The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
bashfully
bashfully
adv
In a bashful manner.
batfishes
batfishes
noun
plural of batfish
beadflush
beardfish
beardfish
noun
Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
bellyfish
bishopful
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blindfish
blindfish
noun
Any of various fish, having only rudimentary eyes, that inhabit underground waters.
bookshelf
bookshelf
noun
A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
boxfishes
boxfishes
noun
plural of boxfish
brushfire
brushfire
noun
(politics, attributive) A war that does not directly involve the world's superpowers.
A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests.
brushoffs
brushoffs
noun
plural of brushoff
bushcraft
bushcraft
noun
The skills needed to survive in the bush, and by extension in any natural environment.
bushelful
bushelful
noun
Enough to fill a bushel.
bushfires
bushfires
noun
plural of bushfire
fahlbands
fahlbands
noun
plural of fahlband
feurabush
feverbush
feverbush
noun
Alternative form of fever bush
fischbein
fishberry
fishberry
noun
The poisonous fruit of Anamirta cocculus.
fishboats
fishboats
noun
plural of fishboat
fishbolts
fishbolts
noun
plural of fishbolt
fishbones
fishbones
noun
plural of fishbone
fishbowls
fishbowls
noun
plural of fishbowl
fisherboy
fisherboy
noun
A boy employed in catching fish; a young fisherman.
fishyback
flashback
flashback
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
(databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.
flashbulb
flashbulb
noun
(historical, photography) A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.
flashcube
flashcube
noun
(photography) A rotating cube containing a flashbulb in each of four sides
flashtube
flashtube
noun
Synonym of flashlamp
flushable
flushable
adj
(of a product) Designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
(of a toilet) That has a flushing mechanism.
noun
A wipe or similar product designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
footbaths
footbaths
noun
plural of footbath
fribblish
fribblish
adj
frivolous; trifling
frobisher
furbished
furbished
adj
Polished, burnished.
Reconditioned.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of furbish
furbisher
furbisher
noun
One who furbishes; especially, a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.
furbishes
furbishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furbish
globefish
globefish
noun
Any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe.
halfbacks
halfbacks
noun
plural of halfback
halfbeaks
halfbeaks
noun
plural of halfbeak
hoofbeats
hoofbeats
noun
plural of hoofbeat
refurbish
refurbish
verb
(transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.
sablefish
sablefish
noun
A dark-coloured marine fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, of North American Pacific waters.
shelfback
shiftable
shiftable
adj
That can be shifted
subchiefs
subchiefs
noun
plural of subchief
subshafts
subshafts
noun
plural of subshaft
tubfishes
unbashful
unbashful
adj
Not bashful.
zebrafish
zebrafish
noun
A small striped fish, Danio rerio, originally from India but now common as an aquarium fish and as a subject of genetic experiments.
Pterois, a genus of venomous lionfish.
Some species of Percina (logperch), certain North American freshwater fish.