English words: F

906 words under F; 301–400 on this page.

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• fillet nounJewish tradition
  A thin band or strip, often used to bind or decorate something.
• filling noun (a filling, fillings); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A filling is the food inside a pie, sandwich, cake or pastry.
• filly noun (filly, fillies)
  A filly is a young female horse, usually under four years old.
• film noun (film, films); verb (film, films, filmed, filming)
  A film is a movie, a story shown with moving pictures.
• filmmaker noun (a filmmaker, filmmakers); also film-maker
  A filmmaker is a person who makes films, especially a director or producer who has the main ideas.
• filmy adjective (filmier, filmiest)
  Filmy means thin, light and see-through, like a very fine cloth or film.
• fils word (French); noun (a fils, plural fils — money)
  «Fils» is the French word for son; it sounds like «feess» to an English ear and is not an English word.
• filter noun (a filter, filters); verb…
  A filter is a material or device with tiny holes that lets liquid or air pass but catches solid bits.
• filth noun (filth — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Filth is very bad, disgusting dirt.
• filthiness nounJewish tradition
  The state of being very dirty, or morally foul.
• filthy adjective (filthy, filthier, filthiest); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very dirty: filthy boots.
• filtration noun (filtration — uncountable)
  Filtration is the process of separating solid bits from a liquid or gas by passing it through a filter, such as paper, sand or cloth.
• fin noun (a fin, fins)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A thin, flat part sticking out of a fish's or sea animal's body that helps it swim, steer and balance.
• final adjective (final); noun (a final, finals)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Final means last, coming at the end.
• finale noun (a finale, finales)
  The finale is the last part of a show, concert, piece of music or event, usually the most exciting part.
• finally adverb (finally)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Finally means at last, after a long time or a lot of waiting.
• finance noun (finance, finances); verb…
  The management of money, especially by governments, banks and businesses.
• finances noun, plural of finance (finances); verb, third person of…
  The money that a person, family, business or country has and how it is managed.
• financial adjective
  Financial means about money, especially how it is earned, spent, saved or managed.
• financially adverb
  Financially means in a way that is about money: «financially secure» means safe with money.
• finch noun (a finch, finches)
  A finch is a small songbird with a short, strong, cone-shaped beak for cracking seeds, such as a goldfinch, chaffinch or greenfinch.
• find verb (find, finds, found, finding); noun (a find)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To find is to see or get something you were looking for, or by chance: find a coin.
• finder noun (a finder, finders)
  A finder is a person who finds something.
• findest verb, old form used with thou
  «findest» means «you find», a form of «find»: To find is to see or get something you were looking for, or by chance: find a coin.
• findeth verb, old form of «finds» (he, she, it)
  «findeth» means «finds», a form of «find»: To find is to see or get something you were looking for, or by chance: find a coin.
• findings noun, plural (findings); singular a finding (rare)
  The facts or results someone has discovered after studying, testing or investigating something.
• fine adjective (fine, finer, finest); adverb (fine — informal)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Well or healthy, all right: "I'm fine, thanks.".
• finely adverb
  In very small or thin pieces: «finely chopped onion».
• finery noun (uncountable)
  Fancy, expensive or very smart clothes and jewellery worn for a special occasion.
• finger noun (finger, fingers); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  One of the five long parts at the end of your hand (often the thumb is counted separately).
• fingernail noun (a fingernail, fingernails)
  The hard thin layer that covers and protects the top of the tip of each finger.
• fingerprint noun (fingerprint, fingerprints); verb…
  The pattern of tiny lines on the tip of each finger, or the mark it leaves on a surface.
• fingerspell verb…
  To fingerspell is to spell out a word letter by letter using hand shapes in sign language, for example a name or a word that has no sign.
• fingerspelling noun (fingerspelling, uncountable); verb fingerspell…
  Fingerspelling is spelling out words letter by letter with hand shapes, as part of a sign language.
• fingertip noun (a fingertip, fingertips)
  The very end of a finger.
• finish verb (finish, finishes, finished, finishing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To finish means to come to the end of something, to complete it.
• finished verb (finish, finishes, finished, finishing); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Finished means done, at the end, complete.
• finite adjective (finite)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Finite means having an end or a limit; not going on forever.
• fink noun (a fink, finks); verb…
  A fink is a person who tells on others to the police or people in charge; a snitch or tattletale.
• finn proper noun (Finn, Finns); also a given name (Finn)
  A Finn is a person from Finland, a country in northern Europe.
• finnish adjective (Finnish); noun (the Finnish language)
  Finnish means from or belonging to Finland, a country in northern Europe.
• fiord noun
  a long narrow inlet of the sea between high cliffs.
• fir noun (a fir, firs; also fir tree)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A tall evergreen tree with flat needles and upright cones; many are used as Christmas trees.
• fire noun (fire, fires); verb (fire, fires, fired, firing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The flames, heat and light made when something burns.
• firearm noun (a firearm, firearms)
  A gun that a person can carry, such as a pistol, rifle or shotgun.
• fireball noun (a fireball, fireballs)
  A ball of fire, such as one made by an explosion.
• firebox noun (a firebox, fireboxes)
  The part of a steam engine, boiler or stove where the fire burns.
• firebrand noun (firebrands)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A firebrand is a piece of burning wood, used as a torch.
• firecracker noun (a firecracker, firecrackers)
  A firecracker is a small firework that explodes with a loud bang, often in a string of many.
• firefighter noun (a firefighter, firefighters)
  A firefighter is a person whose job is to put out fires and rescue people and animals.
