(organic chemistry) A monoterpenoid ketone present in the essential oil of fennel
fenelton
fennoman
fennoman
Noun
A member or supporter of a nationalist political movement in 19th-century Finland that wanted to raise Finnish to the national language of the country.
fenthion
fenthion
noun
An organothiophosphate insecticide, avicide, and acaricide.
fenurons
feoffing
feoffing
verb
present participle of feoff
ferguson
ferguson
Proper noun
originating in Scotland from Clan Fergusson and now widespread in the English-speaking world.
A common place name
fermions
fermions
noun
plural of fermion
fernando
fernando
Proper noun
name of Spanish origin. Diminutive: Nando
fernwood
fernwort
ferrigno
festoons
festoons
noun
plural of festoon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of festoon
festoony
festoony
adj
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling festoons.
fetation
fetation
noun
The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy.
fibroins
fibroins
noun
plural of fibroin
fictions
fictions
noun
plural of fiction
fidation
fieldton
filipino
filmogen
filomena
findhorn
finecomb
finfoots
finfoots
noun
plural of finfoot
fingrigo
fingrigo
noun
(Jamaica) A prickly climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia.
finnesko
finnesko
noun
A thermal boot made from reindeer skin and fur.
finochio
finochio
noun
Alternative spelling of finocchio
fionnula
fiorenza
fiorenze
fishbone
fishbone
noun
A bone from a fish.
fishpond
fishpond
noun
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food
fissions
fissions
noun
plural of fission
fistnote
fistnote
noun
A printed note (as in a book) preceded by a symbol in the shape of a fist with pointed index finger.
fittonia
fittonia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Fittonia of flowering plants.
fixation
fixation
noun
(cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction.
(genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.
(law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
(ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location.
(orthopaedics) process by which an injury is rendered immobile.
A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
The act of fixing.
The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
The state of being fixed or fixated.
flagonet
flagtown
flamenco
flamenco
noun
(countable) A song or dance performed in such a style.
(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
verb
(intransitive) To dance flamenco.
flamingo
flamingo
adj
Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
noun
A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
flaperon
flaperon
noun
(aviation, aeronautics, aircraft) An aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wing, thus affecting the angle of attack).
flatiron
flatiron
adj
Having a flatiron shape.
noun
(especially referring to the shape of a building) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side.
(geomorphology) A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.
A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.
Ellipsis of flat iron steak.
flatlong
flatlong
adv
With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
flatnose
flatnose
adj
(zoology) Designating various organisms that have a flat nose.
flatonia
flautino
flautino
noun
(music) Any of several high-pitched woodwind instruments, including the zufolo, sopranino recorder, and piccolo.
flavanol
flavanol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of flavonoids that use the 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-ol molecular skeleton
flavones
flavones
noun
plural of flavone
flavonol
flavonol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several flavonoids that have a 3-hydroxyflavone backbone.
flecnode
flecnode
noun
(geometry) A double point that is also a point of inflexion of one branch.
flection
flection
noun
Alternative spelling of flexion
flexagon
flexagon
noun
(geometry) A flat model made from folded strips of paper that can be folded, or flexed, to reveal a number of hidden faces.
flexions
flexions
noun
plural of flexion
flindosa
flindosy
floating
floating
adj
(linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
That floats or float.
noun
(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
(veterinary medicine) A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
The motion of something that floats.
The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
verb
present participle of float
floatman
floatmen
floccing
flocking
flocking
noun
A material textured in this way, such as the artificial snow of a Christmas tree.
The process of adding small particles to a surface for the sake of texture.
verb
present participle of flock
flockman
flogging
flogging
noun
Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
verb
present participle of flog
flomaton
flooding
flooding
noun
(psychology) A form of therapy that treats a phobia by suddenly exposing the patient to the object of the phobia, instead of approaching it gradually.
(psychology, figurative) Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.
An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
verb
present participle of flood
flooring
flooring
noun
(sports) The act of putting one's opponent on the floor; a knockdown.
A floor.
A material used to make floors.
verb
present participle of floor
floorman
floorman
noun
A bookmaker's assistant.
A casino employee who oversees the gambling activity, settling disputes and so on.
One who works on the shop floor of a retail establishment.
floormen
floormen
noun
plural of floorman
flopping
flopping
noun
The motion of something that flops.
verb
present participle of flop
flopwing
flopwing
noun
(dialect, dated) A bird, the lapwing.
florance
florence
florence
Proper noun
a city in Alabama, USA
a town in Arizona, USA
and the county seat of
an unincorporated CDP in Wisconsin, also the county seat of
Noun
An ancient gold coin of the time of coined by Florentines and worth six shillings sterling.
