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Definition: TO BREAK THE BACK |
TO BREAK THE BACK1. (a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally. (b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the back of a difficult undertaking. |
Crosswords: TO BREAK THE BACK |
| English words defined with "TO BREAK THE BACK": Impediment in speech ♦ To break. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TO BREAK THE BACK": ARC ♦ Back and Edge ♦ Colmol mining machine ♦ Deputy ♦ entry driver ♦ HAMED ♦ Locus Poenitentiæ ♦ pyramid cut ♦ respite ♦ wedge cut. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-c-e-e-h-k-k-o-r-t-t" | |
-5 letters: bracteate, brochette, heartbeat, tracheate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 42 52 45 41 4B 54 48 45 42 41 43 4B |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01000010 01010010 01000101 01000001 01001011 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000010 01000001 01000011 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   B R E A K   T H E   B A C K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0042 0052 0045 0041 004B 0054 0048 0045 0042 0041 0043 004B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5449236523935452544239236353745 |
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