Words starting with F — 894 entries

The 894 dictionary words that begin with the letter F, in alphabetical order, each with its first definition. Accents do not affect filing: an accented initial is shelved under its base letter.

• f4 sensesThe sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
• F12 sensesThe sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
• f.1 senseand the following (page, paragraph, etc.)
• F.5 sensesFahrenheit.
• fa2 sensesA syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
• Fabian6 sensesPertaining to or reminiscent of Roman general Fabius Maximus, whose tactics against Hannibal during the Second Punic War famously consisted of…
• Fabio1 senseA surname.
• fabric11 sensesThe physical material of a building.
• fabulous7 sensesOf or relating to fable, myth or legend.
• facade5 sensesThe face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
• face44 sensesThe front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
• FACE1 senseA mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the four spaces of a musical treble clef in order from the bottom to the top.
• face-to-face3 sensesA meeting, especially a meeting between two people conducted in person as opposed to a meeting conducted at a distance through technology.
• facebook2 sensesA reference book or electronic directory containing the photographs and names of various individuals.
• Facebook4 sensesA social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or friends, exchange messages, and post updates.
• faced4 sensesHaving a specified type or number of faces.
• facial7 sensesOf or affecting the face.
• facilities2 sensesSynonym of facility in certain contexts.
• facility7 sensesThe physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
• facing7 sensesPositioned so as to face (in a particular direction)
• fact10 sensesSomething actual as opposed to invented.
• faction4 sensesA group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of…
• factor14 sensesAn agent or representative; a reseller or distributor (sometimes with a private label); a consignee.
• Factor1 senseA surname.
• factory10 sensesA building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
• facts1 senseUsed to express agreement.
• faculty6 sensesThe academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
• fad1 senseA phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
• fade13 sensesA golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
• faded3 sensesThat has lost some of its former vividness and colour.
• fading3 sensesThe process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.
• fae1 senseA gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
• fag13 sensesIn textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
• faggot12 sensesA bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands…
• fail21 sensesTo be unsuccessful.
• Fail1 senseA surname.
• failed3 sensesunsuccessful
• failing2 sensesweakness; defect
• Failing1 senseA surname.
• failure6 sensesState or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
• faint11 sensesLacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
• fainting1 senseAn act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.
• faintly1 senseIn a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.
• fair31 sensesUnblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
• Fair1 senseA surname.
• Fairfax5 sensesA surname transferred from the nickname that was originally a nickname for someone with long fair hair.
• fairly7 sensesIn a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party
• fairness2 sensesThe property of being fair or equitable.
• fairy11 sensesA mythical being of human form with magical powers, known in many sizes and descriptions, although typically depicted as a small sprite with…
• faith5 sensesA trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
• Faith6 sensesA female given name from English.
• faithful9 sensesLoyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.
• faithfully2 sensesIn a faithful manner.
• fake13 sensesNot real; false, fraudulent.
• faking1 senseThe act of something being faked.
• falcon5 sensesAny bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
• Falcon8 sensesA surname. A surname from Spanish.
• fall44 sensesTo be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• Fall2 sensesThe sudden fall of humanity into a state of sin, as brought about by the transgression of Adam and Eve.
• fallen8 sensesHaving dropped by the force of gravity.
• Fallin1 senseA surname.
• Fallon7 sensesA surname from Irish.
• fallout6 sensesThe event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption,…
• falls1 senseA waterfall.
• Falls4 sensesA surname.
• false17 sensesUntrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
• FALSE1 senseone of two states of a Boolean variable; logic 0.
• falsely1 senseIn a false manner.
• fam1 senseA term of endearment between friends; derived from "family" but not used between relatives.
• Fam1 senseA local language spoken in the Taraba State area of Nigeria.
• fame4 sensesOne's reputation.
• familiar9 sensesKnown to one, or generally known; commonplace.
• family15 sensesA group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children;…
• famine4 sensesExtreme shortage of food in a region.
• Famine1 senseThe personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.
• famished1 senseExtremely hungry.
• famous4 sensesWell known.
• fan21 sensesA hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of…
• Fan3 sensesA diminutive of Frances.
• FAN1 senseThe station code of Fanling in Hong Kong.
• fanatic3 sensesFanatical.
• fancied5 sensesExisting only in the fancy (“imagination”); imaginary, imagined.
• fancy28 sensesThe imagination.
• Fancy1 senseA surname from Old English
• fanfare9 sensesA flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.
• fang27 sensesA long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
• Fang5 sensesA people of western Africa.
• FANG1 senseFour large technology companies, or (metonymically) their stock: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google.
• fanny5 sensesThe female genitalia.
• Fanny1 senseA diminutive of the female given name Frances, itself also becoming a given name.
• fantastic6 sensesWonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
• fantasy8 sensesThat which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.
• far12 sensesDistant; remote in space.
• faraday1 senseThe quantity of electricity required to deposit or liberate 1 gram equivalent weight of a substance during electrolysis; approximately −96,487…
• Faraday2 sensesA surname from Irish.
• faraway3 sensesDistant.
• farce10 sensesA style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
• fare11 sensesMoney paid for a transport ticket.
• farewell5 sensesA wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure.
• Farewell2 sensesA hamlet in Farewell and Chorley parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0811).
