A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
bakersfield
bakersfield
Proper noun
A major city in California, USA
blackfigured
blackfire
blackfisher
blackfriars
blackfriars
intj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware
noun
plural of blackfriar
bookfair
boufarik
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
chuckfarthing
clarkfield
coffinmaker
coffinmaker
noun
A manufacturer of coffins.
confervalike
craftsmanlike
craftsmanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
diefenbaker
drawknife
drawknife
noun
A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
verb
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
dwarflike
dwarflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a dwarf; small, diminutive.
fabrikoid
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
fairbank
fairbank
verb
(gambling, slang, transitive) For the bank or dealer to assist (the player) by cheating in his/her favour, to encourage further play and facilitate a later swindle.
fairbanks
fairbanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fairbank
fairkeeper
fairlike
fairlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fair (entertainment and trading event).
fairoaks
fairyfolk
fairyfolk
noun
Alternative form of fairy folk
fairylike
fairylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fairy.
faithbreaker
faithbreaker
noun
Someone who breaks a promise or violates a treaty.
fakeries
fakeries
noun
plural of fakery
fakir
fakir
noun
(Hindu, more loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.
(Islam) A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.
(derogatory) Someone who takes advantage of the gullible through fakery, especially of a spiritual or religious nature.
fakirism
fakirism
noun
The practices of fakirs.
fakirs
fakirs
noun
plural of fakir
falkirk
falkirk
Proper noun
A town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, originally in
A unitary council area in Scotland, and previously a local government district in Region (1975-1996).
farcelike
farcelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of farce.
farika
farkleberries
farkleberries
noun
plural of farkleberry
farmerlike
farmerlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a farmer.
farrierlike
fatherkin
fatherkin
noun
(dated) Fond term of address for one's father.
fatherlike
fatherlike
adj
having the qualities of a father
featherlike
featherlike
adj
As light as a feather.
Having the characteristics of plumage.
fibrinokinase
ficklehearted
filemaker
filemaker
noun
A manufacturer of files (rasping tools).
filemark
filemark
noun
(computing) A special value used on computer tape to separate individual files.
filemarks
filemarks
noun
plural of filemark
filmmaker
filmmaker
noun
A producer or director of films/movies.
fingermark
fingermark
noun
A blemish made by a dirty finger.
finmark
finmarks
finnmark
finnmark
Proper noun
A county in Norway.
finnmarks
firbank
fireback
fireback
noun
A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.
Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.
firebreak
firebreak
noun
(figurative) Any separating barrier.
An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it.
firebreaks
firebreaks
noun
plural of firebreak
firecracker
firecracker
noun
A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to an Alice B. Toklas brownie.
A person or thing that is exciting and/or unpredictable.
A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.
firecrackers
firecrackers
noun
plural of firecracker
firedrake
firedrake
noun
(figurative, poetic) A worker at a furnace or fire
A fiery meteor, an ignis fatuus, a rocket
A fire-breathing dragon.
A kind of firework
fitzpatrick
flakier
flakier
adj
comparative form of flaky: more flaky
flanderkin
flickertail
flickertail
noun
Nickname for the North American ground squirrel, Citellus richardsoni.
fliegerabwehrkanone
florikan
forespeaking
forespeaking
noun
(obsolete) A foretelling; a prediction.
verb
present participle of forespeak
foretalking
forjaskit
forktail
forktail
noun
(UK, dialect) A salmon in its fourth year's growth.
Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
forsaking
forsaking
noun
The act by which somebody is forsaken; an abandonment.
verb
present participle of forsake
forspeaking
forspeaking
verb
present participle of forspeak
frackville
fraik
franciscka
franciska
franciskus
francklin
frankability
frankability
noun
The quality of being frankable.
frankalmoign
frankalmoign
noun
(UK, historical) A form of land tenure in return for religious duty or service.
frankalmoigne
frankalmoigne
noun
A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.
frankalmoin
frankalmoin
noun
Alternative form of frankalmoign
frankenia
frankeniaceae
frankeniaceous
frankeniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Frankeniaceae.
frankenstein
frankenstein
noun
Alternative form of Frankenstein
verb
Alternative spelling of Frankenstein
frankensteins
frankensteins
noun
plural of frankenstein
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frankenstein
frankewing
frankie
frankie
noun
An Indian snack resembling a burrito.
frankify
frankincense
frankincense
noun
A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.
frankincensed
frankincensed
adj
Perfumed with frankincense.
frankincenses
frankincenses
noun
plural of frankincense
franking
franking
noun
(Australia, finance, uncountable) A corporate tax system in which some or all of the tax paid by a company may be attributed, or imputed, to the shareholders by way of a tax credit to reduce the income tax payable on a distribution.
(countable) A device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced.
verb
present participle of frank
frankish
frankish
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Franks.
In or of the language of the Franks.
Proper noun
The language of the Franks, an extinct West Germanic language.
frankist
frankist
Noun
A follower of Frankism.
franklandite
franklin
franklin
noun
(historical) A freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking at the bottom of the gentry.
franklinia
franklinian
franklinian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to scientist and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
frankliniana
franklinic
franklinic
adj
(physics, obsolete) Relating to the electricity from a machine, rather than from a redox reaction.
franklinism
franklinist
franklinite
franklinite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing iron, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.