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- BACKSHOREAn upper shore zone above high-tide.
- BACKSIDEThe back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly: The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially an outhouse.
- BACKSIGHTThe rear sight of a firearm.
- BACKSLIDETo regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
- BACKSLIDERA recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
- BACKSPINSpin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
- BACKSTABTo attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens.
- BACKSTAGERelating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
- BACKSTAYA part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from the top of the mast (masthead) to the back of the ship; they support the strain on all upper masts and provide additional sup
- BACKSTOPAn object or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
- BACKSTORYThe previous experiences and life of a person, specifically a character in a dramatic work.
- BACKSWEPTSwept back.
- BACKSWINGThe preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
- BACKSWORDA sword with one sharp edge.
- BACKUPA reserve or substitute.
- BACKVELDBackward and unsophisticated rural areas.
- BACKVELDERA native or inhabitant of the backveld.
- BACKWARDIndicating position or direction. Situated toward or at the rear of something.
- BACKWARDLYIn a backward direction.
- BACKWARDSSynonym of backward; see usage notes there.
- BACKWASHA backward flow of water, as from oars, a propeller, breaking waves, etc.
- BACKWASHINGA form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
- BACKWATERThe water held back by a dam or other obstruction.
- BACKWOODNative to or located in a remote rural location.
- BACKWOODSPartly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
- BACKWOODSMANA person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
- BACKWOODSYTypical of something or someone from the backwoods.
- BACKWORDA contention, retort, or reply.
- BACKWRAPA portion of something that is wrapped backward.
- BACKYARDA yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
- BACONCured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
- BACONERA pig raised to produce bacon.
- BACONYResembling bacon, especially in flavor
- BACTEREMIAAlternative spelling of bacteraemia.
- BACTERIAplural of bacterium
- BACTERIALOf, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
- BACTERIALLYIn reference to bacteria
- BACTERIALSOf, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
- BACTERINA suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine.
- BACTERIOIDAlternative form of bacteroid.
- BACTERIOLOGYThe scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.
- BACTERIOLYSISThe destruction of bacteria by lysis
- BACTERIOPHAGEA virus that specifically infects bacteria.
- BACTERIOPHAGIESThe feeding on bacteria.
- BACTERIOPHAGYThe feeding on bacteria.
- BACTERIOSISAny infection by bacteria
- BACTERIUMA single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
- BACTERIZETo treat with bacteria.
- BACTEROIDA micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
- BACULIFORMShaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
- BACULINEOf or pertaining to a rod or cane, or punishment with either of them.
- BACULITEAny member of the genus †Baculites of extinct cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
- BACULOVIRUSAny large rod-shaped virus of the family Baculoviridae, including the granuloviruses and nucleopolyhedroviruses.
- BACULUMA bone found in the penis of some placental mammals.
- BADGEA distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
- BADGERAny member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals.
- BADGERLYCharacteristic of, relating to, or befitting a badger.
- BADINAGEPlayful raillery; banter.
- BADINERIEA brief and lively dance.
- BADIOUSChestnut-coloured.
- BADLYIn a bad manner.
- BADMANA violence-prone man who has had run-ins with the law; especially one from the Old West days of U.S. history.
- BADMASHA rogue, ruffian or miscreant.
- BADMOUTHTo criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- BAELA tropical fruit tree from India, Aegle marmelos.
- BAETYLA meteorite or similar-looking rough stone thought to be of divine origin and worshipped as sacred.
- BAGELA toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
- BAGFULThe amount that fills a bag.
- BAGHA type of enclosed garden common in south and south-eastern Asia.
- BAGHOUSEA fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
- BAGLIKEResembling or characteristic of a bag.
- BAGMANA person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.
- BAGNIOA brothel.
- BAGUETTEA narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.
- BAGUIOA typhoon.
- BAGWASHA type of laundry in which the washing was returned to the customer in a bag, undried and unpressed.
- BAGWORMCertain moths, in order Lepidoptera: A bagworm moth, any member of the family Psychidae. An Eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum, family Lasiocampidae). A Fall webworm (
- BAHADURA warrior, especially a Turko-Mongol.
- BAHTThe official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.
- BAHUA daughter-in-law or sister-in-law, especially one who lives with her husband's family when married.
- BAHUTA portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the original portma
- BAIGNOIREA box of the lowest tier in a theatre.
- BAILSecurity, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- BAILEEOne who holds bailed property; one who takes possession of the property of another (called a bailor) in order to keep that property safe for the other.
- BAILEROne who bails or lades.
- BAILEYThe outer wall of a feudal castle.
- BAILIEA bailiff.
- BAILMENTThe handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.
- BAILOROne who bails property; one who places property in the hands of another (called a bailee) for safekeeping.
- BAILOUTA rescue, especially a financial rescue.
- BAINITEA microstructure of steel consisting of needle-like particles of cementite embedded in a ferrite matrix.
- BAIRNA child or baby.
- BAIRNISHHaving the manners of a child; childish; silly.
- BAIRNLIKELike a bairn; childlike.
- BAIRNLYBairnlike; childish.
- BAITAny substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- BAITERAgent noun of bait; one who baits, as a fishhook.
- BAITFISHSmall fish such as minnows that are used as bait to catch larger predatory fish.
- BAIZEA thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
- BAIZEDCovered with baize.