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- FILOSETerminating in a thread-like process, or threadlike
- FILSUsed after a proper name that is common to a father and his son to indicate that the son is being referred to rather than the father.
- FILTERA device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
- FILTEREDWith a filter (e.g., a cigarette).
- FILTHDirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
- FILTHILYin a filthy manner
- FILTHINESSThe property of being filthy.
- FILTHYCovered with filth; very dirty.
- FILTRATEThe liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from other fractions of the original material.
- FILTRATIONThe act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
- FILUMa filamentous anatomical structure
- FIMBLETo fumble; do (anything) imperfectly or irresolutely.
- FIMBRIAA series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe. An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
- FIMBRIALOf or pertaining to the fimbriae
- FIMBRIATETo fringe; to hem.
- FIMBRIATEDsimple past and past participle of fimbriate
- FIMICOLOUSInhabiting dung.
- FINABLEPunishable by a fine.
- FINAGLETo obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
- FINAGLERA person who finagles; a cheat or swindler
- FINALA final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- FINALEThe grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.
- FINALISENon-Oxford British English standard spelling of finalize.
- FINALISMteleology
- FINALISTAn adherent of finalism; someone who believes that a given process or situation is in its final state, with no further change possible.
- FINALITYThe state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.
- FINALIZETo make final or firm; to finish or complete.
- FINALIZERA function that runs when an object is garbage collected, similar to a destructor.
- FINALLYAt the end or conclusion; ultimately.
- FINANCIERA person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.
- FINCAA country estate, farm or ranch in Spain or Hispanic America.
- FINCHAny Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
- FINDTo locate To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- FINDABLEAble to be found.
- FINDEROne who finds or discovers something; a discoverer.
- FINESenses referring to subjective quality. Of superior quality.
- FINEABLEFor which a fine can be levied
- FINELESSendless; boundless
- FINELYSo as to produce a fine texture; into small, thin, or delicate pieces.
- FINESSEA skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
- FINESSEROne who finesses, or manages something with care or skill.
- 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.
- FINGEREDHaving fingers (of the specified kind).
- FINGERHOLDA grip with the fingers.
- FINGERHOLEA hole in a musical instrument to be covered with a finger to modify the pitch.
- FINGERLESSWithout fingers. Without fingers owing to either a birth defect or amputation.
- FINGERLIKEResembling a finger, especially in shape.
- FINGERPICKA type of plectrum that clips on to, or wraps around the end of the fingers and thumb.
- FINGERPLATEA strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks.
- FINGERPOSTA board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost.
- 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.
- FINICALFinicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.
- FINICALLYIn a finical manner.
- FINICKYFastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
- FINISOf a book or other work: the end.
- FINISHAn end; the end of anything.
- FINISHERA person who finishes or completes something.
- FINITEHaving an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number.
- FINITELYIn a finite manner.
- FINITISMAn extreme form of constructivism, according to which a mathematical object does not exist unless it can be constructed from natural numbers in a finite number of steps.
- FINITOFinished; over with; done.
- FINITUDEThe state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.
- FINKA contemptible person.
- FINLESSLacking a fin or fins; without fins.
- FINLIKEResembling a fin, especially in shape.
- FINNERA finback whale.
- FINOThe driest and palest type of traditional sherry.
- FINTECHFinancial technology, that is, technology (usually information technology) that is focused on finance.
- FIORITURAA musical embellishment or ornamentation.
- FIPPLEThe mouthpiece of a ducted flute, or the plug forming the floor of the windway.
- FIQHJurisprudence in the Islamic law, shari'a.
- FIQUEA natural fiber, similar to hemp, obtained from the leaves of the plant Furcraea andina and certain other plants of the genus Furcraea.
- FIQUESA natural fiber, similar to hemp, obtained from the leaves of the plant Furcraea andina and certain other plants of the genus Furcraea.
- 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.
- FIREBACKAny of certain species of pheasant in the genus Lophura.
- FIREBASEAn encampment designed to provide indirect artillery support to infantry troops operating beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps; a fire support base.
- FIREBOATA harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires.
- FIREBOXThe chamber of a steam engine, or a steam locomotive, in which the fuel is burned.
- FIREBRANDA torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.
- FIREBUGPyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.
- FIREDdismissed, terminated from employment.
- FIREDAMPA flammable gas (mostly methane) found in coal mines; forms an explosive mixture with air.
- FIREFLYAny beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.
- FIREHOUSEA house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.
- FIRELESSWithout fire.
- FIRELIGHTThe light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace.
- FIRELOCKA form of gunlock, in which the priming is ignited by a spark.
- FIREMANSomeone (especially male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
- FIREMANICRelating to firemen.
- FIREPLACEAn open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.
- FIREPLUGA fire hydrant.
- FIREPOTA pot used to hold or carry fire.
- FIRESHIPA wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.
- FIRESIDEThe area near a domestic fire or hearth.
- FIRESTONEIron pyrite, formerly used for striking fire.
- FIRESTORMA fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.
- FIRETHORNA plant of the genus Pyracantha; the pyracantha.
- FIREWEEDA perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.
- FIREWOMANA female firefighter.
- FIREWOODWood intended to be burned, typically for heat.