backtalk
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~ an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass"
backup
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~ a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
backup
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~ someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"
backup
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~ an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage; "a traffic backup on the main street"; "he discovered a backup in the toilet"
backup
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~ the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives"
backup
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~ (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased"
backwardness
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~ lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
backwash
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~ the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
backwash
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~ the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"
backwash
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~ the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"
backwater
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~ a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"
backwater
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~ a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; "the country is an economic backwater"
backwoods
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~ a remote and undeveloped area
backwoodsman
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~ a man who lives on the frontier
backyard
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~ the grounds in back of a house
bacon
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~ back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
Bacon
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~ English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
Bacon
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~ English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
bacteremia
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~ transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood
bacteria
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~ (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants