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.

• feisty3 sensesTenacious, energetic, spunky.
• Feldman1 senseA surname from German of German and Jewish origin.
• felicia1 senseAny of the genus Felicia of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
• Felicia1 senseA female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Felix.
• felicity8 sensesThe condition of being happy.
• Felicity1 senseA female given name from English.
• Felipe1 senseA male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Philip.
• Felix7 sensesA male given name from Latin.
• FELIX2 sensesFree Electron Laser for Infrared eXperiments
• fell17 sensesTo make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
• Fell3 sensesA surname.
• fella2 sensesUsed as a general intensifier; a pfella.
• Fella2 sensesA female given name.
• fellow37 sensesA companion; a comrade.
• Fellows3 sensesA surname.
• fellowship9 sensesA company of people that share the same interest or aim.
• felon8 sensesOf a person or animal, their actions, thoughts, etc.: brutal, cruel, harsh, heartless; also, evil, wicked.
• felony1 senseA serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death…
• felt9 sensesA cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or…
• Felt1 senseA surname.
• female10 sensesBelonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
• feminine12 sensesOf or pertaining to the female gender.
• feminist3 sensesRelating to or in accordance with feminism.
• fence16 sensesA thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
• fencing3 sensesThe art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from…
• fend4 sensesTo take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
• fender5 sensespanel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
• Fender2 sensesA surname from German.
• feng2 sensesThe Latin-script letter ʩ, used to transcribe a voiceless velopharyngeal fricative in the context of disordered speech.
• Feng6 sensesA river in Shaanxi Province, China.
• Fenton17 sensesA place in England: A hamlet in Pidley cum Fenton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3279).
• Ferdinand4 sensesA male given name from the Germanic languages, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but seldom popular in English.
• Fergus3 sensesA male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
• Ferguson9 sensesA surname transferred from the given name originating in Scotland from Clan Fergusson and now widespread in the English-speaking world.
• fern1 senseAny of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding…
• Fern2 sensesA female given name.
• Fernando1 senseA male given name from Spanish; diminutive forms Fer, Nando.
• ferocious2 sensesMarked by extreme and violent energy.
• Ferrari3 sensesA surname from Italian.
• ferret6 sensesAn often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the European polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing…
• Ferris3 sensesA surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Fergus and/or from the Norman surname Ferrers.
• ferry8 sensesTo carry; transport; convey.
• Ferry4 sensesA surname.
• fertile5 sensesOf land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
• Fertile2 sensesA city and township in Iowa.
• fertility3 sensesThe condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
• fertilizer3 sensesA natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.
• fest2 sensesA gathering for a specified reason or occasion.
• fester6 sensesA sore or an ulcer of the skin.
• Fester1 senseA surname from German.
• festival5 sensesPertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
• festive2 sensesHaving the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
• fetch19 sensesTo retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
• fetching2 sensesAttractive; pleasant to regard.
• fetish5 sensesSomething which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
• fetus3 sensesAn unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.
• feud5 sensesA state of long-standing mutual hostility.
• fever7 sensesA higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
• few5 sensesAn indefinite, but usually small, number of.
• Few2 sensesThe pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain.
• fewer1 senseLess; a smaller amount of something non-integral commonly expressed as an integer
• fez1 senseA felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.
• Fez1 senseA city in Morocco.
• fi1 senseThe solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the fourth note of a major scale.
• Fi1 senseA diminutive of the female given name Fiona.
• fiance1 senseTo betroth; to affiance.
• fiancé2 sensesA man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.
• fiancée1 senseA woman who is engaged to be married; the woman to whom one is engaged.
• fiasco3 sensesA sudden or unexpected failure.
• fiat7 sensesAn arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
• Fiat1 senseAn automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A.
• fiber9 sensesA single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
• fickle4 sensesQuick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
• Fickle1 senseA surname.
• fiction3 sensesLiterary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
• fictional3 sensesInvented, as opposed to real.
• fiddle20 sensesA violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest…
• Fidel2 sensesA male given name from Spanish.
• fidelity5 sensesFaithfulness to one's moral or civic duties.
• field32 sensesA land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
• Field9 sensesA surname.
• fielding2 sensesThe act of one who fields.
• Fielding5 sensesA surname.
• Fields3 sensesA surname.
• fiend6 sensesA devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
• fierce6 sensesExceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
• fiery8 sensesOf or relating to fire.
• fiesta3 sensesA religious festival.
• fifteen2 sensesThe cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).
• fifth10 sensesThe ordinal form of the number five.
• Fifth4 sensesThe Fifth Amendment.
• fifty3 sensesThe cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.
• fig15 sensesThe fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
• Fig2 sensesThe 95th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
• fight15 sensesSenses relating to physical conflict: To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
• fighter9 sensesA person who fights; a combatant.
