1. Water which sets back in a stream, owing to some obstruction or rise in the tide below; water kept back at high tide to cleanse the channel; water thrown back by the turning of a water-wheel, or of paddles.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• backwaterr,
• bacwater,
• backwatter,
• backwater,
• vack-water,
• nack-water,
• hack-water,
• gack-water,
• bzck-water,
• bsck-water,
• bwck-water,
• bqck-water,
• baxk-water,
• bavk-water,
• bafk-water,
• badk-water,
• bacj-water,
• bacm-water,
• bacl-water,
• baco-water

The adverb for "backwater" is "backwatered".

The adjective form of the word "backwater" is "backwatered".