Backboard
Backboardn.a board to support the back
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A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1806.
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Backbone
Backbonen.the bone in the middle of the back
Backdoor
Backdoorn.a door placed behind a house
Backgammon
Backgammonn.a game with dice and tables
Backhanded
Backhandeda.with the hand turned backward
Backhouse
Backhousen.a building behind the house
Backpiece
Backpiecen.a piece of armor made for the back
Backroom
Backroomn.a room behind another
Backside
Backsiden.the hinder side of any thing or place
Backslide
Backslidev.i.backslide,pret.backslidden,pa.to fall off, depart from, apostitize
Backslider
Backslidern.one who falls off, or goes back
Backsliding
Backslidingn.a falling back, off or away, a revolt
Backstairs
Backstairsn.stairs in the back part of the house
Backstays
Backstaysn. pl.ropes to steady a mast
Backsword
Backswordn.a strong sword with one sharp edge
Backward
Backwarda.unwilling, dull, slow, sluggish
Backward (2)
Backward, or Backwardsad.back in time past
Backwardly
Backwardlyad.unwillingly, slowly, perversely
Backwardness
Backwardnessn.a want of will, sluggishness
Bacon
Baconn.hog's flesh cured with salt and dried
Bad
Bada.ill, sick, wicked, hurtful, poor, imperfect
Bad (2)
Bad, or Badepret.or to bid
Badge
Badgen.a mark of distinction
Badge (2)
Badgev.t.to mark
Badger
Badgern.a quadruped the size of a hog, a pedlar
Badly
Badlyad.in a bad manner, not well
Badness
Badnessn.a bad state, a want of good qualities