(UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
(US, slang, dated) a five-dollar bill; the sum of five dollars.
(film, television, road signs) The finish, the end
(ichthyology) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
verb
(intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
(intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
(transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
(transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
fio
fip
fip
noun
(US, obsolete) fippenny bit
fir
fir
noun
(chiefly countable) A conifer of the genus Abies.
(chiefly countable) Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).
(advertising) Measure of how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
(archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
(bridge) The quality of a partnership's combined holding of cards in a suit, particularly of trump.
(medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
(statistics) Goodness of fit.
A seizure or convulsion.
A sudden burst (of an activity).
A sudden outburst of emotion.
Conformity of elements one to another.
The degree to which something fits.
The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
verb
(African-American Vernacular, Southern US, dated) simple past tense and past participle of fight; fought.
(intransitive) To be in harmony.
(intransitive) To be of the right size and shape
(intransitive) To have sufficient space available at some location to be able to be there.
(intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
(intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.
(transitive) To adjust.
(transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
(transitive) To be in agreement with.
(transitive) To be suitable for.
(transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
(transitive) To equip or supply.
(transitive) To make ready.
(transitive) To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
(transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
To be proper or becoming.
fix
fix
noun
(US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
(informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
A determination of location.
A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
A repair or corrective action.
verb
(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
(intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
(transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
(transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
(transitive) To mend, to repair.
(transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
(transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
(transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
(transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
(transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
(transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
(transitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
(transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
(transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
(transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
fiz
fiz
verb
Archaic form of fizz.
fla
flb
fld
fld
noun
Abbreviation of field.
fll
fln
flo
fls
flt
flu
flu
noun
(informal) Stomach flu.
Influenza.
fly
fly
adj
(slang) Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.
(slang) Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
(India, obsolete) The sloping or roof part of the canvas of a tent.
(baseball) A fly ball.
(cotton manufacture) waste cotton
(finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
(fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
(historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
(nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
(obsolete) A parasite.
(obsolete) A witch's familiar.
(obsolete) The action of flying; flight.
(often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
(preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
(printing, historical) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
(printing, historical) The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
(rural, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
(swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
(weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
(weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
(weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
(zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
An act of flying.
Any similar, but unrelated insect, such as a dragonfly or butterfly.
In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch..
One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
Related terms: flyman
Short for flywheel.
The free edge of a flag.
The horizontal length of a flag.
The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
verb
(intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
(intransitive) To proceed with great success.
(intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
(intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
(intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
(intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
(intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
(transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
(transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
(transitive, intransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).
fmb
fmc
fmk
fmn
fmr
fmr
adj
Abbreviation of former.
fms
fmt
fmt
verb
(programming) Abbreviation of format.
fnc
fnc
noun
(law) Initialism of forum non conveniens.
fob
fob
adj
(Incoterm) Alternative letter-case form of FOB (“free on board”)
noun
(see usage notes) A small ornament attached to such a chain.
A hand-held remote control device used to lock/unlock motor cars etc.
A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold money or valuables, especially a pocketwatch.
A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To beat; to maul.
(transitive, archaic) To cheat, to deceive, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.
foc
fod
fod
noun
(Slang, dialectal, Northern England) forehead, particularly a large one
foe
foe
adj
(obsolete) Hostile.
noun
A unit of energy equal to 10⁴⁴ joules.
An enemy.
fog
fog
noun
(Scotland) Moss.
(UK, dialect) Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season.
(computer graphics) Distance fog.
(photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
(uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud. (Compare mist, haze.)
A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.
A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
verb
(intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.
(intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.
(intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.
(intransitive, photography) To become dim or obscure.
(transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.
(transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.
(transitive) To make confusing or obscure.
(transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.
(transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog (of), or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from (a field).
(transitive, photography) To make dim or obscure.
(transitive, photography) To spoil (film) via exposure to light other than in the normal process of taking a photograph.
To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.
foh
foh
intj
(obsolete) An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt.
fol
fon
fon
noun
(obsolete) A fool or idiot.
A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
foo
foo
intj
Expression of disappointment or disgust.
noun
(fandom slang) Alternative letter-case form of Foo (“placeholder god”)
(historical, obsolete) Alternative form of fu: an administrative subdivision of imperial China; the capital of such divisions.
(programming) A metasyntactic variable used to represent an unspecified entity. If part of a series of such entities, it is often the first in the series, and followed immediately by bar.
(slang) Pronunciation spelling of fool.
fop
fop
noun
(dated) A vain man; a dandy.
for
for
conj
Because, as, since.
particle
(nonstandard, in representations of dialectal speech, especially that of black speakers) To, the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
prep
(chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
(cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
(in expressions such as 'for a start') Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence.
(nonstandard) So (that), in order to
(obsolete) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
(usually in the phrase 'for all') Despite, in spite of.
(with names, chiefly US) In honor of; after.
Because of.
By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
Directed at; intended to belong to.
Due or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
In order to obtain or acquire.
In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
Indicating something desired or anticipated.
Intended to cure, remove or counteract; in order to cure, remove or counteract.
On behalf of.
Over (a period of time).
Supporting, in favour of.
Throughout or across (a distance in space).
To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
To be, or as being.
Towards; in the direction of.
Used in various more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.
