(construction) Any multi-component system designed to stop fire and smoke from migrating through openings around piping, wiring, ductwork, cable trays, bus ducts, etc., as well as through movement joints in walls and floors that are required to have a fire-resistance rating.
fishboat
fishboat
noun
A fishing boat.
fishbolt
fishbolt
noun
(engineering) A bolt used to fasten fishplates.
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.
fitzroya
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.
flagboat
flagonet
flagroot
flagroot
noun
sweet flag
flagtown
flameout
flameout
noun
(figurative) The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner.
The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel or airflow).
flatboat
flatboat
noun
A boxy, flat-bottomed boat used for carrying livestock, freight, and people on rivers.
flatbrod
flatfoot
flatfoot
noun
(US, informal, military, slang) A sailor.
(colloquial, archaic, derogatory, law enforcement) (plural typically flatfoots) A policeman.
(medicine, chiefly in the plural) A condition in which the arch of the foot makes contact with the ground.
A person having the above condition.
verb
To dance in the style of Appalachian clogging.
To gulp an entire drink (bottle, glass, can, etc.) without pausing between swallows.
To perform an action inefficiently or awkwardly.
To walk around in the course of work, especially when investigating.
To wrong-foot.
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
flattops
flattops
noun
plural of flattop
flatuous
flatuous
adj
(obsolete) generating flatulence
(obsolete) windy; generating wind
flatwork
flatwork
noun
(construction) Horizontal construction work using concrete, such as floors.
flatworm
flatworm
noun
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
flautino
flautino
noun
(music) Any of several high-pitched woodwind instruments, including the zufolo, sopranino recorder, and piccolo.
flaxwort
flaxwort
noun
Any of the flax plants of genus Linum.
fleawort
fleawort
noun
A herb, Plantago psyllium, whose seeds are supposed to resemble fleas.
Any of various unrelated plants that are supposed to kill or ward off fleas.
The lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
flection
flection
noun
Alternative spelling of flexion
fleshpot
fleshpot
noun
A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature.
flitfold
floatage
floatage
noun
Alternative form of flotage
floatels
floatels
noun
plural of floatel
floaters
floaters
noun
plural of floater
floatier
floatier
adj
comparative form of floaty: more floaty
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
floative
floatman
floatmen
flogster
flogster
noun
(slang, archaic) One who flogs or beats.
flokatis
flokatis
noun
plural of flokati
flomaton
floodlet
floodlet
noun
A small flood.
floodlit
floodlit
adj
Lit by floodlights.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of floodlight
floreate
floreted
floreted
adj
(in combination) Having the specified kind or number of florets.
florette
florette
noun
Alternative spelling of floret
floretty
floretty
adj
(heraldry, of a cross) Decorated (finished at the ends) with fleurs-de-lis, which (unlike a cross flory) are attached in their entirety to the arms of the couped cross, rather than the arms developing into that shape.
floretum
floretum
noun
A garden where flowers are grown for research purposes.
floriate
floriate
adj
Synonym of floriated
florists
florists
noun
plural of florist
floruits
floruits
noun
plural of floruit
flotages
flotages
noun
plural of flotage
flotilla
flotilla
noun
(nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.
flotsams
flotsams
noun
plural of flotsam
flouters
flouters
noun
plural of flouter
flouting
flouting
noun
The act by which something is flouted.
verb
present participle of flout
floweret
floweret
noun
A floret, or small or component flower
fluorate
fluorate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of fluorine FO₃⁻; any salt containing this ion.
fluorite
fluorite
noun
(mineralogy) A widely occurring mineral (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.
fluxroot
flyboats
flyboats
noun
plural of flyboat
foalfoot
foalfoot
noun
coltsfoot
foamiest
foamiest
adj
superlative form of foamy: most foamy
foetuses
foetuses
noun
plural of foetus
fogeater
fogfruit
fogfruit
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Phyla in the verbena family Verbenaceae.
foggiest
foggiest
adj
(usually used in the negative) Slightest, faintest, least.
superlative form of foggy: most foggy
foisting
foisting
noun
The act of something being foisted; imposition.
verb
present participle of foist
folberth
folcroft
foldboat
foldboat
noun
(kayaking) A type of collapsible canoe
foldouts
foldouts
noun
plural of foldout
foliated
foliated
adj
(architecture) Decorated with foliage.
(geology, of a rock) Having a structure of thin layers.
