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- FLEAA small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
- FLEDGETo care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
- FLEETo run away; to escape.
- FLEETINGPassing quickly; of short duration.
- FLENSEROne who flenses (cuts blubber from a whale carcass)
- FLESHThe soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
- FLIGHTThe act of flying; the ability to fly.
- FLINCHA reflexive jerking away.
- FLINDERA small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter
- FLINTA hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescen
- FLITA fluttering or darting movement.
- FLITCHThe flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
- FLOATTo be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
- FLOODAn overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- FLOORfloor function
- FLOWERA colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
- FLUIDAny substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
- FOALA young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
- FOAMA substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
- FOLDTo bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
- FOLIATEOf or relating to leaves.
- FOLIOA leaf of a book or manuscript.
- FOLKA people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
- FOODAny solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
- FOOLHARDYMarked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
- FOOTA biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
- FORAGEFodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
- FORAYA sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
- FORBODEA forbidding, a prohibition; a command forbidding a thing.
- FORCEAbility to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- FORDA location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through
- FOREMOSTPositioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.
- FORKAny of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows: A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for
- FORTHForward in time, place or degree.
- FORTHCOMINGApproaching or about to take place.
- FORTIFYTo give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen. To support (one's or someone's opinion, statement, etc.) by producing evidence, etc.; to
- FORTUITOUSHappening by fortune or chance; accidental, coincidental.
- FOULCovered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
- FOULESCovered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
- FOURNATO & ICAO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the digit 4.
- FRACTIONA part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
- FRACTUREAn instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
- FRAISETo put in danger, in terror, or at risk.
- FRAMETo fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
- FRANGIBLEAble to be broken; breakable, fragile.
- FRAUDULENCEThe condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
- FRAUGHTThe hire of a boat or ship to transport cargo. Money paid to hire a vessel for this purpose; freight.
- FRAYTo rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) th
- FRECKLEA small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin.
- FREEUnconstrained.
- FREIGHTThe transportation of goods (originally by water; now also by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
- FREQUENTDone or occurring often; common.
- FRESHNewly produced or obtained; recent.
- FRETEspecially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
- FRIARA member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
- FRIENDA person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection.
- FRIGHTA state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
- FRIGIDVery cold; lacking warmth; icy.
- FRISKLively; brisk.
- FRISTA certain space or period of time; respite.
- FRITHPeace; security.
- FROCKA dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
- FROSHA frog.
- FROSTA cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezi
- FROUNCEA canker in the mouth of a hawk.
- FROWA woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
- FULLContaining the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.
- FUMBLETo handle nervously or awkwardly.
- FUMEA gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
- FUNERALA ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
- FURIBUNDHaving a propensity to be furious; choleric, irate.
- FURLONGA unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
- FURNISHMaterial used to create an engineered product.
- FURTIVEOf a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
- FUSTA strong musty smell; mustiness.
- FUTUREThe time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
- GAINTo acquire possession of.
- GALETo cry; groan; croak.
- GALLONA unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
- GALLOPThe fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.
- GALOREIn abundance.
- GAMEA playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- GANDERA male goose.
- GAPETo open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
- GARISHOverly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.
- GARISHEDOverly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.
- GARNISHTo decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
- GATHERTo collect normally separate things.
- GAUGEA measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
- GAUMHeed; attention.
- GAZONOne of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.
- GEASONRare; uncommon; scarce.
- GEESEplural of goose
- GELATIplural of gelato
- GELATOAn Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form.
- GELDMoney. A payment. In particular, (money paid as) a medieval form of land tax.
- GENITIVEOf a grammatical case: in an inflected language (such as Greek or Latin), expressing that a thing denoted by a word is related to a thing denoted by another word as its origin or p
- GENITORa biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
- GENIUSSomeone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.
- GENSA legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing