(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).
beatific
beatific
adj
Blessed, blissful, heavenly.
Having a benign appearance.
becafico
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
bifacial
bifacial
adj
(archaeology, of a flint tool) Having two sharp cutting edges.
Having two faces or opposing surfaces.
bifocals
bifocals
noun
Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
bifurcal
bifurcal
adj
Synonym of bifurcate
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
bonchief
boniface
boniface
noun
The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
bulfinch
bullfice
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
febrific
febrific
adj
Feverish, inflamed.
Hot-tempered.
fencible
fencible
adj
Capable of being defended
noun
A militia unit raised for homeland defense.
A soldier in such a unit.
fibrotic
fibrotic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting fibrosis.
finbacks
finbacks
noun
plural of finback
finecomb
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.
fishback
forcible
forcible
adj
(rare or obsolete) Having (physical) force, forceful.
Able to be forced.
Done by force, forced.
Having a powerful effect; forceful, telling, strong, convincing, effective.
forcibly
forcibly
adv
In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.
In a forcible manner, with force, with powerful effect, powerfully, strongly.