Index of English words, starting with "ba"

(1) - Backer (n.) One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.

(1) - Backfriend (n.) A secret enemy.

(1) - Backgammon (v. i.) In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".
(2) - Backgammon (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables.

(1) - Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
(2) - Background (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
(3) - Background (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
(4) - Background (n.) Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.