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

Depth :: Depth (n.) The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops..

Reserved :: Reserved (a.) Restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank..

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

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

Supine :: Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined..

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..

Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

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..

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

Hyperapophysis :: Hyperapophysis (n.) A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra.

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

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

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

Backhanded :: Backhanded (a.) With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow..

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

Lateward :: Lateward (a. & adv.) Somewhat late; backward.

Seesaw :: Seesaw (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.

Anagram :: Anagram (n.) Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law..

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

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