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6 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• blowback n. (Firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward…
• blowback n. An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.
• blowback n. (Slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker’s mouth).
• blowback n. (Rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without…
• blowback n. (Computing) Synonym of backscatter.

— English word, defined in French —

• blowback n. (Sens figuré) Contre-coup, retour de flamme.

47 English words from 5 English definitions

act action adverse and another backscatter backward blows cartridge closed Computing covert especially etc exhaling exhaust Firearms fired from gases inhaling into locomotive mechanism mouth pipe political pressure Rail Rail␣transport regulator result reversal shotgunning Slang sliding smoker steam steam␣locomotive Synonym the transport type unintended when where without

3 English words from the foreign definition

coup retour Sens

6 foreign words from the foreign definition

Contre Contre-coup figuré flamme retour␣de␣flamme Sens␣figuré

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

blowbacks

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

ack ACK bac BAC -bac- back Back back- blow Blow b'low low Low LOW 'low low% low␣back WBA

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

ABW cab Cab CAB WoL

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

blowbacks

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

low␣back

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

flowback plow␣back slowback

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

low␣back

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