The flow of a fluid (through a pipe etc.) in a direction opposite to that which is normal or intended.
verb
To flow in the wrong or backward direction.
backflowing
backflowing
adj
flowing backwards
verb
present participle of backflow
backfold
backfurrow
backfurrow
noun
(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
(agriculture) To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
backoff
backoff
noun
(computing) The situation where an algorithm or process refrains from taking an action it would otherwise have taken.
(surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.
beckford
befrocked
befrocked
adj
Wearing a frock.
biforked
biforked
adj
forked into two; bifurcate
biforking
biofeedback
biofeedback
noun
A technique consisting of measuring a person's quantifiable bodily functions, such as blood pressure, heart rate, skin temperature, sweat gland activity, and muscle tension, then conveying the information to the person in real-time.
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
birkhoff
blackfellow
blackfellow
noun
(Australia, now usually considered offensive) A (male) Australian Aborigine.
blackfellows
blackfellows
noun
plural of blackfellow
blackfoot
blackfoot
noun
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium
blackford
blanketflower
blanketflower
noun
Gaillardia; a plant of the genus Gaillardia.
bondfolk
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
bookfair
bookfold
bookful
bookful
adj
(obsolete) Full of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
noun
As much as a book holds.
bookfuls
booklift
bookshelf
bookshelf
noun
A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
bookshelfs
boufarik
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)
brickcroft
brookfield
brookflower
buffaloback
buffaloback
noun
The back of a buffalo
fabrikoid
fallbrook
fibrinokinase
flakeboard
flakeboard
noun
A type of board manufactured from wood flakes
fliegerabwehrkanone
flockbed
flybook
flybook
noun
(fishing) A small case for holding fishing flies.
fogbank
fogbank
noun
A bank of fog.
folkboat
folkboat
noun
A small, affordable sailboat, rigged as a sloop.
footback
forblack
forblack
adj
(archaic) Extremely black; jet-black.
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.
forkball
forkball
noun
(baseball) A baseball pitch, much like the sinker.
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).
giftbook
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.
koopbrief
korfball
korfball
noun
(countable) The ball used in the sport of korfball.
(uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from the Netherlands, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.