| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| focillation | noun | Comfort; support. |
| folliculous | adjective | Having or producing follicles. |
| fomentation | noun | The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors., The lotion applied to a diseased part., Excitation; instigation; encouragement. |
| foolhardily | adverb | In a foolhardy manner. |
| foolhardise | noun | Foolhardiness. |
| foolishness | noun | The quality of being foolish., A foolish practice; an absurdity. |
| footbreadth | noun | The breadth of a foot; — used as a measure. |
| foot guards | pl. | Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. |
| footmanship | noun | Art or skill of a footman. |
| foraminated | adjective | Having small opening, or foramina. |
| foraminifer | noun | One of the foraminifera. |
| forbearance | noun | The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience., The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering. |
| forbiddance | noun | The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. |
| forbiddenly | adverb | In a forbidden or unlawful manner. |
| forcipation | noun | Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. |
| forealleged | imp. & past participle | of Foreallege |
| foreappoint | verb t. | To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. |
| foreclosing | present participle & vb. noun | of Foreclose |
| foreclosure | noun | The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager’s right of redeeming a mortgaged estate. |
| foredispose | verb t. | To bestow beforehand. |
| foreholding | noun | Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. |
| foreignness | noun | The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness. |
| foreknowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Foreknow |
| forerecited | adjective | Named or recited before. |
| foreshorten | verb t. | To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective., Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination. |
| foresighted | adjective | Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. |
| foresignify | verb t. | To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify. |
| forespurrer | noun | One who rides before; a harbinger. |
| forestalled | imp. & past participle | of Forestall |
| forestaller | noun | One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. |
| foretelling | present participle & vb. noun | of Foretell |
| forethought | adjective | Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate., A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care. |
| foretokened | imp. & past participle | of Foretoken |
| forevouched | adjective | Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance. |
| forewarning | present participle & vb. noun | of Forewarn |
| forgetfully | adverb | In a forgetful manner. |
| forgettable | adjective | Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten. |
| forgiveness | noun | The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries., Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive. |
| fork-tailed | adjective | Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; — said of many birds. |
| forlornness | noun | State of being forlorn. |
| formalities | plural | of Formality |
| formalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Formalize |
| formicaroid | adjective | Like or pertaining to the family Formicaridae or ant thrushes. |
| formication | noun | A sensation resembling that made by the creeping of ants on the skin. |
| formidolose | adjective | Very much afraid. |
| formularize | verb t. | To reduce to a forula; to formulate. |
| formularies | plural | of Formulary |
| formulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Formulate |
| formulation | noun | The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula. |
| formulizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Formulize |
| fornication | noun | Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery., Adultery., Incest., Idolatry. |
| forstraught | past participle & adjective | Distracted. |
| forswearing | present participle & vb. noun | of Forswear |
| forthcoming | adjective | Ready or about to appear; making appearance. |
| forthputing | adjective | Bold; forward; aggressive. |
| fortifiable | adjective | Capable of being fortified. |
| fortnightly | adjective | Occurring or appearing once in a fortnight; as, a fortnightly meeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication., Once in a fortnight; at intervals of a fortnight. |
| fortunately | adverb | In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily. |
| fortuneless | adjective | Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. |
| forwardness | noun | The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel., An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness., Eagerness; ardor; as, it is difficult to restrain the forwardness of youth., Boldness; confidence; assurance; want of due reserve or modesty., A state of advance beyond the usual degree; prematureness; precocity; as, the forwardnessof spring or of corn; the forwardness of a pupil. |
| fossilizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Fossilize |
| foul-spoken | adjective | Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language. |
| fourdrinier | noun | A machine used in making paper; — so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery. |
| four-poster | noun | A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains. |
| fox-hunting | adjective | Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes. |