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backstairs
  • n  a second staircase at the rear of a building
  • s  secret and sly or sordid
    backstairs gossip
    his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard
    backstairs intimacies
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bald-headed
  • s  lacking hair on all or most of the scalp
    a bald-headed gentleman
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backed
  • v  be behind; approve of
    I backed Kennedy in 1960
  • v  travel backward
    The car backed up and hit the tree
  • v  give support or one's approval to
  • v  cause to travel backward
  • v  support financial backing for
  • v  be in back of
  • v  place a bet on
  • v  shift to a counterclockwise direction
    the wind backed
  • v  establish as valid or genuine
  • v  strengthen by providing with a back or backing
  • a  having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
  • s  used of film that is coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light
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backhand
  • n  a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke
  • v  hit a tennis ball backhand
  • a  (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
  • s  (of handwriting) having the letters slanting backward
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backhanded
  • v  hit a tennis ball backhand
  • a  (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
  • s  roundabout or ambiguous
    attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity
    a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal
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backless
  • a  lacking a back
    a stool is a backless and armless seat
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