English words: back course to backdown

300 English words, part 4 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 22 have a page of their own.

English words back course to backdown

back course noun: The approach course formed by the rear lobe of the signal pattern of a localizer antenna array (the portion of the localizer signal emitted from the rear...
back cover noun: The cover on the opposite side of the front cover of a book, magazine, etc; back of the book; associated with sports pages in publications.
back crawl noun /ˈbækˌkɹɔl/: A style of swimming using the backstroke.
back cross noun: A throw where the object is caught and then thrown from behind the back.
back dancer noun: A performer who dances with or behind the lead performer.
back day noun: A day dedicated to exercising one's back.
back dirt noun: Alternative form of backdirt.
back dive noun: A backwards dive
back door adjective, noun, verb: A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
back-door pilot noun: A film, miniseries, or episode that serves as a proof of concept for a new full television series, but may be broadcast on its own even if the full series...
back door slider noun: A baseball pitch that begins by entering outside the plate, but then breaks back in towards the plate at the last minute.
back-double noun: A favourite route through a town or city, often used as a shortcut.
back double biceps noun: A standard pose in which both sets of biceps and back muscles are flexed, with one's back turned toward the judges.
back down verb: To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have.
back draft noun: Alternative form of backdraft.
back draught noun: Alternative form of backdraft.
back east adverb: In the eastern part of a country or region.
back end adjective, noun: The rear, back, or unseen portion (of something).
back-engineer verb: Synonym of reverse-engineer.
back engineering noun: Synonym of reverse engineering.
back extension noun: Synonym of hyperextension (exercise).
back-fence adjective: Informal; armchair; carried out by people without direct knowledge or formal expertise.
back field noun: Alternative form of backfield.
back-fill noun, verb: Alternative form of backfill.
back fire noun: A small, controlled fire set in the path of a larger uncontrolled fire, in order to limit the spread of the large fire by removing its fuel.
back five noun: Collectively, the backs (the 2 wings, fullback, outside centre and inside centre).
back foot noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, foot.
back foot shot noun: A shot played by the batsman with most of his weight on the back foot.
back-form noun, verb: A back-formation; a word formed by removing a perceived morpheme from an older word.
back formation noun /ˌbæk.fɔːˈmeɪ̯.ʃən/: The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or...
back-formed adjective, verb: Formed by back-formation.
back forty noun: The remote part of a farm.
back four noun: The set of four defenders in a team.
back-friend noun: Alternative form of backfriend.
back gammon player noun: A person, chiefly a homosexual, who has anal sex.
back-ganging adjective, noun /ˈbækˌɡæŋɪŋ/: Behind or late in payment or rent; in arrears.
back garden noun: A garden at the rear of a property.
back gate noun: The gate at the back of a property, especially a residential property, often leading onto a lane.
back gray noun: A piece of dark, heavy cotton cloth that is run under another piece of cloth to be printed, serving to take up the color on the roller outside the width of...
back-hand adjective, noun, verb /ˈbækhænd/: Alternative form of backhand.
back-handed adjective, adverb, verb: Alternative form of backhanded.
back-handed compliment noun: Alternative spelling of backhanded compliment.
back-handedly adverb: Alternative form of backhandedly.
back-handedness noun: Alternative form of backhandedness.
back-hander noun: Alternative spelling of backhander.
back-heel noun, verb: Alternative form of backheel.
back history noun: Synonym of backstory.
back hole noun: The anus (now sometimes especially of a trans man).
back home adverb: In one’s hometown.
back house noun: Alternative form of backhouse: any outbuilding; an outhouse.
back in preposition, verb: To reverse a vehicle into a space.
back in the day prepositional phrase: In the distant past; especially, at a time fondly remembered (the good old days).
back in the game phrase: Having recovered from a disadvantageous position.
back in the groove prepositional phrase: A return to one's former or previous self; a return to normalcy or stability.
back in the knife drawer, Miss Sharp phrase: Said as a retort to somebody who has made a cutting remark.
back in the saddle phrase: Returned to one's normal, healthy, functioning state, as from an interruption or setback.
