| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| fubbery | noun | Cheating; deception. |
| fucated | adjective | Painted; disguised with paint, or with false show. |
| fuchsia | noun | A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation. |
| fucusol | noun | An oily liquid, resembling, and possibly identical with, furfurol, and obtained from fucus, and other seaweeds. |
| fuddled | imp. & past participle, | of Fuddle |
| fuddler | noun | A drunkard. |
| fudging | present participle & vb. noun | of Fudge |
| fuegian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Terra del Fuego., A native of Terra del Fuego. |
| fuguist | noun | A musician who composes or performs fugues. |
| fuldble | adjective | Capable of being propped up. |
| fulcrum | noun | A prop or support., That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body., An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like., The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects., One of the small, spiniform scales found on the front edge of the dorsal and caudal fins of many ganoid fishes., The connective tissue supporting the framework of the retina of the eye. |
| fulfill | verb t. | To fill up; to make full or complete., To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate. |
| fulgent | adjective | Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent. |
| fulgury | noun | Lightning. |
| fulling | present participle & vb. noun | of Full, The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure. |
| fullage | noun | The money or price paid for fulling or cleansing cloth. |
| fullery | noun | The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on. |
| fulmine | verb | To thunder., To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with authority or vehemence. |
| fulsome | adjective | Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled., Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery., Lustful; wanton; obscene; also, tending to obscenity. |
| fulvous | adjective | Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown. |
| fumades | plural | of Fumado |
| fumaric | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis). |
| fumbled | imp. & past participle | of Fumble |
| fumbler | noun | One who fumbles. |
| fumette | noun | The stench or high flavor of game or other meat when kept long. |
| fumitez | noun | Fumitory. |
| funding | present participle & vb. noun | of Fund, Providing a fund for the payment of the interest or principal of a debt., Investing in the public funds. |
| funeral | noun | The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; — formerly used in the plural., The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment., A funeral sermon; — usually in the plural., Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. |
| fungate | noun | A salt of fungic acid. |
| fungian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Fungidae, a family of stony corals., One of the Fungidae. |
| fungite | noun | A fossil coral resembling Fungia. |
| fungoid | adjective | Like a fungus; fungous; spongy. |
| fungous | adjective | Of the nature of fungi; spongy., Growing suddenly, but not substantial or durable. |
| funicle | noun | A small cord, ligature, or fiber., The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta. |
| funking | noun | A shrinking back through fear. |
| funnies | plural | of Funny |
| furring | present participle & vb. noun | of Fur, The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See Fur, v. t., 3., The strips thus laid on., Double planking of a ship’s side., A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit. |
| furbish | verb t. | To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear. |
| furcate | adjective | Alt. of Furcated |
| furcula | noun | A forked process; the wishbone or furculum. |
| furilic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, furile; as, furilic acid. |
| furioso | adjective & adverb | With great force or vigor; vehemently. |
| furious | adjective | Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal., Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious stream; a furious wind or storm. |
| furling | present participle & vb. noun | of Furl |
| furlong | adjective | A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards. |
| furmity | noun | Same as Frumenty. |
| furnace | noun | An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc., A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline., To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put into a furnace. |
| furnish | verb t. | To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house., To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense., That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply. |
| furrier | noun | A dealer in furs; one who makes or sells fur goods. |
| furrowy | adjective | Furrowed. |
| further | adverb | To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther., More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See Farther., Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion; nothing further to suggest., To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist. |
| furtive | adjective | Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look. |
| fuscine | noun | A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil. |
| fuscous | adjective | Brown or grayish black; darkish. |
| fusible | verb t. | CapabIe of being melted or liquefied. |
| fussing | present participle & vb. noun | of Fuss |
| fussily | adverb | In a fussy manner. |
| fustian | noun | A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc., An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used,’ above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast., Made of fustian., Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history. |
| fussure | verb t. | Act of fusing; fusion. |
| futchel | noun | The jaws between which the hinder end of a carriage tongue is inserted. |
| futtock | noun | One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel. |