| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| foaling | present participle & vb. noun | of Foal |
| foaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Foam |
| fobbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Fob |
| focuses | plural | of Focus |
| focused | imp. & past participle | of Focus |
| fodient | adjective | Fitted for, or pertaining to, digging., One of the Fodientia. |
| foehood | noun | Enmity. |
| fogging | present participle & vb. noun | of Fog |
| fog’ger | noun | One who fogs; a pettifogger. |
| foggily | adverb | In a foggy manner; obscurely. |
| fogless | adjective | Without fog; clear. |
| fogyism | noun | The principles and conduct of a fogy. |
| foiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Foil, A foil., The track of game (as deer) in the grass. |
| foinery | noun | Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play. |
| foisted | imp. & past participle | of Foist |
| foister | noun | One who foists something surreptitiously; a falsifier. |
| folding | present participle & vb. noun | of Fold, The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication., The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. |
| foldage | noun | See Faldage. |
| foliage | noun | Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage., A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, etc., To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. |
| foliate | adjective | Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk., To beat into a leaf, or thin plate., To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass. |
| foliole | noun | One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet. |
| foliose | adjective | Having many leaves; leafy. |
| folious | adjective | Like a leaf; thin; unsubstantial., Foliose. |
| foliums | plural | of Folium |
| follies | plural | of Folly |
| fomites | plural | of Fomes |
| fondled | imp. & past participle | of Fondle |
| fondler | noun | One who fondles. |
| foodful | adjective | Full of food; supplying food; fruitful; fertile. |
| fooling | present participle & vb. noun | of Fool |
| foolahs | noun pl. | Same as Fulahs., A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and Fellani. Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire, tribes, language. |
| foolery | noun | The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity., An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical. |
| foolify | verb t. | To make a fool of; to befool. |
| foolish | adjective | Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise., Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act., Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible. |
| footing | present participle & vb. noun | of Foot, Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on., Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold., Relative condition; state., Tread; step; especially, measured tread., The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column., The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking., A narrow cotton lace, without figures., The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil., The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot. |
| footboy | noun | A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey. |
| foothot | adverb | Hastily; immediately; instantly; on the spot; hotfloot. |
| footmen | plural | of Footman |
| footman | noun | A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier., A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc., Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master’s carriage; a runner., A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire., A moth of the family Lithosidae; — so called from its livery-like colors. |
| footpad | noun | A highwayman or robber on foot. |
| footway | noun | A passage for pedestrians only. |
| fopling | noun | A petty fop. |
| foppery | noun | The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly., Folly; foolery. |
| foppish | adjective | Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners. |
| foraged | imp. & past participle | of Forage |
| forager | noun | One who forages. |
| foramen | noun | A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra. |
| forayer | noun | One who makes or joins in a foray. |
| forbade | imp. of Forbid., of Forbid | |
| forbear | noun | An ancestor; a forefather; — usually in the plural., To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay., To refuse; to decline; to give no heed., To control one’s self when provoked., To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety., To treat with consideration or indulgence., To cease from bearing. |
| forbore | imp. | of Forbear, imp. of Forbear. |
| forbare | of Forbear | |
| forcing | present participle & vb. noun | of Force, The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition., The art of raising plants, flowers, and fruits at an earlier season than the natural one, as in a hitbed or by the use of artificial heat. |
| forceps | noun | A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc., The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. |
| fording | present participle & vb. noun | of Ford |
| fordone | adjective | Undone; ruined. |
| forearm | verb t. | To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need., That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium. |
| foregut | noun | The anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the mouth to the intestine, o/ to the entrance of the bile duct. |
| forehew | verb t. | To hew or cut in front. |
| foreign | adjective | Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government., Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits., Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; — with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one’s nature., Held at a distance; excluded; exiled. |
| forelay | verb t. | To lay down beforehand., To waylay. See Forlay. |
| forelet | verb t. | See Forlet. |
| forelie | verb i. | To lie in front of. |
| foremen | plural | of Foreman |
| foreman | noun | The first or chief man, The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker., The chief of a set of hands employed in a shop, or on works of any kind, who superintends the rest; an overseer. |
| foreran | imp. of Forerun. | |
| forerun | verb t. | To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following)., To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as a harbinger; to announce. |
| foresay | verb t. | To foretell. |
| foresee | verb t. | To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow., To provide., To have or exercise foresight. |
| foretop | noun | The hair on the forepart of the head; esp., a tuft or lock of hair which hangs over the forehead, as of a horse., That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig., The platform at the head of the foremast. |
| forever | adverb | Through eternity; through endless ages, eternally., At all times; always. |
| forewit | noun | A leader, or would-be leader, in matters of knowledge or taste., Foresight; prudence. |