• Fargo2 sensesThe largest city in North Dakota, United States, and county seat of Cass County.
• Farley12 sensesA suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
• farm22 sensesA place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
• Farm1 senseBroadwater Farm, an area of Tottenham, North London, England.
• farmer6 sensesSomeone or something that farms, as: A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
• Farmer7 sensesA surname.
• farmhouse2 sensesA house (usually the main house) on a farm; thus: A farmer's residence.
• farming4 sensesThe business of cultivating land, raising stock, etc.
• Farnsworth1 senseA surname.
• Farrell4 sensesA surname from Irish.
• fart5 sensesTo emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
• FART1 senseA trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF).
• farting1 senseThe act of one who farts; a sound like a fart.
• fascinated1 senseextremely interested
• fascinating1 senseHaving interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.
• fascination3 sensesThe state or condition of being fascinated.
• fascism4 sensesAny right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and…
• fascist4 sensesOf or relating to fascism.
• Fascist3 sensesOf or pertaining to the Kingdom of Italy from 1922–1943.
• fashion9 sensesA current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
• fashionable4 sensesCharacteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style; in fashion; in vogue.
• fashioned3 sensesHaving a specified fashion or style
• fast26 sensesFirm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
• Fast1 senseA surname.
• FAST1 senseAn acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: frequently discussed, ambitious, specific, transparent.
• fasten2 sensesTo attach or connect in a secure manner.
• faster1 senseOne who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.
• fasting2 sensesAbstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food.
• fat31 sensesCarrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
• FAT4 sensesAcronym of file allocation table. Any of a series of file systems that use one or more FATs. FAT16 or FAT16B.
• fatal6 sensesCausing death or destruction.
• fate7 sensesThe presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
• Fate2 sensesAny one of the Fates.
• fateful2 sensesMomentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.
• Fates1 senseAtropos, Clotho, and Lachesis; supernatural beings who controlled the destiny of men and of the gods.
• father15 sensesA male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).
• Father8 sensesGod, the father of Creation.
• father-in-law2 sensesOne's spouse's father.
• fatherland2 sensesThe country of one's ancestors.
• fathom14 sensesA measure of distance to shore: the nearest point to shore at which the water depth is the value quoted.
• fatigue8 sensesA weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.
• Fatima2 sensesA daughter of the prophet Muhammad, the wife of Ali.
• fatso1 senseSomeone who is overweight.
• fatty8 sensesContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat.
• faucet3 sensesAn exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
• fault18 sensesCulpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
• faulty2 sensesHaving or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
• favor17 sensesA kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
• Favor1 senseA surname.
• Favorite1 senseA surname.
• Favors1 senseA surname from French.
• favour2 sensesBritish standard spelling of favor.
• favourite10 sensesMost-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
• fax4 sensesThe face.
• fay11 sensesTo join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.
• Fay8 sensesAn Anglo-Irish surname transferred from the nickname, Anglicized from de Fae a Norman family that settled in Ireland.
• Faye2 sensesA female given name, variant of Fay.
• FBI4 sensesFederation of British Industry (1916–1965), forerunner of CBI (Confederation of British Industry).
• Fe3 sensesAmerican Library Association abbreviation for forty-eighth, a book size (7.5-10 cm in height); a book of that height.
• fear14 sensesA strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
• Fear1 senseA surname.
• feared3 sensesPertaining to someone or thing that causes great fear in others.
• fearful5 sensesFrightening; causing fear.
• fearing2 sensesExhibiting fear.
• Fearing1 senseA surname.
• fearless1 senseWithout fear.
• Fears1 senseA surname.
• fearsome2 sensesFrightening, especially in appearance.
• feast7 sensesA holiday, festival, especially a religious one
• Feast2 sensesA surname from Middle English.
• feat4 sensesA relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.
• feather26 sensesA branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
• Feather2 sensesA surname. An English surname originating as an occupation.
• feature16 sensesAn important or main item. A component that draws attention or interest.
• featured2 sensesdisplayed with special treatment
• featuring1 senseA cameo on another performer's track.
• February2 sensesThe short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or…
• feces1 senseDigested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines.
• fed4 sensesA federal government officer or official.
• FED1 senseFederal Reserve System. Alternative spelling of Fed.
• federal7 sensesPertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
• Federal3 sensesA member of a Federal Party
• federation5 sensesAn act of joining together into a single political entity.
• Federation1 senseA local government area (Federation Council (New South Wales)) in the Murray region of New South Wales, Australia.
• Federico1 senseA surname from Italian.
• feds2 sensesThe federal level of government, viewed as a collective group of people. Typically its law enforcement agencies and officers.
• fee11 sensesAn amount charged for a privilege.
• Fee2 sensesA surname.
• feeble3 sensesDeficient in physical strength.
• feed21 sensesTo give (someone or something) food to eat.
• feedback6 sensesCritical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
• feeding7 sensesThe act or process of giving food.
• feel19 sensesTo use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
• feeling8 sensesEmotionally sensitive.
• feels2 sensesFeelings; emotions; especially, tender sentiment.
• Feeny1 senseA surname from Irish.
• Fees1 senseA surname from German.
• feet1 senseFact; performance; feat.
• Fei1 senseA surname.
• FEI1 senseThe International Federation for Equestrian Sports.