Considering the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.
Unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects; presbyopic.
fashioners
fashioners
noun
plural of fashioner
fashioning
fashioning
noun
The act or process of fashioning something; manufacture.
verb
present participle of fashion
fashionist
fashionist
noun
(archaic) An obsequious follower of fashion.
fashionize
fashionize
verb
(transitive) To make fashionable; to bring into the realm of fashion.
fathearted
fatherhood
fatherhood
noun
The state of being a father.
fatherland
fatherland
noun
The country of one's birth, origin.
fatherless
fatherless
adj
(figurative) Without a known author or inventor.
Without a (living) father.
fatherlike
fatherlike
adj
having the qualities of a father
fatherling
fatherling
noun
(diminutive, endearing) A father.
A father's child.
fathership
fathership
noun
(religion) A title of respect addressed to a priest.
The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
fathomable
fathomable
adj
able to be fathomed
fathometer
fathometer
noun
(nautical) A depth finder that uses sound waves to determine the depth of water.
fathomless
fathomless
adj
(by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.
Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless.
fatshedera
fatshedera
noun
(botany) A hybrid of flowering plants of the genera Fatsia and Hedera (× Fatshedera).
fautorship
fautorship
noun
The role or status of fautor.
fearnaught
fearnaught
noun
(by extension) A warm garment, especially one made of this cloth.
A fearless person.
A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnought
fearnought
fearnought
noun
Alternative form of fearnaught
featherbed
featherbed
noun
(UK, Dartmoor) A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers.
A mattress stuffed with feathers.
verb
(intransitive) To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement.
(transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle.
feathercut
featherdom
featherdom
noun
The world or sphere of birds.
featherers
featherers
noun
plural of featherer
featherfew
featherfew
noun
Archaic form of feverfew.
featherier
featherier
adj
comparative form of feathery: more feathery
feathering
feathering
noun
(architecture) An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches.
A feathered texture.
Plumage.
The fitting of feathers to arrows.
Visible offshoots of the trails of ink written on overly absorbent paper.
verb
present participle of feather
featherlet
featherlet
noun
A little feather.
featherman
feathertop
featherway
fechnerian
felichthys
fellowship
fellowship
noun
(arithmetic, archaic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
(dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(education) A merit-based scholarship.
(education) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
verb
(intransitive, now chiefly religious, especially in Canada, US) To join in fellowship; to associate with.
(transitive) To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
felsophyre
felspathic
felspathic
adj
Alternative form of feldspathic
ferfathmur
ferryhouse
ferryhouse
noun
A building on the shore beside the departure point of a ferry, where passengers may purchase tickets etc.
fetchingly
fetchingly
adv
In a fetching manner
fetichlike
fetishists
fetishists
noun
plural of fetishist
fetishlike
fetishlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fetish.
fetography
fetterbush
fetterbush
noun
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Leucothoe spp., especially
Lyonia lucida (shiny lyonia)
Pieris floribunda (mountain fetterbush)
feverishly
feverishly
adv
With excitement and determination.
With speed; rapidly.
fianchetti
fianchetti
noun
plural of fianchetto
fianchetto
fianchetto
noun
(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.
verb
(chess) To play a fianchetto.
fichtelite
fichtelite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare white monoclinic organic mineral, 7-isopropyl-1,4a-dimethyl-dodecahydro-1H-phenanthrene, found in fossilized wood from Bavaria.
fiddlehead
fiddlehead
noun
A similar scroll-shaped ornament on a ship's bow.
The furled fronds of a young fern harvested for food consumption.
The scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle.
fieldfight
fiendishly
fiendishly
adv
Extremely, very in harsh or negative contexts.
In a fiendish manner; evilly, wickedly.
fifteenths
fifteenths
noun
plural of fifteenth
fighteress
fighteress
noun
(archaic or humorous, rare) A female fighter.
fightingly
fightingly
adv
So as to fight; pugnaciously.
figurehead
figurehead
noun
(by extension) Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has no actual power; a front or front man.
(nautical) A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.
(nautical, slang, obsolete) A person's face.
filchingly
filchingly
adv
By means of petty theft.
filefishes
filefishes
noun
plural of filefish
filibranch
filibranch
adj
(biology, of gills) long, with tubular filaments
filthified
filthified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of filthify
filthiness
filthiness
noun
The property of being filthy.
finchville
fingerfish
fingerhold
fingerhold
noun
A grip with the fingers.
fingerhook
finishable
finishable
adj
That can be finished; completable.
firehouses
firehouses
noun
plural of firehouse
fireplough
fischerite
fisherboat
fisherboat
noun
Alternative form of fisher-boat
fisherfolk
fisherfolk
noun
(anthropology) Members of a culture that is dominated by fishing.
People who fish for a living.
Recreational fishers.
fishergirl
fishertown
fishfinger
fishfinger
noun
Alternative form of fish finger
fishifying
fishifying
verb
present participle of fishify
fishmonger
fishmonger
noun
(Britain) A person who sells fish.
(Britain, rare) A fishmonger's, a fishmonger's shop: a shop that sells fish.
(archaic) A pimp.
fishpotter
fishtailed
fishtailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fishtail
fishworker
fishworker
noun
A laborer in the fishing industry.
fitchering
flagfishes
flaithship
flamenship
flamenship
noun
The role or status of a flamen.
flapperish
flarfishes
flashbacks
flashbacks
noun
plural of flashback
flashboard
flashboard
noun
(US) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level.
flashbulbs
flashbulbs
noun
plural of flashbulb
flashcubes
flashcubes
noun
plural of flashcube
flashflood
flashflood
noun
Alternative spelling of flash flood
flashiness
flashiness
noun
The quality of being flashy.
flashingly
flashingly
adv
With a flashing appearance.
flashlamps
flashlamps
noun
plural of flashlamp
flashlight
flashlight
noun
(US, Canada) A battery-powered hand-held light source.
(obsolete) A photograph taken with a flash camera.
A flashgun (device used to create flashes of light for photography).
verb
(transitive) To illuminate with a flashlight.
flashproof
flashproof
adj
Resistant to sparks and fire.
flashtubes
flashtubes
noun
plural of flashtube
flatfishes
flatfishes
noun
plural of flatfish
flatwashes
flaunching
flaunching
noun
A mortar fillet at the junction of the chimney stack and the roof; superseded in modern times by lead flashing.
The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
verb
present participle of flaunch
fleahopper
fleahopper
noun
Any of several very small insects in the family Miridae that are garden or agricultural pests.
flechettes
flechettes
noun
plural of flechette
fleechment
flemishing
flemishing
verb
present participle of flemish
fleshbrush
fleshiness
fleshiness
noun
The state or characteristic of being fleshy.
fleshliest
fleshliest
adj
superlative form of fleshly: most fleshly
fleshquake
fleshquake
noun
A tremor or quiver of the body.
fletchings
fletchings
noun
plural of fletching
flichtered
flighthead
flightiest
flightiest
adj
superlative form of flighty: most flighty
flightless
flightless
adj
Unable to fly. Usually used with birds such as the penguin, ostrich, and emu.
flightshot
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.
floodlight
floodlight
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.
A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood
verb
(transitive) To enlighten or illuminate with floodlight(s).
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.
floorshift
flophouses
flophouses
noun
plural of flophouse
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flophouse
flourished
flourished
adj
Decorated with flourishes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flourish
flourisher
flourisher
noun
One who flourishes.
flourishes
flourishes
noun
plural of flourish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish
flowcharts
flowcharts
noun
plural of flowchart
flowsheets
flowsheets
noun
plural of flowsheet
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.
fluidrachm
fluidrachm
noun
Alternative form of fluidram
flunkeyish
flunkeyish
adj
Alternative form of flunkyish
flunkyhood
flunkyhood
noun
Alternative form of flunkeyhood
fluohydric
fluohydric
adj
(chemistry) hydrofluoric
flushboard
flushboard
noun
Alternative form of flashboard
flusherman
flushermen
flushingly
flushingly
adv
In a flushing manner; while flushing, while blushing (red with embarrassment):
flutemouth
flutemouth
noun
The trumpetfish.
flycatcher
flycatcher
noun
Any of many kinds of birds, of the families Muscicapidae (in Europe and Asia) and Tyrannidae (in the Americas), that catch insects in flight.
flyweights
flyweights
noun
plural of flyweight
foemanship
foemanship
noun
Enmity.
folkething
folklorish
folklorish
adj
(colloquial) Being similar to or having the quality of folklore.
foochowese
foolfishes
foolfishes
noun
plural of foolfish
foolheaded
foolishest
foolishest
adj
superlative form of foolish: most foolish
footcloths
footcloths
noun
plural of footcloth
footlights
footlights
noun
plural of footlight
forechoice
forechoice
noun
(ethics) A motive which is in harmony or agreement with right desire.
Preference.
The act or process of choosing ahead of time; preselection.
forechoose
forechoose
verb
(transitive) To choose ahead of time; preelect; preselect.
(transitive) To prefer; choose in preference.
forechurch
forefather
forefather
noun
ancestor
cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.