8 letter word starting with fo

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.