sloping+backward
1backward-sloping supply curve for labour — The preference for increased leisure over increased remuneration. Thus, when wage incentives are offered to improve productivity , labourers respond by working shorter hours to earn the same money rather than harder or longer to earn more money.… …
2Equine 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 …
3re|ces|sion — re|ces|sion1 «rih SEHSH uhn», noun. 1. the action or fact of going backward; moving backward. 2. the action or fact of sloping backward. 3. withdrawal, as of the minister and choir after the service in some churches. 4. a period of temporary… …
4backhanded — a. 1. Inclining to the left hand (as writing), sloping backward. 2. Outward and backward, with the back of the hand. 3. Indirect, unfair, unfavorable, backhand …
5supine — I. noun Etymology: Middle English supyn, from Late Latin supinum, from Latin, neuter of supinus, adjective Date: 15th century 1. a Latin verbal noun having an accusative of purpose in um and an ablative of specification in u 2. an English… …
6supine — [so͞o pīn′; ] also, and for n. always [, so͞o′pīn΄] adj. [L supinus, prob. akin to sub : see SUB ] 1. lying on the back, face upward 2. with the palm upward or away from the body: said of the hand 3. Old Poet. leaning or sloping backward 4.… …
7jer|kin-head — «JUR kuhn HEHD», noun. the end of a roof when shaped like a gable but having the upper portion sloping backward or hipped. ╂[perhaps < jerking (< jerk, verb) + head] …
8parturition — /pahr too rish euhn, tyoo , choo /, n. Biol. the process of bringing forth young. [1640 50; < LL parturition (s. of parturitio) travail, equiv. to L parturit(us) (ptp. of parturire; see PARTURIENT) + ion ION] * * * I or birth or childbirth or… …
9South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
10perciform — ▪ fish order Introduction any member of the order Perciformes, a group of bony fishes with more than 6,000 species placed in about 150 families. The order is the largest group of fishes in the world today. Perciform fishes occur in… …
