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

Retrograde :: Retrograde (v. i.) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet..

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method..

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

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

Backward :: Backward (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted..

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

Reflexed :: Reflexed (a.) Bent backward or outward.

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

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

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..

Depth :: Depth (n.) The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops..

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

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

Aback :: Aback (adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.

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

Hippe :: Hippe (n.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura..

Postic :: Postic (a.) Backward.

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

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