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

Seesaw :: Seesaw (v. i.) To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward..

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

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..

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..

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward..

Thar :: Thar (n.) A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo..

Back :: Back (v. i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen..

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

Backward :: Backward (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state..

Reflected :: Reflected (a.) Bent backward or outward; reflexed.

Recurvation :: Recurvation (n.) The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward..

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

Aversely :: Aversely (adv.) Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely..

Jib :: "Jib (v. i.) To move restively backward or sidewise, -- said of a horse; to balk..

Irreversible :: Irreversible (a.) Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible engine..

Behind :: Behind (adv.) Backward in time or order of succession; past.

Anisodactylous :: Anisodactylous (a.) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds..

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

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

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