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

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

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

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

Backward :: Backward (a.) Late or behindhand; as, a backward season..

Anisodactylous :: Anisodactylous (a.) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds..

Backing :: Backing (n.) The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward..

Backward :: Backward (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.

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

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

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

Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin..

Retrospect :: Retrospect (v. i.) To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards..

Strange :: Strange (superl.) Backward; slow.

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

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..

Laggard :: Laggard (a.) Slow; sluggish; backward.

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

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