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noun · 78% connection
To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Back
noun · 78% connection
The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Backplate
noun · 78% connection
A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Devious
adjective · 78% connection
Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Dorsiferous
unknown · 78% connection
Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Exodus
noun · 78% connection
A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Hinder
adjective · 78% connection
To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- ofte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Holdback
noun · 78% connection
The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
In-going
adjective · 78% connection
Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going tenant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Indorsement
noun · 78% connection
That which is written on the back of a note, bill, or other paper, as a name, an order for, or a receipt of, payment, or the return of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Lead
verb · 78% connection
To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Opisthotonos
noun · 78% connection
severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Passing
adjective · 78% connection
Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Postero
unknown · 78% connection
- (/). A combining form meaning posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Re-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Rebound
verb · 78% connection
To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Recessive
adjective · 78% connection
Going back; receding.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
Reciprocate
verb · 78% connection
To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: going, back, retrogression, return.