A kind of cloth.
florenda
florenza
floriano
florican
florican
noun
Either of two species in the bustard family Otididae, Houbaropsis bengalensis or Sypheotides indicus.
floricin
floridan
florigen
florigen
noun
(botany) a supposed hormone that causes flowering in plants
florikan
floriken
floriken
Noun
An Indian bustard (Otis aurita).
florinda
flossing
flossing
noun
(countable) The act of removing food and plaque from one's teeth using dental floss.
(fishing, uncountable) The use of a weighted hook that pierces the fish's mouth from the outside.
The performance of the floss dance move.
verb
present participle of floss
flounced
flounced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flounce
flounces
flounces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounce
flouncey
flouncey
adj
Dated form of flouncy.
flounder
flounder
noun
(Canada, US) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, Platichthys flesus.
A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
verb
(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
(intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water.
(intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
To be in serious difficulty.
flouring
flouring
verb
present participle of flour
flouting
flouting
noun
The act by which something is flouted.
verb
present participle of flout
fluorane
fluorane
noun
(chemistry) Fluorine hydride or hydrogen fluoride, HF.
fluorene
fluorene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of two benzene rings joined together directly, and also via a methylene bridge; it is used in light-emitting diodes.
fluorine
fluorine
noun
(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
fluorins
fluxions
fluxions
noun
(obsolete, mathematics) differential calculus
plural of fluxion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluxion
flyblown
flyblown
adj
contaminated with flyblows
sordid, squalid
tainted
focusing
focusing
adj
Pertaining to the direction of attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or purpose over time.
Used for or pertaining to focusing.
noun
The action of the verb to focus.
verb
present participle of focus.
fogbound
fogbound
adj
enveloped in fog to such an extent that movement is dangerous or impossible
foghorns
foghorns
noun
plural of foghorn
foilsman
foilsman
noun
A person who fights with a foil, or thin sword.
foilsmen
foilsmen
noun
plural of foilsman
foisting
foisting
noun
The act of something being foisted; imposition.
verb
present participle of foist
folacins
folacins
noun
plural of folacin
folioing
folioing
verb
present participle of folio
folkland
folkland
noun
(law, historical, UK) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
folksong
folksong
noun
Alternative spelling of folk song
folkston
folkston
Proper noun
A city in Georgia in the United States
folkvang
follying
fomented
fomented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foment
fomenter
fomenter
noun
One who incites or promotes.
fomorian
fomorian
Noun
A member of the semi-divine race that were said to have inhabited Ireland in ancient times.
Adjective
Of or relating to the race of semi-divine creatures said to have inhabited Ireland in ancient times.
fondants
fondants
noun
plural of fondant
fondlers
fondlers
noun
plural of fondler
fondlike
fondling
fondling
noun
(obsolete) A foolish person.
A pet or person who is fondled; someone who is much loved.
The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness.
verb
present participle of fondle
fondness
fondness
noun
The quality of being fond: liking something, foolishness; doting affection; propensity.
fontaine
fontally
fontally
adv
In a fontal manner.
fontanel
fontanel
noun
Alternative spelling of fontanelle
fontanet
fontange
fontange
noun
A headdress popular among aristocrats in Europe in the late 17th century and early 18th century, made with pleated layers of starched lace and ribbon.
fontanne
fontenoy
fontinal
fontinal
adj
Growing in or near springs
fontinas
fontinas
noun
plural of fontina
fonville
foosland
footband
footband
noun
(obsolete) A group of foot soldiers.
footings
footings
noun
plural of footing
footling
footling
adj
trivial, silly and irritating.
noun
A fetus oriented so that, at birth, its foot will emerge first. A type of breech birth.
verb
present participle of footle
footnote
footnote
noun
(by extension) An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related.
A qualification to the import of something.
A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.
verb
To add footnotes to a text.
footworn
footworn
adj
Wearied in the feet; footsore.
Worn or eroded by the feet.
fooyoung
foozling
foozling
verb
present participle of foozle
foraging
foraging
noun
The act of searching for food.
verb
present participle of forage
foramens
foramina
foramina
noun
plural of foramen
foraneen
foraying
foraying
verb
present participle of foray
forborne
forborne
verb
past participle of forbear
forbysen
fordland
fordoing
fordoing
verb
present participle of fordo
fordwine
fordwine
Verb
To fade away; waste away; decay; dwindle; wither; vanish.
foredawn
foredawn
noun
The time just before dawn.
verb
To anticipate dawning or emerging.
foredone
foredone
verb
past participle of foredo
foredune
foredune
noun
(geography) A kind of dune ridge that runs parallel to the shore of a body of water.