Words in english starting with B

• backbite — Verb – English ～ say mean things
• backbiter — Noun – English ～ one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
• backblast — Noun – English ～ backfire from a recoilless weapon
• backboard — Noun – English ～ a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; "he banked the shot off the backboard"
• backboard — Noun – English ～ a board used to support the back of someone or something
• backbone — Noun – English ～ fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
• backbone — Noun – English ～ the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
• backbone — Noun – English ～ the part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"
• backbone — Noun – English ～ a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm"
• backbone — Noun – English ～ the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book"
• backbreaking — Adjective – English ～ characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
• backchat — Noun – English ～ light teasing repartee
• backcloth — Noun – English ～ scenery hung at back of stage
• backcross — Verb – English ～ mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
• backdate — Verb – English ～ make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax was backdated to January"
• backdoor — Noun – English ～ a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door"
• backdoor — Noun – English ～ an entrance at the rear of a building
• backdoor — Noun – English ～ an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
• backdown — Noun – English ～ a retraction of a previously held position
• backdrop — Noun – English ～ scenery hung at back of stage

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