| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| fiberless | adjective | Alt. of Fibreless |
| fibreless | adjective | Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber. |
| fibriform | adjective | Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber. |
| fibrillae | plural | of Fibrilla |
| fibrillar | adjective | Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar twitchings. |
| fibrinous | adjective | Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibrious exudation. |
| fibrolite | noun | A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; — called also sillimanite, and bucholizite. |
| fibularia | plural | of Fibulare |
| fictional | adjective | Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic. |
| fidicinal | adjective | Of or pertaining to a stringed instrument. |
| fidiciary | adjective | Involving confidence or trust; confident; undoubting; faithful; firm; as, in a fiduciary capacity., Holding, held, or founded, in trust. |
| fiduciary | noun | One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee., One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian. |
| fieldfare | noun | a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; — called also fellfare. |
| fieldwork | noun | Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the field; — commonly in the plural. |
| fiendlike | adjective | Fiendish; diabolical. |
| fierasfer | noun | A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian. |
| fieriness | noun | The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability; as, a fieriness of temper. |
| fifteenth | adjective | Next in order after the fourteenth; — the ordinal of fifteen., Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing., One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen., A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at., A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon., An interval consisting of two octaves. |
| fightwite | noun | A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace. |
| fig-shell | noun | A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form. |
| figulated | adjective | Made of potter’s clay; molded; shaped. |
| figurable | adjective | Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape. |
| figurante | noun fem. | A female figurant; esp., a ballet girl. |
| figurated | adjective | Having a determinate form. |
| filaceous | adjective | Composed of threads. |
| filanders | noun pl. | A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; — called also backworm. |
| filiation | noun | The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father., The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its father; affiliation. |
| filigrain | noun | Alt. of Filigrane |
| filigrane | noun | Filigree. |
| filigreed | adjective | Adorned with filigree. |
| filleting | present participle & vb. noun | of Fillet, The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work., The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively. |
| filliping | present participle & vb. noun | of Fillip |
| fillipeen | noun | See Philopena. |
| fillister | noun | The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty., A plane for making a rabbet. |
| filminess | noun | State of being filmy. |
| filoplume | noun | A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length. |
| filtering | present participle & vb. noun | of Filter |
| filtrated | imp. & past participle | of Filtrate |
| fimbriate | adjective | Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube., To hem; to fringe. |
| financial | adjective | Pertaining to finance. |
| financier | noun | One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer., One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with money matters., To conduct financial operations. |
| findfault | noun | A censurer or caviler. |
| finedrawn | imp. & past participle | of Finedraw, Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice; as, finedrawn speculations. |
| finessing | present participle & vb. noun | of Finesse |
| finestill | verb t. | To distill, as spirit from molasses or some saccharine preparation. |
| fingering | present participle & vb. noun | of Finger, The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers., The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc., The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers., Delicate work made with the fingers. |
| fingrigos | plural | of Fingrigo |
| finicking | adjective | Alt. of Finicky |
| finishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Finish, The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing., Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use. |
| finlander | noun | A native or inhabitant of Finland. |
| fioriture | noun pl. | Little flowers of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player. |
| fireboard | noun | A chimney board or screen to close a fireplace when not in use. |
| firebrand | noun | A piece of burning wood., One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary. |
| firecrest | noun | A small European kinglet (Regulus ignicapillus), having a bright red crest; — called also fire-crested wren. |
| firedrake | noun | A fiery dragon., A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket., A worker at a furnace or fire. |
| fireflame | noun | The European band fish (Cepola rubescens). |
| fireflies | plural | of Firefly |
| fireplace | noun | The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; — usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built. |
| fireproof | adjective | Proof against fire; incombustible. |
| firestone | noun | Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint., A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; — especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces. |
| firmament | verb & adjective | Fixed foundation; established basis., The region of the air; the sky or heavens., The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres. |
| firmitude | noun | Strength; stability. |
| firstborn | adjective | First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted. |
| firstling | noun | The first produce or offspring; — said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock., The thing first thought or done., Firstborn. |
| fishermen | plural | of Fisherman |
| fisherman | noun | One whose occupation is to catch fish., A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery. |
| fisheries | plural | of Fishery |
| fishiness | noun | The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. |
| fish-tail | adjective | Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish. |
| fishwomen | plural | of Fishwoman |
| fishwoman | noun | A woman who retails fish. |
| fissility | noun | Quality of being fissile. |
| fissipara | noun pl. | Animals which reproduce by fission. |
| fisticuff | noun | A cuff or blow with the fist or hand, a fight with the fists; boxing. |
| fistulate | verb t. & i. | To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe. |
| fistulose | adjective | Formed like a fistula; hollow; reedlike. |
| fistulous | adjective | Having the form or nature of a fistula; as, a fistulous ulcer., Hollow, like a pipe or reed; fistulose. |
| five-leaf | noun | Cinquefoil; five-finger. |
| fixedness | noun | The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness., The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold. |