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- EXCAVATIONThe act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.
- EXCULPATORYTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
- EXHILARATETo cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.
- EXISTto be; have existence; have being or reality
- EXOTERICOf a doctrine, information, etc.: suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reservations.
- EXUDETo discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
- EYELETAn object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.
- FACILEEasy; contemptibly easy.
- FACTSomething actual as opposed to invented.
- FAILTo be unsuccessful.
- FAINOften followed by of: glad, well-pleased. Glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative. Compelled or obliged to.
- FAINTLacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
- FAIRBeautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
- FALCONAny bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.
- FALLTo be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
- FALLOWGround ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
- FAMESomething said or reported; gossip, rumour.
- FANCYThe imagination.
- FANEA weathercock, a weather vane.
- FANTASYThat which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.
- FARDTo paint, as the cheeks or face.
- FAREA going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
- FARMA place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
- FARTTo emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.
- FASCIAA wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
- FASCINEOriginally a cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, and now often a bundle of plastic pipes, bound together, and used for strengthening purposes, such as in revetments for riv
- FATHERA male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).
- FATHERINGSA male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.).
- FATHOMA man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
- FATIDICOf or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic.
- FAVORA kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
- FAVOURITEMost-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
- FAWNA young deer.
- FAZETo frighten or cause hesitation; to daunt, put off ; to disconcert, to perturb.
- FEAGUETo increase the liveliness of a horse by inserting an irritant, such as a piece of peeled raw ginger or a live eel, in its anus.
- FEALCosy; clean; neat.
- FEARA strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
- FEASTA holiday, festival, especially a religious one
- FEATHERA branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
- FEATUREOne's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.
- FEEBLEDeficient in physical strength.
- FEEDTo give (someone or something) food to eat.
- FEETplural of foot
- FEISTA small, snappy, belligerent mixed-breed dog; a feist dog.
- FEISTYTenacious, energetic, spunky.
- FELICITYThe condition of being happy. Intense happiness.
- FELLTo make something fall; especially a tree.
- FELLATETo stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.
- FELLOWA companion; a comrade.
- FELLYThe rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.
- FELTA cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
- FEMININEOf or pertaining to the female gender.
- FENDTo take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
- FERNAny of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternatio
- FERRYTo carry; transport; convey.
- FERVENTVery hot; burning, scorching; also, glowing with heat.
- FETCHTo retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
- FETIALA member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations.
- FETTERA chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal, often by its legs.
- FEUDA state of long-standing mutual hostility.
- FEVERA higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
- FICHUA woman's lightweight triangular scarf worn over the shoulders and tied in front, or tucked into a bodice to cover the exposed part of the neck and chest.
- FIDELITYFaithfulness to one's moral or civic duties.
- FIEFLand held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.
- FIELDA land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- FIELDINGSA land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- FIENDA devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
- FIGHTSenses relating to physical conflict: To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
- FIGUREA drawing or diagram conveying information.
- FIKETo feign; dissemble; flatter.
- FILLTo make full To add contents to so that it is full.
- FILMA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
- FINCHAny Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
- FINDTo locate To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- FINGERA slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals.
- FINIALEspecially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc.
- FINISHAn end; the end of anything.
- FIREA (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- FIRMAMENTThe vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.
- FIRNA type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowco
- FIRSTPreceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
- FIRTHAn arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
- FISHA typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.
- FISTA hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.
- FIVENATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 5.
- FJORDA long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.
- FLACKTo flutter; palpitate.
- FLAGA piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- FLAGONA large vessel resembling a jug, usually with a handle, lid, and spout, for serving drinks such as cider or wine at a table; specifically , such a vessel used to hold the wine for
- FLAILA tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle (handstock) with a shorter stick (swipple or swingle) attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.
- FLAKEA loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
- FLAMEThe visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
- FLANA baked tart with a sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
- FLANESA baked tart with a sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
- FLANKTo attack the flank(s) of.
- FLASKA narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat wate
- FLATHaving no variations in height.
- FLAVORThe quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
- FLAWA flake, fragment, or shiver.
- FLAXA plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially wh