| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| fiascoes | plural | of Fiasco |
| fibrilla | noun | A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril. |
| fibu-lar | adjective | Pertaining to the fibula. |
| fibulare | noun | The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula, and corresponds to the calcaneum in man and most mammals. |
| fictious | adjective | Fictitious. |
| fiddling | present participle & vb. noun | of Fiddle |
| fidelity | noun | Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations., Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty., Adherence to the marriage contract., Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty. |
| fidgeted | imp. & past participle | of Fidget |
| fiducial | adjective | Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm., Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary; as, fiducial power. |
| fielding | present participle & vb. noun | of Field, The act of playing as a fielder. |
| fiendful | adjective | Full of fiendish spirit or arts. |
| fiendish | adjective | Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish. |
| fiftieth | adjective | Next in order after the forty-ninth; — the ordinal of fifty., Consisting of one of fifty equal parts or divisions., One of fifty equal parts; the quotient of a unit divided by fifty. |
| figeater | noun | A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders., A bird. See Figpecker. |
| fighting | present participle & vb. noun | of Fight, Qualified for war; fit for battle., Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. |
| figulate | adjective | Alt. of Figulated |
| figuline | noun | A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects. |
| figurant | noun masc. | One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene, without taking a prominent part. |
| figurate | adjective | Of a definite form or figure., Figurative; metaphorical., Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. |
| figuring | present participle & vb. noun | of Figure |
| figurial | adjective | Represented by figure or delineation. |
| figurine | noun | A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially, one in terra cotta or the like; — distinguished from statuette, which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc. |
| figurist | noun | One who uses or interprets figurative expressions. |
| filament | noun | A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther. |
| filander | noun | A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea. |
| filatory | noun | A machine for forming threads. |
| filature | noun | A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons., A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk. |
| filching | present participle & vb. noun | of Filch |
| filefish | noun | Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; — so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper. |
| filially | adverb | In a filial manner. |
| filicide | noun | The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such a murder. |
| filicoid | adjective | Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction., A fernlike plant. |
| filiform | adjective | Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennAe. |
| filigree | noun | Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which the wire is soldered, being arranged in designs frequently of a delicate and intricate arabesque pattern., Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative. |
| filleted | imp. & past participle | of Fillet |
| fillibeg | noun | A kilt. See Filibeg. |
| filliped | imp. & past participle | of Fillip |
| filtered | imp. & past participle | of Filter |
| filthily | adverb | In a filthy manner; foully. |
| filtrate | verb t. | To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation., That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration. |
| fimbriae | plural | of Fimbria |
| finality | noun | The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement., The relation of end or purpose to its means. |
| finative | adjective | Conclusive; decisive; definitive; final. |
| findable | adjective | Capable of beong found; discoverable. |
| finedraw | verb t. | To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter. |
| fineless | adjective | Endless; boundless. |
| fineness | adjective | The quality or condition of being fine., Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor., The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins., Keenness or sharpness; as, the fineness of a needle’s point, or of the edge of a blade. |
| finespun | adjective | Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories. |
| finessed | imp. & past participle | of Finesse |
| fingered | imp. & past participle | of Finger, Having fingers., Having leaflets like fingers; digitate., Marked with figures designating which finger should be used for each note. |
| fingerer | noun | One who fingers; a pilferer. |
| fingrigo | noun | A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry. |
| finished | imp. & past participle | of Finish, Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education. |
| finisher | noun | One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection., Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything. |
| finitely | adverb | In a finite manner or degree. |
| finitude | noun | Limitation. |
| finnikin | noun | A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse. |
| finochio | noun | An umbelliferous plant (Foeniculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable. |
| fin-toed | adjective | Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate. |
| fireback | noun | One of several species of pheasants of the genus Euplocamus, having the lower back a bright, fiery red. They inhabit Southern Asia and the East Indies. |
| fireball | noun | A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen., A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding. |
| firebare | noun | A beacon. |
| firebird | noun | The Baltimore oriole. |
| firebote | noun | An allowance of fuel. See Bote. |
| firefish | noun | A singular marine fish of the genus Pterois, family Scorpaenidae, of several species, inhabiting the Indo-Pacific region. They are usually red, and have very large spinose pectoral and dorsal fins. |
| fireless | adjective | Destitute of fire. |
| firelock | noun | An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock. |
| fire-new | adjective | Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new. |
| fire-set | noun | A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker. |
| fireside | noun | A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement. |
| firetail | noun | The European redstart; — called also fireflirt. |
| fireweed | noun | An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned., The great willow-herb (Epilobium spicatum). |
| firewood | noun | Wood for fuel. |
| firework | noun | A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocket is a common form of firework. The name is also given to various combustible preparations used in war., A pyrotechnic exhibition. |
| fireworm | noun | The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; — called also cranberry worm. |
| firmless | adjective | Detached from substance., Infirm; unstable. |
| firmness | noun | The state or quality of being firm. |
| fir tree | See Fir. | |
| fishhawk | noun | The osprey (Pandion haliaetus), found both in Europe and America; — so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard. |
| fishhook | noun | A hook for catching fish., A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked. |
| fishlike | adjective | Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish. |
| fishskin | noun | The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.), See Ichthyosis. |
| fishwife | noun | A fishwoman. |
| fissiped | adjective | Alt. of Fissipedal, One of the Fissipedia. |
| fissural | adjective | Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; as, the fissural pattern of a brain. |
| fistinut | noun | A pistachio nut. |
| fistulae | plural | of Fistula |
| fistular | adjective | Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed. |
| fittable | adjective | Suitable; fit. |
| fivefold | adjective & adverb | In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple. |
| fiveling | noun | A compound or twin crystal consisting of five individuals. |
| fixation | noun | The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed., The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; — said of gaseous elements., The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm., A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; — said of metals. |
| fixative | noun | That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant. |
| fixidity | noun | Fixedness. |
| fizzling | present participle & vb. noun | of Fizzle |