(literature) Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
verb
(US) To provide reserve support.
(US) To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
(archaeology) To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
(gaming) To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
backfire
backfire
noun
(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
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.
backflip
backflip
noun
(by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.
(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.
verb
To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.
To perform a backflip (rotation of body).
baffling
baffling
adj
Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
frustrating
noun
An act of foiling or thwarting.
verb
present participle of baffle
bailiffs
bailiffs
noun
plural of bailiff
baitfish
baitfish
noun
(fishing) Fish that can be caught using bait.
(fishing) Small fish such as minnows that are used as bait to catch larger predatory fish.
balefire
balefire
noun
An outdoor fire used in witches' rituals.
bandfile
bandfish
bandfish
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
barflies
barflies
noun
plural of barfly
basified
basified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of basify
basifier
basifier
noun
(chemistry) That which converts into a salifiable base.
basifies
basifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of basify
basinful
basinful
noun
As much as a basin will hold.
bayfield
bayfield
Proper noun
A village in Barbados.
A town in Colorado.
A rural community in New Brunswick, Canada.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
A village in Ontario, Canada.
A city and town in Wisconsin.
beatific
beatific
adj
Blessed, blissful, heavenly.
Having a benign appearance.
beautify
beautify
verb
(computing) Synonym of pretty-print
(intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.
(intransitive, rare) To make oneself beautiful.
(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
becafico
beefiest
beefiest
adj
superlative form of beefy: most beefy
befamine
befiddle
befilmed
befilmed
adj
(poetic, archaic, rare) Covered with a film.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befilm
befinger
befinger
verb
(transitive) To finger all over.
befitted
befitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befit
befriend
befriend
verb
(transitive) To become a friend of, to make friends with.
(transitive) To favor.
(transitive, dated) To act as a friend to, to assist.
befringe
befringe
verb
To furnish or adorn with a fringe.
belfield
belfried
belfried
adj
(in combination) Having a belfry or belfries of a specified number or kind.
Furnished with a belfry or belfries.
belfries
belfries
noun
plural of belfry
benefice
benefice
noun
(feudal law) An estate in lands; a fief.
(obsolete) A favour or benefit.
Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
verb
To bestow a benefice upon
benefits
benefits
noun
plural of benefit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benefit
berfield
betafite
betafite
noun
(mineralogy) A radioactive mineral in the pyrochlore group, having chemical formula (Ca,U)₂(Ti,Nb,Ta)₂O₆(OH).
bifacial
bifacial
adj
(archaeology, of a flint tool) Having two sharp cutting edges.
Having two faces or opposing surfaces.
bifanged
bifanged
adj
Having two fangs.
biferous
biferous
adj
(botany) Bearing flowers or fruit twice each year
bifidate
bifidate
adj
bifid
bifidity
bifidity
noun
The quality of being bifid.
bifocals
bifocals
noun
Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
bifolium
bifolium
noun
(geometry) A quartic plane curve whose equation in Cartesian coordinates is (x²+y²)²=ax²ʸ.
biforate
biforate
adj
(architecture) Having two doors or windows
(botany) Having two perforations
Having two openings
biforine
biforine
noun
(botany) An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain araceous plants, with an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.
biforked
biforked
adj
forked into two; bifurcate
biformed
biformed
adj
Having two forms.
biforous
biforous
adj
biforate
bifurcal
bifurcal
adj
Synonym of bifurcate
bigfoots
bigfoots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bigfoot
billfish
billfish
noun
Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw.
A small, folding sleeve or case designed to hold paper currency, as well as credit cards, pictures, etc.
birdfarm
birdlife
birdlife
noun
The birds (e.g. of an area) collectively.
birkhoff
bisulfid
bisulfid
noun
Archaic form of bisulphide.
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
blissful
blissful
adj
(obsolete) Blessed; glorified.
Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.
bloodfin
bloodfin
noun
Aphyocharax anisitsi, a South American characin with blood-red tail and fins.
blowfish
blowfish
noun
A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
bluefins
bluefins
noun
plural of bluefin
bluefish
bluefish
noun
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
bluffing
bluffing
noun
A bluff; a false expression of the strength of one's position in order to intimidate.
verb
present participle of bluff
boarfish
boarfish
noun
The Caproidae
The Pentacerotidae
bobflies
bobflies
noun
plural of bobfly
boiloffs
boiloffs
noun
plural of boiloff
bonchief
bonefish
bonefish
noun
(New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
bonfield
bonfires
bonfires
noun
plural of bonfire
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
boniform
boniform
adj
Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence.
bonyfish
bookfair
booklift
botflies
botflies
noun
plural of botfly
boufarik
boviform
boviform
adj
Shaped like an ox.
bowieful
brainfag
brandify
briefers
briefers
noun
plural of briefer
briefest
briefest
adj
superlative form of brief: most brief
briefing
briefing
noun
A presentation of information or instruction; the meeting at which it is presented.
A short and concise summary of a situation.
verb
present participle of brief
brimfull
brimfull
adj
Obsolete spelling of brimful
bronzify
bronzify
verb
(transitive) To turn into bronze.
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become bronze in colour, as by tanning.
bufferin
buffiest
buffiest
adj
superlative form of buffy: most buffy
bufonite
bufonite
noun
(paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
bulfinch
bullfice
bullfist
burnfire
burnfire
noun
(nonstandard) Bonfire.
burrfish
burrfish
noun
Chilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body.
bushfire
bushfire
noun
(Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
bushwife
clubfist
clubfist
noun
(obsolete) A coarse, brutal fellow.
A large, heavy fist.
cobelief
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
crabfish
crabfish
noun
(archaic) A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis.
(archaic) A lobster or crayfish.
cubiform
cubiform
adj
Having the shape of a cube
debriefs
debriefs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debrief
defiable
defiable
adj
That can be defied.
dumbfish
fabiform
fabiform
adj
Shaped like a bean
fabiolas
fableist
fableist
noun
Alternative form of fablist
fabliaux
fabliaux
noun
plural of fabliau
fabriane
fabriano
fabrique
fabronia
fabulist
fabulist
noun
(figurative) A liar.
A person who writes or tells fables.
fabulize
fabulize
verb
(transitive, nonstandard, slang) To make fabulous, improve.
To compose or relate fables or fictions; to give a false account of.
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.
fairborn
fairburn
fairbury
fairbury
Proper noun
A city in Illinois, USA.
A city in Nebraska, USA
faizabad
fallible
fallible
adj
Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
fallibly
fallibly
adv
In a fallible manner
fatbirds
feasible
feasible
adj
Able to be done in practice.
feasibly
feasibly
adv
In a feasible manner
febrific
febrific
adj
Feverish, inflamed.
Hot-tempered.
feebling
feebling
noun
A feeble person.
verb
present participle of feeble
feeblish
feeblish
adj
Somewhat feeble.
feinberg
feinleib
fencible
fencible
adj
Capable of being defended
noun
A militia unit raised for homeland defense.
A soldier in such a unit.
fernbird
fernbird
noun
Megalurus punctatus, an insectivorous bird native to New Zealand.
fiberize
fiberize
verb
To break (up) into fibers, shred to fine threads.
fiberous
fiberous
adj
Misspelling of fibrous.
fibranne
fibranne
noun
A rayon fabric having some qualities of linen.
fibratus
fibratus
noun
a cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, clearly separate, and with thin, straight terminations; associated with cirrus and cirrostratus formations.
fibrilla
fibrilla
noun
A minute thread or fibre; a fibril.
fibroids
fibroids
noun
plural of fibroid
fibroins
fibroins
noun
plural of fibroin
fibromas
fibroses
fibroses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fibrose
fibrosis
fibrosis
noun
(medicine) The formation of (excess) fibrous connective tissue in an organ.
fibrotic
fibrotic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting fibrosis.
fibulare
fibulare
noun
(anatomy) The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula and corresponds to the calcaneum in humans and most mammals.