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Shuttle :: Shuttle (v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle..

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

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

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..

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

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

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

Reciprocate :: Reciprocate (v. i.) To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.

Radiant :: Radiant (n.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate..

Reredemain :: Reredemain (n.) A backward stroke.

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

Ana- :: Ana- () A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew..

Deep :: Deep (superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep..

Beard :: Beard (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out..

Retroversion :: Retroversion (n.) A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus..

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

Lateward :: Lateward (a. & adv.) Somewhat late; backward.

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

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

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

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