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Backcross
- verb - mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents
Backdated
- verb - make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax was backdated to January"
Backdates
- verb - make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax was backdated to January"
Backdoors
- noun - a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door"
- an entrance at the rear of a building
- an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
Backdowns
- noun - a retraction of a previously held position
BACKDRAFT
- unknown - 1.
a current of air or water that flows backwards down a chimney, pipe, etc.
2.
a phenomenon in which a fire that has consumed all available oxygen suddenly explodes when more oxygen is made available, typically because a door or window has been opened
Backdrops
- noun - scenery hung at back of stage
Backed Up
- adjective - having backing; "a claim backed up by strong evidence"
Backfield
- noun - the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen
Backfired
- verb - come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
- emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"
- set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire