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Astern :: Astern (adv.) In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern..

Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive..

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

Retrocopulant :: Retrocopulant (a.) Copulating backward, or from behind..

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

Replicated :: Replicated (a.) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell..

Retrospective :: Retrospective (a.) Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view..

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

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

Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

Supine :: Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined..

Backward :: Backward (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state..

Dunce :: Dunce (n.) One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

Reaction :: Reaction (n.) Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction..

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

Revolute :: Revolute (a.) Rolled backward or downward.

Backward :: Backward (adv.) Alt. of Backward.

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

Jib :: "Jib (v. i.) To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk..

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..

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