Reflux
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

EBB
The outward flow of the tide

RIP
Cut (wood) along the grain

RUN
Perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

SET
Several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press"

4 letters

EDDY
Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)

FLOW
The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

FLUX
In constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry"

GULF
An unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding); "he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends"; "there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy"

NEAP
A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon

RISE
Rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

RUSH
Physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

TIDE
Something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest"

5 letters

DRIFT
A general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

FLOOD
A large flow

GURGE

LAPSE
A mistake resulting from inattention

REPLY
A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"

SWIRL
Flow in a circular current, of liquids

TREND
A general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

TWIRL
The act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"

WHIRL
Confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"

8 letters

BACKWASH
The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe"

BACKFLOW
A flow that returns toward its source

CLIMBING
An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

DRIFTAGE
The deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting

FULLTIDE

HIGHTIDE
The tide when the water is highest

9 letters

HIGHWATER
The tide when the water is highest

LUNARTIDE

MAELSTROM
A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

RECESSION
The act of becoming more distant

REFLOWING

REFLUENCE

RETRUSION

REVULSION
Intense aversion

SOLARTIDE

SUBSIDING
A gradual sinking to a lower level

THROWBACK
Throw back with a quick, light motion; "She tossed back her head"

TIDALFLOW
The water current caused by the tides

TIDEGAUGE

TIDEWATER
The coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia

WHIRLPOOL
A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

10 letters

BACKSTREAM

BOUNCEBACK
Improve in health; "He got well fast"

DESCENDING
Coming down or downward

DIRECTTIDE
The occurrence of high tide on one side of the earth coinciding with high tide on the opposite side

EBBANDFLOW

RECIDIVISM
Habitual relapse into crime

REFLECTION
The image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror"

REGRESSION
Returning to a former state

SPRINGTIDE
A swelling rush of anything; "he rose on the springtide of prosperity"

TIDALRANGE

11 letters

AXIALMOTION
Rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"

BACKFLOWING
A flow that returns toward its source

BACKSLIDING
A failure to maintain a higher state

COUNTERFLOW

COUNTERFLUX

RESPONDENCE

RETROACTION