(historical) An old unit of weight used in trading, equal to 35 pounds.
farsightedly
farsightedly
adv
In a farsighted manner.
farthingale
farthingale
noun
(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
farthingales
farthingales
noun
plural of farthingale
farthingdeal
farthingless
farthingless
adj
Without a farthing; very poor.
fatherland
fatherland
noun
The country of one's birth, origin.
fatherlandish
fatherlandish
adj
Relating to or characteristic of the fatherland, especially in the context of Nazi Germany.
fatherlands
fatherlands
noun
plural of fatherland
fatherless
fatherless
adj
(figurative) Without a known author or inventor.
Without a (living) father.
fatherlessness
fatherlessness
noun
The state or quality of being fatherless (not having a (living) father).
fatherlike
fatherlike
adj
having the qualities of a father
fatherliness
fatherliness
noun
The property of being fatherly.
fatherling
fatherling
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A father.
A father's child.
fatherly
fatherly
adj
Characteristic of fathers, paternal.
Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood.
adv
In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a father.
featherfoil
featherfoil
noun
An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris) with finely divided leaves.
featherleaf
featherleaf
adj
Applied to various plants characterized by feathery leaves.
featherless
featherless
adj
Having no feathers.
featherlessness
featherlessness
noun
The state or condition of being featherless; lack of feathers.
featherlet
featherlet
noun
A little feather.
featherlight
featherlight
adj
Alternative form of feather-light
featherlike
featherlike
adj
As light as a feather.
Having the characteristics of plumage.
feeblehearted
feebleheartedly
feebleheartedness
feldsher
feldsher
noun
Alternative form of feldscher
feldsparphyre
fellowheirship
felsophyre
felsophyric
felsosphaerite
ferrichloride
ferrihemoglobin
ferrihemoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A form of hemoglobin in which the central ferrous iron atom is oxidised to the ferric state
ferthumlungur
feverishly
feverishly
adv
With excitement and determination.
With speed; rapidly.
fibrochondrosteal
ficklehearted
fiddlerfish
fiddlerfishes
figureheadless
filcher
filcher
noun
One who filches; a thief.
filchers
filchers
noun
plural of filcher
filchery
filechar
filibranch
filibranch
adj
(biology, of gills) long, with tubular filaments
filibranchia
filibranchiate
filmographies
filmographies
noun
plural of filmography
filmography
filmography
noun
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
filthier
filthier
adj
comparative form of filthy: more filthy
fingerhold
fingerhold
noun
A grip with the fingers.
fingerholds
fingerholds
noun
plural of fingerhold
fireflaught
firehall
firehall
noun
A fire station.
firehalls
firehalls
noun
plural of firehall
firelight
firelight
noun
The light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace.
fireplough
fisherfolk
fisherfolk
noun
(anthropology) Members of a culture that is dominated by fishing.
People who fish for a living.
Recreational fishers.
fishergirl
fisherpeople
fisherpeople
noun
plural of fisherperson
fishersville
fisherville
flacherie
flacherie
noun
A disease of silkworms, resulting from their consumption of infected or contaminated mulberry leaves.
flachery
flaherty
flameholder
flamethrower
flamethrower
noun
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
flamethrowers
flamethrowers
noun
plural of flamethrower
flanchard
flanchard
noun
(historical) A piece of armor designed to be attached to the sides of a saddle to protect the flanks of the horse.
flapperhood
flapperhood
noun
The state of being a flapper (young woman).
flapperish
flarfish
flarfishes
flashboard
flashboard
noun
(US) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level.
flashboards
flashboards
noun
plural of flashboard
flasher
flasher
noun
(automotive) An indicator or turn signal.
(obsolete) Someone of great accomplishments, or brilliant appearance.
(slang) Someone who exposes themselves indecently; someone who ‘flashes’ their genitals.
Anything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.
flashers
flashers
noun
plural of flasher
flashforward
flashforward
noun
(authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
verb
To use this dramatic device.
flashforwards
flashforwards
noun
plural of flashforward
flashier
flashier
adj
comparative form of flashy: more flashy
flashover
flashover
noun
An unintended electric discharge or arc over or around an insulator.
The near simultaneous ignition of all combustible material in an enclosed area.
flashproof
flashproof
adj
Resistant to sparks and fire.
flashtester
flaughtbred
flaughter
flaughter
noun
A flat spade used in peat cutting.
flavanthrene
flavanthrene
noun
Synonym of flavanthrone
flavanthrone
flavanthrone
noun
A certain yellow dye, Vat Yellow 1.
fleahopper
fleahopper
noun
Any of several very small insects in the family Miridae that are garden or agricultural pests.
fleahoppers
fleahoppers
noun
plural of fleahopper
fleerish
fleischer
fleisher
fleshbrush
flesher
flesher
noun
(Scotland) A butcher.
A person who removes the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
A tool used to remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
fleshers
fleshers
noun
plural of flesher
fleshier
fleshier
adj
comparative form of fleshy: more fleshy
fleshlier
fleshlier
adj
comparative form of fleshly: more fleshly
fleshmonger
fleshmonger
noun
(archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
fletcher
fletcher
noun
A device to assist in fletching or feathering arrows.
Generally, a manufacturer of bows and arrows.
One who fletches or feathers arrows.
fletcherise
fletcherised
fletcherising
fletcherism
fletcherism
Noun
A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.
fletcherite
fletcherite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral steel gray mineral containing cobalt, copper, nickel, and sulfur.
fletcherize
fletcherize
verb
(figurative, by extension) To consume, to devour, to bite, to chew over.
(transitive, intransitive) To thoroughly chew (dozens or hundreds of times) before swallowing.
fletcherized
fletcherized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fletcherize
fletcherizing
fletcherizing
verb
present participle of fletcherize
fletchers
fletchers
noun
plural of fletcher
flether
flexographic
flexographic
adj
Of or pertaining to flexography
flexographically
flexographically
adv
By means of flexography.
flexography
flexography
noun
A method of printing using a rubber or polymer rotating printing plate, most commonly used for packaging (labels, tape etc.).
flichter
flichtered
flichtering
flichters
fliegerabwehrkanone
flighter
flighter
noun
(brewing) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, so as to produce a circular current in the liquor..
flightier
flightier
adj
comparative form of flighty: more flighty
flightworthy
flightworthy
adj
(aviation) Safe enough to fly
flincher
flincher
noun
One who flinches.
flinchers
flinchers
noun
plural of flincher
flinthearted
flinthearted
adj
Alternative form of flint-hearted
flintshire
flintshire
Proper noun
A maritime traditional county bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the northeast by the Dee estuary, to the east by Cheshire and to the south and southwest by Denbighshire. A detached part, Maelor Saesneg, is bounded on the northwest by Denbighshire, on the northeast by Cheshire, and on the south by Shropshire. There is a further small detached part around Marford.
A local government principal area. It borders Merseyside, Cheshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire.
flirtish
flirtish
adj
of the nature of, or characterizing a flirt
flirtishness
flirtishness
noun
The quality of being flirtish.
floorcloth
floorcloth
noun
A cloth, normally of flannel, used for cleaning floors.
Material used in place of carpeting for covering floors, such as linoleum or oilcloth.
floorcloths
floorcloths
noun
plural of floorcloth
floorhead
floorhead
noun
(nautical) Any of the upper extremities of the floor of a vessel.
floorshift
floorshifts
floorshow
floorshow
noun
A set of performances held in a nightclub, restaurant or similar during the course of an evening.
floorthrough
florigraphy
florigraphy
noun
Alternative form of floriography
flourish
flourish
noun
(architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
An ornamentation.
verb
(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
(intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
(intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
(intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
(intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
(transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
(transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
(transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
flourishable
flourishable
adj
Able or fit to be flourished.
flourished
flourished
adj
Decorated with flourishes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flourish
flourisher
flourisher
noun
One who flourishes.
flourishers
flourishers
noun
plural of flourisher
flourishes
flourishes
noun
plural of flourish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish
flourishing
flourishing
adj
growing, thriving, doing well
noun
The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
verb
present participle of flourish
flourishingly
flourishingly
adv
In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
flourishment
flourishment
noun
The act or state of flourishing.
flourishy
flourishy
adj
flourishing; characterised by flourishes
flowchart
flowchart
noun
Alternative spelling of flow chart
flowcharted
flowcharting
flowcharting
noun
(computing) the design and construction of flowcharts
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
fluegelhorn
fluegelhorn
noun
Alternative spelling of flugelhorn
fluegelhorns
fluegelhorns
noun
plural of fluegelhorn
flugelhorn
flugelhorn
noun
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
flugelhorns
flugelhorns
noun
plural of flugelhorn
fluidrachm
fluidrachm
noun
Alternative form of fluidram
fluochloride
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
fluoranthene
fluoranthene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion