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— English words —

• aback adv. (Archaic) Towards the back or rear; backwards.
• aback adv. (Archaic) In the rear; a distance behind.
• aback adv. By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
• aback adv. (Nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward)…
• aback n. (Obsolete) An abacus.
• a-back prep. (Chester) behind, at the back.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Scots
  • aback adv. Behind, in the rear.
  • aback adv. Away, aloof, off.
  • aback adv. Since, ago.
  • a-back adv. Alternative form of aback.

— English words, defined in German —

• aback S. Allgemein veraltet: eine quadratische Oberfläche.
• aback S. Architektur, veraltet: der obere Abschluss einer Säule.
• aback Adv. Selten, veraltete Bedeutung: rückwärts, nach hinten.
• aback Adv. Hinter.
• aback Adv. In der Schifffahrt: gegen den Wind.
• aback Adv. Überraschen.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• aback bijw. (Verouderd) achterwaarts.
• aback n. (Verouderd), (bouwkunde) abacus.

— English words, defined in French —

• aback adv. (Archaïsme) En arrière.
• aback adv. Stupéfait, abasourdi.
• aback n. (Désuet) abaque.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• aback adv. Atrás.
• aback adv. Hacia atrás.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• aback adv. Detrás, atrás.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• aback adv. Essere sorpreso.
• aback adv. Essere attonito.
• aback adv. Essere sbalordito.

36 English words from 10 English definitions

aback abacus against ago aloof Alternative Archaic Away back Backward backwards behind Chester distance dumbfounded form forward from mast Nautical Obsolete off pressed rear said sails see Since startled surprise the Towards usage when wind wrong

7 English words from 17 foreign definitions

abacus abaque arrière den der Hinter Wind

34 foreign words from 17 foreign definitions

abasourdi Abschluss achterwaarts Allgemein Archaïsme Architektur atrás attonito Bedeutung bouwkunde Désuet Detrás eine einer En␣arrière Essere gegen Hacia hinten nach obere Oberfläche quadratische rückwärts Säule sbalordito Schifffahrt Selten sorpreso Stupéfait Überraschen veraltet veraltete Verouderd

5 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

abacks aback␣of abackward abackstays abackwards

18 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

databacks Tabackman cartabacks hollabacks holla␣backs huckabacks pickabacks Tabackmans pickabacked pickabacking hollaback␣girl take␣a␣back␣seat took␣a␣back␣seat blow␣a␣backsight hollaback␣girls taken␣a␣back␣seat takes␣a␣back␣seat taking␣a␣back␣seat

21 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

databack set␣aback whoa␣back cartaback hollaback holla␣back huckaback llamaback pickaback sets␣aback take␣aback took␣aback apickaback brace␣aback taken␣aback takes␣aback braced␣aback braces␣aback taking␣aback bracing␣aback setting␣aback

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

aba Aba ABA A.B.A. abac ABAC ack ACK bac BAC -bac- back Back back-

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

aba Aba ABA A.B.A. cab Cab CAB caba Caba

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Baack Bačka

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

abacks Baacks backal Bắc␣Kạn backra barack Barack

18 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

AABC AACB abac ABAC ABCA ACAB A.C.A.B. Baca back Back back- baka Baka BCAA caba Caba Ka'ba Kaʻba

8 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

abaca abaci Abaco abacs abask alack arack T-back

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

abac ABAC back Back back-

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