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Backstair

Definition: Backstair

Backstair

Adjective

1. 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: Backstair

Synonyms: backstairs (adj), furtive (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Backstair

English words defined with "backstair": Back stairs. (references)

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Modern Translations: Backstair

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.

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Derivations: Backstair

Derivations

Words beginning with "backstair": backstairs. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Backstair

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Backstair


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 61 63 6B 73 74 61 69 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .-    -.-.    -.-    ...    -    .-    ..    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01100001 01100011 01101011 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101001 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#115 &#116 &#97 &#105 &#114

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

366769778586677584

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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