Word Meanings - LEATHERBACK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.

• Backcast
  Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse.
• Large-hearted
  Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.
• Backless
  Without a back.
• Leathery
  Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.
• Backsliding
  of Backslide
• Temperate
  Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
• Backwardness
  The state of being backward.
• BACKPIECEBACKPLATE
  A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.
• Callidity
  Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness.
• TURTLEPEG
  A sharp steel spear attached to a cord, used in taking sea turtles. -- Turtle pegging.
• Callosan
  Of the callosum.
• Commonish
  Somewhat common; commonplace; vulgar.
• Haveless
  Having little or nothing.
• Back door
  A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way.
• Largely
  In a large manner.
• Backlog
  A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth.
• Pounds
  of Pound
• Backslide
  To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
• Temperately
  In a temperate manner.

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