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Adjective: sweptback  'swept'bak
  1. (especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment
    "aircraft with sweptback wings"
     
  2. Used of hair
    - backswept

See also: backward, swept

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swell up
swelled
swelled head
swellhead
swellheaded
swelling
swelter
sweltering
sweltry
swept
sweptback
sweptwing
Swertia
Swertia perennia
Swertia speciosa
swerve
swerving
sweven
Swietinia
Swietinia macrophylla
Swietinia mahogani