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Definition: Backstair |
BackstairAdjective1. Secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: BackstairSynonyms: backstairs (adj), furtive (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Backstair |
| English words defined with "backstair": Back stairs. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "backstair"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Manx | fockle 'sy chooyrt (backstair influence). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ackstairbay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "backstair": backstairs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-i-k-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: britska, caritas, karstic. | |
-3 letters: abatis, arabic, arista, batiks, bracts, bricks, carats, casita, crista, kabars, karats, kraits, rabats, racist, riatas, scarab, strick, tarsia, tiaras, tracks, traiks, triacs, tricks. | |
-4 letters: abaci, aback, abris, acari, airts, araks, arias, astir, atria, backs, baits, baric, barks, basic, batik, birks, bract, brats, brick, brisk, brits, carat, carbs, carks, carts, crabs, cribs, ikats, kabar, karat, karst, karts, katas, kbars, krait, rabat, rabic, racks, raias, rakis, riata, ricks, sabir, sabra, sacra, scart, sitar, skirt, stack, stair, stark, stick, stirk, stria, tacks, takas, tarsi, tiara, ticks, track, traik, triac, trick. | |
-5 letters: abas, abri, acta, acts, airs, airt, aits, arak, arbs, arcs, aria, arks, arts, asci, baas, back, bait, bark, bars, bask, bast, bats, bias, birk, bisk, bits, bras, brat, bris, brit, cabs, carb, cark, cars, cart, casa, cask, cast, cats, cist, crab, crib, cris, ikat, irks, isba, kaas, kabs, kart, kata, kats, kbar, kirs, kist, kits, kris, rack, raia, raki, rats, rias, ribs, rick, risk, sack, saki, sari, sark, sati, scab, scar, scat, sick, skat, skit, stab, star, stir, tabs, tack, taka, tars, task, tick, tics, tsar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-i-k-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: backstairs. | |
+2 letters: jackrabbits. | |
+4 letters: cabinetmakers. | |
+5 letters: backscattering. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 63 6B 73 74 61 69 72 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- -.-. -.- ... - .- .. .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01100011 01101011 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a c k s t a i r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0063 006B 0073 0074 0061 0069 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)366769778586677584 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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