背

background

back (of the body)

breach of trust

back

height

business suit

number on the back of a player's uniform

to run counter to

spine

bent back

betrayal

backstroke (swimming)

spine

tall (of a person)

stature

seoi nage (judo)

antinomy

back (of a chair)

to carry on one's back

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller

(imaginary) switch on a baby's back that makes it cry as soon as it is put to bed

average height

to bare one's back

back to back

cold wind descending from the mountains

ridge (of a mountain)

hunchback

negative heliotropism

to look away (from)

to turn one's back on

my love

to teach by example

hinterland

backwater

(one's) back

traitor

to hunch one's shoulders

a broken promise

one-armed shoulder throw (judo or sumo)

to walk behind someone

to rinse one's back

to stray from the path of righteousness

to have one's feet reach the bottom (e.g. when standing in water)

revolting

to let one's actions do the talking

apostate

stature

reductio ad absurdum

absurdity

tallness

tall (of a person)

height (e.g. in a form)

buying (valuable) secondhand books cheaply and reselling them at a higher price

having very little difference between one another

comparing heights

one's attitude

to pretend not to see

rear-entry position (sexual position)

back of a leatherbound book

apostasy

anti-apex

slicing a fish down its back

dorsal

flank

wooden rack with shoulder straps for carrying loads on one's back

civil servants

top of the foot

aggravated breach of trust

lettering on the spine of a book

cold wind descending from the mountains

round back (book spine)

negative heliotropism

flawless

historical background

medium build

to push someone (towards)

short (of a person)

short (of a person)

to work as the backbone (of)

halo

societal mood

to be a background factor

sling

stature

slicing a fish down its back

background (of a case, incident, etc.)

to be conceited

to rain on one side only (and leave the other side dry)

strength of one's back

spine (of a book)

vein of a shrimp (prawn)

to turn one's back to

to turn (one's face) away

back door

knuckle-walking (e.g. by chimpanzees, etc.)

to break one's promise

violation

back pain

running backwards

fighting with one's back to the wall

back pressure

reverse side of a paper

background briefing

to grow taller (of people)

breadth of the back

latissimus dorsi muscle

breach of trust

breach of faith

act of disobedience (betrayal)

to be betrayed unexpectedly

halo effect

black-backed jackal (carnivore, Canis mesomelas)

inverted flight

to carry on one's back

horse's back

horse's back

background art

back pain

even an unruly horse can be tamed

unlined in the back

stage scenery

one's husband

backboard

historical context

estrangement

estrangement

order of height

background music

flat back (book spine)

disobeying

backdrop (at the back of a stage)

carapace

collating mark

background image

back swamp

inconsistency

back door

to turn one's face away

giving up and turning back

national citizen identification number system

sense of guilty pleasure

to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight)

copying from a model without looking at it (calligraphy)

children grow up watching their parents

dorsal thalamus

background radiation

thinly slicing soft-boned fish for sashimi

you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs

signature

backache