rebound
Webster Dictionary
to spring back. to start back. to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo
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redound
Webster Dictionary
to roll back. as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back. to flow back. as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result
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opisthotonos
(opisthotonos)
Princeton's WordNet
severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back
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back
Webster Dictionary
to write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document
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dorsiferous
Webster Dictionary
bearing, or producing, on the back. -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous
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back
Webster Dictionary
being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements
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backplate
Webster Dictionary
a piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back. armor for the back
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back
Webster Dictionary
the part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney
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back
Webster Dictionary
to make a back for; to furnish with a back. as, to back books
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back
Webster Dictionary
to the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it
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postero
Webster Dictionary
- (/). A combining form meaning posterior, back. as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at the side
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back
Webster Dictionary
the outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail
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re-
Webster Dictionary
a prefix signifying back. against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back. recall, to call back. recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification
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dark
(ɑrk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(of an l-sound) pronounced with the back of the tongue raised, giving back-vowel resonance, as the l in
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square-shouldered
(ˈskwɛər li)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
having the shoulders held back. giving a straight form to the upper part of the back.
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dogcart
(ˈdɔgˌkɑrt, ˈdɒg-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle with two seats back to back.
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return
(ɪˈtɜrn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the act or fact of returning, as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back.
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do-si-do
(ˈdoʊ siˈdoʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a figure in square dancing, in which two persons advance, pass around each other back to back. and return to their places.
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fade
(ɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Football. (of an offensive back. esp. a quarterback) to move back toward one's own goal line, usu. with the intent to pass.
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da
(ˈdiˈeɪ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a hairstyle in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head like a duck's tail.
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halter
(ˈhɔl tər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a woman's top, secured behind the neck and across the back. leaving the arms, shoulders, upper back. and often the midriff bare.
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gig
(ɪg)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a device, commonly four hooks secured back to back. for dragging through a school of fish to hook them through the body.
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sciatica
(ɪˈæt ɪ kə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pain involving the sacral plexus or sciatic nerve, often felt in the lower back and along the back of the thigh.
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repercussion
Webster Dictionary
the act of driving back. or the state of being driven back. reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound
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regress
Webster Dictionary
the act of passing back. passage back. return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man"
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back
Webster Dictionary
to a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism
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back
Webster Dictionary
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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repass
Webster Dictionary
to pass or go back. to move back. as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes
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withdraw
Webster Dictionary
to take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back. to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like
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blench
Webster Dictionary
to shrink; to start back. to draw back. from lack of courage or resolution; to flinch; to quail
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