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.
backfired
backfired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfire
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backfiring
backfiring
noun
A failure that leads to further misfortune.
The occurrence of a backfire.
verb
present participle of backfire
backframe
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
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.
beckford
befreckle
befrocked
befrocked
adj
Wearing a frock.
bekerchief
blackfigured
blackfire
blackfisher
blackford
blackfriars
blackfriars
intj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware
noun
plural of blackfriar
bookcraft
bookcraft
noun
(archaic) Authorship; literary skill.
brickcroft
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
brickfielder
brickfielder
noun
(Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
featherback
featherback
noun
Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
fernambuck
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.
firebrick
firebrick
noun
a brick capable of withstanding high temperatures without deforming.
firebricks
firebricks
noun
plural of firebrick
flareback
flareback
noun
A burst of flame emitted from a cannon, furnace, etc. in an abnormal direction.
forblack
forblack
adj
(archaic) Extremely black; jet-black.
forebackwardly
fredericksburg
fredericksburg
Proper noun
A town in Posey County, Indiana, United States.
A city/town in Iowa State.
A village in Ohio State.
A city in Texas State.
A city in the northern part Virginia Commonwealth.
frillback
frillback
noun
A pigeon of a fancy breed having a frill or curls on the wing shield feathers.