Showing 201 to 300 of 1,073.
- FARMEDsimple past and past participle of farm
- FASHIONYCharacteristic of the fashion industry.
- FATEDForeordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.
- 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.
- FATHOMSplural of fathom
- FAUCETAn exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
- FEASTINGpresent participle and gerund of feast
- FEIN
- FERALWild; untamed.
- 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
- FESTA gathering for a specified reason or occasion.
- FEUDSplural of feud
- FICKLESthird-person singular simple present indicative of fickle
- FIDE
- FIDEL
- FIDELITYFaithfulness to one's moral or civic duties.
- FIDEM
- FIDUCIARYRelating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
- FIEN
- FIGARO
- FIKETo feign; dissemble; flatter.
- FIKESthird-person singular simple present indicative of fike
- 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.
- FINITEHaving an end or limit; constrained by bounds; whose number of elements is a natural number.
- FINITESplural of finite
- FITE
- FLAUNTEDpast participle of flaunt
- FLAUNTSthird-person singular simple present indicative of flaunt
- FLAUNTYflaunting; showy; meretricious
- FLEGPronunciation spelling of flag, representing Ulster English.
- 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
- FLINTSplural of flint
- FLOXTo sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP".
- FODA
- FONDLETo touch or stroke lovingly.
- FONDLESthird-person singular simple present indicative of fondle
- FONDUEA dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.
- FORDE
- FORENSICRelating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.
- FOUNDRIESplural of foundry
- FOUNDRYA facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with:
- FOUT
- FRACTTo break; to violate.
- FRACTSthird-person singular simple present indicative of fract
- FRANE
- FRANTICInsane, mentally unstable.
- FRAPTo draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing.
- FRAPEA crowd, a mob.
- FRATSplural of frat
- FRETEspecially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
- FRETSplural of fret
- FRISTA certain space or period of time; respite.
- FUBARAlternative form of FUBAR.
- FUER
- FUERTE
- FULCRUMThe support about which a lever pivots.
- FUSILEThat can be melted; meltable
- FUTILEIncapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
- GABYA stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a dunce.
- GAIR
- GAITA manner of walking or stepping; a bearing or carriage while moving on legs.
- GAITSplural of gait
- GALACelebratory; festive.
- GALASplural of gala
- GALOREIn abundance.
- GANDERA male goose.
- GANDERSplural of gander
- GANT
- GANTS
- GARDENAn outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
- GASTTo frighten.
- GASTEDsimple past and past participle of gast
- GASTERThe stomach.
- GASTON
- GATH
- GAUCHOA cowboy of the South American pampas.
- GAVELRent.
- GAWKERSomeone who gawks; someone who stares stupidly.
- GAWKSthird-person singular simple present indicative of gawk
- GAWKYAwkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.
- GEEL
- GEEPA sheep–goat hybrid, an animal with DNA from a goat and from a sheep, whether produced artificially or by natural intermating.
- GEISHAA Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.
- GELTA lunatic.
- GEMI
- GENOCIDALCausative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide.
- GETER
- GEYSERA boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.
- GILTGold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding. Gold-colored paint or other coating.
- GILTSplural of gilt
- GIMPSplural of gimp
- GIMPYLimping, lame, with crippled legs.
- GINER
- GIRLIEA magazine targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or seminude photographs of women.
- GISTThe main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
- GITEAlternative form of gîte.
- GITESplural of gite
- GLAMSthird-person singular simple present indicative of glam
- GLINTA short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.
- GLUTAn excess, too much.