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Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet..

Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

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..

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

Behind :: Behind (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind..

Passado :: Passado (v. i.) A turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot of ground.

Hyperapophysis :: Hyperapophysis (n.) A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra.

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

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn..

Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism..

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..

Chassis :: Chassis (n.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.].

Retrospect :: Retrospect (v. i.) To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past..

Stern-wheel :: Sternway (n.) The movement of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost..

Retroaction :: Retroaction (n.) Action returned, or action backward..

Postic :: Postic (a.) Backward.

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

Backward :: Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child..

Fluctuate :: Fluctuate (v. i.) To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air..

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

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