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Backstitch
- noun - an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one
- do backstitches
Backstreet
- unknown - off beaten track
Backstroke
- noun - a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back
- swim on one's back
Backswords
- noun - a stick used instead of a sword for fencing
- a sword with only one cutting edge
Backtracks
- verb - retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"
Backup Man
- noun - 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"
Backwardly
- - Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.
Backwashes
- noun - 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"
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"
Backwaters
- noun - 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"
- a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring; "the country is an economic backwater"