Backstairs () Alt. of Backstair

Backstair () Private; indirect; secret; intriguing; -- as if finding access by the back stairs.

Backstay () A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast.

Backstay () A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.

Backster () A backer.

Backstitch () A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.

Backstitch () To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam.

Backstress () A female baker.

Backsword () A sword with one sharp edge.

Backsword () In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick.

Backward () Alt. of Backwards

Backwards () With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward.

Backwards () Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward.

Backwards () On the back, or with the back downward.

Backwards () Toward, or in, past time or events; ago.

Backwards () By way of reflection; reflexively.

Backwards () From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin.

Backwards () In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards.

Backward () Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances.

Backward () Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.

Backward () Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child.

Backward () Late or behindhand; as, a backward season.

Backward () Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.

Backward () Already past or gone; bygone.

Backward () The state behind or past.

Backward () To keep back; to hinder.

Backwardation () The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango.

Backwardly () Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.

Backwardly () Perversely; ill.

Backwardness () The state of being backward.

Backwash () To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.

Backwater () Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar.

Backwater () An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction.

Backwater () Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer.

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

Backwoodsmen () of Backwoodsman

Backwoodsman () A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States.

Backworm () A disease of hawks. See Filanders.

Bacon () The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.

Baconian () Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy.

Bacteria () See Bacterium.

Bacterial () Of or pertaining to bacteria.

Bactericidal () Destructive of bacteria.

Bactericide () Same as Germicide.

Bacteriological () Of or pertaining to bacteriology; as, bacteriological studies.

Bacteriologist () One skilled in bacteriology.

Bacteriology () The science relating to bacteria.

Bacterioscopic () Relating to bacterioscopy; as, a bacterioscopic examination.

Bacterioscopist () One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations.

Bacterioscopy () The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water.

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