Academic Words

Words commonly used in academic and formal writing

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backhaus

backgeared

backfill

backhandedness

backhaul

backlings

backhouses

backie

backhandedly

backlogging

backlighted

backhouse

backrest

noun

a support that you can lean against while sitting

backscratcher

noun

a long-handled scratcher for scratching your back

backlins

backplate

noun

plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirass

backsaw

noun

a handsaw that is stiffened by metal reinforcement along the...

backsight

backscatter

verb

scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which...

backmost

adjective

located farthest to the rear

backslider

noun

someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of beh...

backscattering

backsheesh

noun

a relatively small amount of money given for services render...

backshish

backrope

backspacing

backslapping

backset

backslidden

backspaced

backslapper

noun

someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordialit...

backstair

adjective

secret and sly or sordid

backspliced

backspacer

noun

the typewriter key used for back spacing

backsplice

backstopped

backsplicing

backspin

noun

spin (usually of a moving ball) that retards or reverses the...

backstitch

noun

an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at th...

backstay

noun

a stay that supports the back of something

backstrapped

backswept

adjective

used of hair

backstroking

backswimmer

noun

predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inf...

backwardly

backswordsman

backswordman

backstroked

backwind

backsword

noun

a stick used instead of a sword for fencing