(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).
blackfin
blackfin
noun
bluefin tuna
calfkill
calflike
calflike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow).
calfskin
calfskin
noun
A fine leather made from the hide of a calf.
chirikof
cityfolk
cufflink
cufflink
noun
A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
disfrock
disfrock
verb
(transitive) To remove from status as a member of a clergy; to unfrock.
duckwife
fackings
fecifork
fernsick
ficklest
ficklest
adj
superlative form of fickle: most fickle
ficklety
ficklety
noun
(humorous) fickleness
finbacks
finbacks
noun
plural of finback
finickin
finickin
adj
Alternative form of finikin
finnicky
finnicky
adj
Alternative form of finicky
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.
firelock
firelock
noun
(by extension, historical) A firearm using such a gunlock.
(historical) A form of gunlock, in which the priming is ignited by a spark.
fishback
flacking
flacking
verb
present participle of flack
flatlick
fleckier
flecking
flecking
noun
A flecked pattern.
verb
present participle of fleck
flickers
flickers
noun
plural of flicker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flicker
flickery
flickery
adj
Seeming to flicker; unsteady
flicking
flicking
noun
The act by which something is flicked.
verb
present participle of flick
flipjack
flockier
flockier
adj
comparative form of flocky: more flocky
flocking
flocking
noun
A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
verb
present participle of flock
footpick
fossicks
fossicks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fossick
fredrick
fredrick
Proper noun
name, a less common spelling of Frederick.
frocking
frocking
noun
material for making frocks
verb
present participle of frock
frolicks
frolicks
noun
plural of frolick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frolick
frolicky
frolicky
adj
(obsolete) frolicsome
jackfish
jackfish
noun
A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish).
kerchief
kerchief
noun
(dated) A piece of cloth used to cover the head; a bandana.
verb
(dated, transitive) To cover with a kerchief.
kickoffs
kickoffs
noun
plural of kickoff
killcalf
kirchoff
mafficks
mafficks
noun
plural of maffick
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maffick
pickford
pickfork
pickoffs
pickoffs
noun
plural of pickoff
puckfist
puckfist
noun
A puffball (Lycoperdon giganteum).
rockfish
rockfish
noun
(derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person who does not know how to swim.
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
rockfoil
rockfoil
noun
saxifrage
stickful
stickful
noun
(printing, dated) As much type as fills a composing stick.
An amount that is held on one stick.
suckfish
suckfish
noun
The suckerfish, or remora.
traffick
traffick
noun
Archaic spelling of traffic.
verb
Alternative spelling of traffic (especially of illegal goods)