Related Words for backspace

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WordSyllablesCategories
keystroke
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Noun, Noun
keyboard
/x
Noun
cursor
/x
Noun
indent
x/
Noun
typing
/x
Noun
typewriter
/xx
Noun
carriage
/x
Noun
electric
x/x
Name
manual
/xx
Noun
space
/
Noun
overlay
/xx
Noun
platen
/x
Noun
stylus
/x
Noun
writing desk
/x/
Phrase, Noun
backhand
/x
Noun
sort
/
Noun
blotter
/x
Noun
widow
/x
Noun
index
/x
Noun
typo
/x
Noun
ribbon
/x
Noun
dele
/x
Noun
caesura
//x
Noun
palimpsest
/xx
Noun
kern
/
Name
leading
/x
Verb
breve
/
Noun
hairline
/x
Noun
gutter
/x
Noun
foot
/
Noun
clicker
/x
Noun
counter
/x
Noun
pause
/
Noun
ascent
x/
Noun
horizontal bar
xx/x/
Phrase, Noun
baseline
/x
Noun
headband
/x
Noun
shadow
/x
Noun
inferior
x/xx
Adjective
slash
/
Noun
bank
/
Noun
stick
/
Noun
phonograph
/xx
Noun
lockup
/x
Noun
blank
/
Noun
footstep
/x
Noun
second sheet
/x/
Phrase, Noun
turn
/
Noun
delete
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
del
x
Noun
esc
x
Name
erase
x/
Verb
keys
/
Noun
press
/
Verb, Noun
destructive
x/x
Adjective
tab
/
Noun
characters
/xx
Noun
move
/
Verb
fill
/
Verb
return
x/
Noun
hit
/
Verb
remove
x/
Verb
use
/
Verb
tape
/
Noun
correct
x/
Verb
record
x/
Noun
once
/
Adverb
make
/
Verb
then
/
Adverb
adjusting
x/x
Noun
alt
/
Noun, Adjective
answering
/xx
Noun
azimuth
xxx
Noun
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backlash
/x
Noun, Verb
backsliding
/xx
Noun, Adjective
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
backwash
/x
Noun, Verb
booster
/x
Noun, Verb
brake
/
Noun, Verb
button
/x
Noun, Verb
click
/
Verb, Noun
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
dragging
/x
Adjective, Noun
drop
/
Noun, Verb
enter
/x
Verb, Noun
fallback
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fl
x
Noun, Adjective
hyphen
/x
Noun, Verb
kickback
/x
Noun
recession
x/x
Noun
reduction
x/x
Noun
regress
/x
Noun, Verb
regression
x/x
Noun
relapse
x/
Noun, Verb
retract
x/
Verb, Noun
retreat
x/
Noun, Verb
retrogression
/x/x
Noun
reversal
x/x
Noun, Adjective
reverse
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
rewind
/x
Noun, Verb
rollback
/x
Noun, Verb
setback
/x
Noun
shift
/
Noun, Verb
shrinkage
/x
Noun
slowdown
/x
Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
throwback
/x
Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
sop
/
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
aisle
/
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
nsa
x
Name, Adverb, Adjective
literally
/xxx
Adverb
dialect
/xx
Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective