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Behind :: Behind (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind..

Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..

Since :: Since (adv.) In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago..

Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.

Seesaw :: Seesaw (v. i.) To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward..

Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation..

Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..

Oscillate :: Oscillate (v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

Batter :: Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

Tennis :: Tennis (v. t.) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis..

Plane :: Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc..

Stern-wheel :: Sternway (n.) The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost..

Orthognathous :: Orthognathous (a.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic..

Aversely :: Aversely (adv.) Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely..

Retrocopulant :: Retrocopulant (a.) Copulating backward, or from behind..

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..

Astern :: Astern (adv.) In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern..

Reclinant :: Reclinant (a.) Bending or leaning backward.

Postic :: Postic (a.) Backward.

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) Toward, or in, past time or events; ago..

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