| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| foramines | plural | of Foramen |
| forasmuch | conj. | In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; — followed by as. See under For, prep. |
| forbearer | noun | One who forbears. |
| forbidden | past participle | of Forbid, Prohibited; interdicted. |
| forbidder | noun | One who forbids. |
| forbruise | verb t. | To bruise sorely or exceedingly. |
| forceless | adjective | Having little or no force; feeble. |
| forcemeat | noun | Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing. |
| forcement | noun | The act of forcing; compulsion. |
| forcipate | adjective | Alt. of Forcipated |
| foreboded | imp. & past participle | of Forebode |
| foreboder | noun | One who forebodes. |
| forebrace | noun | A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail. |
| forebrain | noun | The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain. |
| forecited | adjective | Cited or quoted before or above. |
| foreclose | verb t. | To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude. |
| forefence | noun | Defense in front. |
| foregleam | noun | An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light. |
| foregoing | present participle & vb. noun | of Forego |
| foreguess | verb t. | To conjecture. |
| foreigner | noun | A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger. |
| forejudge | verb t. | To judge beforehand, or before hearing the facts and proof; to prejudge., To expel from court for some offense or misconduct, as an attorney or officer; to deprive or put out of a thing by the judgment of a court. |
| foreknown | past participle | of Foreknow |
| foremeant | adjective | Intended beforehand; premeditated. |
| forenamed | adjective | Named before; aforenamed. |
| forenenst | preposition | Over against; opposite to. |
| fore part | noun | Alt. of Forepart |
| foreprize | verb t. | To prize or rate beforehand. |
| forereach | verb t. | To advance or gain upon; — said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled., To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays. |
| foreright | adjective | Ready; directly forward; going before., Right forward; onward. |
| foreseize | verb t. | To seize beforehand. |
| foresight | noun | The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge., Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought., Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction., Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a. |
| foreskirt | noun | The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train. |
| foreslack | verb t. | See Forslack. |
| forespeak | verb t. | See Forspeak., To foretell; to predict. |
| forespent | adjective | Already spent; gone by; past., See Forspent. |
| forestaff | noun | An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; — called also cross-staff. |
| forestage | noun | A duty or tribute payable to the king’s foresters., A service paid by foresters to the king. |
| forestall | verb t. | To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate., To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance., To deprive; — with of., To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. |
| forestick | noun | Front stick of a hearth fire. |
| foreswart | adjective | Alt. of Foreswart, See Forswat. |
| foretaste | noun | A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation., To taste before full possession; to have previous enjoyment or experience of; to anticipate., To taste before another. |
| foreteach | verb t. | To teach beforehand. |
| forethink | verb t. | To think beforehand; to anticipate in the mind; to prognosticate., To contrive (something) beforehend., To contrive beforehand. |
| foretoken | noun | Prognostic; previous omen., To foreshow; to presignify; to prognosticate. |
| forewaste | verb t. | See Forewaste. |
| forewiten | pl. | of Forewite |
| forewiste | imp. sing. | of Forewite |
| forewomen | plural | of Forewoman |
| forewoman | noun | A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman. |
| forfeited | imp. & past participle | of Forfeit |
| forfeiter | noun | One who incurs a penalty of forfeiture. |
| forficate | adjective | Deeply forked, as the tail of certain birds. |
| forficula | noun | A genus of insects including the earwigs. See Earwig, 1. |
| forgather | verb i. | To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally. |
| forgeries | plural | of Forgery |
| forgotten | past participle | of Forget, p. p. of Forget. |
| forgetful | adjective | Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory., Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive., Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. |
| forgetive | adjective | Inventive; productive; capable. |
| forgetter | noun | One who forgets; a heedless person. |
| forgiving | present participle & vb. noun | of Forgive, Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. |
| forkbeard | noun | A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head; — also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard., The European forked hake or hake’s-dame (Phycis blennoides); — also called great forked beard. |
| forkiness | noun | The quality or state or dividing in a forklike manner. |
| forlornly | adverb | In a forlorn manner. |
| formalism | noun | The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion. |
| formalist | noun | One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion. |
| formality | noun | The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc., Form without substance., Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality., An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode., The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal., That which is formal; the formal part., The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence., The manner in which a thing is conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are formalities. |
| formalize | verb t. | To give form, or a certain form, to; to model., To render formal., To affect formality. |
| formation | noun | The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping., The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart., A substance formed or deposited., Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations., A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation., The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc. |
| formative | adjective | Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts., Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative., Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter., That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word., A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root. |
| formicary | noun | The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill. |
| formicate | adjective | Resembling, or pertaining to, an ant or ants. |
| formulary | adjective | Stated; prescribed; ritual., A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulaae, etc.; a book of precedents., Prescribed form or model; formula. |
| formulate | verb t. | To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression. |
| formulize | verb t. | To reduce to a formula; to formulate. |
| fornicate | adjective | Alt. of Fornicated, To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse. |
| forsaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Forsake |
| forslugge | verb t. | To lsoe by idleness or slotch. |
| forsythia | adjective | A shrub of the Olive family, with yellow blossoms. |
| fortalice | noun | A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; — called also fortelace. |
| forthward | adverb | Forward. |
| forthwith | adverb | Immediately; without delay; directly., As soon as the thing required may be done by reasonable exertion confined to that object. |
| fortifier | noun | One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, or upholds. |
| fortified | imp. & past participle | of Fortify |
| fortilage | noun | A little fort; a blockhouse. |
| fortition | noun | Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard. |
| fortitude | noun | Power to resist attack; strength; firmness., That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble. |
| fortnight | noun | The space of fourteen days; two weeks. |
| fortunate | noun | Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment., Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one’s own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky. |
| fortunize | verb t. | To regulate the fortune of; to make happy. |
| forwander | verb i. | To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness. |
| forwarded | imp. & past participle | of Forward |
| forwarder | noun | One who forwards or promotes; a promoter., One who sends forward anything; (Com.) one who transmits goods; a forwarding merchant., One employed in forwarding. |
| forwardly | adverb | Eagerly; hastily; obtrusively. |
| forwweary | verb t. | To weary extremely; to dispirit. |
| foryetten | p. p. of Foryete. |