Third-person singular simple present indicative form of back water

simple past tense and past participle of back water

present participle of back water

(idiomatic) A person in unfamiliar and often uncomfortable surroundings.

(shipbuilding) a model of a vessel formed of boards which are shaped according to the water lines as shown in the plans and laid upon each other to form a solid model

(physics) The saturation vapor pressure of water.

(idiomatic) Something in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten.

An apparatus, usually fuel-burning, electric or solar-powered, in which water is heated to be used directly as domestic hot water or process hot water (but not for supplying space heating, calorifiers etc, for which a boiler or furnace is used).

(literally) A mark, such as a line of seaweed, showing the highest level reached by a body of water.

Hot water for use in industrial processes.