Felt or similar material, usually impregnated with a water-resistant material, or the application of such material, usually to a roof.
The hobby of making objects, such as soft toys, from felt.
The production of felt from wool.
The tangling of woolen fibres (such as when an article of clothing is washed at too high a temperature)
verb
present participle of felt
feltman
feminal
feminal
adj
Of or pertaining to women, femininity or feminism
feminie
feminin
feminin
adj
(grammar) Obsolete form of feminine.
femmine
fenagle
fenagle
verb
Alternative form of finagle
fenbank
fencers
fencers
noun
plural of fencer
fenchol
fenchol
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,3,3-trimethyl-2-norbornanol, a terpene and an isomer of borneol, used in perfumery.
fenchyl
fenchyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from fenchol
fencing
fencing
noun
Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.
Receiving and buying of stolen goods.
The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing).
verb
present participle of fence
fenders
fenders
noun
plural of fender
fending
fending
verb
present participle of fend
fenelia
fenella
fenelon
fenetre
fengite
fengite
noun
(mineralogy) A transparent form of marble or alabaster, formerly sometimes used for windows.
fenland
fenland
noun
a kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy
fennecs
fennecs
noun
plural of fennec
fennell
fennell
noun
Obsolete form of fennel.
fennels
fennels
noun
plural of fennel
fennici
fennish
fennish
adj
Abounding in fens; fenny.
fensive
fenster
fenster
noun
(geology) A geologic structure formed by erosion or normal faulting on a thrust system; a tectonic window.
fenuron
fenuron
noun
(organic chemistry) The herbicide 3-phenyl-1,1-dimethylurea.
fenwick
ferahan
feralin
fergana
feringi
ferison
ferling
ferment
ferment
noun
A catalyst.
A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
verb
To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
fermion
fermion
noun
(particle physics, Standard Model) Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark;
(slightly more loosely) any such particle or any composite particle composed of fermions.
fernald
fernand
fernata
ferneau
fernery
fernery
noun
A specialized garden for the cultivation and display of ferns.
An area naturally abundant in ferns.
fernier
fernier
adj
comparative form of ferny: more ferny
fernley
fernley
Proper noun
A ghost town in California
A city in Nevada
fernyak
feronia
feronia
Proper noun
A Roman goddess of wildlife, fertility, health and abundance.
a main belt asteroid.
ferrand
ferrean
ferring
fervent
fervent
adj
Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.
Glowing, burning, very hot.
Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.
fessing
fessing
verb
present participle of fess
festina
festine
festing
festino
festino
noun
(obsolete) A feast or entertainment.
festoon
festoon
noun
(acarology) Any of a series of wrinkles on the backs of some ticks.
(architecture) A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.
(astronomy) A cloud on Jupiter that hangs out of its home belt or zone into an adjacent area forming a curved finger-like image or a complete loop back to its home belt or zone.
(dentistry) Texturing applied to a denture to simulate human tissue.
(manufacturing) Two sets of rollers used to create a buffer of material on web handling equipment.
(technology) A specific style of electric light bulb consisting of a cylindrical enclosure with two points of contact on either end providing power to the filament or diode.
A raised cable with light globes attached.
An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Zerynthia.
verb
(dentistry, transitive) To apply texturing to (a denture) to simulate human tissue.
To decorate or bedeck abundantly.
To decorate with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.
To make festoons.
fetting
fetting
verb
present participle of fet
feuding
feuding
noun
Participation in feuds.
verb
present participle of feud
fewmand
fewness
fewness
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being few.
feyness
feyness
noun
(Shetland, folklore, countable) A ghost resembling a living person, seeing which is an omen of that person's death.
The state of being fey.
feynman
fianced
fianced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fiance
fiancee
fiancee
noun
Alternative spelling of fiancée.
fiances
fiances
noun
plural of fiance
fibrine
fibrine
adj
Relating to the fibres of plants.
noun
Dated form of fibrin.
fielden
fielden
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to the countryside; rural.
Characterized by open fields and an agricultural economy; agricultural.
noun
(obsolete) Field land.
fieldon
fiendly
fiendly
adj
(now rare) Like a fiend; devilish.
fiercen
fiercen
verb
(dialectal) To enliven.
(intransitive) To become or grow fierce.
(transitive) To make fierce.
fifteen
fifteen
noun
(Ireland, mostly in plural) An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut.
num
The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).
figment
figment
noun
A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
filemon
finable
finable
adj
Punishable by a fine.
finagle
finagle
verb
(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
(transitive) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
(transitive, intransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
finales
finales
noun
plural of finale
finance
finance
noun
(usually in the plural) Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
The management of money and other assets.
The provision of a loan, payment instalment terms, or similar arrangement, to enable a customer to purchase an item without paying the full amount straight away.
The science of management of money and other assets.
verb
(intransitive) To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.
(intransitive, obsolete) To pay ransom.
(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.
(transitive, obsolete) To extort ransom from.
finbone
finched
finched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of finch
finches
finches
noun
plural of finch
finders
finders
noun
plural of finder
findley
finegan
fineish
fineish
adj
Somewhat fine; of quite good quality or appearance.
Somewhat fine; of reasonable thinness or small granularity.
finella
fineman
finesse
finesse
noun
(countable) An adroit manoeuvre.
(countable, card games) In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over.
(uncountable) Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
(uncountable) The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill.
verb
(intransitive, card games) To attempt to win a trick by finessing.
(intransitive, croquet, obsolete) To play a ball out of the way of an opponent.
(transitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse.
(transitive, chiefly Canada, US, politics) To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
(transitive, intransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way.
(transitive, slang) To obtain something from someone through trickery or manipulation.
finetop
finetop
noun
Synonym of redtop (“the grass Agrostis vulgaris”)
finewed
fingent
fingent
adj
Given to fashioning or molding.
fingers
fingers
noun
plural of finger
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finger
fingery
fingery
adj
(climbing) Requiring the use of fingers to climb
Resembling fingers in shape.
finises
finites
finless
finless
adj
Lacking a fin or fins; without fins.
finlike
finlike
adj
Resembling a fin, especially in shape.
finnier
finnier
adj
comparative form of finny: more finny
fipenny
fipenny
noun
(now historical) A fivepenny; a fivepenny bit.
(slang) A flick-knife.
fireman
fireman
noun
(baseball) A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
(firefighting) Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
(mining, historical) A safety inspector in coal mines.
(rail transport, by extension) An assistant on any locomotive, whether steam-powered or not.
(rail transport, nautical) A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.
firemen
firemen
noun
plural of fireman
firenze
firepan
firepan
noun
A pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun.
fisetin
fisetin
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular flavonol, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,7-dihydroxychromen-4-one, found in several plants
fishmen
fishmen
noun
plural of fishman
fishnet
fishnet
noun
(countable) A net used to catch fish.
(countable, usually in the plural) Stockings made of fishnet fabric.
(uncountable) A fabric with an open diamond-shaped structure; normally used for stockings etc
Fishnets are for catching men.
fitment
fitment
noun
(India) The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances.
(archaic) Something that suits or fits.
A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.
An item of permanent furniture or equipment.
The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act.
The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose.
fitness
fitness
noun
(UK, slang) The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.
(evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.
The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.
flagmen
flagmen
noun
plural of flagman
flamens
flanche
flaneur
flaneur
noun
An idler, a loafer.
One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace.
verb
To wander aimlessly or at a lounging pace.
flanged
flanged
adj
Having one or more flanges
flanger
flanger
noun
(US) A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines.
(music) An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.
flanges
flanges
noun
plural of flange
flanked
flanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flank
flanken
flanken
noun
A certain cut of beef used in Ashkenazic Jewish cuisine, made by cutting short ribs across the bone
flanker
flanker
noun
(American football) A wide receiver who lines up behind the line of scrimmage.
(military) A fortification or soldier projecting so as to defend another work or to command the flank of an assailing body.
(rugby) A player who plays in the back row of the scrum.
verb
(obsolete) To attack sideways.
(obsolete) To defend by lateral fortifications.
flanned
flanned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flan
flannel
flannel
adj
Made of flannel.
noun
(New Zealand, Australia, Britain, countable) A washcloth.
(US, countable) A flannel shirt.
(slang, uncountable) Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap.
(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
verb
(transitive) To flatter; to suck up to.
(transitive) To rub with a flannel.
(transitive) To wrap in flannel.
(transitive, slang) To waffle or prevaricate.
flanque
flatmen
flatten
flatten
verb
(computer graphics, transitive) To combine (separate layers) into a single image.
(intransitive) To be knocked down or laid low.
(intransitive) To become flat or flatter; to plateau.
(music) To lower by a semitone.
(programming, transitive) To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.
(reflexive) To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
(transitive) To knock down or lay low.
(transitive) To make something flat or flatter.
To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
flavine
flavine
noun
Alternative spelling of flavin.
flavone
flavone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of tricyclic aromatic heterocyclic ketones, especially the naturally occurring flavonoids.
flecken
fleeing
fleeing
noun
The act of one who flees.
verb
present participle of flee
fleeman
fleeten
fleming
fleming
verb
present participle of fleme
flensed
flensed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flense
flenser
flenser
noun
One who flenses (cuts blubber from a whale carcass)
flenses
flenses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flense
flentes
fleshen
fleshen
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become fleshy; fill out
fletton
fletton
noun
A clay brick.
fleuron
fleuron
noun
(architecture) The small flower at the centre of each side of a Corinthian abacus; a flos.
(typography) The typographic element (❧), used as a punctuation mark or for decoration.
An ornament or knob in the shape of a flower
flexing
flexing
noun
The action of the verb flex; a bending of something, a tightening of the muscles.
verb
present participle of flex
flexion
flexion
noun
(grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Deviation from straightness.
The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
The state of being bent or flexed.
flexner
fleying
fleying
verb
present participle of fley
flinder
flinder
noun
(obsolete or dialect) A butterfly.
A small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter
verb
(intransitive) To flirt; run about in a fluttering manner