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   backwash

   /ˈbakwɒʃ/

   noun

   • 1. the motion of receding waves: "the backwash is reduced in energy by the percolation of water into the shingle" Similar wakewashslipstreambackflowpathtrail
   • ▪ a backward current created by an object moving through water or air: "the backwash of a truck on the autobahn"
   • ▪ the unpleasant after-effects of an event: "the backwash of the Cuban missile crisis" Similar repercussionsreverberationsafter-effectsaftermathfalloutupshotconsequencesresultseffectsby-products
   • ▪ the liquid that flows back into a bottle, glass, etc. after someone has taken a drink, assumed to contain that person's saliva: "Can you please stop drinking straight from the milk carton? I don't want your backwash!"

   verb

   • 1. clean (a filter) by reversing the flow of fluid through it: "the very fine mesh is backwashed to remove solids"

   Scrabble Points: 22

   • B

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   • A

     1

   • C

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   • K

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   • W

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   • A

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   • S

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