| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| foalfoot | noun | See Coltsfoot. |
| foamless | adjective | Having no foam. |
| focalize | verb t. | To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate. |
| focusing | present participle & vb. noun | of Focus |
| foddered | imp. & past participle | of Fodder |
| fodderer | noun | One who fodders cattle. |
| fog’gage | noun | See 1st Fog. |
| foilable | adjective | Capable of being foiled. |
| foisting | present participle & vb. noun | of Foist |
| foistied | adjective | Fusty. |
| folderol | noun | Nonsense. |
| foldless | adjective | Having no fold. |
| foliaged | adjective | Furnished with foliage; leaved; as, the variously foliaged mulberry. |
| foliated | imp. & past participle | of Foliate, Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell., Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch., Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure., Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose., Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver. |
| folkland | noun | Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his discretion. Not being held by any assurance in writing, it was opposed to bookland or charter land, which was held by deed. |
| folklore | Alt. of Folk lore | |
| folkmote | noun | An assembly of the people, a general assembly of the people to consider and order matters of the commonwealth; also, a local court. |
| follicle | noun | A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed., A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle., A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt., A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle. |
| folliful | adjective | Full of folly. |
| followed | imp. & past participle | of Follow |
| follower | noun | One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer., A sweetheart; a beau., The removable flange, or cover, of a piston. See Illust. of Piston., A gland. See Illust. of Stuffing box., The part of a machine that receives motion from another part. See Driver., Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed. |
| fomented | imp. & past participle | of Foment |
| fomenter | noun | One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a fomenter of sedition. |
| fondling | present participle & vb. noun | of Fondle, The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness., A person or thing fondled or caressed; one treated with foolish or doting affection., A fool; a simpleton; a ninny. |
| fondness | noun | The quality or state of being fond; foolishness., Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles. |
| fontanel | noun | An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body., One of the membranous intervals between the incompleted angles of the parietal and neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull; — so called because it exhibits a rhythmical pulsation. |
| fontange | noun | A kind of tall headdress formerly worn. |
| foodless | adjective | Without food; barren. |
| foolfish | noun | The orange filefish. See Filefish., The winter flounder. See Flounder. |
| foolscap | noun | A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper. |
| football | noun | An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather., The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals. |
| footband | noun | A band of foot soldiers. |
| footbath | noun | A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet. |
| footfall | noun | A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep. |
| foothalt | noun | A disease affecting the feet of sheep. |
| foothill | noun | A low hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains. |
| foothold | noun | A holding with the feet; firm standing; that on which one may tread or rest securely; footing. |
| foothook | noun | See Futtock. |
| footless | adjective | Having no feet. |
| footmark | noun | A footprint; a track or vestige. |
| footnote | noun | A note of reference or comment at the foot of a page. |
| footpace | noun | A walking pace or step., A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase. |
| footpath | noun | A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway. |
| footrope | noun | The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; — formerly called a horse., That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed. |
| footstep | noun | The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom., An inclined plane under a hand printing press. |
| footworn | adjective | Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler. |
| foraging | present participle & vb. noun | of Forage |
| foralite | noun | A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata. |
| foramina | plural | of Foramen |
| forbathe | verb t. | To bathe. |
| forborne | past participle | of Forbear, p. p. of Forbear. |
| forblack | adjective | Very black. |
| forboden | p. p. of Forbid. | |
| forcarve | verb t. | To cut completely; to cut off. |
| forceful | adjective | Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty. |
| forcible | adjective | Possessing force; characterized by force, efficiency, or energy; powerful; efficacious; impressive; influential., Violent; impetuous., Using force against opposition or resistance; obtained by compulsion; effected by force; as, forcible entry or abduction. |
| forcibly | adverb | In a forcible manner. |
| forcipal | adjective | Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps. |
| fordable | adjective | Capable of being forded. |
| fordless | adjective | Without a ford. |
| fordrive | verb t. | To drive about; to drive here and there. |
| fordwine | verb i. | To dwindle away; to disappear. |
| forebeam | noun | The breast beam of a loom. |
| forebear | noun | An ancestor. See Forbear. |
| forebode | verb t. | To foretell., To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly., To fortell; to presage; to augur., Prognostication; presage. |
