9-Letter Words Containing: A,F,I,C,S

• 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

• concentrate on a particular place or spot

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• become focussed or come into focus

• put (an image) into focus

• 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.

• any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges

• 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 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.

• 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.