back into verb: To advance to the post-season as a result of another team's loss, especially where one's own team has also lost.
back issue noun: An edition of a magazine, etc, that was published earlier than the current edition.
back judge noun: a person who stands at the back of the field, behind the defence, and helps to make sure that the rules are followed, especially by deciding whether a...
back kitchen noun: A scullery.
back labor noun: Intense pain in one's back while in labor (giving birth).
back labour noun: UK spelling of back labor.
back lane noun: An alleyway that runs behind a row of houses, or between rows of houses.
back lever noun: A static hold normally performed on a horizontal bar, consisting in hanging horizontally and straight with the front of the body facing downwards.
back line noun: Collectively, the defenders of a team.
back load noun: Alternative form of backload.
back marker noun: Alternative form of backmarker.
back matter noun: The parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text.
back mutation noun: Alternative form of backmutation.
back-ne noun: Alternative form of bacne.
back nine noun: The final nine holes of the 18 holes that make up a golf course.
back number noun: A back issue of a magazine, etc.
back o' beyond noun: Alternative form of back of beyond.
back o' Bourke adverb: At or to an extremely remote place.
back-of-a-fag-packet adjective: Synonym of back-of-the-envelope.
back-of-an-envelope adjective: Alternative form of back-of-the-envelope.
back of beyond noun: A very remote place.
back of Godspeed noun: A distant, remote, or unknown place.
back of house noun: The part of a restaurant, etc. that is not open to the public.
back of one's hand noun: A slap.
back of one's mind noun: One's remote memory.
back of the book noun: Less important or less hard-hitting material relegated to the later pages of a print publication or the later stages of a television broadcast.
back-of-the-envelope adjective /ˌbæk‿əv ðiː ˈɛnvələʊp/: Especially of a calculation, estimation, or other reasoning, or an idea: approximate, rough, simplified.
back-of-the-fag-packet adjective: Synonym of back-of-the-envelope.
back-of-the-napkin adjective: Synonym of back-of-the-envelope.
back of the net interjection: A smug expression of triumph or happiness.
back off verb: To move backwards away from something.
back office noun: The IT and infrastructure support services for a company, separate from the public face of the business.
back on to verb: Alternative spelling of back onto.
back one out verb: To defecate.
back oneself into a corner verb: Synonym of paint oneself into a corner.
back onto verb: To reverse a vehicle onto something.
back order noun, verb: Alternative form of backorder.
back out verb: To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
back-overman noun: A person employed to superintend the pit during the "back" or afternoon shift, in the absence of the overman.
back pack noun: Alternative form of backpack.
back-pad noun: A cushion or padding placed on the back to protect again not a load
back page noun: The final page of a publication, especially a book or magazine.
back-pager noun: An article published on the back page.
back pain noun: Pain felt in the back.
back pass noun: An intentional pass to the goalkeeper by a teammate.
back passage noun: The passage between two terraced houses leading between the front and back gardens or yards.
back pat noun, verb: Synonym of pat on the back.
back-patty adjective: Self-congratulatory or self-aggrandizing.
back pay noun: A withheld payment for work which has already been completed, or which could have been completed had the employee not been prevented from doing so.
back payment noun: An overdue payment from a debtor to a creditor on money owed.
back-pedal verb: Alternative form of backpedal.
back pedal brake noun: Synonym of coaster brake.
back pocket noun, verb: To put (something) into a back pocket.
back pointer noun: A pointer that reciprocates another structure's pointer to its own containing structure, typically found in doubly linked lists and trees.
back porch noun: A porch at the rear of a building.
back post noun: far post
back pressure noun: Alternative form of backpressure.
back projection noun: A cinematic technique in which live action is filmed in front of a screen on which the background action or a background scene is projected.
back rank noun: The row on the board on which the pieces (e.g. king, queen) start.
back-rank mate noun: A checkmate delivered by a major piece along the back rank against a king whose advancement is prevented by pieces of its own color (most commonly pawns).
back-rapper noun: Alternative form of backarapper.
back-reef noun: Alternative form of backreef.
back-reference noun: Alternative form of backreference.
