Anagrams of: BACKFLIPPED

• the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen

• 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.

• To perform a backflip (rotation of body)

• To completely reverse a policy or opinion; perform a U-turn.

• a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)

• a short stroke

• a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

• flash intermittently

• look through a book or other written material

• cause to move with a flick

• throw or toss with a quick motion

• shine unsteadily

• twitch or flutter

• cause to make a snapping sound

• touch or hit with a light, quick blow

• remove with a flick (of the hand)

• To flutter; palpitate.

• To hang loosely; flag.

• To beat by flapping.

• To publicise, to promote.

• (used of foods) preserved in a pickling liquid

• being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

• of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin

• the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

• British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

• popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

• total absence of light

• (board games) the darker pieces

• a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today

• black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)

• marked by anger or resentment or hostility

• offering little or no hope

• stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable

• (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

• (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood

• extremely dark

• harshly ironic or sinister

• (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading

• distributed or sold illicitly

• (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

• (of coffee) without cream or sugar

• soiled with dirt or soot

• make or become black

• a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the quantity of a crop that is harvested

• the best people or things in a group

• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

• a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

• a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

• a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

• the act of choosing or selecting

• select carefully from a group

• look for and gather

• harass with constant criticism

• provoke

• remove in small bits

• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

• pilfer or rob

• pay for something

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

• hit lightly with a picking motion

• eat intermittently; take small bites of