• firefly noun (a firefly, fireflies)
  A small flying beetle whose tail glows with a soft light at night.
• firelight noun (no plural in use)
  The light given off by a fire, especially a warm glow in a room.
• fireman noun (a fireman, firemen)
  A fireman is a person whose job is to put out fires and rescue people; today the usual word is firefighter, because both men and women do…
• fireplace noun (fireplace, fireplaces)
  A fireplace is an open space at the bottom of a chimney inside a room, where a fire is lit to heat the room.
• fireproof adjective (fireproof); verb…
  Fireproof means not able to burn or be badly damaged by fire.
• fireside noun (the fireside, firesides); adjective (fireside)
  The area right next to a fireplace, where people sit to keep warm.
• firewood noun (firewood — no plural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Wood cut into pieces to burn in a fire, a stove or a fireplace.
• firework noun (a firework, fireworks)
  A firework is a small device with powder inside that explodes to make bright colours, sparks and loud bangs in the sky.
• firm adjective (firm, firmer, firmest); noun (a firm, firms)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Solid and not soft; hard to press in or move: a firm mattress, firm ground.
• firmament noun (firmaments)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The firmament is the sky, especially the sky full of stars and heavenly things.
• firmly adverb (firmly, more firmly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Firmly means strongly and steadily, so that something does not move or come loose.
• firmness noun (firmnesses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Firmness is being hard or solid, not soft.
• first adverb, adjective, determiner; noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  First means before anything or anyone else: first in line.
• firstborn noun (firstborn, firstborns); adjective (firstborn)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The first child born to a family; the eldest child.
• firstling noun
  the first young animal born to a flock or herd, often given to God.
• firstly adverb (firstly)
  Used to introduce the first point in a list of reasons or steps.
• fiscal adjective (formal)
  Fiscal means about government money: taxes and public spending.
• fish noun (fish — one or many; fishes — many kinds); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A fish is an animal that lives and swims in water, breathes with gills and has fins.
• fisher noun (fisher, fishers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who catches fish, as a job or for fun; a fisherman or fisherwoman.
• fisherman noun (a fisherman, fishermen)
  A fisherman is a person who catches fish, as a job or for fun.
• fisherwoman noun (fisherwomen)
  A fisherwoman is a woman who catches fish, or who sells fish in the street.
• fishery noun (a fishery, fisheries)
  A fishery is a place where fish are caught or bred, like a part of the sea or a fish farm.
• fishing noun (fishing — uncountable); also the -ing form of the…
  Catching fish, as a hobby or as a job: go fishing.
• fishmonger noun…
  A fishmonger is a person who sells fresh fish and seafood, often in a shop or at a market stall.
• fishy adjective (fishy, fishier, fishiest)
  Fishy means smelling or tasting of fish.
• fissure noun (a fissure, fissures)
  A fissure is a long, narrow crack, especially in rock or the ground.
• fist noun (a fist, fists)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A hand with the fingers bent tightly into the palm.
• fit verb (fit, fits, fit or fitted, fitting); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To fit means to be the right size and shape to go in a place or on a body.
• fitch noun (a fitch, fitches)
  A polecat, or its fur; also called a fitchew.
• fitly adverb (fitly — formal, old-fashioned)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In a suitable or proper way; rightly.
• fitness noun (fitness; usually no plural)
  Fitness is being healthy and strong in your body, especially from exercise.
• fitted adjective (fitted); verb form (fitted, past of fit)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fitted clothes are made to match the shape of the body closely.
• fitter adjective (fitter, comparative of fit); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fitter means more fit: healthier and stronger, especially from exercise.
• fitting adjective (fitting, more fitting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Right or suitable for a certain time or situation: «a fitting end».
• fittingly adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  In a way that suits what is right or proper.
• five number (five, fives); noun (a five)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Five is the number 5, one more than four.
• fiver noun (a fiver, fivers)
  A fiver is an informal word for a five-pound note in the UK or a five-dollar note in some other countries.
• fix verb (fix, fixes, fixed, fixing); noun (a fix, fixes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To fix something means to repair it so that it works again.
• fixed adjective; past form of fix (fix, fixes, fixed, fixing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Fixed means repaired, made to work again.
• fixedly adverb
  With the eyes or attention held steadily on one thing, without looking away.
• fixture noun (a fixture, fixtures)
  A fixture is something fixed in a building that is meant to stay there, like a sink, bath, light or cupboard.
• fizz verb (fizz, fizzes, fizzed, fizzing); noun (fizz)
  To make lots of tiny gas bubbles with a hissing sound, like a fizzy drink.
• fizzing -ing form of fizz; adjective (fizzing)
  Making lots of small bubbles with a hissing sound.
• fizzle verb (fizzle, fizzles, fizzled, fizzling); noun…
  To fizzle is to make a soft hissing, spitting sound, like a sparkler or a fizzy drink.
• fizzy adjective (fizzy, fizzier, fizziest)
  Fizzy means full of tiny bubbles of gas: a fizzy drink.
• fjord noun (fjord, fjords); also spelt «fiord», especially in New…
  A fjord is a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, made by a glacier long ago.
• fl abbreviation (fl, fl., FL)everyday · Jewish tradition
  fl oz: «fluid ounce», a unit of liquid volume used in the USA and UK.
• flag noun (flag, flags); verb (flag, flags, flagged, flagging)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A flag is a piece of cloth with colours and pictures that stands for a country, a team or a group.
• flagon noun (flagons)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A flagon is a large jug or bottle for holding wine, ale or other drink.
• flagpole noun (flagpole, flagpoles)
  A flagpole is a tall pole on which a flag is raised.

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