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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..

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

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

Backwardation :: Backwardation (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango..

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

Oscillation :: Oscillation (n.) The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration..

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

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

Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.

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

Backward :: Backward (n.) The state behind or past.

Back :: Back (a.) Moving or operating backward; as, back action..

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

Postclavicle :: Postclavicle (n.) A bone in the pectoral girdle of many fishes projecting backward from the clavicle.

Plane :: Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc..

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

Postic :: Postic (a.) Backward.

Refracted :: Refracted (a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf..

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

Back :: Back (v. i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen..

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