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Fob(n.) A little pocket for a watch.
(v.t.) To beat
Focal(a.) Belonging to,or concerning, a focus
Focus(n.) A central point
(v. t.) To bring to a focus
Fodder(n.) A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt
(v.t.) To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.
Foe(n.) An enemy in war
(v. t.) To treat as an enemy.
Foehn(n.) Any similar wind, as the chinook, in other parts of the world.
Fog(n.) A second growth of grass
(v. i.) To practice in a small or mean way
(v. t.) To envelop, as with fog
Fogbow(n.) A nebulous arch, or bow, of white or yellowish light sometimes seen in fog, etc.
Foggy(superl.) Beclouded
Fogy(n.) A dull old fellow
Foible(a.) Weak
(n.) A moral weakness
Foil(n.) A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point
(v. t.) To blunt
Foist(n.) A foister
(v. t.) To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant
Fold(n.) A boundary
(v.) A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance
(v. i.) To become folded, plaited, or doubled
(v. t.) To confine in a fold, as sheep.
Foliaceous(a.) Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf
Foliage(n.) A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
(v. t.) To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage
Foliar(a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, leaves
Foliate(a.) Furnished with leaves
(v. t.) To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
Foliation(n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina.
Folio(n.) A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four pages to the sheet)
Follicle(n.) A simple gland or glandular cavity
Follow(n.) The art or process of following
(v. i.) To go or come after
(v. t.) To accept as authority
Folly(n.) A foolish act
Foment(n.) Fomentation.
(v. t.) To apply a warm lotion to
Fond(n.) Foundation
(superl.) Affectionate
(v. i.) To be fond
(v. t.) To caress
Font(n.) A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing.
Food(n.) Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character
(v. t.) To supply with food.
Fool(n.) A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream
(v. i.) To play the fool
(v. t.) To infatuate
Foot(n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent
(v. i.) To tread to measure or music
(v. t.) The size or strike with the talon.
Foozle(n.) Act of foozling
(v. t. & i.) To bungle
Fop(n.) One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress
Foppery(n.) Folly
For(conj.) Because
(n.) One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side
(prep.) Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done
Forage(n.) Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats
(v. i.) To wander or rove in search of food
(v. t.) To strip of provisions
Foramen(n.) A small opening, perforation, or orifice
Foraminifer(n.) One of the foraminifera.
Foray(n.) A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare
(v. t.) To pillage
Forbade(imp.) of Forbid
Forbear(n.) An ancestor
(v. i.) To control one's self when provoked.
(v. t.) To cease from bearing.
Forbid(v. i.) To utter a prohibition
(v. t.) To accurse
Forbore(imp.) of Forbear
Forborne(p. p.) of Forbear
Force(n.) Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion
(v. i.) To be of force, importance, or weight
(v. t.) To stuff
Forcible(a.) Possessing force
Ford(v. i.) A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading
(v. t.) To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading
Fore(adv.) Advanced, as compared with something else
(n.) The front
(prep.) Before
(v. i.) Journey
Forfeit(n.) A thing forfeit or forfeited
(p. p. / a.) In the condition of being forfeited
(v. i.) To be guilty of a misdeed
Forfend(v. t.) To prohibit
Forgather(v. i.) To convene
Forgave(imp.) of Forgive
Forge(n.) A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering
(v. t.) To commit forgery.
Forgive(v. t.) To cease to feel resentment against, on account of wrong committed
Forgiving(a.) Disposed to forgive
Forgo(v. i.) To pass by
Fork(n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved
(v. i.) To divide into two or more branches
(v. t.) To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay
Forlorn(n.) A forlorn hope
(v. t.) Deserted
Form(n.) A long seat
(v. i.) To run to a form, as a hare.
(v. t.) To treat (plates) so as to bring them to fit condition for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide
Fornicate(v. i.) To commit fornication
Fornication(n.) Adultery.
Fornix(n.) An arch or fold
Forsake(v. t.) To quit or leave entirely
Forsooth(adv.) In truth
(n.) A person who used forsooth much
(v. t.) To address respectfully with the term forsooth.
