Select a letter for some words
fab
extremely pleasing.
Faffle
To stammer.
Fair
To make fair or beautiful.
Fantom
See .
Far
To a great extent or distance of space; widely; .
Fatidical
Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; .
Fatigable
Easily tired.
Fatiloquent
Prophetic; fatidical.
Favored
Countenanced; aided; regarded with kindness; .
Favose
Honeycombed. See .
Fawner
One who fawns; a sycophant.
Fay
To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.
Fend
A fiend.
Fergusonite
A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert .
Ferrate
A salt of ferric acid.
Ferrier
A ferryman.
Fervor
Heat; excessive warmth.
Fetuous
Neat; feat.
Fibster
One who tells fibs.
Fich
See .
Fickleness
The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy.
Filiciform
Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.
Fissipalmate
Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See under .
Fitz
A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood;
Flea
To flay.
Florally
In a floral manner.
Flounder
To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce.
Fluke
To get or score by a fluke; .
Ftor
Same as .
Folwe
To follow.
Foment
Fomentation.
Fondler
One who fondles.
Fondue
A dish made of cheese, eggs, butter, etc., often seasoned with kirsch and white wine, melted together, and usually used as a dip for pieces of bread.
Fonne
A fon.
Force pump
A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves; in distinction from a pump having a bucket, or valved piston.
Foredate
To date before the true time; to antedate.
Foreskin
The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce.
Forewoman
A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.
Forficula
A genus of insects including the earwigs. See , 1.
Formedon
A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished.
Fortin
A little fort; a fortlet.
Fortunately
In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.
Foundling
A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner.
fountainhead
an abundant source.
Fourpence
A British silver coin, worth four pence; a groat.
Frame of reference
an arbitrary set of spatial coordinates used to describe the position or motion of objects. The coordinates may be fixed or moving; .
Frankalmoigne
A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also .
free-enterprise
Of or pertaining to the system having private ownership of the means of production and competition between enterprises.
Free-lover
One who believes in or practices free-love.
Freiherr
In Germany and Austria, a baron.
Freshet
A stream of fresh water.
Fribble
To act in a trifling or foolish manner; to act frivolously.
Frigate-built
Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle.
Frigerate
To make cool.
Frosting
A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc.
Frumentarious
Of or pertaining to wheat or grain.
Fulminate
To cause to explode.
Fumetere
Fumitory.
Fumiter
Fumitory.
Fundament
Foundation.
Fundamental
A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, .
Furioso
With great force or vigor; vehemently.
Fustian
Made of fustian.