aback

5 letters in word "aback": A A B C K.

No anagrams for aback found in this word list.

Words found within aback:

aa ab aba abac ba baa back cab caba ka kab

• Definitions:
• having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback" by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"
• A condition in which the sails are brought back against the mast by the wind, rather than blown forward by it. Also known as "backwinded."
• Wind on the wrong side of the sails.
• The situation of sails when the wind is caught on the forward surface causing causing them to be pressed aft against the mast. This may cause the ship to go astern.
• Wind filling the sail from the opposite direction to that intended. If a sail fills correctly the boat moves forwards. If the sail is aback then the boat stops or heads off in reverse. ...
• Wind coming in from the front or 'wrong' side of a sail or sails, ie coming in to harbour with 'all yards aback'. ***
• A sail pushed back by the wind, so it slows the forward motion of the cat. (A jib purposely trimmed to windward is "backwinded", not aback)

• abaci ←
• abacas ←
• abaca ←
• aback
• → abacs
• → abacterial
• → abactinal