English words: F

906 words under F; 1–100 on this page.

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• fa noun (fa, fah — a music note); also an abbreviation (FA)
  The fourth note of the musical scale in the sol-fa system: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.
• fab adjective (informal: fab); noun…
  Fab is short for «fabulous»: great, wonderful, brilliant.
• fable noun (a fable, fables)
  A short story, often with animals that talk, that teaches a lesson called a moral, like Aesop's «The Tortoise and the Hare».
• fabric noun (a fabric, fabrics; fabric — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fabric is cloth, material made by weaving or knitting threads, used for clothes, curtains and bags.
• fabricated adjective (fabricated); past tense and past participle of…
  Made up to trick people; false: «a fabricated story».
• fabrication noun (fabrication, fabrications)
  A lie or a made-up story pretending to be true.
• fabulist noun (fabulists)
  A fabulist is a writer who makes up fables, short stories that teach a lesson, often with animals as characters.
• fabulous adjective (more fabulous, most fabulous)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fabulous means belonging to fables or legends, not real: a fabulous creature like a dragon.
• face noun (face, faces); verb (face, faces, faced, facing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Your face is the front of your head with eyes, nose and mouth.
• facet nounJewish tradition
  One side or part of something with many sides, like a cut gem.
• facetious adjective (facetious); adverb facetiously
  Joking at the wrong time, about something serious, so it seems silly or rude, as in «a facetious remark».
• facetiously adverb (facetiously)
  In a joking way, especially about a serious matter, when it is not the right time for jokes.
• facial adjective (facial); noun (a facial, facials)
  Of or on the face: «facial expression», «facial hair».
• facile adjective
  Too simple; said or done without careful thought, so it ignores the real problem.
• facilitate verb (facilitate, facilitates, facilitated, facilitating)
  To facilitate something means to make it easier or help it happen.
• facilitation noun (uncountable)
  Making something easier to do or helping it happen.
• facility noun (a facility, facilities)
  A facility is a building, room or piece of equipment made for a special purpose, like a sports facility.
• facsimile noun (facsimiles)
  A facsimile is an exact copy of a page, picture or book, made to look just like the original.
• fact noun (fact, facts)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A fact is something that is known to be true and can be checked.
• factor noun (a factor, factors); verb…
  In maths, a factor is a whole number that divides exactly into another number with no remainder: 3 is a factor of 12.
• factorial nounJewish tradition
  In mathematics, the result of multiplying a whole number by every smaller whole number down to one.
• factory noun (factory, factories)
  A factory is a big building where people and machines make things, like cars, toys, food or clothes.
• factual adjective (factual)
  Based on facts; true and real, not made up.
• faculty noun (faculty, faculties)
  A natural ability of the body or mind, such as sight, hearing or memory.
• fad noun (a fad, fads)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A fad is something, like a toy, game, fashion or food, that becomes very popular suddenly and is then quickly forgotten.
• faddy adjective (faddy, faddier, faddiest)
  Fussy about food, liking only a few things and refusing many others.
• fade verb (fade, fades, faded, fading); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To slowly lose colour or brightness: the sun faded the curtains.
• fae noun (the fae, fae — fantasy); preposition (fae — Scots)
  The fae are fairies or fairy folk in stories and legends, especially in Celtic tales; fae can also describe things belonging to them.
• faeces noun (faeces, plural in form, uncountable in use); American…
  Faeces is the scientific word for poo, the solid waste that people and animals push out of their bodies through the bottom.
• faery noun (a faery, faeries); adjective (faery)
  An old or poetic spelling of «fairy»: a small magical creature in stories.
• fag noun (a fag, fags)
  A fag is a cigarette.
• faggot noun (faggots)
  A faggot is a bundle of sticks tied together for burning.
• fahrenheit noun and adjective…
  Fahrenheit is a scale for measuring temperature, on which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees.
• fail verb (fail, fails, failed, failing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To fail means not to do what you tried or wanted to do.
• faileth verb, old form of «fails» (he, she, it)
  «faileth» means «fails», a form of «fail»: To fail means not to do what you tried or wanted to do.
• failing noun (failings)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A failing is a fault or weakness in a person's character or behaviour.
• failure noun (a failure, failures; failure, uncountable)
  Failure is not succeeding at something you tried to do.
• fain adverb (old use, mostly in 'would fain')everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fain means gladly or willingly; «would fain» means would like very much to.
• faint adjective (faint, fainter, faintest); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Not strong or clear; hard to see, hear or smell (a faint sound, a faint line).
• faintly adverb (faintly)
  Weakly, quietly or not clearly, so it is hard to see, hear or smell.
• faintness noun (faintness; uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Faintness is a weak, dizzy feeling as if you might faint (pass out).
• fair noun (a fair, fairs); adjective (fair, fairer, fairest)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fair means equal and right for everyone, following the rules.
• fairground noun (a fairground, fairgrounds)
  A fairground is an open area where a fair is held, with rides, games, stalls and food.
• fairly adverb (fairly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fairly means in a fair, equal way, following the rules.
• fairness noun (fairness — uncountable)
  Fairness means treating people equally and justly, following the rules, and not cheating or favouring anyone.
• fairy noun (fairy, fairies); adjective (fairy)
  A fairy is a tiny magic person with wings in stories.
• fairyland noun (fairyland, fairylands)
  The magical, imaginary land where fairies live in stories.
• faith noun (faith, mostly uncountable; a faith, faiths)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Faith is a strong trust or belief in someone or something, even without proof.
• faithful adjective (faithful, more faithful); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Faithful means loyal and true — always staying with and supporting a person, a team or a promise.
• faithfully adverb (faithfully)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Faithfully means in a loyal way that can be trusted: keeping promises and staying true.
