| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| fabian | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest. |
| fabled | imp. & past participle | of Fable |
| fabler | noun | A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. |
| fabric | noun | The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric., That which is fabricated, Framework; structure; edifice; building., Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics., The act of constructing; construction., Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe., To frame; to build; to construct. |
| facade | noun | The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use. |
| facing | present participle & vb. noun | of Face, A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface., A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection., The finishing of any face of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material so used., A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous coal, ect., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting., The collar and cuffs of a military coat; — commonly of a color different from that of the coat., The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; — chiefly in the pl. |
| facete | adjective | Facetious; witty; humorous. |
| facial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve. |
| facies | noun | The anterior part of the head; the face., The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment., The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill. |
| facile | adjective | Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor., Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered., Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant., Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible., Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen. |
| factor | noun | One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker., A steward or bailiff of an estate., One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product., One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent., To resolve (a quantity) into its factors. |
| factum | noun | A man’s own act and deed, Anything stated and made certain., The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity., The product. See Facient, 2. |
| facund | adjective | Eloquent. |
| faddle | verb i. | To trifle; to toy., To fondle; to dandle. |
| fading | present participle & vb. noun | of Fade, Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor., Loss of color, freshness, or vigor., An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. |
| faecal | adjective | See Fecal. |
| faeces | nounpl. | Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation. |
| faffle | verb i. | To stammer. |
| fagged | imp. & past participle | of Fag |
| fagend | noun | An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect., The refuse or meaner part of anything. |
| failed | imp. & past participle | of Fail |
| faille | noun | A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy. |
| faints | nounpl. | The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; — the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil. |
| fainty | adjective | Feeble; languid. |
| fairly | adverb | In a fair manner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly., Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign traade., Honestly; properly., Softly; quietly; gently. |
| falcer | noun | One of the mandibles of a spider. |
| falcon | noun | One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight., Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game., An ancient form of cannon. |
| fallen | past participle | of Fall, Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead. |
| fallax | noun | Cavillation; a caviling. |
| faller | noun | One who, or that which, falls., A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks. |
| fallow | adjective | Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound., Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground., Plowed land., Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season., The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds., To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land. |
| falser | noun | A deceiver. |
| falter | verb t. | To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley., To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters., To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady., To hesitate in purpose or action., To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; — said of the mind or of thought., To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner., Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice. |
| faluns | noun | A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision. |
| famble | verb i. | To stammer., A hand. |
| faming | present participle & vb. noun | of Fame |
| family | verb t. | The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders., The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society., Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family., Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage., Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family., A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family., A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order. |
| famine | noun | General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. |
| famish | verb t. | To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger., To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger., To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary., To force or constrain by famine., To die of hunger; to starve., To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish., To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary., Smoky; hot; choleric. |
| famous | adjective | Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; — used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate. |
| fanned | imp. & past participle | of Fan |
| fanega | noun | A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1/ to 2/ bushels; also, a measure of land. |
| fanged | adjective | Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively. |
| fangle | verb t. | Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament., To fashion. |
| fangot | noun | A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight. |
| fanion | noun | A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade., A small flag for marking the stations in surveying. |
| fannel | noun | Same as Fanon. |
| fanner | noun | One who fans., A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under Fan. |
| fantom | noun | See Phantom. |
| faquir | noun | See Fakir. |
| farand | noun | See Farrand, n. |
| farced | imp. & past participle | of Farce |
| farcin | noun | Same as Farcy. |
| fardel | noun | A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden., To make up in fardels. |
| faring | present participle & vb. noun | of Fare |
| farfet | past participle | Farfetched. |
| farina | noun | A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery., Pollen. |
| farlie | noun | An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. See Fearly. |
| farmed | imp. & past participle | of Farm |
| farmer | noun | One who farms, One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant., One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman., One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues., The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown. |
| farrow | noun | A little of pigs., Not producing young in a given season or year; — said only of cows. |
| farfow | verb t. & i. | To bring forth (young); — said only of swine. |
| fasces | pl. | A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority. |
| fascet | noun | A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; — called also pontee and punty. |
| fascia | noun | A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller., A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column., The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis., A broad well-defined band of color. |
| fashed | imp. & past participle | of Fash |
| fasted | imp. & past participle | of Fast |
| fasten | adjective | To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window., To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts., To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow., To fix one’s self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling. |
| faster | noun | One who abstains from food. |
| fastly | adverb | Firmly; surely. |
| fatted | imp. & past participle | of Fat |
| father | noun | One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent., A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; — in the plural, fathers, ancestors., One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection., A respectful mode of address to an old man., A senator of ancient Rome., A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc., One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; — often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers., One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher., The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity., To make one’s self the father of; to beget., To take as one’s own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one’s own work; to acknowledge one’s self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.)., To provide with a father. |
| fathom | noun | A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; — used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings., The measure or extant of one’s capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration., To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span., The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of. |
| fatner | noun | One who fattens. [R.] See Fattener. |
| fatten | verb t. | To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat., To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood., To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered. |
| faucal | adjective | Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages. |
| fauces | nounpl. | The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; — called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils., The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc., That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture., of Faux |
| faucet | noun | A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; — called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide., The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section. |
| faulty | adjective | Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended., Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure. |
| faunal | adjective | Relating to fauna. |
| faunus | noun | See Faun. |
| fausen | noun | A young eel. |
| fautor | noun | A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; an abettor. |
| favose | adjective | Honeycombed. See Faveolate., Of or pertaining to the disease called favus. |
| fawned | imp. & past participle | of Fawn |
| fawner | noun | One who fawns; a sycophant. |
| faying | present participle & vb. noun | of Fay |