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
backframe
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
beakerful
beakerful
noun
The amount that a beaker will hold.
blackfigured
blackfire
blackfisher
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
breakfast
breakfast
noun
(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
(largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
verb
(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
(transitive) To serve breakfast to.
breakfasted
breakfasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of breakfast
breakfaster
breakfaster
noun
One eating breakfast.
breakfasters
breakfasters
noun
plural of breakfaster
breakfasting
breakfasting
noun
The act of eating breakfast.
verb
present participle of breakfast
breakfastless
breakfastless
adj
Without breakfast.
breakfasts
breakfasts
noun
plural of breakfast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breakfast
breakfront
breakfront
noun
(chiefly attributive) Any piece of furniture (especially a bookcase or cabinet) that has a central section that projects farther forward than the other sections.
breakfronts
breakfronts
noun
plural of breakfront
breakoff
breakoff
noun
discontinuance (act of breaking off)
diefenbaker
fablemaker
fablemaker
noun
One who invents fables.
faithbreaker
faithbreaker
noun
Someone who breaks a promise or violates a treaty.
farkleberries
farkleberries
noun
plural of farkleberry
farkleberry
farkleberry
noun
(countable) A berry from a shrub of this species.
(uncountable) A species of Vaccinium (Vaccinium arboreum) native to the southeastern United States, from southern Virginia west to southeastern Missouri, and south to Florida and eastern Texas, and taking the form of a shrub (rarely a small tree) growing to 3-5 m (rarely 9 m) tall.
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
fernambuck
fernbrake
fernbrake
noun
A thicket of fern or bracken
gosari namul
fibrinokinase
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
flakeboard
flakeboard
noun
A type of board manufactured from wood flakes
flareback
flareback
noun
A burst of flame emitted from a cannon, furnace, etc. in an abnormal direction.
fliegerabwehrkanone
forbreak
forbreak
verb
(archaic) To break in pieces, break up, destroy.
(archaic) To break through, interrupt.
forebackwardly
forebespeak
foreknowable
foreknowable
adj
That may be known in advance.
foreknowableness
forkable
forkable
adj
(computing) Capable of being split into separate processes.
(computing) Capable of being split into separate projects.
Capable of being moved or separated with a fork.
forkbeard
forkbeard
noun
A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head.
Another species of hake, Phycis phycis
The European forked hake or hake's-dame (Phycis blennoides).
frankable
frankable
adj
(Australia, finance) Eligible for franking, a system of tax credit.
Eligible for franking (free postage).
kapfenberg
klangfarbe
knifeboard
knifeboard
noun
(historical, by extension) An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.
(historical, chiefly attributive) A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
offbreak
postbreakfast
postbreakfast
adj
After breakfast.
prebreakfast
prebreakfast
adj
Before breakfast.
safebreaker
safebreaker
noun
A person, usually criminal, who breaks into safes; a safecracker.
safebreaking
safebreaking
noun
The act of breaking into a safe.
unbreakfasted
unbreakfasted
adj
Without having eaten breakfast.
unforeknowable
unforeknowable
adj
Not foreknowable.
unfrankable
unfrankable
adj
Not frankable; not eligible for being posted free of charge.