back road noun /ˈbæk ˌɹəʊd/: A secondary road, a little-used road, a road through rural areas sometimes used as an alternative to main roads.
back room noun: Alternative spelling of backroom.
back row noun: The last row of seats in a theater or any group of seats.
back-rower noun: A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
back rub noun: Alternative form of backrub.
back run noun: Alternative form of backrun.
back, sack and crack noun: Alternative form of back, crack and sack.
back scatter noun, verb: Alternative form of backscatter.
back scratcher noun: Alternative spelling of backscratcher.
back scrubber noun: A utensil in the form of a brush or a sponge on a long handle, used to scrub the back while bathing.
back seat noun: Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle.
back-seat drive verb: To engage in the habit or practice of back-seat driving.
back-seat driver noun: An occupant of a large vehicle, such as a firetruck, who helps steer the vehicle from far in the back.
back-seat driving noun, verb: Excessive commenting on the actions and decisions of someone operating a motor vehicle by a person who is not operating the vehicle.
back-seat game verb: To commentate excessively on the in-game decisions and actions of someone playing a video game, whilst not playing the game.
back-seat gamer noun: A person who excessively commentates on the in-game decisions and actions of someone playing a video game, whilst not playing the game.
back-seat gaming noun, verb: Excessive commenting on the actions and decisions of someone playing a video game by a person who is not playing the game.
back-seat moderator noun: A user who is not a moderator but zealously identifies and polices rule-breaking by others.
back shell noun: Alternative form of backshell.
back-side noun: Alternative form of backside.
back slang noun: Alternative spelling of backslang.
back slap noun: A slap delivered with the back of one's hand instead of the palm-side of an open hand.
back-slappery noun: The act of patting oneself or someone else on the back.
back-slapping noun: Alternative spelling of backslapping.
back slash noun: Alternative form of backslash.
back-spelling noun /ˈbækˌspɛlɪŋ/: An unetymological, often hypercorrect, spelling of a word created by analogy with other words which (usually through loss of a sound or its phonetic merger...
back-spotface noun, verb: To spotface from the backside of a workpiece by using a tool that passes through a through hole, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion...
back squat noun: A form of squat exercise in which the bar is held on the back of the body upon the upper trapezius muscle, near the base of the neck, or across the upper...
back-stabbing adjective: Alternative spelling of backstabbing.
back-stabby adjective: Alternative spelling of backstabby.
back stairs noun: Alternative spelling of backstairs.
back stamp noun, verb: Alternative form of backstamp.
back-stop noun: Alternative spelling of backstop.
back story noun: Alternative form of backstory.
back straight noun: The straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line; the backstretch.
back street adjective, noun: A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre.
back stretch noun: Alternative form of backstretch.
back substitution noun: A method of solving linear systems that have been transformed into row echelon form.
back-sweeten verb: To sweeten (an alcoholic drink) after fermentation by adding further sugar.
back talk noun: Alternative form of backtalk.
back taxes noun: Taxes that were not paid when due.
back-taxi verb: Alternative form of backtaxi.
back that train up phrase: Said to a person who is speaking or acting too hastily.
back the field verb: To bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated "the field", will win.
back the right horse verb: To support someone who will succeed.
back the wrong horse verb: To support something or someone that later turns out to be unsuccessful.
back then prepositional phrase: At that time, at the time referred to in the past.
back time adjective, noun: The time during a broadcast at which previously rehearsed material should begin, in order to fit the schedule correctly.
back-timing noun: A technique used to calculate the amount of remaining time before an event or task ends, by counting down backwards from the end of the program, in order to...
back titrate verb: To carry out back titration.
back titration noun: A form of titration in which an excess of standard reagent is added and then the reverse of the normal titration is carried out.
back to back adjective, adverb, noun /ˌbæk.təˈbæk/: Sequential or consecutive.
back-to-back connection noun: The direct connection of the output of one telecommunications device to the input of another.
back to back jack noun: Two home runs hit by consecutive batters
back-to-back loan noun: A transaction where a sum borrowed for one country is secured by a deposit of the same company (internal financing) or its stakeholder (external financing)...
