Words that rhyme with wayback

adv 1: having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback" 2: by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"

adv 1: without a saddle; "she prefers to ride her horse bareback" [syn: bareback, barebacked] adj 1: riding without a saddle; "a bareback rider" [syn: bareback, barebacked]

n 1: a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them

n 1: the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired [syn: blowback, backfire] 2: misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service

n 1: a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring [syn: bock, bock beer]

n 1: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter] 2: return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity

adj 1: characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column [syn: crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic] n 1: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback, crookback]

n 1: a reduction in quantity or rate

n 1: large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings [syn: diamondback, diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus]

n 1: a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches

n 1: the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"

n 1: to break off a military action with an enemy [syn: disengagement, fallback, pullout]

n 1: salt pork from the back of a hog carcass

n 1: the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output 2: response to an inquiry or experiment

n 1: a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story [ant: flash- forward] 2: an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

n 1: (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team 2: (American football) the position of a back on a football team v 1: play the fullback

n 1: a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes" [syn: bill, note, government note, bank bill, banker's bill, bank note, banknote, Federal Reserve note, greenback]

n 1: (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position 2: (American football) the position of a back on a football team

adj 1: having a hard back or cover; "hardback books" [syn: hardbacked, hardback, hardbound, hardcover] n 1: a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers [syn: hardback, hardcover]

n 1: a car having a hatchback door 2: a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open [syn: hatchback, hatchback door]

n 1: a narrow ridge of hills [syn: hogback, horseback]

adv 1: on the back of a horse; "he rode horseback to town"; "managed to escape ahorse"; "policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback" [syn: horseback, ahorse, ahorseback] n 1: the back of a horse 2: a narrow ridge of hills [syn: hogback, horseback]

n 1: toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric [syn: huck, huckaback]

n 1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: kyphosis, humpback, hunchback] 2: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback, crookback]

n 1: a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction

n 1: wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle [syn: leatherback turtle, leatherback, leathery turtle, Dermochelys coriacea]

n 1: an extremely old-fashioned conservative

adj 1: inaccessible and sparsely populated; [syn: outback(a), remote] n 1: the bush country of the interior of Australia

adj 1: (of books) having a flexible binding [syn: paperback, paperbacked] n 1: a book with paper covers [syn: paperback book, paper- back book, paperback, softback book, softback, soft-cover book, soft-cover]

adv 1: on a railroad flatcar; "the trailer rode piggyback across the country" [syn: piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back] 2: on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip; "she carried her child piggyback" [syn: piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back] n 1: the act of carrying something piggyback v 1: ride on someone's shoulders or back 2: haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars 3: haul by railroad car 4: support on the back and shoulders; "He piggybacked her child so she could see the show" 5: bring into alignment with; "an amendment to piggyback the current law"

n 1: the act of reproducing recorded sound; "he was allowed to hear the playback of his testimony" 2: electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material

n 1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: pullback, tieback] 2: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops"

n 1: (football) the person who plays quarterback [syn: quarterback, signal caller, field general] 2: (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team; "quarterback is the most important position on the team" [syn: quarterback, signal caller, field general] v 1: play the quarterback

adj 1: having a sharp narrow back; "a razor-backed horse"; "razorback hogs" [syn: razorback, razor-backed] n 1: a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States [syn: razorback, razorback hog, razorbacked hog] 2: any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin [syn: rorqual, razorback]

n 1: the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw [syn: rollback, push back] 2: reducing prices back to some earlier level

n 1: an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye]

n 1: small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research [syn: stickleback, prickleback]

n 1: (American football) the person who plays tailback 2: (American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage

adj 1: characteristic of an atavist [syn: atavistic, throwback(a)] n 1: an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism [syn: atavist, throwback] 2: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic [syn: atavism, reversion, throwback]

n 1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: pullback, tieback]

n 1: (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone

n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent [syn: greaser, wetback, taco]

n 1: (football) the person who plays wingback 2: (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end

n 1: a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) [syn: recall, callback]

n 1: financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) 2: the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"-- Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution" [syn: vengeance, retribution, payback]

n 1: slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp [syn: zwieback, rusk, Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread]

n 1: German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750) [syn: Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach] 2: the music of Bach; "he played Bach on the organ" v 1: lead a bachelor's existence [syn: bachelor, bach]

n 1: a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) [syn: saddleback, saddle] 2: a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end [syn: gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof]

n 1: a defensive football player stationed outside the linebackers

adv 1: on a railroad flatcar; "the trailer rode piggyback across the country" [syn: piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back] 2: on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip; "she carried her child piggyback" [syn: piggyback, pickaback, pig-a-back]

n 1: an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding [syn: tombac, tombak, tambac]