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Recoilingly :: Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.

Stram :: Stram (v. t.) To spring or recoil with violence.

Benthamism :: Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions..

Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink..

Reculement :: Reculement (n.) Recoil.

Recoiled :: Recoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Recoi.

Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.

Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.

Recoil :: Recoil (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc..

Recoiling :: Recoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recoi.

Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (n.) A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.

Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

Recule :: Recule (v. i.) To recoil.

Shocking :: Shocking (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting..

Recoil :: Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood..

Ugh :: Ugh (interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder..

Kick :: Kick (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged..

Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.

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