Anagrams of: BLACKSALTWORT_

• a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws

• an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages

• an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism

• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

• characteristic of an atavist

• an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism

• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

• characteristic of an atavist

• an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages

• a flow that returns toward its source

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

• the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward

• a flow that returns toward its source

• having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)

• the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

• misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service

• Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge.