baby, v. [humor], [fondle], [indulge], [coddle], [pet], cosset.

baby, a. infantine, infantile, babyish.

babyhood, n. [infancy].

bachelor, n. celibate.

bachelorhood, n. bachelorship, bachelorism, celibacy.

back, n. [reverse]; posteriors, [fundament], buttocks, [seat], [rump], [breech]; [ridge]. Associated words: [supine], resupine, resupination, dorsigerous, dorsiferous, crick, dorsiparous, dos-à-dos, tergiferous, lumbago, notalgia, lumbar, aitchbone, [loins], dorsicumbent.

back, a. [posterior], dorsal, notal, tergal, neural; [remote], [distant], frontier; [rear], [reverse].

back, adv. [backward], rearward; in arrear; in [return], in [restitution], in [requital].

back, v. [support], [second], [maintain], [abet], subsidize, [coöperate], with; [mount]; indorse.

backbite, v. defame (clandestinely), malign, traduce, [vilify], calumniate, [scandalize].