Forspent(a.) Wasted in strength
Forswear(v. i.) To deny upon oath.
Forsythia(a.) A shrub of the Olive family, with yellow blossoms.
Fort(n.) A strong or fortified place
Forum(n.) A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people
Forward(a.) Advanced beyond the usual degree
(n.) An agreement
(v. t.) To help onward
Fossa(n.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth
Fosse(n.) A ditch or moat.
Fossil(a.) Dug out of the earth
(n.) A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated
Fossorial(a.) Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging
Foster(n.) A forester.
(v. i.) To be nourished or trained up together.
(v. t.) Relating to nourishment
Fought(imp. & p. p.) of Fight
Foul(n.) A bird.
(superl.) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive
(v. i.) To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.
(v. t.) To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing
Found(imp. & p. p.) of Find
(n.) A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
(v. i.) To lay the basis of
(v. t.) To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold
Fount(n.) A font.
Four(a.) One more than three
(n.) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Fovea(n.) A slight depression or pit
Foveola(n.) A small depression or pit
Fowl(n.) Any bird
(v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.
Fox(n.) A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V
(v. i.) To turn sour
Foxed(a.) Discolored or stained
Foxglove(n.) Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic
Foxhound(n.) One of a special breed of hounds used for chasing foxes.
Foxtail(n.) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
Foxy(a.) Having the color of a fox
Foyer(n.) A lobby in a theater
Fra(adv. & prep.) Fro.
(n.) Brother
Fracas(v. t.) An uproar
Fraction(n.) A portion
(v. t.) To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization
Fractious(a.) Apt to break out into a passion
Fracture(n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder
(v. t.) To cause a fracture or fractures in
Fragile(a.) Easily broken
Fragment(v. t.) A part broken off
Fragrancy(n.) The quality of being fragrant
Fragrant(a.) Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably
Frail(n.) A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
(superl) Easily broken
Fraise(n.) A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position
(v. t.) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward
Frame(n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.
(v. i.) To proceed
(v. t.) To cause
Framing(n.) A framework, or a sy/ of frames.
Franc(a.) A silver coin of France, and since 1795 the unit of the French monetary system. It has been adopted by Belgium and Swizerland
Frangible(a.) Capable of being broken
Frangipane(n.) A perfume of jasmine
Frank(a.) A French coin.
(n.) A pigsty.
(v. t.) To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.
Frantic(a.) Mad
Frap(v. t.) To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum.
Fraternal(a.) Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren
Fraternity(n.) A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure
Fraternize(v. i.) To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character
(v. t.) To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy.
Fratricide(n.) One who murders or kills his own brother.
Frau(n.) In Germany, a woman
Fray(n.) Affray
(v. i.) To rub.
(v. t.) To bear the expense of
Frazzle(n.) The act or result of frazzling
(v. t.) To fray
Freckle(v. i.) To become covered or marked with freckles
(v. t.) Any small spot or discoloration.
Free(a.) To frank.
(adv.) Freely
(superl.) Certain or honorable
Freight(a.) Employed in the transportation of freight
(n.) Freight transportation, or freight line.
(v. t.) To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another
Fremitus(n., sing. & pl.) Palpable vibration or thrill
French(a.) Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants.
(n.) Collectively, the people of France.
Frenum(n.) A cheek stripe of color.
Frenzied(p. p. & a.) Affected with frenzy
Frenzy(a.) Mad
(n.) Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction
(v. t.) To affect with frenzy
Frequency(n.) A crowd
Frequent(a.) To make full
(n.) Addicted to any course of conduct
Fresco(a.) A cool, refreshing state of the air
(v. t.) To paint in fresco, as walls.
Fresh(n.) A flood
(superl) In a raw, green, or untried state
(v. t.) To refresh
Fret(n.) Agitation of mind marked by complaint and impatience
(v. i.) To be agitated
(v. t.) To devour.
Friable(a.) Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder.
