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Oscillate :: Oscillate (v. i.) To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway.

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

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward..

Restem :: Restem (v. t.) To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course..

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..

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..

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

Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted..

Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet..

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

Dunce :: Dunce (n.) One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

Retrospective :: Retrospective (a.) Looking backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view..

Batter :: Batter (n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.

Backwardness :: Backwardness (n.) The state of being backward.

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

Backward :: Backward (a.) Already past or gone; bygone.

Backing :: Backing (n.) The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward..

Reredemain :: Reredemain (n.) A backward stroke.

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..

Retroflexed :: Retroflexed (a.) Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.

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