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- 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.
- FRONTALOf, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front. Directed against the front or at the main point or issue.
- 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.
- FRUSTUMA cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base.
- FRUTESCENTImperfectly resembling a shrub.
- FUCHSIAA popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
- FUCOSEThe aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides
- FUELSubstance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
- FUEROA code; a charter; a grant of privileges.
- FUGACIOUSFleeting, fading quickly, transient.
- FUGACITYA measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.
- FUGITIVEA person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to
- FULCRUMThe support about which a lever pivots.
- FULGENTShining brilliantly; radiant.
- FULGIDScintillant, coruscant; marked by fleeting flashes of radiant light.
- FULGORSplendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.
- FULGURALOf or related to lightning, particularly in reference to its use in divination.
- FULGURATETo flash or emit flashes like lightning.
- FULGURATIONA flash of lightning
- FULGURITEGlass formed by a lightning strike melting sand or other material.
- FULIGINOUSPertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky.
- FULMINATETo make a verbal attack.
- FULMINETo thunder or lightning.
- FULMINEOUSfulminous; of or pertaining to thunder.
- FULVIDFulvous; tawny-coloured.
- FULVOUSTawny-colored.
- FUMAGEHearth tax.
- FUMAGESHearth tax.
- FUMETA type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.
- FUMIGATETo disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
- FUMIGATIONThe act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
- FUMITORYAny plant of the taxonomic genus Fumaria of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.
- FUMOUSOf or resembling fumes or smoke.
- FUNAMBULISTA tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.
- FUNDA sum or source of money.
- FUNDAMENTFoundation.
- FUNDUSThe large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially: The top, hollow portion of the uterus. The back, interior part of the eye, accommodating the retina and ass
- FUNEBRIALPertaining to a funeral or funerals; funereal.
- FUNERARYOf or relating to a funeral.
- FUNEREALOf or relating to a funeral.
- FUNESTCausing death or disaster; fatal, catastrophic; deplorable, lamentable.
- FUNGISpongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
- FUNGIBLEAble to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.
- FUNGICPertaining to, or obtained from, mushrooms or fungus.
- FUNGISTATICThat inhibits the growth and reproduction of fungi but does not kill off their population.
- FUNGOUSOf or pertaining to fungi.
- FUNGUSA eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Fungi typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
- FUNICLESynonym of funiculus.
- FUNICULAROf, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
- FUNKFoul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
- FURCAA forked structure, a fork-like part.
- FURCATEForked, branched; divided at one end into parts.
- FURCULAA forked process or structure, generally two-pronged.
- FURIOSITYfuriousness; fury
- FURIOUSFeeling great anger; raging; violent.
- FURNACEAn industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
- FUROREAlternative form of furor.
- FURUNCLEA boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.
- FURYExtreme anger.
- FUSARIUMAny of various fungi, of the genus Fusarium, some of which are pathogenic to plants and animals.
- FUSEA wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar explosive.
- FUSEESynonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock.
- FUSIBLEAble to be fused or melted.
- FUSIDICOf or pertaining to fusidic acid or its derivatives.
- FUSILA bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
- FUSILEThat can be melted; meltable
- FUSIONThe act of merging separate things, or the result thereof. A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy. A style of
- FUSTIANOriginally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, whic
- FUSTIGATETo hit someone with a club.
- FUTILEIncapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
- FUTILITYThe quality of being futile or useless.
- GABIONA cylindrical basket or cage of wicker which was filled with earth or stones and used in fortifications and other engineering work (a precursor to the sandbag).
- GALEAA Roman helmet.
- GALENAA mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead.
- GALLERYAn institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.