• faithfulness noun (faithfulness, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Being loyal and true to someone, keeping your promises.
• faithless adjective (more faithless, most faithless)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Faithless means not loyal, breaking a promise or failing to keep a friend true.
• faithlessness noun (no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Faithlessness is the state of not being loyal, or the act of breaking a promise.
• fake adjective; noun (a fake, fakes); verb…
  Fake means not real, made to look like something else, often to trick people.
• falcon noun (a falcon, falcons)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A falcon is a fast bird of prey with long pointed wings and a hooked beak that catches other birds and small animals.
• falconer noun (a falconer, falconers)
  A person who keeps, trains and flies falcons, hawks or other birds of prey, especially to hunt or for displays.
• fall verb (fall, falls, fell, fallen, falling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To fall means to drop down toward the ground.
• fallacy noun (a fallacy, fallacies)
  A fallacy is a false idea that many people believe.
• fallen verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fallen is the form of fall used after has, have, had or be: The cup has fallen.
• falleth verb, old form of «falls» (he, she, it)
  «falleth» means «falls», a form of «fall»: To fall means to drop down toward the ground.
• fallible adjective (fallible, more fallible); noun fallibility…
  Fallible means able to make mistakes or be wrong.
• fallow adjective (fallow); noun (fallow, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fallow land is a field that is ploughed but left without crops for a season so the soil can rest and get healthy again.
• false adjective (false)everyday · Jewish tradition
  False means not true or not correct.
• falsehood noun (a falsehood, falsehoods; falsehood — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A lie; something said that is not true.
• falsely adverb (falsely)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Falsely means in a way that is not true or not correct.
• falsification noun (falsification, falsifications)
  Falsification is changing facts, documents, evidence or results in a dishonest way so that they show something untrue.
• falsifying verb form (falsify, falsifies, falsified, falsifying)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Changing something such as a document, record or result so that it is false and tricks people: falsifying the test scores.
• falter verb (falter, falters, faltered, faltering)
  To falter is to stop or go weak for a moment, for example when the voice shakes or the feet slow down.
• falteringly adverb (falteringly)
  Falteringly means in an unsteady, shaky way, especially when speaking.
• fame noun (fame, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fame is being known about and talked about by very many people.
• familiar adjective (familiar, more familiar, most familiar)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Familiar means well known to you because you have seen or heard it often.
• familiarity noun (familiarity, familiarities)
  Familiarity is knowing something well because you have seen, heard or done it many times: «familiarity with the rules».
• family noun (family, families); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A family is a group of people who are related, like parents and their children.
• famine noun (a famine, famines; famine — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A time when a large number of people in a place do not have enough food, often for months, and many may become ill or die.
• famish verbJewish tradition
  To make or let someone go hungry, or to starve.
• famished adjective (famished)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Famished means very, very hungry.
• famous adjective (famous, more famous, most famous)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Famous means known by very many people.
• famously adverb (famously)
  In a way that is well known; as many people know.
• fan noun (a fan, fans); verb (fan, fans, fanned, fanning)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A fan is a person who likes a sport, team, singer, book or hobby very much.
• fancied verb past form of fancy…
  If you fancied something, you wanted or liked the idea of it (mainly UK): «I fancied a cup of tea».
• fancier adjective (comparative of fancy: fancy, fancier, fanciest)…
  Fancier means more decorated, elaborate or posh than something else.
• fanciful adjective (fanciful, more fanciful, most fanciful)
  Fanciful means full of imagination, with ideas that are not based on fact or proof.
• fancy adjective (fancy, fancier, fanciest); verb…
  Fancy means decorated, special or expensive, not plain.
• fanfare noun (a fanfare, fanfares; also uncountable)
  A fanfare is a short, loud, exciting tune played on trumpets or other brass instruments to announce someone important or the start of…
• fang noun (a fang, fangs)
  A long, sharp, pointed tooth, especially of a dog, wolf, snake or vampire.
• fanned verb form (fan, fans, fanned, fanning) — past tense and…
  Moved air towards something or someone with a fan or with your hand, to cool it down.
• fantail noun (a fantail, fantails)
  A small bird with a tail that spreads out like a fan; in New Zealand the fantail (pīwakawaka) is a common, friendly bird that follows…
• fantasia noun (a fantasia, fantasias)
  A fantasia is a piece of music written freely, following the composer's imagination rather than a strict pattern.
• fantastic adjective (fantastic; more fantastic, most fantastic)
  Fantastic means extremely good, wonderful: «a fantastic party».
• fantastical adjective (fantastical; more fantastical)
  Fantastical means strange, wonderful or unreal, like something from a dream or a fairy tale.
• fantasy noun (fantasy, fantasies); adjective use…
  Fantasy is a kind of story or film with magic, dragons, wizards or imaginary worlds.
• far adverb, adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Far means a long way away.
• faraway adjective (faraway); also far away (adverb phrase)
  Faraway means a long distance away.
• farce noun (a farce, farces; also uncountable)
  A farce is a funny play or film full of silly situations, mix-ups, chases and people hiding in cupboards.
• fare noun (a fare, fares); verb (fare, fares, fared, faring)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A fare is the money you pay to travel on a bus, train, plane, taxi or boat.
• farewell noun (a farewell, farewells); exclamation (farewell!)…
  Goodbye, as in «Farewell, my friend!».
• farm noun (farm, farms); verb (farm, farms, farmed, farming)
  A farm is land with buildings where people grow crops and keep animals.
• farmer noun (farmer, farmers)
  A farmer is a person who owns or works on a farm, growing crops or raising animals.
• farmhouse noun (farmhouses)
  A farmhouse is the main house on a farm, where the farmer and family live.
• farmland noun (farmland, uncountable)
  Farmland is land used for farming: growing crops or keeping animals.

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