(music) Having notes added above or below, as in a plain-song melody.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foliate
foliates
foliates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foliate
foliator
folkboat
folkboat
noun
A small, affordable sailboat, rigged as a sloop.
folkmoot
folkmoot
noun
(historical , or later revived in general usage) A general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire.
folkmote
folkmote
noun
Alternative form of folkmoot
folkmots
folkmots
noun
plural of folkmot
folkston
folkston
Proper noun
A city in Georgia in the United States
folktale
folktale
noun
A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.
folletti
folletto
fomented
fomented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foment
fomenter
fomenter
noun
One who incites or promotes.
fondants
fondants
noun
plural of fondant
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
footages
footages
noun
plural of footage
footback
football
football
noun
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, uncountable) rugby union.
(Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) rugby league.
(Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, southern New South Wales, uncountable) Australian rules football.
(Canada, uncountable) Canadian football: a game played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
(Ireland, uncountable) Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
(UK, uncountable) Association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. Known as soccer in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
(US military slang, countable) The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President.
(US, uncountable) American football: a game played on a field of 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
(countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
(figuratively, countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
(general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
(uncountable) Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To play football.
footband
footband
noun
(obsolete) A group of foot soldiers.
footbath
footbath
noun
A liquid mixture, often medicinal, for soaking or washing the feet with.
A small basin or bath designed for soaking or washing the feet.
The act of soaking or washing the feet.
footbeat
footboys
footboys
noun
plural of footboy
footeite
footfall
footfall
noun
(countable) The sound made by a footstep; also, the footstep or step itself.
(uncountable, originally and chiefly Britain) The number of pedestrians going into or passing through a place (especially a commercial venue such as a shop) during a specified time period; also, the pedestrians in a particular place regarded collectively; foot traffic.
footfeed
footfolk
footgear
footgear
noun
sturdy footwear
footgeld
footgeld
noun
(law, historical) An amercement imposed for failure to expeditate a dog.
footgrip
foothalt
foothalt
noun
A disease affecting the feet of sheep.
foothill
foothill
noun
A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
foothils
foothold
foothold
noun
(by extension) A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged.
A fetus oriented so that, at birth, its foot will emerge first. A type of breech birth.
verb
present participle of footle
footlock
footmark
footmark
noun
footprint (an impression made by a foot)
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.
footpace
footpace
noun
A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase.
A walking pace or step.
footpads
footpads
noun
plural of footpad
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of footpad
footpath
footpath
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, India) A paved path located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians.
Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
footpick
footrace
footrace
noun
A race run on foot.
footrail
footrail
noun
A rail serving as a support for the foot.
footrest
footrest
noun
A support on which to rest the feet.
footrill
footroom
footroom
noun
(signal processing) Extra bandwidth for lower-than-expected values.
Space for a person's feet, especially while seated.
footrope
footrope
noun
(nautical) a rope attached to a yard that sailors stood on to stabilize it when furling or reefing
(nautical) a rope attached to the lower part of a sail
footsies
footsies
noun
plural of footsie
plural of footsy
footslog
footslog
noun
An instance of footslogging.
verb
(intransitive) to walk heavily over a long distance or in a weary manner; to trudge
footsore
footsore
adj
Having sore feet, but perhaps also a certain sense of satisfaction, after walking or hiking too much.
footstep
footstep
noun
(obsolete) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
A step, as in a stair.
By extension, the indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.
The act of taking a step.
The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.
The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.
The sound made by walking, running etc.
footwalk
footwalk
noun
A pedestrian walkway.
footwall
footwall
noun
(geology) The section of rock that extends below a diagonal fault line (the corresponding upper section being the hanging wall).
(mining) The under wall of an enclosed vein.
footways
footways
noun
plural of footway
footwear
footwear
noun
Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc.
footwork
footwork
noun
(uncountable, music) A subgenre of juke/ghetto house and style of street dance that originated in Chicago in the early 1990s.
Any movement of the feet, especially intricate or complex movement, as in sports or dancing.
footworn
footworn
adj
Wearied in the feet; footsore.
Worn or eroded by the feet.
foralite
foralite
noun
(geology) A tube-like marking found in sandstone and other strata.
forbathe
forbathe
verb
(archaic, transitive) To bathe abundantly or thoroughly.
forcelet
forceput
forebitt
foreboot
forecast
forecast
noun
(gambling) exacta
A prediction of the weather.
An estimation of a future condition.
verb
(obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.
To estimate how something will be in the future.
To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.
foredate
foredate
verb
(transitive) To date before the true time; to antedate.