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ladder backed

Having horizontal stripes on the back reminiscent of a ladder used of birds as a ladder backed woodpecker...


ladder back

a chair with a ladder back2...


Downy woodpecker

A small black and white ladder backed woodpecker Picoides pubescens of Central and Eastern U S and Canada It strongly resembles the hairy woodpecker but is smaller 6 12 compared with about 9 12 for the hairy it is common in suburban backyards...


hook and ladder company

A company of firefighters who operate a hook and ladder truck a fire company called also ladder company...


hook and ladder truck

A firefighting truck equipped with a ladder extendable to great length for access to the upper stories of buildings it also carries other firefighting equipment called also ladder truck...


ladder company

Same as hook and ladder company hook and ladder truck...


ladder proof

resistant to runs or in Britain ladders of hosiery...


relate back

relate back re·lat·ed back re·lat·ing back : to apply or take effect retroactively esp. based on relation back [the amendment relates back to the date of the original pleading "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 15(c)"] ...


back to back escrow

back to back escrow arrangements that an owner makes to oversee the sale of one property and the purchase of another at the same time. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...


Back Bencher

Back Bencher, is the member of British Parliament or of those based on British pattern who are not among the party leadership, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, (1965), p. 40.Back Bencher is an occupant of a seat in the House of Commons or similar assembly, used for a member not entitled to a front bench seat. The office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth, Philip Laundy & Wilding, p. 33.Back Bencher, neither holds office in Government nor belongs to the inner Councils of the party in opposition, he occupies any but the two front benches in the Chamber, though the member of a party he is generally regarded as being freer to differ from its policy than his colleagues on the front benches. Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, (1965); Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham & S.C. Hautrey (1956); H.M. Barclay, 3rd Edn., 1970, p. 21....


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