• fighting4 sensesEngaged in war or other conflict.
• figure29 sensesA drawing or diagram conveying information.
• figured2 sensesHaving a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section.
• figures1 senseIt figures.
• figuring3 sensesCalculation.
• file21 sensesA collection of papers collated and archived together.
• File1 senseA surname.
• filing3 sensesAny particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
• Filipino6 sensesA citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
• fill23 sensesTo make full To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
• Fill1 senseA surname transferred from the given name.
• filled1 senseMade full.
• filling7 sensesOf food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.
• film9 sensesA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
• filmed2 sensesCovered with a film.
• filming1 senseThe action of the verb to film.
• filmmaker1 senseA producer or director of films/movies.
• filter13 sensesA device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one…
• Filter1 senseA surname from German.
• filth5 sensesDirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
• filthy6 sensesCovered with filth; very dirty.
• fin20 sensesOne of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
• Fin1 sensecommune in the Somme department in France
• final11 sensesA final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
• finale2 sensesThe grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.
• finally4 sensesAt the end or conclusion; ultimately.
• finals1 senseA contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place or prize, 2nd place or prize,…
• finance8 sensesThe management of money and other assets.
• finances1 senseFunds or other financial resources.
• financial2 sensesRelated to finances.
• financially1 senseIn terms of finance or money.
• financing1 senseA transaction that provides funds for a business.
• finch5 sensesAny Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
• Finch2 sensesA surname transferred from the nickname, from finch as a byname or for a catcher and seller of finches.
• find17 sensesTo locate To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
• finder3 sensesOne who finds or discovers something; a discoverer.
• Finder1 senseA surname from German.
• finding6 sensesA result of research or an investigation.
• findings1 senseSmall tools and materials used by artisans and craftsmen
• fine41 sensesSenses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality.
• Fine1 senseA surname.
• finer1 senseOne who fines or purifies.
• Finer1 senseA surname.
• fines2 sensesFine particles, whether or not airborne.
• finesse10 sensesA skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
• finest2 sensesPolice officers.
• finger42 sensesA slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many…
• Finger2 sensesA surname.
• fingerprint7 sensesThe natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.
• finish14 sensesAn end; the end of anything.
• finished3 sensesProcessed or perfected.
• finishing3 sensesThe act of completing something.
• fink5 sensesA contemptible person.
• Fink1 senseA surname.
• Finland1 senseA Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.
• Finley11 sensesA Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
• Finn7 sensesA national of Finland.
• Finnish3 sensesOf or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.
• Fiona2 sensesA female given name from Scottish Gaelic, in regular use since the 20th century, first in Scotland, then in England.
• fir3 sensesA conifer of the genus Abies.
• fire43 sensesA (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence…
• firearm1 senseA personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.
• fireball17 sensesA ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.
• fired2 sensesdismissed, terminated from employment.
• firefighter1 senseA person who has been trained to put out fires.
• firehouse2 sensesA house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.
• fireman5 sensesSomeone (especially male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
• Fireman1 senseA surname.
• fireplace1 senseAn open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
• firepower3 sensesThe capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.
• firewall8 sensesA fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an…
• firewood1 senseWood intended to be burned, typically for heat.
• fireworks2 sensesAn event or a display where fireworks are set off.
• firing6 sensesThe process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery.
• firm17 sensesA business partnership; the name under which it trades.
• firmly3 sensesIn a firm or definite or strong manner.
• firms1 senseThe principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together.
• first15 sensesPreceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
• First1 senseA surname.
• firsthand3 sensesDirect, without intermediate stages.
• firstly1 senseIn the first place; before anything else; first.
• Fischer1 senseA surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Fisher.
• fish31 sensesA typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a…
• Fish2 sensesA surname.
• fished1 senseContaining or loaded with fish.
• fisher3 sensesA person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
• Fisher15 sensesAn English surname originating as an occupation for a fisherman.
• fisherman3 sensesA fisher, a person engaged in fishing: Any person who attempts to catch fish.
• fishes2 sensesplural of fish multiple kinds of fish
• Fishes1 senseThe constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces.
• fishing4 sensesThe act of catching fish.
• fishy3 sensesOf, from, or similar to fish.
• fisk2 sensesTo rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
• Fisk4 sensesA surname.
• fist15 sensesA hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
• fit32 sensesSuitable; proper
• fitch4 sensesA polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.
• Fitch2 sensesA surname from Old French.
• fitness4 sensesThe condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
• fitted3 sensesTailored to the shape of a person's body.
• fitting6 sensesThat fits. Chiefly preceded by a descriptive adverb or noun: that fits in some manner (often closely) to the shape or size of something.
• Fitting1 senseA surname.
• Fitz3 sensesA village in Shropshire, England.
• Fitzgerald6 sensesA Hiberno-Norman surname originating as a patronymic.