| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| fought | imp. & past participle | of Fight, imp. & p. p. of Fight. |
| foaled | imp. & past participle | of Foal |
| foamed | imp. & past participle | of Foam |
| fobbed | imp. & past participle | of Fob |
| fodder | noun | A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt.; a fother., That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc., To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc. |
| foemen | plural | of Foeman |
| foeman | noun | An enemy in war. |
| foetal | adjective | Same as Fetal. |
| foetor | noun | Same as Fetor. |
| foetus | noun | Same as Fetus. |
| fogged | imp. & past participle | of Fog |
| fo’gey | noun | See Fogy. |
| fogies | plural | of Fogy |
| fohist | noun | A Buddhist priest. See Fo. |
| foible | adjective | Weak; feeble., A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty., The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; — opposed to forte. |
| foiled | imp. & past participle | of Foil |
| foiler | noun | One who foils or frustrates. |
| foison | noun | Rich harvest; plenty; abundance. |
| foisty | adjective | Fusty; musty. |
| folded | imp. & past participle | of Fold |
| folder | noun | One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper. |
| foliar | adjective | Consisting of, or pertaining to, leaves; as, foliar appendages. |
| folier | noun | Goldsmith’s foil. |
| folily | adjective | Foolishly. |
| folios | plural | of Folio |
| fol’io | verb t. | To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page., Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four pages; as, a folio volume. See Folio, n., 3. |
| folium | noun | A leaf, esp. a thin leaf or plate., A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches, which have a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence the name. Its equation is x3 + y3 = axy. |
| follow | verb t. | To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend., To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute., To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice., To copy after; to take as an example., To succeed in order of time, rank, or office., To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise., To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument., To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling., To go or come after; — used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate. |
| foment | verb t. | To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid., To cherish with heat; to foster., To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; — used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors. |
| fondle | verb | To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child. |
| fondly | adverb | Foolishly., In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly. |
| fondon | noun | A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation. |
| fondus | noun | A style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which the colors are in bands and graduated into each other. |
| fontal | adjective | Pertaining to a font, fountain, source, or origin; original; primitive. |
| fooled | imp. & past participle | of Fool |
| footed | imp. & past participle | of Foot, Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot., Having a foothold; established. |
| forage | noun | The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc., Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats., To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil., To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. |
| forbid | of Forbid, To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict., To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter., To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army., To accurse; to blast., To defy; to challenge., To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. | |
| forced | imp. & past participle | of Force, Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh. |
| forcer | noun | One who, or that which, forces or drives., The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump., A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc. |
| forcut | verb t. | To cut completely; to cut off. |
| forded | imp. & past participle | of Ford |
| fordry | adjective | Entirely dry; withered. |
| foreby | preposition | Near; hard by; along; past. See Forby. |
| forego | verb t. | To quit; to relinquish; to leave., To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; — said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated., To go before; to precede; — used especially in the present and past participles. |
| forein | adjective | Foreign. |
| forest | noun | An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland which has never been cultivated., A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of its own., Of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan., To cover with trees or wood. |
| forfex | noun | A pair of shears. |
| forged | imp. & past participle | of Forge |
| forger | noun & verb t. | One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier., Especially: One guilty of forgery; one who makes or issues a counterfeit document. |
| forgot | imp. | of Forget, of Forget, imp. & p. p. of Forget. |
| forgat | of Forget | |
| forget | verb t. | To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing., To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect. |
| forked | imp. & past participle | of Fork, Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting., Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal. |
| forlay | verb t. | To lie in wait for; to ambush. |
| forlet | verb t. | To give up; to leave; to abandon. |
| forlie | verb i. | See Forelie. |
| forlye | verb i. | Same as Forlie. |
| formed | imp. & past participle | of Form, Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars., Having structure; capable of growth and development; organized; as, the formed or organized ferments. See Ferment, n. |
| formal | noun | See Methylal., Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing., Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished from the matter composing it; having the power of making a thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or depending on the forms, so called, of the human intellect., Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent., Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation., Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc., Dependent in form; conventional., Sound; normal. |
| former | noun | One who forms; a maker; a creator., A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed., A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped., A cutting die., Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past., Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument., Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned. |
| formic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic ether. |
| formyl | noun | A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential residue of formic acid and aldehyde., Formerly, the radical methyl, CH3. |
| fornix | noun | An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva., Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain. |
| forold | adjective | Very old. |
| forray | verb t. | To foray; to ravage; to pillage., The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See Foray. |
| forsay | verb t. | To forbid; to renounce; to forsake; to deny. |
| forted | adjective | Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts. |
| forthy | adverb | Therefore. |
| fortin | noun | A little fort; a fortlet. |
| forums | plural | of Forum |
| forwhy | conj. | Wherefore; because. |
| forwot | pres. indic. 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forwete. | |
| fossae | plural | of Fossa |
| fosset | noun | A faucet. |
| fossil | adjective | Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt., Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells., A substance dug from the earth., The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living., A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present. |
| foster | verb t. | To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up., To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius., To be nourished or trained up together., Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; — applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood., A forester., One who, or that which, fosters. |
| fother | noun | A wagonload; a load of any sort., See Fodder, a unit of weight., To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack. |
| fotive | adjective | Nourishing. |
| fotmal | noun | Seventy pounds of lead. |
| fouled | imp. & past participle | of Foul |
| foully | verb | In a foul manner; filthily; nastily; shamefully; unfairly; dishonorably. |
| fourbe | noun | A trickly fellow; a cheat. |
| fourth | adjective | Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four., Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided., One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after the third., The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key. |
| foussa | noun | A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws. |
| fouter | noun | A despicable fellow. |
| foutra | noun | A fig; — a word of contempt. |
| foveae | plural | of Fovea |
| fowled | imp. & past participle | of Fowl |
| fowler | noun | A sportsman who pursues wild fowl, or takes or kills for food. |
| foxing | present participle & vb. noun | of Fox |
| foxery | noun | Behavior like that of a fox; cunning. |
| foxish | adjective | Foxlike. |
| foyson | noun | See Foison. |