English words: F

906 words under F; 201–300 on this page.

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• feminine adjective (feminine, more feminine); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Feminine means typical of or thought to be suitable for women or girls.
• femur noun (a femur, femurs or femora)
  The femur is the thigh bone, the long bone between your hip and your knee.
• fen noun (a fen, fens; the Fens — a region in England)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A fen is low, flat, wet land, like a marsh, often with reeds and peat.
• fence noun (fence, fences); verb (fence, fences, fenced, fencing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A fence is a wall of wood, metal or wire around a garden or field.
• fend verb (fend, fends, fended, fending); phrasal verbs fend…
  To fend for yourself is to look after yourself without help.
• ferment verb (ferment, ferments, fermented, fermenting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To ferment means to change chemically because of yeast or bacteria, which break down sugar and make gas, acid or alcohol.
• fermentation noun (fermentation — uncountable); verb ferment; adjective…
  Fermentation is a natural change in which tiny living things like yeast or bacteria break down sugars, often making gas, acid or alcohol.
• fermenting verb form of ferment…
  Fermenting is when tiny living things such as yeast or bacteria slowly change sugar into gas, acids or alcohol, as when bread dough rises…
• fern noun (a fern, ferns)
  A fern is a green plant with no flowers and long feathery leaves called fronds.
• ferocious adjective (ferocious, more ferocious)
  Ferocious means fierce, wild and dangerous: a ferocious dog.
• ferocity noun (ferocity)
  Ferocity is fierce, wild anger or savage force.
• ferret noun (a ferret, ferrets); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A small, long, thin furry animal related to the weasel, kept as a pet or once used to chase rabbits out of their holes.
• ferrous adjective (ferrous) — (science)
  Containing iron: «ferrous metals».
• ferry noun (ferry, ferries); verb…
  A ferry is a boat or ship that carries people, cars and goods across a river, lake or sea, again and again on a set route.
• ferryboat noun (ferryboat, ferryboats)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A ferryboat is a boat that carries people, cars or goods across a river or sea and back again.
• ferryman noun (ferryman, ferrymen)
  A ferryman is a person whose job is to row or steer a boat that carries people across a river or lake.
• fertile adjective (fertile; more fertile, most fertile)
  Fertile land or soil is good for growing plants and crops.
• fertilisation noun (fertilisation; uncountable); American spelling…
  Fertilisation is when a male cell and a female cell join to start a new living thing, such as pollen joining an egg cell in a flower to…
• fertilise verb (fertilise, fertilises, fertilised, fertilising); US…
  To fertilise soil is to add manure, compost or chemicals so that plants grow better.
• fertiliser noun (a fertiliser, fertilisers; fertiliser) — US spelling…
  A substance added to soil to help plants grow, such as manure, compost or chemical pellets.
• fertility noun (fertility — uncountable); adjective fertileeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Fertility is how well soil or land can grow plants and crops.
• fertilizer noun (fertilizer, fertilizers); UK also fertiliser; verb…
  Fertilizer is a substance added to soil to give plants the food (nutrients) they need to grow better.
• fervently adverb (from fervent)
  In a fervent way: with great feeling and deep belief.
• fester verbJewish tradition
  To go bad and fill with pus, as an infected wound does.
• festering adjectiveJewish tradition
  Going bad and full of pus, as an infected wound.
• festival noun (a festival, festivals)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A special day or time when people celebrate something, often with traditions, food, music or religious ceremonies, like Diwali, Eid or…
• festive adjective
  Festive means happy and cheerful, like a party or celebration.
• festivity noun (festivity, festivities)
  Festivities (usually plural) are the parties, music, food and fun events held to celebrate something.
• festoon noun (festoons); verb…
  A festoon is a chain or string of flowers, leaves, ribbons or lights hanging in a curve between two points.
• fetch verb (fetch, fetches, fetched, fetching)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To go to get something or someone and bring them back: fetch the ball, fetch your coat.
• fetcheth verb, old form of «fetches» (he, she, it)
  «fetcheth» means «fetches», a form of «fetch»: To go to get something or someone and bring them back: fetch the ball, fetch your coat.
