Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
fabaceous |
adjective |
Having the nature of a bean; like a bean. |
fabricked |
imp. & past participle |
of Fabric |
fabricant |
noun |
One who fabricates; a manufacturer. |
fabricate |
verb t. |
To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship., To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens., To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story. |
fabulized |
imp. & past participle |
of Fabulize |
facetious |
adjective |
Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion., Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply. |
facsimile |
noun |
A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness., To make a facsimile of. |
factioner |
noun |
One of a faction. |
factitive |
adjective |
Causing; causative., Pertaining to that relation which is proper when the act, as of a transitive verb, is not merely received by an object, but produces some change in the object, as when we say, He made the water wine. |
factoring |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Factor, The act of resolving into factors. |
factorage |
noun |
The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; — called also a commission. |
factoress |
noun |
A factor who is a woman. |
factorial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a factory., Related to factorials., A name given to the factors of a continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same function F(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the independent variable. Thus the product F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials., The product of the consecutive numbers from unity up to any given number. |
factorize |
verb t. |
To give warning to; — said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the plaintiff., To attach (the effects of a debtor) in the hands of a third person ; to garnish. See Garnish. |
factories |
plural |
of Factory |
factotums |
plural |
of Factotum |
faculties |
plural |
of Faculty |
facundity |
noun |
Eloquence; readiness of speech. |
fahlunite |
noun |
A hydration of iolite. |
faintling |
adjective |
Timorous; feeble-minded. |
faintness |
noun |
The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control., Want of vigor or energy., Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description., Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection. |
fairyland |
noun |
The imaginary land or abode of fairies. |
fairylike |
adjective |
Resembling a fairy, or what is made or done be fairies; as, fairylike music. |
faithless |
adjective |
Not believing; not giving credit., Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion., Not observant of promises or covenants., Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife., Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. |
falcation |
noun |
The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. |
falcidian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune. |
falciform |
adjective |
Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver. |
falconine |
adjective |
Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconidae |
falculate |
adjective |
Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon. |
faldstool |
noun |
A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church. |
falernian |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy; as, Falernianwine. |
fallacies |
plural |
of Fallacy |
fallopian |
adjective |
Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus. |
fallowing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Fallow |
fallowist |
noun |
One who favors the practice of fallowing land. |
falsehood |
noun |
Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity., A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie., Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness., A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture. |
falseness |
noun |
The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer’s notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word. |
falsettos |
plural |
of Falsetto |
falsifier |
noun |
One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar. |
falsified |
imp. & past participle |
of Falsify |
falsities |
plural |
of Falsity |
faltering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Falter, Hesitating; trembling., Falter; halting; hesitation. |
familiary |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic. |
famishing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Famish |
fanatical |
adjective |
Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic. |
fanciless |
adjective |
Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination. |
fancywork |
noun |
Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc. |
fantasied |
adjective |
Filled with fancies or imaginations. |
fantastic |
adjective |
Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical., Having the nature of a phantom; unreal., Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress., Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque., A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop. |
fantasies |
plural |
of Fantasy |
farandams |
noun |
A fabrik made of silk and wool or hair. |
farcement |
noun |
Stuffing; forcemeat. |
farcilite |
noun |
Pudding stone. |
farmeress |
noun |
A woman who farms. |
farmhouse |
noun |
A dwelling house on a farm; a farmer’s residence. |
farmstead |
noun |
A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm. |
farrowing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Farfow |
farseeing |
adjective |
Able to see to a great distance; farsighted., Having foresight as regards the future. |
fasciated |
adjective |
Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage., Banded or compacted together., Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb., Broadly banded with color. |
fascicled |
adjective |
Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair. |
fasciculi |
plural |
of Fasciculus |
fascinate |
verb t. |
To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant., To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms. |
fascinous |
adjective |
Caused or acting by witchcraft. |
fasciolae |
plural |
of Fasciola |
fashioned |
imp. & past participle |
of Fashion, Having a certain style or fashion; as old-fashioned; new-fashioned. |
fashioner |
noun |
One who fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything. |
fastening |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Fasten, Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc. |
fatalness |
noun |
Quality of being fatal. |
fathering |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Father |
fathoming |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Fathom |
fatidical |
adjective |
Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; as, the fatidical oak. |
fatigable |
adjective |
Easily tired. |
fatiguing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Fatigue |
fattining |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Fatten |
fattiness |
noun |
State or quality of being fatty. |
fatuitous |
adjective |
Stupid; fatuous. |
fat-wited |
adjective |
Dull; stupid. |
faulchion |
noun |
See Falchion. |
faultless |
adjective |
Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem. |
faveolate |
adjective |
Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose. |
favillous |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to ashes. |
favorable |
noun |
Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly., Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient., Beautiful; well-favored. |
favoredly |
adverb |
In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably. |
favorless |
adjective |
Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support., Unpropitious; unfavorable. |
favosites |
noun |
A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls. |
fawningly |
adverb |
In a fawning manner. |
fartherer |
noun |
One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter. |