| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| fiacre | noun | A kind of French hackney coach. |
| fiance | verb t. | To betroth; to affiance., A betrothed man. |
| fiants | noun | The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger. |
| fiasco | noun | A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking. |
| fiaunt | noun | Commission; fiat; order; decree. |
| fibbed | imp. & past participle | of Fib |
| fibber | noun | One who tells fibs. |
| fibred | adjective | Having fibers; made up of fibers. |
| fibril | noun | A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla. |
| fibrin | noun | A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and pancreatic juice., The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin., An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin. |
| fibula | noun | A brooch, clasp, or buckle., The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee., A needle for sewing up wounds. |
| fickle | adjective | Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune’s fickle wheel. |
| fickly | adverb | In a fickle manner. |
| ficoes | plural | of Fico |
| fictor | noun | An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any plastic material. |
| fiddle | noun | A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit., A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; — called also fiddle dock., A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather., To play on a fiddle., To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle., To play (a tune) on a fiddle. |
| fidget | verb i. | To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts., Uneasiness; restlessness., A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria. |
| fieldy | adjective | Open, like a field. |
| fierce | superl. | Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind., Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious., Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent. |
| fifing | present participle & vb. noun | of Fife |
| figaro | noun | An adroit and unscrupulous intriguer. |
| figary | noun | A frolic; a vagary; a whim. |
| figent | adjective | Fidgety; restless. |
| figgum | noun | A juggler’s trick; conjuring. |
| figure | noun | The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance., The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble., A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure., A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; — called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc., The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure., Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show., A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc., Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure., A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative., A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement., The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term., Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer., A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses., Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression., A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment., To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape., To embellish with design; to adorn with figures., To indicate by numerals; also, to compute., To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize., To prefigure; to foreshow., To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords., To embellish., To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court., To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination. |
| fijian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Fiji islands or their inhabitants., A native of the Fiji islands. |
| filing | present participle & vb. noun | of File, A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings. |
| filial | adjective | Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience., Bearing the relation of a child. |
| filled | imp. & past participle | of Fill |
| filler | noun | One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling., A thill horse. |
| fillet | noun | A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head., A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied., A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip., A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner., A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column., An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position., The thread of a screw., A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt., The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun., Any scantling smaller than a batten., A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain., The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests., To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet. |
| fillip | verb t. | To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger., To snap; to project quickly., A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow., Something serving to rouse or excite. |
| filose | adjective | Terminating in a threadlike process. |
| filter | noun | Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air., To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter., To pass through a filter; to percolate., Same as Philter. |
| filthy | superl. | Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene. |
| finble | Alt. of Fimble hemp | |
| finned | imp. & past participle | of Fin, Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin. |
| finale | noun | Close; termination, The last movement of a symphony, sonata, concerto, or any instrumental composition., The last composition performed in any act of an opera., The closing part, piece, or scene in any public performance or exhibition. |
| finary | noun | See Finery. |
| fishes | plural | of Finch, of Fish |
| finder | noun | One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily. |
| fining | present participle & vb. noun | of Fine, The act of imposing a fin/., The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire., That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer. |
| fineer | verb i. | To run in dept by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit., To veneer. |
| finely | adverb | In a fine or finished manner. |
| finery | noun | Fineness; beauty., Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels., A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling. |
| finger | noun | One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb., Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion., The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard., Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument., To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with., To touch lightly; to toy with., To perform on an instrument of music., To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing., To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin., To execute, as any delicate work., To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. |
| finial | noun | The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself. |
| finify | adjective | To make fine; to dress finically. |
| finish | verb t. | To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate., To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish., To come to an end; to terminate., To end; to die., That which finishes, puts an end to/ or perfects., The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish., The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like., See Finishing coat, under Finishing., The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc., Completion; — opposed to start, or beginning. |
| finite | adjective | Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; — opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite existence; a finite being; a finite mind; finite duration. |
| finlet | noun | A little fin; one of the parts of a divided fin. |
| finner | noun | A finback whale. |
| finnic | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Finns. |
| fiorin | noun | A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); — called also fiorin grass. |
| fipple | noun | A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music. |
| firing | noun | The act of disharging firearms., The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it., The application of fire, or of a cautery., The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln., Fuel; firewood or coal. |
| firkin | noun | A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons., A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, — used for butter, lard, etc. |
| firlot | noun | A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000. |
| firman | noun | In Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; — generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance. |
| firmly | adverb | In a firm manner. |
| fiscal | adjective | Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue., The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exhequer., A treasurer., A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; — called also procurator fiscal., The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general. |
| fished | imp. & past participle | of Fish |
| fisher | noun | One who fishes., A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the “black cat.” |
| fisted | imp. & past participle | of Fist |
| fistic | adjective | Pertaining to boxing, or to encounters with the fists; puglistic; as, fistic exploits; fistic heroes. |
| fitted | imp. & past participle | of Fit |
| fitche | adjective | Sharpened to a point; pointed. |
| fitchy | adjective | Having fitches or vetches., Fitche. |
| fitful | adjective | Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable. |
| fithel | noun | Alt. of Fithul |
| fithul | noun | A fiddle. |
| fitter | noun | One who fits or makes to fit;, One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress., One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other., A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper., A little piece; a flitter; a flinder. |
| fixing | present participle & vb. noun | of Fix, The act or process of making fixed., That which is fixed; a fixture., Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. |
| fixity | noun | Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed., Coherence of parts. |
| fixure | noun | Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. |
| fizgig | noun | A fishgig., A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes., A gadding, flirting girl. |
| fizzed | imp. & past participle | of Fizz |
| fizzle | verb i. | To make a hissing sound., To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking., A failure or abortive effort. |