The practice of identifying the functions of known genes.

(networking) A proxy that retrieves information on behalf of a client from possibly multiple servers

plural of reverse proxy

(soccer) A pass in which the player runs in the opposite direction to where he passed.

plural of reverse shell

(zoology) A univalve shell whose volutions run in the opposite direction to that of a standard screw thread. / (computing) An interactive command shell initiated from a remote computer.

plural of reverse takeover

(business) The acquisition of a public company by a private company so that the latter can bypass the lengthy and complex process of going public.

(slang, informal, sometimes offensive, sometimes derogatory) Someone who is anatomically female but who passes as male.

(typography) Having stroke thickness that is on an axis contrary to convention.