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

Seesaw :: Seesaw (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.

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

Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The act of retrograding, or moving backward..

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

Cursor :: Cursor (n.) Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.

Rock :: Rock (v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.

Reclinant :: Reclinant (a.) Bending or leaning backward.

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

Palindrome :: Palindrome (n.) A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel..

Wash :: Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..

Fettered :: Fettered (a.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking..

Orthognathous :: Orthognathous (a.) Having the front of the head, or the skull, nearly perpendicular, not retreating backwards above the jaws; -- opposed to prognathous. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic..

Metacromion :: Metacromion (n.) A process projecting backward and downward from the acromion of the scapula of some mammals.

Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.

Backward :: Backward (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.

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

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

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..

Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism..

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