Flowing+back

  • 21Regurgitation — A backward flowing. For example, of food. Or the sloshing of blood back into the heart (or between chambers of the heart) when a heart valve is incompetent and does not close effectively. * * * 1. A backward flow, as of blood through an… …

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  • 22παλιρροία — παλιρροίᾱ , παλίρροια flowing back fem nom/voc/acc dual παλιρροίᾱ , παλίρροια flowing back fem nom/voc/acc dual (ionic) παλιρροίᾱ , παλίρροια flowing back fem nom/voc sg (attic doric ionic aeolic) …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • 23backward — Synonyms and related words: Micawberish, Olympian, a priori, a rebours, a reculons, about, afraid, aft, after, after time, aftermost, again, against the grain, ago, aloof, anticlockwise, apathetic, arear, around, arrested, arsy varsy, ascending,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24Injection molding — (British: moulding) is a manufacturing process for producing parts from both thermoplastic and thermosetting plastic materials. Molten plastic is injected at high pressure into a mold, which is the inverse of the product s shape. After a product… …

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  • 25flow — [fləʊ ǁ floʊ] verb [intransitive] 1. if money flows somewhere, such as into a bank account or into a particular country, it is moved there: flow from/​into/​between etc • A record $10 billion in foreign capital flowed into Mexican stocks last… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 26Rock and Pillar Range — The Rock and Pillar Range of high hills is located in the Maniototo, an area of inland Otago, New Zealand. They are surrounded by the Taieri River, which has its source in the range, flowing out across the scroll plain at Paerau, before almost… …

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  • 27ebb — /eb/, n. 1. the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow). 2. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay: the ebb of a once great nation. 3. a point of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb. v.i. 4. to… …

    Universalium

  • 28reflux — (n.) early 15c., a flowing back (of the sea, etc.), from M.L. refluxus, from L. re back, again (see RE (Cf. re )) + fluxus a flowing (see FLUX (Cf. flux)). Digestive sense is recorded from 1937 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 29ebb — [[t]ɛb[/t]] n. 1) oce the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea 2) a flowing backward or away; decline or decay 3) a point or state of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb[/ex] 4) to flow back or away, as the water of a tide …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30semilunar valve — /sɛmiˈlunə vælv/ (say semee loohnuh valv) noun 1. a crescent shaped valve consisting of three flaps, in the orifice of the aorta, which prevents blood from flowing back into the left ventricle. 2. a similar valve in the pulmonary artery, which… …