Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
focillation |
noun |
Comfort; support. |
folliculous |
adjective |
Having or producing follicles. |
fomentation |
noun |
The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors., The lotion applied to a diseased part., Excitation; instigation; encouragement. |
foolhardily |
adverb |
In a foolhardy manner. |
foolhardise |
noun |
Foolhardiness. |
foolishness |
noun |
The quality of being foolish., A foolish practice; an absurdity. |
footbreadth |
noun |
The breadth of a foot; — used as a measure. |
foot guards |
pl. |
Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. |
footmanship |
noun |
Art or skill of a footman. |
foraminated |
adjective |
Having small opening, or foramina. |
foraminifer |
noun |
One of the foraminifera. |
forbearance |
noun |
The act of forbearing or waiting; the exercise of patience., The quality of being forbearing; indulgence toward offenders or enemies; long-suffering. |
forbiddance |
noun |
The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. |
forbiddenly |
adverb |
In a forbidden or unlawful manner. |
forcipation |
noun |
Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. |
forealleged |
imp. & past participle |
of Foreallege |
foreappoint |
verb t. |
To set, order, or appoint, beforehand. |
foreclosing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Foreclose |
foreclosure |
noun |
The act or process of foreclosing; a proceeding which bars or extinguishes a mortgager’s right of redeeming a mortgaged estate. |
foredispose |
verb t. |
To bestow beforehand. |
foreholding |
noun |
Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. |
foreignness |
noun |
The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness. |
foreknowing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Foreknow |
forerecited |
adjective |
Named or recited before. |
foreshorten |
verb t. |
To represent on a plane surface, as if extended in a direction toward the spectator or nearly so; to shorten by drawing in perspective., Fig.: To represent pictorially to the imagination. |
foresighted |
adjective |
Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. |
foresignify |
verb t. |
To signify beforehand; to foreshow; to typify. |
forespurrer |
noun |
One who rides before; a harbinger. |
forestalled |
imp. & past participle |
of Forestall |
forestaller |
noun |
One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. |
foretelling |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Foretell |
forethought |
adjective |
Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate., A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care. |
foretokened |
imp. & past participle |
of Foretoken |
forevouched |
adjective |
Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance. |
forewarning |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Forewarn |
forgetfully |
adverb |
In a forgetful manner. |
forgettable |
adjective |
Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten. |
forgiveness |
noun |
The act of forgiving; the state of being forgiven; as, the forgiveness of sin or of injuries., Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive. |
fork-tailed |
adjective |
Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; — said of many birds. |
forlornness |
noun |
State of being forlorn. |
formalities |
plural |
of Formality |
formalizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Formalize |
formicaroid |
adjective |
Like or pertaining to the family Formicaridae or ant thrushes. |
formication |
noun |
A sensation resembling that made by the creeping of ants on the skin. |
formidolose |
adjective |
Very much afraid. |
formularize |
verb t. |
To reduce to a forula; to formulate. |
formularies |
plural |
of Formulary |
formulating |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Formulate |
formulation |
noun |
The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula. |
formulizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Formulize |
fornication |
noun |
Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery., Adultery., Incest., Idolatry. |
forstraught |
past participle & adjective |
Distracted. |
forswearing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Forswear |
forthcoming |
adjective |
Ready or about to appear; making appearance. |
forthputing |
adjective |
Bold; forward; aggressive. |
fortifiable |
adjective |
Capable of being fortified. |
fortnightly |
adjective |
Occurring or appearing once in a fortnight; as, a fortnightly meeting of a club; a fortnightly magazine, or other publication., Once in a fortnight; at intervals of a fortnight. |
fortunately |
adverb |
In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily. |
fortuneless |
adjective |
Luckless; also, destitute of a fortune or portion. |
forwardness |
noun |
The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel., An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness., Eagerness; ardor; as, it is difficult to restrain the forwardness of youth., Boldness; confidence; assurance; want of due reserve or modesty., A state of advance beyond the usual degree; prematureness; precocity; as, the forwardnessof spring or of corn; the forwardness of a pupil. |
fossilizing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Fossilize |
foul-spoken |
adjective |
Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language. |
fourdrinier |
noun |
A machine used in making paper; — so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery. |
four-poster |
noun |
A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains. |
fox-hunting |
adjective |
Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes. |