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- FOOTLETo waste time; to trifle.
- FORAplural of forum
- FORAMENAn opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone.
- FORAMINALRelating to the foramen.
- FORAMINATEDHaving a small opening, or foramina.
- FORCEPSAn instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.
- FORCIPATEHaving a forceps-like structure.
- FORCIPATEDSynonym of forcipal (“forceps-shaped”).
- FOREIGNLocated outside a country or place, especially one's own.
- FORENSICRelating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
- FORENSICALforensic
- FORESIGHTThe ability, or the due use of one's ability, to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
- FORESKINThe nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the glans of the penis in humans and some other mammals.
- FORFEITA penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
- FORGEA furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
- FORMTo do with shape. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person. A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold. Regularity, beauty, or elegance. The inherent nature o
- FORMALIn accordance with established forms.
- FORMANTA band of frequencies in a sound spectrum that have greater intensity and determine the quality of a sound, especially the resonant frequencies of the vocal tract that determine th
- FORMATThe layout of a publication or document.
- FORMATIONThe act of assembling a group or structure.
- FORMICOf or pertaining to ants.
- FORMICANTCrawling like an ant.
- FORMICARYAn ant colony, a pile of earth built by ants in which they nest.
- FORMICATETo move like ants.
- FORMICATIONAn abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactile hallucination involving such a sensation. A common side-effect of substance abuse,
- FORMICIDEA substance that kills ants
- FORMIDABLECausing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.
- FORMIDABLYIn a formidable manner.
- FORMULAAny mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
- FORMYLThe univalent radical -CHO, derived from formaldehyde, that is characteristic of aldehydes
- FORNICATETo engage in fornication.
- FORNIXAn archlike or vaulted structure or fold: The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera. A triangular area of white matter in the
- FORTALICEA small fortress.
- FORTEA strength or talent; a strong point.
- FORTISRelatively strongly articulated, hence voiceless and possibly aspirated; especially as compared to the others of a group of homorganic consonants.
- FORTITUDEMental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.
- FORTRESSA fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.
- FORTUITYThe state of being fortuitous.
- FORTUNATEAuspicious.
- FORTUNATESAuspicious.
- FORTUNEDestiny, especially favorable.
- FORUMA place for discussion.
- FOSSAA pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
- FOSSEA ditch or moat.
- FOSSILThe mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
- FOSSORIALOf, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing.
- FOUDA bailiff or magistrate.
- FOULDERTo flash like lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.
- FOUNDEROne who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
- FOUTERA despicable fellow.
- FOVEAA slight depression or pit in a bone or organ.
- FOVEALOf or pertaining to the fovea.
- FOVEOLATEHaving small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.
- FOYERA lobby, corridor, anteroom, or waiting room. Such a space used in a hotel, theater, etc.
- FRACASA noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
- FRACTTo break; to violate.
- FRACTALA mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at arbitrarily small scales and thus
- FRACTUSA cloud species which consists of broken shreds of cloud; scud.
- FRAGILEEasily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material.
- FRAGILITYThe condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
- FRAGMENTA part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
- FRAGRANTSweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
- FRAILEasily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
- FRAILTYThe condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
- FRAMBESIAYaws, the disease.
- FRANTICInsane, mentally unstable.
- FRATERA monk.
- FRATERNITYThe quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
- FRATRICIDEThe killing of one's brother (or sister).
- FRAUDThe crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
- FRAUDULENTDishonest; based on fraud or deception.
- FRAYEDUnravelled; worn at the end or edge.
- FREMITUSA vibration which is perceptible on palpation or auscultation.
- FRENULUMA small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or restrains the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and t
- FRENUMSynonym of frenulum.
- FREQUENCYThe rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
- FRIABLEEasily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
- FRIARYA house or convent where friars (members of certain religious communities) live.
- FRICATIVEAny of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonan
- FRICTIONThe rubbing of one object or surface against another.
- FRIEZEA kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
- FRIGOPHOBIAAn abnormal and persistent fear of becoming cold, or freezing.
- FRINGEA decorative border.
- FRITTERSynonym of pancake, a portion of batter fried on a pan.
- FRIVOLTo behave frivolously.
- FRIVOLOUSSilly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner; lacking a good reason for being, or for doing what one does; due to or moved by a caprice or whim.
- FRONDThe leaf of a fern, especially a compound leaf.
- FRONDOSELeafy.
- FRONSIn vertebrates, especially mammals, the forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
- FRONTThe foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
- FRONTISPIECEAn illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
- FRUCTEDBearing fruit or acorns.
- FRUCTIVEfructuous; fruitful
- FRUCTOSEA monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.
- FRUGAL: Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste.
- FRUITA product of fertilization in a plant, specifically: The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fert
- FRUITIONThe fulfillment of something worked for.
- FRUMENTYA porridge made by boiling hulled wheat, typically with additional ingredients such as milk, egg yolks, and/or almond milk, traditionally served with venison or porpoise.
- FRUSHTo break up, smash.
- FRUSTULEThe siliceous shell of a diatom.