sloping+backward

  • 91historical sociology — The term commonly applied to sociological analysis based on historical data sources either primary (such as original documents in archives) or secondary (the written history produced by historians themselves). There has been widespread and… …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 92John Bosco — (1815–1888)    Saint and founder of the Society of St. Francis De Sales, known as the Salesians. John Bosco was known as the “Dreaming Saint” because of his frequent lucid dreams, more like out of body travels, in which he encountered angels,… …

    Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology

  • 93back — I [[t]bæ̱k[/t]] ADVERB USES ♦ (In addition to the uses shown below, back is also used in phrasal verbs such as date back and fall back on .) 1) ADV: ADV after v, oft ADV prep If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in… …

    English dictionary

  • 94backslash — noun a backward sloping diagonal line () …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 95loft — [[t]lɔft, lɒft[/t]] n. 1) a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret 2) a gallery or upper level in a church, hall, etc., for a special purpose: a choir loft[/ex] 3) agr. hayloft 4) archit. an upper story of a business …

    From formal English to slang

  • 96reedbuck — [rēd′buk΄] n. pl. reedbuck or reedbucks [transl. of Du rietbok] any of a genus (Redunca) of small African antelopes with widely spread hooves and, in the males, backward sloping, ringed horns turned inward and forward near the tips …

    English World dictionary

  • 97backslash — n. a backward sloping diagonal line; a reverse solidus () …

    Useful english dictionary