| forewot | pres. indic. sing., 1st & 3d pers. | of Forewite, pres. indic., 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forewite. |
| forfeit | noun | Injury; wrong; mischief., A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life., Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; — whence the game of forfeits., Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure., To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one’s self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; — with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited., To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress., To fail to keep an obligation., In the condition of being forfeited; subject to alienation. |
| forfend | verb t. | To prohibit; to forbid; to avert. |
| forfete | verb i. | To incur a penalty; to transgress. |
| forgave | imp. of Forgive., of Forgive | |
| forging | present participle & vb. noun | of Forge, The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing., The act of counterfeiting., A piece of forged work in metal; — a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel. |
| forgery | noun | The act of forging metal into shape., The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; esp., the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another; the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond., That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited. |
| forgive | verb t. | To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign., To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; — said in reference to the act forgiven., To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed; to give up claim to requital from or retribution upon (an offender); to absolve; to pardon; — said of the person offending. |
| forwent | imp. | of Forgo |
| forgone | past participle | of Forgo |
| forhall | verb t. | To harass; to torment; to distress. |
| forhend | verb t. | To seize upon. |
| forking | present participle & vb. noun | of Fork |
| forlaft | p. p. of Forleave. | |
| forlend | verb t. | To give up wholly. |
| forlore | past participle | of Forlese, imp. pl. & p. p. of Forlese. |
| forlorn | of Forlese, Deserted; abandoned; lost., Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate., A lost, forsaken, or solitary person., A forlorn hope; a vanguard. | |
| forlese | verb t. | To lose utterly. |
| forming | present participle & vb. noun | of Form, The act or process of giving form or shape to anything; as, in shipbuilding, the exact shaping of partially shaped timbers. |
| formate | noun | A salt of formic acid. |
| formell | noun | The female of a hawk or falcon. |
| formful | adjective | Creative; imaginative. |
| formica | noun | A Linnaean genus of hymenopterous insects, including the common ants. See Ant. |
| formula | noun | A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said., A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines., A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula., A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound., A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound. |
| formule | noun | A set or prescribed model; a formula. |
| forpass | verb t. & i. | To pass by or along; to pass over. |
| forpine | verb t. | To waste away completely by suffering or torment. |
| forrill | noun | Lambskin parchment; vellum; forel. |
| forsook | imp. | of Forsake |
| forsake | verb t. | To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity., To renounce; to reject; to refuse. |
| forslow | verb t. | To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off., To loiter. |
| forster | noun | A forester. |
| forswat | adjective | Spent with heat; covered with sweat. |
| forthby | adverb | See Forby. |
| forties | noun pl. | See Forty., of Forty |
| fortify | verb t. | To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack., To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces., To raise defensive works. |
| fortlet | noun | A little fort. |
| fortune | noun | The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life., That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one’s fortune., That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort., Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune., To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to., To provide with a fortune., To presage; to tell the fortune of., To fall out; to happen. |
| forward | noun | An agreement; a covenant; a promise., Alt. of Forwards, Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else; as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a fleet., Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty., Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years., Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as, the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a forward spring., To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant; to forward one in improvement., To send forward; to send toward the place of destination; to transmit; as, to forward a letter. |
| forweep | verb i. | To weep much. |
| forwete | verb t. | See Forewite. |
| forworn | adjective | Much worn. |
| forwrap | verb t. | To wrap up; to conceal. |
| foryete | verb t. | To forget. |
| fossane | noun | A species of civet (Viverra fossa) resembling the genet. |
| fougade | noun | Alt. of Fougasse |
| fouling | present participle & vb. noun | of Foul |
| foulard | noun | A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere. |
| foulder | verb i. | To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder. |
| foumart | adjective | The European polecat; — called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat. |
| founded | imp. & past participle | of Found, of Found |
| founder | noun | One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows., One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types., To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship., To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse., To fail; to miscarry., To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him., A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh., An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder. |
| foundry | noun | The act, process, or art of casting metals., The buildings and works for casting metals. |
| fourche | adjective | Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; — said of an ordinary, especially of a cross. |
| fourgon | noun | An ammunition wagon., A French baggage wagon. |
| foveate | adjective | Having pits or depressions; pitted. |
| foveola | noun | A small depression or pit; a fovea. |
| fovilla | noun | One of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a pollen grain. |
| fowling | present participle & vb. noun | of Fowl |
| foxfish | noun | The fox shark; — called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark., The european dragonet. See Dragonet. |
| foxlike | adjective | Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy. |
| foxship | noun | Foxiness; craftiness. |
| foxtail | noun | The tail or brush of a fox., The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria., The last cinders obtained in the fining process. |