Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
fearnaught |
noun |
A fearless person., A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment. |
feathering |
noun |
Same as Foliation., The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t., A covering of feathers. |
febrifugal |
adjective |
Having the quality of mitigating or curing fever. |
februation |
noun |
Purification; a sacrifice. |
fecundated |
imp. & past participle |
of Fecundate |
federalism |
noun |
the principles of Federalists or of federal union. |
federalist |
noun |
An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington. |
federalize |
verb t. |
To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution. |
federation |
noun |
The act of uniting in a league; confederation., A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government. |
federative |
adjective |
Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. |
feebleness |
noun |
The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity. |
felicitate |
adjective |
Made very happy., To make very happy; to delight., To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one’s self) happy; to congratulate. |
felicitous |
adjective |
Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skilful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate. |
felicities |
plural |
of Felicity |
fellmonger |
noun |
A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts. |
fellowfeel |
verb t. |
To share through sympathy; to participate in. |
fellowless |
adjective |
Without fellow or equal; peerless. |
fellowlike |
adjective |
Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic. |
fellowship |
noun |
The state or relation of being or associate., Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse., A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest., Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company., A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university., The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; — called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion., To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship. |
felo-de-se |
noun |
One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide. |
felspathic |
adjective |
See Feldspathic. |
feminality |
noun |
Feminity. |
femininely |
adverb |
In a feminine manner. |
femininity |
noun |
The quality or nature of the female sex; womanliness., The female form. |
feneration |
noun |
The act of fenerating; interest. |
fenestrate |
adjective |
Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; as, fenestrate membranes; fenestrate fronds., Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies. |
fenestrule |
noun |
One of the openings in a fenestrated structure. |
fen-sucked |
adjective |
Sucked out of marches. |
ferforthly |
adverb |
Ferforth. |
fermenting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Ferment |
ferrandine |
noun |
A stuff made of silk and wool. |
ferret-eye |
noun |
The spur-winged goose; — so called from the red circle around the eyes. |
fertilized |
imp. & past participle |
of Fertilize |
fertilizer |
noun |
One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid., That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc. |
fervescent |
adjective |
Growing hot. |
fescennine |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or resembling, the Fescennines., A style of low, scurrilous, obscene poetry originating in fescennia. |
festennine |
noun |
A fescennine. |
festerment |
noun |
A festering. |
festooning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Festoon |
fetiferous |
adjective |
Producing young, as animals. |
fetterless |
adjective |
Free from fetters. |
feudalized |
imp. & past participle |
of Feudalize |
feuillants |
noun pl. |
A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans, near Toulouse, in France. |
feuilleton |
noun |
A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed. |
feverously |
adverb |
Feverishly. |