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Reverse :: Reverse (a.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward..

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

Back :: Back (v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back..

Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..

Scizorhinal :: Scizorhinal (a.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.

Skimmington :: Skimmington (n.) A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England..

Reciprocate :: Reciprocate (v. i.) To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.

Dunce :: Dunce (n.) One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.

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

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

Breechblock :: Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired..

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

Radiant :: Radiant (n.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate..

Deep :: Deep (superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep..

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..

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

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..

Aback :: Aback (adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.

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..

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