| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| fabellae | plural | of Fabella |
| fabliaux | plural | of Fabliau |
| fabulist | noun | One who invents or writes fables. |
| fabulize | verb i. | To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions. |
| fabulous | adjective | Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero., Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price. |
| faburden | noun | A species of counterpoint with a drone bass., A succession of chords of the sixth., A monotonous refrain. |
| faceting | present participle & vb. noun | of Facet |
| facetiae | noun pl. | Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits. |
| facework | noun | The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing. |
| facility | noun | The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation., Ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful facility in executing works of art., Easiness to be persuaded; readiness or compliance; — usually in a bad sense; pliancy., Easiness of access; complaisance; affability., That which promotes the ease of any action or course of conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; — usually in the plural; as, special facilities for study. |
| facingly | adverb | In a facing manner or position. |
| factious | adjective | Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; — said of persons., Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; — said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels. |
| factored | imp. & past participle | of Factor |
| factotum | noun | A person employed to do all kinds of work or business. |
| fadeless | adjective | Not liable to fade; unfading. |
| fagoting | present participle & vb. noun | of Fagot |
| fahlband | noun | A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides., Same as Tetrahedrite. |
| failance | noun | Fault; failure; omission. |
| faineant | adjective | Doing nothing; shiftless., A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. |
| fainting | present participle & vb. noun | of Faint, Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat’s beat weak. |
| faintish | adjective | Slightly faint; somewhat faint. |
| fairhood | noun | Fairness; beauty. |
| fairness | noun | The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc. |
| faithful | adjective | Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God., Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements., True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant., Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation. |
| falanaka | noun | A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (Eupleres Goudotii), allied to the civet; — called also Falanouc. |
| falcated | adjective | Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; — said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed. |
| falchion | noun | A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; — used in the Middle Ages., A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors. |
| falconer | noun | A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks. |
| falconet | noun | One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later., One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax., One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, resembling shrikes and titmice. |
| falconry | noun | The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game., The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks. |
| fallency | noun | An exception. |
| fallfish | noun | A fresh-water fish of the United States (Semotilus bullaris); — called also silver chub, and Shiner. The name is also applied to other allied species. |
| fallible | adjective | Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible. |
| fallibly | adverb | In a fallible manner. |
| fallowed | imp. & past participle | of Fallow |
| falsetto | noun | A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice. |
| faltered | imp. & past participle | of Falter |
| fameless | adjective | Without fame or renown. |
| familiar | adjective | Of or pertaining to a family; domestic., Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures., Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible., Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration., Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate., An intimate; a companion., An attendant demon or evil spirit., A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused. |
| familism | noun | The tenets of the Familists. |
| familist | noun | One of afanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, who held that religion consists wholly in love. |
| families | plural | of Family |
| famished | imp. & past participle | of Famish |
| famosity | noun | The state or quality of being famous. |
| famoused | adjective | Renowned. |
| famously | adverb | In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly. |
| famulate | verb i. | To serve. |
| famulist | noun | A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge. |
| fanatism | noun | Fanaticism. |
| fanciful | adjective | Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects., Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory., Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress. |
| fancying | present participle & vb. noun | of Fancy |
| fandango | noun | A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced., A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. |
| fanfaron | noun | A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster. |
| fangless | adjective | Destitute of fangs or tusks. |
| fan palm | Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts. | |
| fantasia | noun | A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author’s fancy roves unrestricted by set form. |
| farabout | noun | A going out of the way; a digression. |
| faradism | noun | Alt. of Faradization |
| farantly | adjective | Orderly; comely; respectable. |
| farcical | adjective | Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal., Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See Farcy, n. |
| farcimen | noun | Alt. of Farcin |
| farctate | verb t. | Stuffed; filled solid; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp; — opposed to tubular or hollow. |
| farewell | interj. | Go well; good-by; adieu; — originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell., A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu., Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something., Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow. |
| farfetch | verb t. | To bring from far; to seek out studiously., Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem. |
| farinose | adjective | Yielding farinaa; as, farinose substances., Civered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy. |
| farmable | adjective | Capable of being farmed. |
| farmyard | noun | The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings. |
| farriery | noun | The art of shoeing horses., The art of preventing, curing, or mitigating diseases of horses and cattle; the veterinary art., The place where a smith shoes horses. |
| farrowed | imp. & past participle | of Farfow |
| farthest | superl. | Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest., At or to the greatest distance. See Furthest. |
| farthing | noun | The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency., A very small quantity or value., A division of land. |
| fasciate | adjective | Alt. of Fasciated |
| fascicle | noun | A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots. |
| fasciola | noun | A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution. |
| fasciole | noun | A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea. |
| fassaite | noun | A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the Tyrol. |
| fastened | imp. & past participle | of Fasten |
| fastener | noun | One who, or that which, makes fast or firm. |
| fastness | adjective | The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness., A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains., Conciseness of style., The state of being fast or swift. |
| fastuous | adjective | Proud; haughty; disdainful. |
| fatalism | noun | The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity. |
| fatalist | noun | One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity. |
| fatality | noun | The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control., The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility., That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. |
| fathered | imp. & past participle | of Father |
| fatherly | adjective | Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful., Of or pertaining to a father. |
| fathomed | imp. & past participle | of Fathom |
| fathomer | noun | One who fathoms. |
| fatigate | adjective | Wearied; tired; fatigued., To weary; to tire; to fatigue. |
| fatigued | imp. & past participle | of Fatigue |
| fatimite | adjective | Alt. of Fatimide |
| fatimide | adjective | Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed., A descendant of Fatima. |
| fattened | imp. & past participle | of Fatten |
| fattener | noun | One who, or that which, fattens; that which gives fatness or fertility. |
| faubourg | noun | A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls. |
| fauchion | noun | See Falchion. |
| faulting | present participle & vb. noun | of Fault, The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced. |
| faultful | adjective | Full of faults or sins. |
| faultily | adverb | In a faulty manner. |
| fauteuil | noun | An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy., Chair of a presiding officer. |
| fautress | noun | A patroness. |
| fauvette | noun | A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers. |
| faux pas | A false step; a mistake or wrong measure. | |
| favonian | adjective | Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle. |
| favoring | present participle & vb. noun | of Favor, That favors. |
| favoress | noun | A woman who favors or gives countenance. |
| favorite | noun | A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority., Short curls dangling over the temples; — fashionable in the reign of Charles II., The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting., Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child. |
| favosite | adjective | Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites. |
| fayalite | noun | A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron. |
| fazzolet | noun | A handkerchief. |