Words Containing: A,C,E,F,I,R,S

• resolve (a polynomial) into factors

• To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).

• any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia

• warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California

• tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

• small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

• large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

• (Midwest US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.

• Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.

• A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).

• 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

• small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat

• Any of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.

• A piece of iron that fits into the back of a fireplace to distribute the heat and keep the brick from cracking.