9-Letter Words Containing: F,A,I,B

• large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America

• female salmon that has recently spawned

• small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school

• attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks)

• An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.

• (by extension) a total reversal in policy or opinion; a volte-face, a U-turn.

• the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

• a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

• a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

• a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

• set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

• the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen

• to an inexpressible degree

• divide into syllables

• The material that has been used to refill an excavation.

• Reserve support personnel.

• That which backfills; a replacement.

• Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.

• To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.

• 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.

• To provide reserve support.

• To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.