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Backbond: Definition and part of speech

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Backbond

  1. n. An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Backbone: Definition and part of speech

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Backbone

  1. n. Firmness; moral principle; steadfastness.
  2. n. The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
  3. n. Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Backlash: Definition and part of speech

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Backlash

  1. n. The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Backcast: Definition and part of speech

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Backcast

  1. n. Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.