Select a letter for some words
face time
Time spent speaking with a person face-to-face; -- contrasted with time spent communicating by electronic media, such as telephone or e-mail, or via written communications; .
Faith
By my faith; in truth; verily.
Fancy-sick
Love-sick.
Fantom
See .
Farrand
Manner; custom; fashion; humor.
favel
A horse of a favel or dun color.
Feces
dregs; sediment; excrement. See .
Feebleness
The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
Feel
Feeling; perception.
Fenestration
The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.
Ferier
of , fierce.
Ferula
A ferule.
Feu
A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money.
Feudalism
The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the king or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.
fiddle-shaped
shaped like a fiddle; -- of a leaf shape.
fieldsman
a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting.
Fighting
Qualified for war; fit for battle.
Figure
To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; .
Fimbricate
Fringed; jagged; fimbriate.
Finale
Close; termination
firebug
a criminal who illegaly sets fire to property; an arsonist.
First
Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
Fissile
Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.
Fissiparity
Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.
Fittable
Suitable; fit.
Flagellate
To whip; to scourge; to flog.
Flange
To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.
Flavorous
Imparting flavor; pleasant to the taste or smell; sapid.
Fleer
A word or look of derision or mockery.
Flounce
The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
Flour
The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance;
flunk out
to be dismissed (from a school or course of study) due to failure to perform up to the minimum standard.
Flurried
Agitated; excited.
Flurry
To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm.
Fog belt
A region of the ocean where fogs are of marked frequency, as near the coast of Newfoundland.
Fogger
One who fogs; a pettifogger.
Foggily
In a foggy manner; obscurely.
Foinery
Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play.
Folier
Goldsmith's foil.
Forehand
All that part of a horse which is before the rider.
Forespeak
To foretell; to predict.
Foreward
The van; the front.
Formedon
A writ of right for a tenant in tail in case of a discontinuance of the estate tail. This writ has been abolished.
Formica
A thermosetting plastic material composed of melamine resin, having good heat and chemical resistance, and commonly used as the surface layer in laminated sheets employed as coverings for counter tops, walls, or furniture.
Forslugge
To lsoe by idleness or slotch.
Fossilist
One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.
Fossilize
To become fossil.
Fount
A fountain.
Fraken
A freckle.
Fray
To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; .
Freak
To variegate; to checker; to streak.
Freebootery
The act, practice, or gains of a freebooter; freebooting.
Freeborn
Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom.
Free-minded
Not perplexed; having a mind free from care.
Freewheel
A clutch fitted in the rear hub of a cycle, which engages the rear sprocket with the rear wheel when the pedals are rotated forwards, but permits the rear wheel to run on free from the rear sprocket when the pedals are stopped or rotated backwards. Freewheelcycles are usually fitted with hub brakes or rim brakes, operated by back pedaling.
Freezer
One who, or that which, cools or freezes, as a refrigerator, or the tub and can used in the process of freezing ice cream.
Frenetical
Frenetic; frantic; frenzied.
Freshen
To grow fresh; to lose saltness.
Fringe
To adorn the edge of with a fringe or as with a fringe.
frisk
To search (a person) for concealed weapons or other objects, by patting the clothing to detect objects underneath; .
Frithy
Woody.
Frostbite
The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears, fingers, toes, or nose. Severe frostbite can lead to the loss of fingers or toes.
Fud
The tail of a hare, coney, etc.
Fugitiveness
The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility; fugacity; instability.
Fulfill
To fill up; to make full or complete.
full-dress
suitable for formal occasions; .
full-strength
Undiluted; -- of liquids. Opposite of .
furiousness
The quality of being furious.
furnishings
the furniture and appliances and other movable accessories (including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other building) livable.
Fusible
CapabIe of being melted or liquefied.
Fuss
A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
Fusted
Moldy; ill-smelling.