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

Reciprocornous :: Reciprocornous (a.) Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram..

Since :: Since (adv.) In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago..

Retroact :: Retroact (v. i.) To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective..

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..

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

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

Chassis :: Chassis (n.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.].

Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

Aversely :: Aversely (adv.) Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely..

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

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..

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..

Scizorhinal :: Scizorhinal (a.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.

Recurvation :: Recurvation (n.) The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward..

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

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

Slip :: Slip (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller..

Retroflexed :: Retroflexed (a.) Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.

Postic :: Postic (a.) Backward.

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