Friar(n.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans
Fribble(n.) A frivolous, contemptible fellow
(v. i.) To act in a trifling or foolish manner
Fricassee(n.) A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy
Fricative(a.) Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs
(n.) A fricative consonant letter or sound.
Friday(n.) The sixth day of the week, following Thursday and preceding Saturday.
Fridge(n.) To rub
Friend(n.) A paramour of either sex.
(v. t.) To act as the friend of
Frier(n.) One who fries.
Frieze(n.) A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
(v. t.) To make a nap on (cloth)
Frigate(n.) Any small vessel on the water.
Fright(n.) Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
Frigid(a.) Cold
Frill(v. i.) A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce
(v. t.) To provide or decorate with a frill or frills
Fringe(n.) An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric
(v. t.) To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
Frippery(a.) Trifling
(n.) A place where old clothes are sold.
Frisian(a.) Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province of the Netherlands
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Friesland
Frisk(a.) A frolic
(v. i.) To leap, skip, dance, or gambol, in fronc and gayety.
Frit(v. t.) The material for glaze of pottery.
Frivol(v. i.) To act frivolously
Frizz(v. t. & i.) To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise
Fro(adv.) From
(prep.) From.
Frock(n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments
(v. t.) To clothe in a frock.
Froe(n.) A dirty woman
Frog(n.) An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land
(v. t.) To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs.
Frolic(a.) Full of levity
(n.) A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing
(v. i.) To play wild pranks
From(prep.) Out of the neighborhood of
Frond(n.) The organ formed by the combination or union into one body of stem and leaf, and often bearing the fructification
Front(a.) Of or relating to the front or forward part
(n.) All the works along one side of the polygon inclosing the site which is fortified.
(v. t.) To adorn in front
Frost(v. i.) Coldness or insensibility
(v. t.) To cover with hoarfrost
Froth(n.) Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence
(v. i.) To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles
(v. t.) To cause to foam.
Froufrou(n.) A rustling, esp. the rustling of a woman's dress.
Froward(a.) Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is reasonable
Frown(n.) Any expression of displeasure
(v. i.) To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness
(v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval
Frowzy(a.) Slovenly
Froze(imp.) of Freeze
Fructidor(n.) The twelfth month of the French republican calendar
Fructification(n.) The act of forming or producing fruit
Fructify(v. i.) To bear fruit.
(v. t.) To make fruitful
Fructose(n.) Fruit sugar
Fructuous(a.) Fruitful
Frugal(n.) Economical in the use or appropriation of resources
Frugivorous(a.) Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals.
Fruitage(n.) Fruit, collectively
Fruitful(a.) Full of fruit
Fruition(n.) Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction
Fruitless(a.) Lacking, or not bearing, fruit
Frumentaceous(a.) Made of, or resembling, wheat or other grain.
Frumenty(n.) Food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums, etc.
Frump(n.) A contemptuous speech or piece of conduct
(v. t.) To insult
Frustrate(a.) Vain
(v. t.) To bring to nothing
Frustration(n.) The act of frustrating
Frustule(n.) The siliceous shell of a diatom. It is composed of two valves, one overlapping the other, like a pill box and its cover
Frustum(n.) One of the drums of the shaft of a column.
Frutescent(a.) Somewhat shrubby in character
Fruticose(a.) Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs
Fry(n.) A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes
(v. i.) To be agitated
(v. t.) To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire
Fuchsia(n.) A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil
Fucoid(a.) In a vague sense, resembling seaweeds, or of the nature of seaweeds.
(n.) A plant, whether recent or fossil, which resembles a seaweed.
Fucus(n.) A genus of tough, leathery seaweeds, usually of a dull brownish green color
Fuddle(v. i.) To drink to excess.
(v. t.) To make foolish by drink
Fudge(n.) A kind of soft candy composed of sugar or maple sugar, milk, and butter, and often chocolate or nuts, boiled and stirred to a proper consistency
(v. t.) To foist
Fuegian(a.) Of or pertaining to Terra del Fuego.
(n.) A native of Terra del Fuego.
Fuel(n.) Any matter used to produce heat by burning
(v. t.) To feed with fuel.