back to back ticket noun: Any of a series of airline tickets, issued with overlapping travel dates, used to circumvent airfare minimum stay requirements.
back-to-back-to-back adjective, noun /ˌbæk.təˈbæk.təˈbæk/: Sequential or consecutive, in the case of exactly three events.
back to basics adverb, noun: back to fundamental principles
back to front adjective, adverb: Turned so that the back is now at the front; the wrong way around.
back to nature adjective: Turning away from urban environs and attitudes, towards an organic, agrarian lifestyle.
back-to-school adjective: Of, or related to, coming back to school after a vacation or break.
back-to-school night noun: An informational event in the evening where students' guardians meet their students' teachers and are introduced to the routine, curriculum, policy, etc.
back to square one adjective, adverb: Located back at the start, as after a dead end or failure.
back to the drawing board adverb: Indicates that one must try a different strategy in order to achieve some goal following the failure of a recent attempt.
back to the old drawing board adverb: Alternative form of back to the drawing board.
back to the soil adjective: Alternative form of back-to-the-soil.
back to the wall noun: A very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action.
back-to-work order noun: A legally binding directive–issued by a court of law, legislature, or other authority–that requires workers who are engaging in a strike or similar labor...
back tooth noun: A molar.
back-track verb: Alternative form of backtrack.
back trail noun: Alternative form of backtrail.
back-translate verb: To translate a translated text back to the original language.
back-translation noun: The process of translating a previously translated document back into the original language.
back-transliterate verb: To transliterate a transliteration back into the original script.
back-transliteration noun: The process of transliterating a transliteration back into the original script.
back up adjective, noun, verb: To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
back up the truck verb: To take advantage of favourable pricing by purchasing a large amount.
back vowel noun: Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth, such as /uː/ in rule or /əʊ/ in pole.
back wall noun: The wall at the back of a racquetball or squash court, directly opposite the front wall.
back wash noun, verb: Alternative spelling of backwash.
back-washable adjective: Alternative form of backwashable.
back water noun, verb: Alternative spelling of backwater.
back wheel noun: Synonym of rear wheel.
back when adjective, adverb: Alternative form of way back when.
back yard noun: Alternative spelling of backyard.
backa contraction: Contraction of back + of.
backable adjective: That can or should be backed, or supported in a contest.
backabush noun: The bush; forested land that has not been developed or built on.
backache noun /ˈbækeɪk/: Any pain or ache in the back.
backachey adjective: Alternative spelling of backachy.
backaching adjective: Causing a pain in one's back.
backachy adjective: Suffering from a backache.
backacter noun: Alternative form of back actor.
backaction noun: Any action in an opposite direction
backactor noun: Alternative form of back actor.
backage noun /ˈbæ.kɪd͡ʒ/: The rear part of a property or building that faces away from the main artery.
backal adjective: Of or involving a person's back (rather than the front or side).
backalong adverb: In former times; in the past.
backannotation noun: Alternative form of back-annotation.
backarapper noun: A firework made from multiple firecrackers folded together so that they will explode one after the other.
backararar adjective: White or European.
backarc noun: The landward region of a volcanic chain, opposite the subduction zone.
backare interjection: Alternative form of baccare.
backassward adjective: Alternative form of ass-backwards.
backatcha phrase: Pronunciation spelling of back at you.
backative noun: backing (financial or otherwise); support
backazimuth noun: A projection of the azimuth from the origin to the opposite side of the azimuth circle.
backbag noun: Synonym of backpack.
backball noun: A children's game in which one player throws a ball backwards over his/her head towards the others, who attempt to catch it.
backband noun: A strap that passes over the back of a horse, used to hold up the shafts of a carriage.
backbar noun: The area behind the counter at a soda fountain, where drinks are prepared.
backbarrier noun: An island at the back of a lagoon
backbeach noun: The area of beach furthest from the water's edge; the backshore.
backbearing noun: Alternative form of back bearing
backbeat noun: The sharp accent on the second and fourth beats of rock music in 4/4 time.
