backwash

backwash has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• v. i.. To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.
• n.. the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"
• n.. the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"
• n.. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller