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.

• foresee2 sensesTo perceive (a situation or event) in advance.
• forest7 sensesA dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
• Forest8 sensesA surname.
• forever6 sensesFor all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.
• forfeit10 sensesA penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
• forge10 sensesA furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
• Forge1 senseA surname from Old French.
• forged2 sensesFake (as documents); falsified.
• forgery4 sensesThe act of forging metal into shape.
• forget6 sensesTo lose remembrance of.
• Forget1 senseA surname.
• forgetting1 senseThe mental act by which something is forgotten.
• forgive6 sensesTo pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
• forgiveness2 sensesThe action of forgiving.
• forgiving3 sensesInclined to forgive.
• forgotten2 sensesOf which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.
• fork35 sensesAny of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows: A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold…
• form35 sensesTo do with shape. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
• formal14 sensesIn accordance with established forms.
• formality4 sensesThe state of being formal.
• formally3 sensesIn a formal manner.
• Forman3 sensesA surname originating as an occupation, a spelling variant of Foreman.
• format7 sensesThe layout of a publication or document.
• formation9 sensesThe act of assembling a group or structure.
• former5 sensesPrevious.
• formerly2 sensesat some time in the past
• formidable2 sensesCausing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or…
• forming1 senseThe act by which something is formed; formation.
• formula7 sensesAny mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
• Forrest3 sensesA topographical surname from Middle English for someone who lived or worked in a Royal forest (area of woodland reserved for hunting).
• Forrester2 sensesAn occupational or topographic surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked or lived in a forest.
• forsake4 sensesTo abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
• forsaken2 sensesDeserted; abandoned.
• fort5 sensesA fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
• Fort2 sensesA surname.
• forth4 sensesForward in time, place or degree.
• Forth5 sensesA river in Scotland that flows for about 47 km (29 miles) from The Trossachs through Stirling to the Firth of Forth on the North Sea.
• forthcoming5 sensesApproaching or about to take place.
• fortnight1 senseA period of 2 weeks.
• fortress3 sensesA fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or…
• fortunate3 sensesAuspicious.
• fortunately2 sensesIn a fortunate manner.
• fortune10 sensesDestiny, especially favorable.
• Fortune3 sensesA surname.
• forty3 sensesThe cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.
• forty-five2 sensesCardinal number after forty-four and before forty-six.
• Forty-five1 senseThe Jacobite rising of 1745.
• forum5 sensesA place for discussion.
• forward31 sensesSituated toward or at the front of something.
• Forward5 sensesA surname.
• forwards2 sensesSynonym of forward in most senses.
• fossil6 sensesThe mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
• Fossil1 senseA small city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Oregon, United States.
• foster10 sensesProviding parental care to children not related to oneself.
• Foster16 sensesAn English surname originating as an occupation, variant of Forster.
• Fought1 senseA surname.
• foul25 sensesCovered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
• found8 sensesFood and lodging; board.
• foundation9 sensesThe act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
• founded1 senseHaving a basis.
• founder10 sensesOne who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
• Founder1 senseA Founding Father.
• founding2 sensesThe establishment of something.
• fountain12 sensesA natural source of water; a spring.
• Fountain12 sensesA placename: A ghost town in Mendocino County, California, United States.
• four12 sensesA numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••)
• fours3 sensesA pair of fours.
• fourteen2 sensesThe cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen.
• fourth7 sensesThe ordinal form of the number four.
• Fourth1 senseThe Fourth of July.
• fowler1 senseA hunter of wildfowl.
• Fowler14 sensesA surname originating as an occupation for a hunter of birds.
• fox27 sensesA small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned…
• Fox17 sensesA radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter F.
• foxy8 sensesThe recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).
• Foxy2 sensesA nickname of the surname Fox.
• Foyle2 sensesA river in Ireland which forms part of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, before flowing through Derry (Londonderry)…
• fraction8 sensesA part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
• Fraction1 senseA surname.
• fracture5 sensesAn instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
• fractured2 sensesBroken into sharp pieces.
• fragile5 sensesEasily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material.
• fragment9 sensesA part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
• fragrance3 sensesA pleasant smell or odour.
• fragrant2 sensesSweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
• frail12 sensesEasily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
• frame43 sensesTo fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
• Frame2 sensesA surname.
• framed2 sensesHaving, or enclosed in, a frame.
• framing3 sensesThe placing of a picture, etc. in a frame.
• Fran2 sensesA diminutive of the female given names Frances and Francine.
• France4 sensesA country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris.
• Frances6 sensesA female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Francis.
• Francesca1 senseA female given name from Italian.
• Francesco1 senseA male given name from Italian
• franchise16 sensesThe right to vote at a public election or referendum; see: suffrage.
• Francine1 senseA female given name from French.
• Francis9 sensesA male given name from Latin.
• Francisco3 sensesA moon in Uranus, Solar System.
• franco2 sensesThe CFA franc as used in Equatorial Guinea, worth 4 ekwele.
• Franco4 sensesA male given name from Italian or Spanish, equivalent to English Frank or Francis.
