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

Passado :: Passado (v. i.) A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.

Averse :: Averse (a.) Turned away or backward.

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..

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

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

Batter :: Batter (v. i.) To slope gently backward.

Stern-wheel :: Sternway (n.) The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost..

Deep :: Deep (superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep..

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

Backward :: Backward (a.) Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath.

Radiant :: Radiant (n.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate..

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

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

Opisthotonos :: Opisthotonos (n.) A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened.

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn..

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..

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

Hippe :: Hippe (n.) A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura..

Retroaction :: Retroaction (n.) Action returned, or action backward..

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