| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| backbiting | noun | Secret slander; detraction. |
| backfriend | noun | A secret enemy. |
| backgammon | noun | A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a “board” marked off into twenty-four spaces called “points”. Each player has fifteen pieces, or “men”, the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables., In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first “table”. |
| background | noun | Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front., The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures., Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings., A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight. |
| backhanded | adjective | With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow., Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment., Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters. |
| backhander | noun | A backhanded blow. |
| backsheesh | noun | Alt. of Backshish |
| backslider | noun | One who backslides. |
| backstairs | adjective | Alt. of Backstair |
| backstitch | noun | A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end., To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam. |
| backstress | noun | A female baker. |
| backwardly | adverb | Reluctantly; slowly; aversely., Perversely; ill. |