| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| feague | verb t. | To beat or whip; to drive. |
| fealty | noun | Fidelity to one’s lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation., Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband. |
| feared | imp. & past participle | of Fear |
| fearer | noun | One who fars. |
| featly | adjective | Neatly; dexterously; nimbly. |
| feazed | imp. & past participle | of Feaze |
| fecche | verb t. | To fetch. |
| fecial | adjective | Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war, and treaties of peace; as, fecial law. |
| fecula | noun | Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence., The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; — called also amylaceous fecula., The green matter of plants; chlorophyll. |
| fecund | adjective | Fruitful in children; prolific. |
| fedary | noun | A feodary. |
| fedity | noun | Turpitude; vileness. |
| feeing | present participle & vb. noun | of Fee |
| feeble | superl. | Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated., Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion., To make feble; to enfeeble. |
| feebly | adverb | In a feeble manner. |
| feeder | noun | One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward., One who furnishes incentives; an encourager., One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened., One who fattens cattle for slaughter., A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow., A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line., A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein., A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower., An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon., A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed. |
| feejee | adjective & noun | See Fijian. |
| feeler | noun | One who, or that which, feels., One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp., Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative. |
| fehmic | adjective | See Vehmic. |
| feline | adjective | Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felidae; as, the feline race; feline voracity., Characteristic of cats; sly; stealthy; treacherous; as, a feline nature; feline manners. |
| felled | imp. & past participle | of Fell |
| fellah | noun | A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc. |
| feller | noun | One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees., An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam. |
| felloe | noun | See Felly. |
| fellon | noun | Variant of Felon. |
| fellow | noun | A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer., A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man., An equal in power, rank, character, etc., One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male., A person; an individual., In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges., In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation., A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society., To suit with; to pair with; to match. |
| felony | noun | An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture., An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt., A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment. |
| felted | imp. & past participle | of Felt |
| felter | verb t. | To clot or mat together like felt. |
| feltry | noun | See Felt, n. |
| female | noun | An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova., A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant., Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male., Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness., Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization. |
| femora | plural | of Femur |
| fencer | noun | One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil. |
| fended | imp. & past participle | of Fend |
| fender | verb t. & i. | One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm, A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor., Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf., A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard., Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels. |
| fenian | noun | A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland., Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism. |
| fennec | noun | A small, African, foxlike animal (Vulpes zerda) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears. |
| fennel | noun | A perennial plant of the genus Faeniculum (F. vulgare), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds. |
| feodal | adjective | Feudal. See Feudal. |
| feofor | noun | Alt. of Feoffer |
| feriae | plural | of Feria |
| ferial | noun | Same as Feria., Of or pertaining to holidays., Belonging to any week day, esp. to a day that is neither a festival nor a fast. |
| ferier | adjective | compar. of Fere, fierce. |
| ferine | adjective | Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts., A wild beast; a beast of prey. |
| ferity | noun | Wildness; savageness; fierceness. |
| ferous | adjective | Wild; savage. |
| ferrer | adjective & adverb | compar. of Fer. |
| ferret | noun | An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes., To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; — often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret., A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; — called also ferreting., The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles. |
| ferri- | A combining form indicating ferric iron as an ingredient; as, ferricyanide. | |
| ferric | adjective | Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically (Chem.), denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher valence than in the ferrous compounds; as, ferric oxide; ferric acid. |
| ferro- | A prefix, or combining form, indicating ferrous iron as an ingredient; as, ferrocyanide. | |
| ferthe | adjective | Fourth. |
| ferula | noun | A ferule., The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire. |
| ferule | noun | A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment., To punish with a ferule. |
| fervid | adjective | Very hot; burning; boiling., Ardent; vehement; zealous. |
| fervor | noun | Heat; excessive warmth., Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor; passion; holy zeal; earnestness. |
| fescue | noun | A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read., An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum., The style of a dial., A grass of the genus Festuca., To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. |
| fesels | noun pl. | See Phasel. |
| festal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive. |
| fester | noun | To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers., To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle., To cause to fester or rankle., A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule., A festering or rankling. |
| festue | noun | A straw; a fescue. |
| feting | present participle & vb. noun | of Fete |
| fetich | noun | Alt. of Fetish |
| fetish | noun | A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being., Any object to which one is excessively devoted., Alt. of Fetishistic |
| fetter | noun | A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle., Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint., To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind., To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations. |
| fettle | adjective | To repair; to prepare; to put in order., To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace., To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business., The act of fettling. |
| fetwah | noun | A written decision of a Turkish mufti on some point of law. |
| feudal | adjective | Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or feels; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures., Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing tenures by military services; as, the feudal system. |
| feuter | verb t. | To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear. |
| fevery | adjective | Feverish. |
| fewmet | noun | See Fumet. |