| forecast | verb t. | To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project., To foresee; to calculate beforehand, so as to provide for., To contrive or plan beforehand., Previous contrivance or determination; predetermination., Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation. |
| foredate | verb t. | To date before the true time; to antendate. |
| foredeck | noun | The fore part of a deck, or of a ship. |
| foredeem | verb t. | To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode., To know or discover beforehand; to foretell. |
| foredoom | verb t. | To doom beforehand; to predestinate., Doom or sentence decreed in advance. |
| forefeel | verb t. | To feel beforehand; to have a presentiment of. |
| forefend | verb t. | To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend. |
| foreflow | verb t. | To flow before. |
| forefoot | noun | One of the anterior feet of a quardruped or multiped; — usually written fore foot., A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem. |
| foregame | noun | A first game; first plan. |
| foregift | noun | A premium paid by / lessee when taking his lease. |
| foregone | past participle | of Forego |
| foregoer | noun | One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor’ a progenitor., A purveyor of the king; — so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household., One who forbears to enjoy. |
| forehand | noun | All that part of a horse which is before the rider., The chief or most important part., Superiority; advantage; start; precedence., Done beforehand; anticipative. |
| forehead | noun | The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow., The aspect or countenance; assurance., The front or fore part of anything. |
| forehear | verb i. & t. | To hear beforehand. |
| forehend | verb t. | See Forhend. |
| forehold | noun | The forward part of the hold of a ship. |
| forehook | noun | A piece of timber placed across the stem, to unite the bows and strengthen the fore part of the ship; a breast hook. |
| foreknew | imp. | of Foreknow |
| foreknow | verb t. | To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand. |
| foreland | noun | A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England., A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat., That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. |
| forelend | verb t. | See Forlend. |
| forelift | verb t. | To lift up in front. |
| forelock | noun | The lock of hair that grows from the forepart of the head., A cotter or split pin, as in a slot in a bolt, to prevent retraction; a linchpin; a pin fastening the cap-square of a gun. |
| forelook | verb i. | To look beforehand or forward. |
| foremast | noun | The mast nearest the bow. |
| foremilk | noun | The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum. |
| foremost | adjective | First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army. |
| forename | noun | A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name., To name or mention before. |
| forenoon | noun | The early part of the day, from morning to meridian, or noon. |
| forensal | adjective | Forensic. |
| forensic | adjective | Belonging to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; used in legal proceedings, or in public discussions; argumentative; rhetorical; as, forensic eloquence or disputes., An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis. |
| forepart | noun | The part most advanced, or first in time or in place; the beginning. |
| forepast | adjective | Bygone. |
| forerank | noun | The first rank; the front. |
| foreread | verb t. | To tell beforehand; to signify by tokens; to predestine. |
| foresaid | adjective | Mentioned before; aforesaid. |
| foresail | noun | The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast., The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner., The fore staysail of a sloop, being the triangular sail next forward of the mast. |
| foreseen | past participle | Provided; in case that; on condition that. |
| foreseer | noun | One who foresees or foreknows. |
| foreshew | verb t. | See Foreshow. |
| foreship | noun | The fore part of a ship. |
| foreshot | noun | In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil. |
| foreshow | verb t. | To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell. |
| foreside | noun | The front side; the front; esp., a stretch of country fronting the sea., The outside or external covering. |
| foreskin | noun | The fold of skin which covers the glans of the penis; the prepuce. |
| foreslow | verb t. | To make slow; to hinder; to obstruct. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. t., To loiter. [Obs.] See Forslow, v. i. |
| forestal | adjective | Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights. |
| forestay | noun | A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship. |
| forester | noun | One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game., An inhabitant of a forest., A forest tree., A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine. |
| forestry | noun | The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber. |
| foretold | imp. & past participle | of Foretell |
| foretell | verb t. | To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow., To utter predictions. |
| foretime | noun | The past; the time before the present. |
| foreward | noun | The van; the front. |
| forewarn | verb t. | To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance. |
| forewend | verb t. | To go before. |
| forewish | verb t. | To wish beforehand. |
| forewost | 2d person | of Forewite |
| forewite | verb t. | To foreknow. |
| foreword | noun | A preface. |
| foreworn | adjective | Worn out; wasted; used up. |
| foreyard | noun | The lowermost yard on the foremast. |
