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Rock :: Rock (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair..

Retrorse :: Retrorse (a.) Bent backward or downward.

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

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..

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

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..

Aback :: Aback (adv.) Toward the back or rear; backward.

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

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

Retro- :: Retro- () A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back..

Backward :: Backward (v. i.) To keep back; to hinder.

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

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

Replicated :: Replicated (a.) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell..

Heterodactylous :: Heterodactylous (a.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons..

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

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..

Slip :: Slip (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller..

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

Wash :: Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..

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