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

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

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

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..

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

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

Postic :: Postic (a.) Backward.

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

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

Aback :: Aback (adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.

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..

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

Stane :: Standstill (n.) A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.

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

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

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..

Fluctuate :: Fluctuate (v. i.) To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air..

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

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

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

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