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#NAME? :: -wards (v. i.) Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc..

Chassis :: Chassis (n.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.].

Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward..

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

Forwards :: Forwards (adv.) Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.

Backward :: Backward (n.) The state behind or past.

Backward :: Backward (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances..

Retrorse :: Retrorse (a.) Bent backward or downward.

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.

Behindhand :: Behindhand (adv. & a.) In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work..

Irreversible :: Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine..

Hyperapophysis :: Hyperapophysis (n.) A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra.

Backwardness :: Backwardness (n.) The state of being backward.

Stane :: Standstill (n.) A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.

Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The act of retrograding, or moving backward..

Oscillatory :: Oscillatory (a.) Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion..

Refracted :: Refracted (a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf..

Wash :: Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..

Reflected :: Reflected (a.) Bent backward or outward; reflexed.

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