• Francois2 sensesA settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
• François2 sensesA male given name from French, equivalent to English Francis.
• frank14 sensesHonest, especially in a manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
• Frank8 sensesOne of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.
• frankenstein2 sensesA stretch in which one walks forward with their arms extended while kicking their legs forward to touch their hands.
• Frankenstein8 sensesVarious small towns in Germany.
• frankfurt1 senseA frankfurter; a hot dog sausage.
• Frankfurt4 sensesThe largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.
• frankie2 sensesAn Indian snack resembling a burrito.
• Frankie4 sensesSynonym of Frankenstein.
• franklin1 senseA freeholder, especially as belonging to a class of landowners in the 14th and 15th century ranking at the bottom of the gentry.
• Franklin53 sensesA surname transferred from the nickname.
• frankly3 sensesIn a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt.
• Franks3 sensesA surname.
• franky1 senseSynonym of Frankenstein.
• Franky1 senseSynonym of Frankenstein.
• Frannie2 sensesA diminutive of the female given names Frances and Francine.
• Franny1 senseA diminutive of the female given names Frances, Francine, and Francesca.
• frantic4 sensesIn a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.
• Franz3 sensesA male given name from Latin, rare in English.
• Fraser13 sensesA Scottish surname from Old French thought to be of Norman origin.
• Frasier1 senseA surname.
• frat2 sensesShortened form of fraternity, college organization.
• fraternity3 sensesThe quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
• frau1 senseA woman, especially a German woman.
• Frau1 senseUsed as a courtesy title before the surname of a (typically married) German-speaking woman.
• fraud6 sensesThe crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
• freak16 sensesSomeone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
• freaking5 sensesFucking.
• freaky5 sensesResembling a freak.
• Fred3 sensesA short version of Frederick, Alfred, or Wilfred, also used as a formal male given name.
• Freddie2 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Frederick.
• Freddy2 sensesA diminutive of the male given name Frederick.
• Frederic1 senseA male given name from the Germanic languages, a French-style spelling variant of Frederick.
• Frederick9 sensesA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• free36 sensesUnconstrained.
• Free2 sensesA surname.
• freedom5 sensesThe state of being free.
• Freedom21 sensesA number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California.
• freeing2 sensesThe act of making something free; liberation.
• freelance5 sensesSomeone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.
• freely5 sensesFree; frank.
• freeman6 sensesA free person A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
• Freeman13 sensesA surname.
• freeway2 sensesA highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic running in two…
• freeze18 sensesEspecially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
• Freeze1 senseA surname.
• freezer4 sensesAn appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
• Freezer1 senseA rare surname.
• freezing6 sensesSuffering or causing frost.
• freight11 sensesThe transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
• freighter6 sensesOne who loads a ship.
• french4 sensesTo prepare food by cutting it into strips.
• French14 sensesThe language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world.
• Frenchman3 sensesA man of French birth or nationality.
• frenzy5 sensesA state of wild activity or panic.
• frequency6 sensesThe rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
• frequent6 sensesDone or occurring often; common.
• frequently2 sensesAt frequent intervals.
• fresh24 sensesNewly produced or obtained; recent.
• Fresh1 senseA surname from German.
• freshen16 sensesTo become fresh. To be refreshed.
• freshly2 sensesRecently, newly.
• freshman2 sensesa person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for…
• fret28 sensesTo chafe or irritate; to worry.
• FRET2 sensesFörster resonance energy transfer
• Freud2 sensesA surname from German.
• Freya1 senseA female given name from Old Norse of mostly British usage.
• friar4 sensesA member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black…
• Friar1 senseA surname.
• friction5 sensesThe rubbing of one object or surface against another.
• Frida1 senseA female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English.
• Friday3 sensesThe sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it…
• Fridays1 senseOn Friday; each Friday.
• fridge7 sensesA refrigerator.
• fried7 sensesCooked by frying.
• Fried1 senseA surname.
• Frieda1 senseA female given name from the Germanic languages, the German equivalent of Freda.
• Friedrich2 sensesA male given name from German, equivalent to English Frederick.
• friend13 sensesA person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
• Friend6 sensesA Quaker; a member of the Society of Friends. (See also Friends.)
• friendly11 sensesGenerally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
• Friendly5 sensesA place name: A suburban settlement just west of Sowerby Bridge, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0524).
• Friends1 senseThe Quakers; the Society of Friends.
• friendship3 sensesThe condition of being friends.
• Friendship22 sensesA number of places in the United States: A town in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.
• Fries2 sensesA surname.
• frigging3 sensesMasturbation.
• fright4 sensesA state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
• frighten2 sensesTo cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
• frightened1 senseAfraid; suffering from fear.
• frightening2 sensesCausing fear; or capable of causing fear; scary.
• frightful5 sensesFull of something causing fright, whether Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming.
• frigid3 sensesVery cold; lacking warmth; icy.
• fringe16 sensesA decorative border.
• Frisbee5 sensesA trademarked brand name of disc-shaped gliding toy.
• fritz3 sensesThe state of being defective.
• Fritz4 sensesA German person, usually male.
• frivolous3 sensesSilly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or…