| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| fractious | adjective | Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse. |
| fractural | adjective | Pertaining to, or consequent on, a fracture. |
| fractured | imp. & past participle | of Fracture |
| fraenulum | noun | A fraenum. |
| fragility | noun | The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility., Weakness; feebleness., Liability to error and sin; frailty. |
| fragrance | noun | Alt. of Fragrancy |
| fragrancy | noun | The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume. |
| frailness | noun | Frailty. |
| frailties | plural | of Frailty |
| framework | noun | The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society., Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom. |
| franchise | adjective | Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty., A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote., The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary., Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility., To make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to. |
| francolin | noun | A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly common in southern Europe, but is now nearly restricted to Asia. |
| frangible | adjective | Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken. |
| frangulic | adjective | Alt. of Frangulinic |
| frangulin | noun | A yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from a species (Rhamnus Frangula) of the buckthorn; — called also rhamnoxanthin. |
| frank-fee | noun | A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold. |
| frank-law | noun | The liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness; one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common law; — an obsolete expression signifying substantially the same as the American expression civil rights. |
| frankness | noun | The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality. |
| fraternal | adjective | Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. |
| fraudless | adjective | Free from fraud. |
| fraughted | imp. & past participle | of Fraught |
| freckling | present participle & vb. noun | of Freckle |
| fredstole | noun | See Fridstol. |
| freebooty | noun | Freebootery. |
| free-hand | adjective | Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. See under Drawing. |
| free-love | noun | The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. |
| freemason | noun | One of an ancient and secret association or fraternity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and mutual assistance. |
| free-soil | adjective | Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; — esp. applied to a party which was active during the period 1846-1856. |
| freestone | noun | A stone composed of sand or grit; — so called because it is easily cut or wrought., Having the flesh readily separating from the stone, as in certain kinds of peaches. |
| free will | A will free from improper coercion or restraint., The power asserted of moral beings of willing or choosing without the restraints of physical or absolute necessity. | |
| freezable | adjective | Capable of being frozen. |
| freighted | imp. & past participle | of Freight |
| freighter | noun | One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship., One employed in receiving and forwarding freight., One for whom freight is transported., A vessel used mainly to carry freight. |
| frenchify | verb t. | To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize. |
| frenchism | noun | A French mode or characteristic; an idiom peculiar to the French language. |
| frenchmen | plural | of Frenchman |
| frenchman | noun | A native or one of the people of France. |
| frenzical | adjective | Frantic. |
| frequence | noun | A crowd; a throng; a concourse., Frequency; abundance. |
| frequency | noun | The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles., A crowd; a throng. |
| frescoing | present participle & vb. noun | of Fresco |
| freshened | imp. & past participle | of Freshen |
| freshment | noun | Refreshment. |
| freshness | noun | The state of being fresh. |
| fresh-new | adjective | Unpracticed. |
| fribbling | adjective | Frivolous; trining; toolishly captious. |
| fricassee | noun | A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy. |
| fricassed | imp. & past participle | of Frlcassee |
| frlcassee | verb t. | To dress like a fricassee. |
| frication | noun | Friction. |
| fricative | adjective | Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; — said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc., A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-206, etc. |
| friending | present participle & vb. noun | of Friend, Friendliness. |
| frigatoon | noun | A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged. |
| frigerate | e. t. | To make cool. |
| frighting | present participle & vb. noun | of Fright |
| frightful | adjective | Full of fright; affrighted; frightened., Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. |
| fringilla | adjective | A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling. |
| fripperer | noun | A fripper. |
| friskily’ | adverb | In a frisky manner. |
| frittered | imp. & past participle | of Fritter |
| frivolism | noun | Frivolity. |
| frivolity | noun | The condition or quality of being frivolous; also, acts or habits of trifling; unbecoming levity of disposition. |
| frivolous | adjective | Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument., Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters. |
| frizzling | present participle & vb. noun | of Frizzle |
| frockless | adjective | Destitute of a frock. |
| frogmouth | noun | One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidae); — so called from their very broad, flat bills. |
| frogs-bit | noun | Frogbit. |
| frogshell | noun | One of numerous species of marine gastropod shells, belonging to Ranella and allied genera. |
| frolicked | imp. & past participle | of Frolic |
| frolicful | adjective | Frolicsome. |
| fromwards | preposition | A way from; — the contrary of toward. |
| frondesce | verb i. | To unfold leaves, as plants. |
| frontless | adjective | Without face or front; shameless; not diffident; impudent. |
| frostbird | noun | The golden plover. |
| frostbite | noun | The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose., To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost. |
| frostfish | noun | The tomcod; — so called because it is abundant on the New England coast in autumn at about the commencement of frost. See Tomcod., The smelt., A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (Lepidotus) valued as a food fish. |
| frostless | adjective | Free from frost; as, a frostless winter. |
| frostweed | noun | An American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic. |
| frostwork | noun | The figurework, often fantastic and delicate, which moisture sometimes forms in freezing, as upon a window pane or a flagstone. |
| frostwort | noun | Same as Frostweed. |
| frothless | adjective | Free from froth. |
| frouncing | present participle & vb. noun | of Frounce |
| fructidor | noun | The twelfth month of the French republican calendar; — commencing August 18, and ending September 16. See Vendemiaire. |
| fructuary | noun | One who enjoys the profits, income, or increase of anything. |
| fructuous | adjective | Fruitful; productive; profitable. |
| frugality | noun | The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; thrift; — opposed to extravagance., A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise. |
| frugivora | noun pl. | The fruit bate; a group of the Cheiroptera, comprising the bats which live on fruits. See Eruit bat, under Fruit. |
| fruiterer | noun | One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits. |
| fruitless | adjective | Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage., Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy. |
| frustrate | adjective | Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect., To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose., To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed. |
| fruticant | adjective | Full of shoots. |
| fruticose | adjective | Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem. |
| fruticous | adjective | Fruticose. |