behind the scenes; the back part of the stage of a theater.
Garroter :: Garroter (n.) One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him..
Post- :: Post- () A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript..
Astern :: Astern (adv.) Behind a ship; in the rear.
Postoral :: Postoral (a.) Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth..
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