Used to introduce a subject within a to-infinitive clause.
fos
fos
noun
Initialism of freedom of speech.
fot
fou
fou
adj
(Scotland) Drunk.
fov
fow
fox
fox
noun
(cartomancy) The fourteenth Lenormand card.
(mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
(military, aviation) Air-to-air weapon launched.
(nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
(obsolete) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
(slang, figurative) A cunning person.
(slang, figurative) A person with reddish brown hair, usually a woman.
(slang, figurative) A physically attractive man or woman.
A fox terrier.
A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.
A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).
The fur of a fox.
The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
verb
(intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
(intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
(intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
(transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).
(transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
(transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
(transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
(transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
foy
foy
noun
(obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
(obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
fpa
fpc
fpe
fpm
fpm
noun
Initialism of feet per minute.
Initialism of fellow management program.
fpo
fpp
fps
fps
noun
Initialism of feet per second.
Initialism of frames per second.
fpu
fra
fra
adv
Archaic form of fro.
noun
A title of a friar or monk: brother.
frb
frc
frd
frg
fri
frl
fro
fro
adv
(archaic) From; away; back or backward.
noun
(slang) Clipping of afro (hairstyle).
prep
(obsolete) From.
frr
frs
frt
fru
fry
fry
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, cooking) The liver of a lamb.
(Ireland, Britain, cooking) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
(UK dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
(archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.
(colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.
(now chiefly UK dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
(usually in the plural, fries, US, cooking) A lamb or calf testicle.
(usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US, cooking) A fried piece of cut potato.
A drain.
A kind of sieve.
Young fish; fishlings.
verb
(chiefly US, intransitive, slang) To be executed by the electric chair.
(intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
(intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
(obsolete) to simmer; to boil
(transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
(transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
fsa
fse
fsf
fsh
fsk
fsr
fsr
adv
(Internet slang) Initialism of for some reason.
fss
fsu
fsw
fsw
Noun
a forward-swept wing aircraft
ftc
fte
ftg
fth
ftl
ftp
ftp
Adjective
free-to-play
Noun
future time perspective
Proper noun
File Transfer Protocol; a common way to transfer files over the internet.
Verb
To transfer files between computers using FTP.
fts
ftw
ftw
intj
Alternative form of FTW
ftz
fub
fub
noun
(obsolete) A plump young person or child.
verb
(obsolete) To steal.
(transitive, obsolete) To put off by trickery; to cheat.
fud
fud
noun
Alternative form of fuddy-duddy
Alternative letter-case form of FUD
fug
fug
noun
(figurative) A state of chaos or confusion.
(figurative) A state of lethargy and confusion; daze.
(singular only, with the) Used as an intensifier.
A heavy, musty, stuffy or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area.
Something of little value.
verb
To be surrounded by a fug (heavy unpleasant atmosphere).
To copulate with.
To create a fug (heavy unpleasant atmosphere).
To damage or destroy.
To put into a fug (daze).
To remain indoors, usually understood as being in a tightly closed room.
Used to express displeasure.
ful
fum
fum
noun
(mythology, obsolete) A mythological Chinese bird, the fènghuáng.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To play upon a fiddle.
fun
fun
adj
(informal) Enjoyable or amusing.
(informal) Whimsical or flamboyant.
noun
amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
playful, often noisy, activity.
verb
(colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
fur
fur
conj
Pronunciation spelling of for.
noun
(heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
(hunting, uncountable) Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
(vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
(vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
A thick pile of fabric.
The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
verb
(intransitive) To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
(transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
(transitive, construction) To level a surface by applying furring to it.
fus
fut
fut
intj
(obsolete) Alternative form of 'sfoot
fwa
fwd
fya
fyi
fyn
fyn
Noun
A molecule, present in the signalling pathway of integrins, activating ras.
fys
fzs
gcf
gif
gif
noun
Alternative letter-case form of GIF
grf
haf
hcf
hfe
hfs
iaf
idf
ifb
ifc
ife
iff
iff
conj
(mathematics, logic) If and only if; used to show that the truth values of two statements are the same.
(mathematics, logic) logically equivalent to rephrases:
Obsolete spelling of if.
XNOR
biconditionally
equal
just in case or just in the case that
that is to say
ifo
ifr
ifs
ifs
noun
plural of if
imf
inf
iof
isf
jaf
jfk
jfs
kaf
kaf
noun
Alternative spelling of kaph
The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. ك (k)
kef
kef
noun
Alternative spelling of kif
kft
kgf
kif
kif
noun
A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for narcotic or intoxicating effect.
The state of relaxed stupor induced by cannabis.
The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds.
ksf
laf
lbf
lbf
noun
pound-force (unit of force)
lcf
ldf
lfs
lif
lif
noun
The fibre by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.
lmf
lof
lof
noun
Community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche, and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco.
lpf
ltf
maf
mcf
mcf
noun
Abbreviation of thousand cubic feet.
mdf
mdf
Noun
Medium density fibreboard.
mfa
mfb
mfd
mfd
adj
Abbreviation of manufactured.
noun
(obsolete) Abbreviation of microfarad.
Abbreviation of manufacturing date.
mfg
mfh
mfj
mfm
mfm
Noun
of The specialty of medicine, a subspecialty of obstetrics, that deals with high-risk pregnancies.