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  • FIDIBUSnounLatin1 finderA piece of paper used for lighting a pipe, etc.
  • FIDOnoun28 findersA coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors.
  • FIDUCIALadjectiveLatin73 findersAccepted as a fixed basis of reference.
  • FIDUCIALLYadverb3 findersWith confidence.
  • FIDUCIARYadjectiveLatin423 findersRelating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
  • FIEFnounProto-Indo-European20 findersLand held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.
  • FIEFDOMnoun21 findersThe estate controlled by a feudal lord.
  • FIELDnounProto-Indo-European32 findersA land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
  • FIELDERnounOld English7 findersA dog trained in pursuit of game in the field.
  • FIELDFAREnounOld English1 finderA large thrush, Turdus pilaris, a bird of Eurasia.
  • FIELDINGSnounProto-Indo-European13 findersA land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
  • FIELDPIECEnoun1 finderA mobile artillery piece, i.e. gun or howitzer, for use in the field.
  • FIELDSTONEnoun13 findersA stone found in fields and used for building.
  • FIELDWORKnounMiddle English14 findersWork done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
  • FIENDnounProto-Germanic70 findersA devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
  • FIENDISHadjective74 findersSinister; evil; like a fiend.
  • FIENDISHLYadverb104 findersIn a fiendish manner; evilly, wickedly.
  • FIENDLIKEadjective7 findersResembling a fiend.
  • FIERCEadjectiveLatin17 findersExceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
  • FIERCELYadverbMiddle English19 findersIn a fierce manner.
  • FIERILYadverb1 finderIn a fiery manner.
  • FIERINESSnounMiddle English1 finderThe quality of being fiery.
  • FIERYadjectiveMiddle English57 findersOf or relating to fire.
  • FIESTAnounLatin43 findersA religious festival.
  • FIFEnounGerman12 findersA small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
  • FIFERnoun6 findersOne who plays on a fife.
  • FIFTEENTHadjectiveOld English8 findersThe ordinal form of the number fifteen.
  • FIFTEENTHLYadverb2 findersIn the fifteenth place; fifteenth in a row.
  • FIFTHadjectiveProto-Germanic5 findersThe ordinal form of the number five.
  • FIFTHLYadverb2 findersIn the fifth place; fifth in a row.
  • FIFTIETHadjectiveMiddle English5 findersThe ordinal form of the number fifty.
  • FIFTYnumeralProto-Germanic1 finderThe cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.
  • FIGHTverbProto-Indo-European31 findersSenses relating to physical conflict: To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
  • FIGHTABLEadjective6 findersAble to be fought.
  • FIGHTERnounOld English34 findersA person who fights; a combatant.
  • FIGHTINGadjectiveProto-Germanic1 finderEngaged in war or other conflict.
  • FIGMENTnounLatin134 findersA fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
  • FIGULINEnounLatin3 findersA piece of pottery decorated with representations of natural objects.
  • FIGURABLEadjective1 finderCapable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
  • FIGURALadjectiveLatin36 findersRepresenting by means of a figure; emblematic.
  • FIGURANTEnounFrench2 findersA female figurant, especially a ballet dancer.
  • FIGURATEadjective6 findersForming a figure.
  • FIGURATELYadverb3 findersFiguratively, in a figurative manner.
  • FIGURATIONnounLatin17 findersThe act of giving figure or determinate form.
  • FIGURATIVEadjectiveMiddle French54 findersOf use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.
  • FIGURATIVELYadverb120 findersIn a figurative manner.
  • FIGUREnounProto-Indo-European34 findersA drawing or diagram conveying information.
  • FIGUREDverb25 finderssimple past and past participle of figure
  • FIGUREHEADnoun7 findersA carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.
  • FIGURERnoun1 finderOne who figures or calculates.
  • FIGURINEnounFrench34 findersA small carved or molded figure; a statuette.
  • FIGURISTnoun3 findersA proponent of figurism.
  • FIGWORTnounOld English12 findersAny of various woodland herbs and shrubs of the genus Scrophularia.
  • FIKEverbProto-Indo-European16 findersTo feign; dissemble; flatter.
  • FILACEOUSadjectiveLatin3 findersComposed of threads, stringy.
  • FILACERnounLatin1 finderA former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas and the Court of King's Bench, so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process
  • FILAMENTnounLatin172 findersA fine thread or wire.
  • FILAMENTARYadjective16 findersOf, pertaining to, containing or resembling a filament or filaments.
  • FILAMENTEDadjective2 findersOf or relating to a filament; having filaments; filamentous.
  • FILAMENTOUSadjective59 findersThin and elongated; wirelike.
  • FILANDERnoun19 findersA small intestinal worm.
  • FILANDERSnounLatin8 findersA disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small thread-like worms (probably Capillaria), and of filaments of coagulated blood, stemming from the rupture of a vein.
  • FILARadjectiveLatin1 finderHaving a thread across the field of view.
  • FILAREEnoun2 findersAny plant of the species Erodium.
  • FILARIAnounLatin16 findersAny of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis.
  • FILATORYnounLatin1 finderA machine for forming threads.
  • FILBERTnounAnglo-Norman49 findersThe hazelnut.
  • FILCHverbOld English156 findersTo illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
  • FILCHERnoun76 findersOne who filches; a thief.
  • FILCHINGverb69 finderspresent participle and gerund of filch
  • FILEnounLatin19 findersA collection of papers collated and archived together.
  • FILEFISHnoun3 findersAny fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.
  • FILEMOTadjectiveFrench6 findersSynonym of feuillemorte.
  • FILERnoun12 findersOne who files something.
  • FILIALadjectiveLatin44 findersPertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
  • FILIBUSTERnounDutch116 findersA mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish Wes
  • FILIFORMadjectiveLatin1 finderShaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.
  • FILIGREEnounLatin92 findersA delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.
  • FILIOQUEnounLatin5 findersThe use of the Latin word filioque (“and from the son”) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (as oppo
  • FILIOQUESnounLatin3 findersThe use of the Latin word filioque (“and from the son”) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (as oppo
  • FILLverbProto-Indo-European3 findersTo make full To add contents to so that it is full.
  • FILLERnoun3 findersOne who fills.
  • FILLETnounLatin9 findersA headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
  • FILLIPnounMiddle English24 findersThe action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.
  • FILLYnounOld Norse35 findersA young female horse.
  • FILMnounProto-Indo-European16 findersA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
  • FILMABLEadjective1 finderCapable of being filmed; suitable for filming.
  • FILMERnoun2 findersOne who films with a camera.
  • FILMGOERnoun1 finderPerson who regularly frequents movie theaters.
  • FILMInounHindi3 findersMusic written especially for Bollywood films.
  • FILMICadjective57 findersOf or relating to movies; cinematic.
  • FILMISHadjective1 finderOf, relating to, or characteristic of films, movies, or the film industry; cinematic.
  • FILMLIKEadjective6 findersResembling a film.
  • FILMOGRAPHYnoun45 findersA selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
  • FILMSETverb2 findersTo typeset by exposing type characters onto photographic film, which is then used to generate printing plates.
  • FILMSTRIPnoun1 finderA length of film containing individual photographs or diagrams intended to be shown in sequence as instruction or as a visual aid.
  • FILMYadjective38 findersResembling or made of a thin film; gauzy.
  • FILOPLUMEnounLatin4 findersA hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
  • FILOPODIUMnoun2 findersA slender cytoplasmic projection which extends from the leading edge of a migrating cell
  • FILOSEadjectiveLatin3 findersTerminating in a thread-like process, or threadlike

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