| forfered | past participle & adjective | Excessively alarmed; in great fear. |
| forgemen | plural | of Forgeman |
| forgeman | noun | A skilled smith, who has a hammerer to assist him. |
| forgiven | past participle | of Forgive |
| forgiver | noun | One who forgives. |
| forgoing | present participle & vb. noun | of Forgo |
| forkerve | verb t. | See Forcarve, v. t. |
| forkless | adjective | Having no fork. |
| forktail | noun | One of several Asiatic and East Indian passerine birds, belonging to Enucurus, and allied genera. The tail is deeply forking., A salmon in its fourth year’s growth. |
| forleave | verb t. | To leave off wholly. |
| formally | adverb | In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely. |
| formedon | noun | A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished. |
| formeret | noun | One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs. |
| formerly | adverb | In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. |
| formicid | adjective | Pertaining to the ants., One of the family Formicidae, or ants. |
| formless | adjective | Shapeless; without a determinate form; wanting regularity of shape. |
| formulas | plural | of Formula |
| formulae | plural | of Formula |
| forncast | past participle | Predestined. |
| fornical | adjective | Relating to a fornix. |
| fornices | plural | of Fornix |
| forsaken | past participle | of Forsake |
| forsaker | noun | One who forsakes or deserts. |
| forshape | verb t. | To render misshapen. |
| forslack | verb t. | To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth. |
| forsooth | adverb | In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; — formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously., To address respectfully with the term forsooth., A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person. |
| forspeak | verb t. | To forbid; to prohibit., To bewitch. |
| forspent | adjective | Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted. |
| forstall | verb t. | To forestall. |
| forswore | imp. | of Forswear, imp. of Forswear. |
| forsworn | past participle | of Forswear, p. p. of Forswear. |
| forswear | verb i. | To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations., To deny upon oath., To swear falsely; to commit perjury. |
| forswonk | adjective | Overlabored; exhausted; worn out. |
| forthink | verb t. | To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret. |
| fortieth | adjective | Following the thirty-ninth, or preceded by thirty-nine units, things, or parts., Constituting one of forty equal parts into which anything is divided., One of forty equal parts into which one whole is divided; the quotient of a unit divided by forty; one next in order after the thirty-ninth. |
| fortread | verb t. | To tread down; to trample upon. |
| fortress | noun | A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security., To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify. |
| fortuity | noun | Accident; chance; casualty. |
| forwaked | past participle & adjective | Tired out with excessive waking or watching. |
| forwards | adverb | Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in advance; progressively; — opposed to backward., Same as Forward. |
| forwaste | verb t. | To desolate or lay waste utterly. |
| foryelde | verb t. | To repay; to requite. |
| forzando | adverb | See Sforzato. |
| fossette | noun | A little hollow; hence, a dimple., A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea. |
| fosseway | noun | One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; — so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry. |
| fossores | noun pl. | A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched. |
| fossoria | noun pl. | See Fossores. |
| fostered | imp. & past participle | of Foster |
| fostress | noun | A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse. |
| fothered | imp. & past participle | of Fother |
| fougasse | noun | A small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. It is made in a position likely to be occupied by the enemy. |
| foughten | p. p. of Fight. | |
| foulness | noun | The quality or condition of being foul. |
| founding | present participle & vb. noun | of Found, of Found, The art of smelting and casting metals. |
| foundery | noun | Same as Foundry. |
| fountain | noun | A spring of water issuing from the earth., An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament., A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc., The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source. |
| fountful | adjective | Full of fountains. |
| fourfold | adjective & adverb | Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division., Four times as many or as much., To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment,; to quadruple. |
| fourling | noun | One of four children born at the same time., A compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals. |
| fourneau | noun | The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed. |
| fourrier | noun | A harbinger. |
| fourteen | adjective | Four and ten more; twice seven., The sum of ten and four; forteen units or objects., A symbol representing fourteen, as 14 or xiv. |
| fourthly | adverb | In the fourth place. |
| four-way | adjective | Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve. |
| foveolae | plural | of Foveola |
| fovillae | plural | of Fovilla |
| foxearth | noun | A hole in the earth to which a fox resorts to hide himself. |
| foxglove | noun | Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis. |
| foxhound | noun | One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes. |
| foxiness | noun | The state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness., The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration., A coarse and sour taste in grapes. |
| foziness | noun | The state of being fozy; spiritlessness; dullness. |