• fete noun (a fete, fetes); also fête; verb (fete, feted — formal)
  An outdoor event, often at a school or church, with stalls, games and food to raise money.
• fetid adjectiveJewish tradition
  Smelling very bad, rotten.
• fetlock noun (fetlock, fetlocks)
  The fetlock is the small joint on a horse's leg, just above the hoof, where a tuft of hair grows.
• fetter noun (fetters); verb (fetter, fetters, fettered, fettering)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fetters are chains put round a prisoner's hands or feet.
• fettered adjective (past form of fetter)
  Chained up with fetters, unable to move freely.
• feud noun (a feud, feuds); verb (feud, feuds, feuded, feuding)
  A long, bitter quarrel between two people, families or groups, often lasting for many generations.
• feudal adjective
  Belonging to the feudal system: the way society was organised in medieval Europe, where kings gave land to lords in return for loyalty and…
• feudalism noun (feudalism; uncountable)
  Feudalism was the system in medieval Europe in which the king gave land to lords in return for loyalty and soldiers, and peasants (serfs)…
• fever noun (a fever, fevers; fever, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A fever is when your body temperature is higher than normal because you are ill.
• feverish adjective (feverish, more feverish); adverb feverishly
  Feverish means having a fever, with a high body temperature, feeling hot, shivery and unwell.
• feverishly adverb (from feverish)
  In a feverish way: with a high temperature, tossing and turning from illness.
• few adjective, determiner, pronoun (few, fewer, fewest; a few)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Few means not many: few people came.
• fewer adjective, pronoun (few, fewer, fewest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fewer means a smaller number of things: «fewer apples».
• fewest adjective, pronoun (few, fewer, fewest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fewest means the smallest number of things.
• fewness nounJewish tradition
  Being few in number; smallness of amount.
• fez noun (a fez, fezzes)
  A round red felt hat with a flat top and a black tassel, with no brim, traditional in Turkey, North Africa and the Middle East.
• fib noun (a fib, fibs); verb (fib, fibs, fibbed, fibbing)
  A fib is a small lie, usually about something not very important.
• fibber noun (a fibber, fibbers — informal)
  A person who tells fibs, small lies that are not very serious.
• fibbing verb form (fib, fibs, fibbed, fibbing); noun fibber
  Fibbing is telling small lies, usually about unimportant things.
• fiber noun (fiber, fibers) (spelt fibre in British English)
  A fiber is a thin thread-like piece of something, such as cotton, wool or wood.
• fibre noun…
  A fibre is a very thin thread, like those that make up wool, cotton, string, hair or paper.
• fibreglass noun (fibreglass — uncountable); US fiberglass
  Fibreglass is a light, strong material made of very thin glass threads, often set in plastic.
• fibrin noun (fibrin, uncountable)
  Fibrin is a stringy protein in the blood that forms a net of threads to make a clot and stop bleeding when you cut yourself.
• fibrosis noun (fibrosis, uncountable)
  A condition where too much tough, thick tissue (like scar tissue) grows in a part of the body, such as the lungs, making it stiff and not…
• fibrous adjective
  Made of or containing fibres: long, thin threads.
• fibula noun (a fibula, fibulae or fibulas)
  The fibula is the thinner of the two long bones in the lower leg, on the outside, next to the larger shin bone (tibia).
• fickle adjective (fickle, fickler, ficklest)
  Fickle means changing often in what one likes or loves, so one cannot be trusted to stay the same.
• fickleness noun (no plural)
  The quality of being fickle: changing one's mind or feelings often and without warning.
• fiction noun (fiction — uncountable)
  Stories that are made up by a writer, not true facts.
• fictional adjective (fictional); noun fiction
  Invented, made up, not real, as in «a fictional character».
• fictitious adjective (fictitious)
  Invented or made up; not real or true.
• fiddle noun (a fiddle, fiddles); verb…
  A fiddle is a violin, especially when it is used to play folk or country music.
• fiddler noun (a fiddler, fiddlers)
  A fiddler is a person who plays the fiddle, which is a violin, especially in folk, country or Irish music.
• fiddlesticks exclamation (fiddlesticks!); noun…
  a gentle exclamation of annoyance, used instead of a swear word: «Oh, fiddlesticks!».