backbench adjective, noun: relating to the back benches in parliament
backbencher noun: A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
backbend noun, verb: A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
backberend adjective: Having goods that one has stolen in one's possession.
backbite noun, verb: To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
backbiter noun /ˈbæk.baɪt.ə(ɹ)/: A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
backbiting adjective, noun, verb: The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
backbitingly adverb: In a backbiting manner.
backblast noun: A dangerous blast of hot gas behind a rocket or missile when it is fired.
backblock noun: A remote tract of land in the interior; hence (in plural) sparsely populated country far from major cities and lacking conveniences common in urban areas.
backblow noun: The act of striking with the back of the hand.
backboard noun, verb: The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
backboarded adjective, verb: Placed on a spine board.
backbond noun: An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.
backbonding noun: Synonym of backdonation.
backbonding ligand noun: A ligand that has two or more bonds to the same metal centre.
backbone noun /ˈbækˌbəʊn/: The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
backboned adjective: Having a spine.
backboneless adjective: Without a backbone; invertebrate.
backbonelessness noun: cowardice; spinelessness
backbore noun, verb: The section between the throat and shank of the mouthpiece of a brass instrument.
backboring noun, verb: The act or process by which one backbores.
backbox noun: The rear upright section of a pinball machine, usually incorporating the score display.
backbreaker noun /ˈbækˌbɹeɪkə(ɹ)/: A strenuous and exhausting task, typically involving physical effort.
backbreaking adjective: Of work, very physically tiring.
backbreakingly adverb: In a backbreaking manner.
backbrief noun: A summary of a received briefing, given by the briefed person to the commanding officer, to ensure that instructions have been properly understood.
backbulge noun: The depozone farthest from the orogen in a foreland basin.
backburn noun, verb: A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material.
backburner noun, verb: Alternative form of back burner.
backcalculate verb: To perform backcalculation
backcalculation noun: A form of calculation in which input parameters are adjusted until the calculated result coincides with the actual result found.
backcard noun: The piece of card used as backing for the clear plastic bubble that contains a packaged toy.
backcare noun: The care of the back.
backcast adjective, adverb, noun, verb: To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
backchain verb: To perform inferences, starting with a list of goals (or a hypothesis) and working backwards from the consequent to the antecedent.
backchannel noun, verb: Alternative form of back channel.
backchat noun, verb /ˈbæk.t͡ʃæt/: Cheeky or impertinent responses, especially to criticism.
backcheck noun, verb: To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal.
backchecker noun: A player who backchecks.
backclash noun: Eggcorn of backlash.
backcloth noun: The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.
backcomb noun, verb: To hold the hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look.
backcountry noun /ˈbækˌkʌntɹi/: A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible.
backcourt noun: A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
backcourtman noun: A backcourt player.
backcourtmate noun: A fellow teammate on the backcourt.
backcrawl noun: backstroke
backcross noun, verb: To cross a hybrid with one of its parents.
backcrossing noun, verb: The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
backdam noun /ˈbækdæm/: A dam that lies to the rear of something.
backdash noun: A backwards dashing movement.
backdate noun, verb /bækˈdeɪt/: To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date.
backdatedly adverb: In a backdated manner.
backdater noun: One who backdates.
backdating noun, verb: The act by which something is backdated.
backdeep noun: A deeply subsiding, epieugeosynclinal basin or trough (epieugeosyncline) with no or limited volcanism (associated with narrow uplifts over a deformed,...
backdiffusion noun: diffusion against the flow of a fluid
backdilute verb: To dilute a solution that has become concentrated (typically in a quantitative manner)
backdirt noun: Dirt or sediment that has been sifted and examined and has no further interest.
backdonation noun: The transfer of one or more electrons from an atomic orbital of an atom to an antibonding orbital of a ligand.
backdoor noun, verb: Alternative form of back door.
backdoor pilot noun: Alternative form of back-door pilot.
backdoor progression noun: A chord progression of iv⁷ to ♭VII⁷ to I, common in jazz.
backdoor trots noun: Diarrhea.
backdown noun: An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under B: 42,566 words, in 142 parts.