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Seesaw :: Seesaw (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.

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

Contango :: Contango (n.) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation.

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

Leg :: Leg (n.) A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing..

Retroflexed :: Retroflexed (a.) Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward..

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..

Reserve :: Reserve (n.) Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn..

Reserved :: Reserved (a.) Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank..

Oscillation :: Oscillation (n.) The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration..

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

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

Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.

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

Back :: Back (v. i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen..

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

Undulate :: Undulate (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate..

Restem :: Restem (v. t.) To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course..

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