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

Gyroma :: Gyroma (n.) A turning round.

Throw :: Throw (v. t.) To overturn; to prostrate in wrestling; as, a man throws his antagonist..

Requital :: Requital (n.) The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds..

Root :: Root (v. i.) To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine..

Regression :: Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.

Antistrophe :: Antistrophe (n.) In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song..

Serpentine :: Serpentine (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid..

Requite :: Requite (v. t.) To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish..

Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

Vertex :: Vertex (n.) A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex.

Epigram :: Epigram (n.) A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character..

Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide..

Clough :: Clough (n.) A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.

Vail :: Vail (n.) Avails; profit; return; proceeds.

Answer :: Answer (n.) To be or act in return or response to.

Turnix :: Turnix (n.) Any one of numerous species of birds belonging to Turnix or Hemipodius and allied genera of the family Turnicidae. These birds resemble quails and partridges in general appearance and in some of their habits, but differ in important anatomical characteristics. The hind toe is usually lacking. They are found in Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, the East Indian Islands, and esp. in Australia and adjacent islands, where they are called quails (see Quail, n., 3.). See Turnicimorphae..

Cuff :: Cuff (n.) The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.

Scale :: Scale (n.) The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively..

Revolt :: Revolt (v. t.) To cause to turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.

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