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.

• frog22 sensesAny of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
• from14 sensesUsed to indicate source or provenance.
• front38 sensesThe foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
• frontal8 sensesOf, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
• frontier5 sensesThe part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.
• Frontier6 sensesA place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Woodbridge Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
• frost13 sensesA cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the…
• Frost7 sensesA surname.
• frosting3 sensesIcing, a sweet, often creamy and thick, covering for cakes and other baked goods.
• frosty3 sensesCold, chilly; icy.
• Frosty1 senseA generic name for a snowman.
• frown7 sensesA wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.
• frozen4 sensesHaving undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.
• fruit12 sensesA product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
• Fruit1 senseA surname.
• fruitcake3 sensesA cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.
• frustrated2 sensesFoiled, stopped, disappointed.
• frustrating1 senseDiscouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.
• frustration5 sensesThe feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
• fry20 sensesA method of cooking food. To cook (something) in hot fat.
• Fry1 senseA surname.
• frying1 senseThe action of the verb fry.
• fu3 sensesflux unit
• Fu3 sensesA surname from Chinese.
• fuck24 sensesTo have sexual intercourse; to copulate.
• fucked5 sensesIrreparably or catastrophically broken.
• fucker4 sensesAn undesirable person.
• fucking5 sensesAn act of sexual intercourse, especially one lacking passion or a feeling of sincere love.
• Fucking1 senseA village in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria, part of the municipality of Tarsdorf, now called Fugging.
• fudge15 sensesA type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
• Fudge1 senseA surname.
• fuel5 sensesSubstance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
• fugitive5 sensesA person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to…
• Fuhrer1 senseA surname from German.
• Führer2 sensesA leader, especially one exercising tyrannical power.
• fuji2 sensesA plain spun silk fabric.
• Fuji4 sensesA city in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
• fulfil1 senseUK standard spelling of fulfill.
• fulfill5 sensesTo satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
• fulfilled1 senseEmotionally satisfied; feeling a sense of fulfilment.
• fulfilling2 sensesWhich causes fulfilment; emotionally or artistically satisfying.
• full27 sensesContaining the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
• Full1 senseA surname from German.
• full-on3 sensesAll-out; out and out; complete; utter.
• full-time2 sensesInvolving a full amount of time spent on some activity, especially a job.
• fuller4 sensesOne who fulls cloth.
• Fuller5 sensesA surname originating as an occupation, originally for someone who fulls cloth.
• fully6 sensesIn a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely.
• Fulton25 sensesAn English habitational surname from Old English.
• fun5 sensesAmusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
• function13 sensesWhat something does or is used for.
• functional11 sensesIn good working order.
• functioning4 sensesfunctional, working
• fund7 sensesA sum or source of money.
• fundamental6 sensesA basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex…
• fundamentally1 senseIn a fundamental or basic sense; reaching the very core of the matter.
• funded3 sensesHaving received financial support; paid for.
• funding2 sensesThe action of the verb fund.
• fundraiser2 sensesAn event undertaken to get money by voluntary contributions for a particular activity or cause.
• funds2 sensesFinancial resources.
• funeral2 sensesA ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
• fung1 senseFungus.
• Fung2 sensesA surname from Cantonese or Hakka.
• fungus3 sensesA eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Fungi typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or…
• funk12 sensesFoul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
• Funk1 senseA surname
• funky6 sensesOffbeat, unconventional or eccentric.
• funnel6 sensesA utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when…
• funny10 sensesAmusing; humorous; comical.
• fur17 sensesThe hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
• Fur2 sensesA member of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.
• furious2 sensesFeeling great anger; raging; violent.
• furnace6 sensesAn industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
• Furnace1 senseA surname, variant of Furness.
• furnished2 sensesequipped with whatever is needed
• furniture19 sensesLarge movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
• furry6 sensesCovered with fur, or with something resembling fur.
• Furry1 senseA surname.
• further9 sensesTo help forward; to assist.
• furthermore1 senseIn addition; besides; further; what's more (i.e. to denote additional information).
• furthest3 sensessuperlative form of far: most far Most distant in time, space or degree.
• fury4 sensesExtreme anger.
• Fury1 senseA female personification of vengeance.
• fuse14 sensesA wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar explosive.
• fused4 sensesJoined together by fusing
• fusion9 sensesThe act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
• fuss9 sensesExcessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
• fussing1 senseExcessive care; act of one who fusses.
• fussy3 sensesAnxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.
• Fussy3 sensesA commune in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
• futile2 sensesIncapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
• future8 sensesThe time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
• fuzz12 sensesA frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
• fuzzy10 sensesCovered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.