| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| fearing | present participle & vb. noun | of Fear |
| fearful | adjective | Full of fear, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened., inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid., Indicating, or caused by, fear., Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful. |
| feasted | imp. & past participle | of Feast |
| feaster | noun | One who fares deliciously., One who entertains magnificently. |
| feather | noun | One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down., Kind; nature; species; — from the proverbial phrase, “Birds of a feather,” that is, of the same species., The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs., A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse., One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow., A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline., A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone., The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water., To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap., To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe., To render light as a feather; to give wings to., To enrich; to exalt; to benefit., To tread, as a cock., To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; — often with out; as, the birds are feathering out., To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or “feathers;” as, the cream feathers, To turn to a horizontal plane; — said of oars., To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form. |
| feature | noun | The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance., The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance., The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape., A form; a shape. |
| feazing | present participle & vb. noun | of Feaze |
| febrile | adjective | Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action. |
| feculae | plural | of Fecula |
| federal | adjective | Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their representatives., Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland., Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer., Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party. see Federalist., See Federalist. |
| feeding | present participle & vb. noun | of Feed, the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening., That which is eaten; food., That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land. |
| feeling | present participle & vb. noun | of Feel, Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as, a feeling heart., Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility; as, he made a feeling representation of his wrongs., The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; that one of the five senses which resides in the general nerves of sensation distributed over the body, especially in its surface; the sense of touch; nervous sensibility to external objects., An act or state of perception by the sense above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness., The capacity of the soul for emotional states; a high degree of susceptibility to emotions or states of the sensibility not dependent on the body; as, a man of feeling; a man destitute of feeling., Any state or condition of emotion; the exercise of the capacity for emotion; any mental state whatever; as, a right or a wrong feeling in the heart; our angry or kindly feelings; a feeling of pride or of humility., That quality of a work of art which embodies the mental emotion of the artist, and is calculated to affect similarly the spectator. |
| fehling | noun | See Fehling’s solution, under Solution. |
| feigned | imp. & past participle | of Feign, Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. |
| feigner | noun | One who feigns or pretends. |
| feitsui | noun | The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See Jade. |
| felling | present participle & vb. noun | of Fell |
| fellahs | plural | of Fellah |
| fellies | plural | of Felly |
| felonry | noun | A body of felons; specifically, the convict population of a penal colony. |
| felsite | noun | A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz. |
| felspar | noun | Alt. of Felspath |
| felting | present participle & vb. noun | of Felt, The material of which felt is made; also, felted cloth; also, the process by which it is made., The act of splitting timber by the felt grain. |
| felucca | noun | A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, — once common in the Mediterranean. |
| felwort | noun | A European herb (Swertia perennis) of the Gentian family. |
| femeral | noun | See Femerell. |
| feminal | adjective | Feminine. |
| feminye | noun | The people called Amazons. |
| femoral | adjective | Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery. |
| fencing | imp. & past participle fenced (/); present participle & vb. noun | of Fence, The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the smallsword. See Fence, v. i., 2., Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers., The materials used for building fences., The act of building a fence., The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as, the fencing of a farm. |
| fending | present participle & vb. noun | of Fend |
| fengite | noun | A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency. |
| fennish | adjective | Abounding in fens; fenny. |
| fenowed | adjective | Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See Vinnewed. |
| feodary | noun | An accomplice., An ancient officer of the court of wards. |
| feoffed | imp. & past participle | of Feoff |
| feoffee | noun | The person to whom a feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed. |
| feoffer | noun | One who enfeoffs or grants a fee. |
| ferding | noun | A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only. |
| fermacy | noun | Medicine; pharmacy. |
| ferment | noun | That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer., Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation., A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation., To cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat., To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent oarticles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce., To be agitated or excited by violent emotions. |
| fernery | noun | A place for rearing ferns. |
| feroher | noun | A symbol of the solar deity, found on monuments exhumed in Babylon, Nineveh, etc. |
| ferrara | noun | A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
| ferrary | noun | The art of working in iron. |
| ferrate | noun | A salt of ferric acid. |
| ferrest | adjective & adverb | superl. of Fer. |
| ferrier | noun | A ferryman. |
| ferrous | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; — especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sulphate. |
| ferrugo | noun | A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from its resemblance to iron rust in color. |
| ferrule | noun | A ring or cap of metal put round a cane, tool, handle, or other similar object, to strengthen it, or prevent splitting and wearing., A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth. |
| ferried | imp. & past participle | of Ferry |
| ferries | plural | of Ferry |
| fertile | adjective | Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, fertile land or fields; a fertile mind or imagination., Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers., Containing pollen; — said of anthers., produced in abundance; plenteous; ample. |
| ferular | noun | A ferule. |
| feruled | imp. & past participle | of Ferule |
| ferulic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida (Ferula asafoetida); as, ferulic acid. |
| fervent | adjective | Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer., Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing. |
| fescued | imp. & past participle | of Fescue |
| festeye | verb t. | To feast; to entertain. |
| festive | adjective | Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. |
| festoon | noun | A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way., A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium., To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons. |
| fetched | imp. & past participle | of Fetch |
| fethcer | noun | One wo fetches or brings. |
| fetlock | noun | The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair. |
| fetters | plural | of Fetter |
| fetuous | adjective | Neat; feat. |
| fetuses | plural | of Fetus |
| feudary | adjective | Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure., A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory., A feodary. See Feodary. |
| feudist | noun | A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. |
| fevered | imp. & past participle | of Fever |
| feveret | noun | A slight fever. |
| fewness | noun | The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity., Brevity; conciseness. |