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Aback :: Aback (adv.) Toward the back or rear; backward.

Behind :: Behind (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind..

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.

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

Backward :: Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child..

Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other..

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

Behindhand :: Behindhand (adv. & a.) In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work..

Caudad :: Caudad (adv.) Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.

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

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

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

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

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.

Barb :: Barb (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else..

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

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

Rock :: Rock (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward..

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