Slope+backward
11recede — recede1 /ri seed /, v.i., receded, receding. 1. to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw. 2. to become more distant. 3. (of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move away or be perceived as moving away… …
12retreat — retreatal, adj. retreater, n. retreative, adj. /ri treet /, n. 1. the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action. 2. the act of withdrawing, as into safety or… …
13rakish — rak|ish [ˈreıkıʃ] adj [Sense: 1 2; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Probably from rake to slope backward (17 21 centuries); because of the sloping masts of pirate ships.] [Sense: 3; Date: 1700 1800; Origin: RAKE12] 1.) if a man looks rakish, or wears… …
14retreat — n 1.(all usu. of armed forces) strategic withdrawal, countermarch, volte face, recoil, pullout, rout, evacuation, exodus, stampede, katabasis. 2. departure, flight, hegira, escape, getaway. 3. backing away, reversal, about face, turnabout, Inf.… …
15recede — I re•cede [[t]rɪˈsid[/t]] v. i. ced•ed, ced•ing 1) to go back to a more distant point; retreat; withdraw 2) to become or seem to become more distant 3) to slope backward: a chin that recedes[/ex] • Etymology: 1470–80; < L recēdere to go, fall… …
16retreat — re•treat [[t]rɪˈtrit[/t]] n. 1) the forced or strategic withdrawal of a military force before an enemy 2) the act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy; retirement 3) a place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy 4) an asylum, as for the insane 5) …
17recede — recede1 [ri sēd′] vi. receded, receding [L recedere: see RE & CEDE] 1. to go or move back [the high water receded] 2. to withdraw (from) [to recede from a promise] 3. to slope backward …
18Equine conformation — [original research?] Parts of a horse Equine conformation evaluates the degree of correctness of a horse s bone structure, musculature, and its body proportions in relation to each other. Undesirable conformat …
19analysis — /euh nal euh sis/, n., pl. analyses / seez /. 1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its… …
20Oceanic trench — Oceanic crust is formed at an oceanic ridge, while the lithosphere is subducted back into the asthenosphere at trenches. The oceanic trenches are hemispheric scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. They are also the… …