• fidelity noun (fidelity, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fidelity is being faithful and loyal to a person, a promise or a belief, especially to a husband or wife.
• fidget verb (fidget, fidgets, fidgeted, fidgeting); noun…
  To fidget means to keep moving your hands, feet or body in small restless ways, because you are bored, nervous or cannot sit still.
• fidgety adjective (fidgety, fidgetier, fidgetiest); verb fidget…
  Fidgety means unable to keep still, moving your hands, feet or body a lot because you are bored, nervous or restless.
• fie interjection
  an exclamation that shows disgust or disapproval.
• field noun (field, fields); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A field is a big open piece of land, often with grass or crops.
• fielder noun (a fielder, fielders)
  A fielder is a player in cricket, baseball or rounders whose team is not batting, who tries to catch or stop the ball.
• fiend noun (fiend, fiends)
  A fiend is a devil or wicked spirit in old stories.
• fiendish adjective (fiendish; more fiendish, most fiendish)
  Fiendish means very cruel or wicked, like a fiend (a devil or evil spirit).
• fierce adjective (fierce, fiercer, fiercest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Angry, wild and likely to attack: «a fierce dog».
• fiercely adverb (fiercely)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In an angry, wild or violent way.
• fierceness noun (uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fierceness is being wild, angry and ready to attack, like a fierce animal.
• fiery adjective (fiery, fierier, fieriest)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Burning or full of fire: «a fiery furnace».
• fife noun (a fife, fifes); noun, proper (Fife)
  A fife is a small, high-sounding flute without keys, played mainly in military marching bands, often with drums.
• fifo noun and abbreviation (FIFO, also fifo)
  «First in, first out»: a rule where the first thing to come in is the first thing to go out, like a queue.
• fifteen number (fifteen, 15); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fifteen is the number 15: ten and five more, one more than fourteen.
• fifteenth adjective, noun (fifteenth, 15th; a fifteenth, fifteenths)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fifteenth means number 15 in order.
• fifth adjective, noun (fifth, 5th; a fifth, fifths)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fifth means number 5 in order.
• fiftieth ordinal number, adjective (fiftieth); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Coming as number 50 in a row or order.
• fifty number (fifty, 50)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fifty is the number 50, five tens.
• fig noun (fig, figs); abbreviation (fig. = figure)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A soft, sweet fruit with many tiny seeds inside, shaped like a small pear.
• fight verb (fight, fights, fought, fighting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To fight is to try to hurt someone using your body or weapons.
• fighter noun (a fighter, fighters)
  A fighter is a person who fights, for example in boxing or martial arts, or in a war.
• fighteth verb, old form of «fights» (he, she, it)
  «fighteth» means «fights», a form of «fight»: To fight is to try to hurt someone using your body or weapons.
• figurative adjective (figurative)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Used with a meaning different from the usual, word-for-word one, to make a picture in the mind: «a heart of gold» is figurative.
• figuratively adverb
  In a figurative way, not with the plain word-for-word meaning.
• figure noun (figure, figures); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A figure is a number written as a sign, like 7 or 25.
• filament noun (a filament, filaments)
  A filament is a very thin thread or wire.
• filbert noun (filbert, filberts)
  A filbert is a hazelnut, the smooth nut of the hazel tree.
• filch verb (filch, filches, filched, filching)
  To filch is to steal something small, usually in a sneaky way.
• file noun (file, files); verb (file, files, filed, filing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A file is a set of information kept together on a computer, like a picture or a document.
• filial adjective
  Filial means of a son or daughter, or owed by a child to a parent: filial duty.
• filing noun (filing, uncountable; a filing, filings); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Filing is putting papers or computer documents in order in files or folders.
• filipino adjective (Filipino); noun…
  Filipino means from or belonging to the Philippines, a country of more than seven thousand islands in South-East Asia.
• fill verb (fill, fills, filled, filling); noun (your fill)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To fill is to put in as much as something can hold.
• fille noun (French: une fille, des filles); not an English word
  «Fille» means «girl» or «daughter»: «une petite fille» = a little girl, «ma fille» = my daughter.

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