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Retrogressive :: Retrogressive (a.) Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.

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

Postclavicle :: Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.

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

Aback :: Aback (adv.) Toward the back or rear; backward.

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

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..

Retro- :: Retro- () A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back..

Passado :: Passado (v. i.) A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.

Back :: Back (v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back..

Heterodactylous :: Heterodactylous (a.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons..

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

Backwardation :: Backwardation (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango..

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

Rock :: Rock (v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter..

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

Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Perversely; ill.

Fluctuate :: Fluctuate (v. i.) To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air..

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

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