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

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

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

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..

Retromingent :: Retromingent (a.) Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.

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

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

Postic :: Postic (a.) Backward.

Shuttle :: Shuttle (v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle..

Backwardly :: Backwardly (adv.) Perversely; ill.

Click :: Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel..

Dentated :: Dentated (a.) Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf..

Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation..

Arrear :: Arrear (adv.) To or in the rear; behind; backwards.

Fro :: Fro (adv.) From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To..

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..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) On the back, or with the back downward..

Backsight :: Backsight (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3..

Ana- :: Ana- () A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew..

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

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