Fugacious(a.) Fleeting
Fugato(a.) in the gugue style, but not strictly like a fugue.
(n.) A composition resembling a fugue.
Fugitive(a.) Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.
(n.) One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.
Fugle(v. i.) To maneuver
Fugue(n.) A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules
Fulcrum(n.) An accessory organ such as a tendril, stipule, spine, and the like.
Fulfill(v. t.) To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc
Fulgent(a.) Exquisitely bright
Fulgurant(a.) Lightening.
Fulgurate(v. i.) To flash as lightning.
Fulgurite(n.) A vitrified sand tube produced by the striking of lightning on sand
Fuliginous(a.) Pertaining to smoke
Full(adv.) Quite
(Compar.) Abundantly furnished or provided
(n.) Complete measure
(v. i.) To become fulled or thickened
Fulmar(n.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariidae, allied to the albatrosses and petrels
Fulminant(a.) Thundering
Fulminate(v. i.) A fulminating powder.
(v. t.) To cause to explode.
Fulminating(a.) Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.
Fulsome(a.) Full
Fulvous(a.) Tawny
Fumarole(n.) A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue.
Fumatory(a.) Pert. to, or concerned with, smoking.
(n.) A place for subjecting things to smoke or vapor.
Fumble(v. i.) To feel or grope about
(v. t.) To handle or manage awkwardly
Fume(n.) Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy
(v. t.) To expose to the action of fumes
Fumigant(a.) Fuming.
Fumigate(n.) To apply smoke to
Fun(n.) Sport
Funambulist(n.) A ropewalker or ropedancer.
Function(n.) A public or social ceremony or gathering
Fund(n.) An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence
(v. t.) To place in a fund, as money.
Funeral(n.) A funeral sermon
Funereal(a.) Suiting a funeral
Fungal(a.) Of or pertaining to fungi.
Fungi(n. pl.) A group of thallophytic plants of low organization, destitute of chlorophyll, in which reproduction is mainly accomplished by means of asexual spores, which are produced in a great variety of ways, though sexual reproduction is known to occur in certain Phycomycetes, or so-called algal fungi
Fungoid(a.) Like a fungus
Fungous(a.) Growing suddenly, but not substantial or durable.
Fungus(n.) Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization
Funicle(n.) A small cord, ligature, or fiber.
Funicular(a.) Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
Funiculus(n.) A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers
Funk(v. i.) To be frightened, and shrink back
(v. t.) To envelop with an offensive smell or smoke.
Funnel(v. t.) A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance
Funny(n.) A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling.
(superl.) Droll
Fur(a.) Of or pertaining to furs
(n.) A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever.
(v. t.) To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.
Furbelow(n.) A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
Furbish(v. t.) To rub or scour to brightness
Furcula(n.) A forked process
Furfur(n.) Scurf
Furioso(a. & adv.) With great force or vigor
Furious(a.) Rushing with impetuosity
Furl(v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass
Furnace(n.) An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc
Furnish(n.) That which is furnished as a specimen
(v. t.) To offer for use
Furniture(v. t.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ
Furrier(n.) A dealer in furs
Furring(n.) The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces
(v. t.) A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler
Furrow(n.) Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal
Furry(a.) Consisting of fur
Further(adv.) To a greater distance
(superl.) Beyond
Furthest(a.) superl. Most remote
(adv.) At the greatest distance
Furtive(a.) Stolen
Furuncle(n.) A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central core
Fusain(n.) A drawing made with it.
Fuscous(a.) Brown or grayish black
Fuse(v. i.) To be blended, as if melted together.
(v. t.) To liquefy by heat
Fusible(v. t.) CapabIe of being melted or liquefied.
Fusiform(a.) Shaped like a spindle
Fusil(n.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure
(v. t.) Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat
Fusion(v. t.) The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat
Fuss(n.) A tumult
(v. i.) To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles
Fustian(a.) Made of fustian.
(n.) A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc
Fustic(n.) The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow
Fustigate(v. t.) To cudgel.
Fusty(superl) Moldy
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