backness

Meaning

1. noun Quality of being a back vowel.
2. noun A quality of vowels, indicating the horizontal position of the tongue relative to the back of the mouth (front, near-front, central, near-back, or back).

Similar words

rearwardness behindness backwardsness backhandedness roundedness frontness backwardness backwoodsiness tenseness bassness

Often followed by

and of harmony with in or is feature