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Retroact :: Retroact (v. i.) To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective..

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

Fettered :: Fettered (a.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking..

Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.

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

Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

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..

Batter :: Batter (v. i.) To slope gently backward.

Ana- :: Ana- () A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew..

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

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin..

Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive..

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..

Ayenward :: Ayenward (adv.) Backward.

Click :: Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel..

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

Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.

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

Strange :: Strange (superl.) Backward; slow.

Backward :: Backward (a.) Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances..

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