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TO BACK WATER

Definition: TO BACK WATER

TO BACK WATER

1. (Naut.), to reverse the action of the oars, paddles, or propeller, so as to force the boat or ship backward.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO BACK WATER

English words defined with "TO BACK WATER": embankment. (references)
Specialty definitions using "TO BACK WATER": acoustic sounding, ACOUSTICAL CARPENTER, acoustical-material worker, Air GapBack and Edge, back dive, back dive layout, back sewer, BACK TENDER, CLOTH PRINTING, Backflow/Back Siphonage, backside grinder, backward dive, Backwashing, backwater flap, baker, doughnut, BOAT-HOIST OPERATOR, BOOK-SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR IIcalender-roll operator, CARBON-COATER-MACHINE OPERATOR, CARBON-PAPER-COATING-MACHINE SETTER, CENTRIFUGE-SEPARATOR TENDER, clapotis, coater, carbon paper, COMPO CASTER, CONTOUR GRINDER, crab backer, CRAB BUTCHER, cruller maker, crusher, wet-ground micaDIN, DOUGHNUT MAKER, DUST-BRUSH ASSEMBLER, dust-suppression jibFARMWORKER, FIELD CROP I, FOURDRINIER-MACHINE OPERATOR, frame damGAS-METER MECHANIC II, gas-meter repairer, GIG TENDER, gigger, GRINDER, HAND, grinder, outside diameterHorse, hydraulic loading, Hydrogeological Cycle, hydrologic cycle, hydrological cycleJEWEL GRINDER IIKELP CUTTERluster repairerMARKING-MACHINE OPERATOR, metal-tile lather, mill-roll operatornon-return valveornamenter, handpaper-machine operator, PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT, physical therapy assistant, physical therapy technicia, PNEUMATIC-JACK OPERATOR, Pondage, pressure relief valve, PRINTING-ROLLER POLISHER, profile grinderquarter doperReal Programmers Don't Use Pascal, refrigeration plant, return valve, ROLL OPERATOR, ROLLER VARNISHERSAND-CUTTER OPERATOR, sand-cutting-machine operator, sand-mixer operator, SHAKER WASHER, shoe dresserThermodynamic Cycle, THERMOMETER TESTER, TROMMEL TENDER, Troutwater cycle, wooden tubbing. (references)

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Modern Translation: TO BACK WATER

Language Translations for "TO BACK WATER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

hátrafelé evez (backwater). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay ackbay aterway

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO BACK WATER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-k-o-r-t-t-w"

-2 letters: backwater.

-3 letters: attacker, cabretta, reattack.

-4 letters: abettor, abreact, acrobat, bearcat, bracket, brocket, cabaret, catboat, oatcake, tabaret, taboret, teacart, wetback.

-5 letters: abater, abator, abwatt, aortae, attack, backer, batter, bettor, boater, borate, carate, coater, cottae, cottar, cotter, karate, obtect, rabato, racket, rebato, retack, rocket, rotate, tacker, tacket, watter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO BACK WATER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      42 41 43 4B      57 41 54 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000010 01000001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01010111 01000001 01010100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#66 &#65 &#67 &#75 &#32 &#87 &#65 &#84 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0042 0041 0043 004B      0057 0041 0054 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

544923635374525735543952

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Non-English Dictionaries with "TO BACK WATER"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításmagyar

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationangol
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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