extravagance
extravagance (n)
Undue expenditure of money.
extravagant
extravagant (adj)
Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.
extremist
extremist (n)
One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
extremity
extremity (n)
The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position.
extricate
extricate (v)
Disentangle.
extrude
extrude (v)
To drive out or away.
exuberance
exuberance (n)
Rich supply.
exuberant
exuberant (adj)
Marked by great plentifulness.
fabricate
fabricate (v)
To invent fancifully or falsely.
fabulous
fabulous (adj)
Incredible.
facet
facet (n)
One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem.
facetious
facetious (adj)
Amusing.
facial
facial (adj)
Pertaining to the face.
facile
facile (adj)
Not difficult to do.
facilitate
facilitate (v)
To make more easy.
facility
facility (n)
Ease.
facsimile
facsimile (n)
An exact copy or reproduction.
faction
faction (n)
A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
factious
factious (adj)
Turbulent.
fallacious
fallacious (adj)
Illogical.
fallacy
fallacy (n)
Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.
fallible
fallible (adj)
Capable of erring.
fallow
fallow (n)
Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.
famish
famish (v)
To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst.
fanatic
fanatic (n)
A religious zealot.
fancier
fancier (n)
One having a taste for or interest in special objects.
fanciless
fanciless (adj)
Unimaginative.
fastidious
fastidious (adj)
Hard to please.
fathom
fathom (n)
A measure of length, 6 feet.
fatuous
fatuous (adj)
Idiotic
faulty
faulty (adj)
Imperfect.
faun
faun (n)
One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet.
fawn
fawn (n)
A young deer.
fealty
fealty (n)
Loyalty.
feasible
feasible (adj)
That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.
federate
federate (v)
To league together.
feint
feint (n)
Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement.
felicitate
felicitate (v)
To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.
felicity
felicity (n)
A state of well-founded happiness.
felon
felon (n)
A criminal or depraved person.
felonious
felonious (adj)
Showing criminal or evil purpose.
felony
felony (n)
One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment.
feminine
feminine (adj)
Characteristic of woman or womankind.
fernery
fernery (n)
A place in which ferns are grown.
ferocious
ferocious (adj)
Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.
ferocity
ferocity (n)
Savageness.
fervent
fervent (adj)
Ardent in feeling.
fervid
fervid (adj)
Intense.
fervor
fervor (n)
Ardor or intensity of feeling.
festal
festal (adj)
Joyous.
festive
festive (adj)
Merry.
fete
fete (n)
A festival or feast.
fetus
fetus (n)
The young in the womb or in the egg.
feudal
feudal (adj)
Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.
feudalism
feudalism (n)
The feudal system.
fez
fez (n)
A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel.
fiasco
fiasco (n)
A complete or humiliating failure.
fickle
fickle (adj)
Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose.
fictitious
fictitious (adj)
Created or formed by the imagination.
fidelity
fidelity (n)
Loyalty.
fiducial
fiducial (adj)
Indicative of faith or trust.
fief
fief (n)
A landed estate held under feudal tenure.
filibuster
filibuster (n)
One who attempts to obstruct legislation.
finale
finale (n)
Concluding performance.
finality
finality (n)
The state or quality of being final or complete.
finally
finally (adv)
At last.
financial
financial (adj)
Monetary.
financier
financier (n)
One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.
finery
finery (n)
That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
finesse
finesse (n)
Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.
finite
finite (adj)
Limited.
fiscal
fiscal (adj)
Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government.
fishmonger
fishmonger (n)
One who sells fish.
fissure
fissure (n)
A crack or crack-like depression.
fitful
fitful (adj)
Spasmodic.
fixture
fixture (n)
One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position.
flag-officer
flag-officer (n)
The captain of a flag-ship.
flagrant
flagrant (adj)
Openly scandalous.
flamboyant
flamboyant (adj)
Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
flatulence
flatulence (n)
Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels.
flection
flection (n)
The act of bending.
fledgling
fledgling (n)
A young bird.
flexible
flexible (adj)
Pliable.
flimsy
flimsy (adj)
Thin and weak.
flippant
flippant (adj)
Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.
floe
floe (n)
A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice.
flora
flora (n)
The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.
floral
floral (adj)
Pertaining to flowers.
florid
florid (adj)
Flushed with red.
florist
florist (n)
A dealer in flowers.
fluctuate
fluctuate (v)
To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.
fluctuation
fluctuation (n)
Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another.
flue
flue (n)
A smoke-duct in a chimney.
fluent
fluent (adj)
Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.
fluential
fluential (adj)
Pertaining to streams.
flux
flux (n)
A state of constant movement, change, or renewal.
foggy
foggy (adj)
Obscure.
foible
foible (n)
A personal weakness or failing.
foist
foist (v)
To palm off.
foliage
foliage (n)
Any growth of leaves.
folio
folio (n)
A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once.
folk-lore
folk-lore (n)
The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people.
fondle
fondle (v)
To handle tenderly and lovingly.
foolery
foolery (n)
Folly.
foot-note
foot-note (n)
A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column.
foppery
foppery (n)
Dandyism.
foppish
foppish (adj)
Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners.
forbearance
forbearance (n)
Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
forby
forby (adv)
Besides.
forcible
forcible (adj)
Violent.
forecourt
forecourt (n)
A court opening directly from the street.
forejudge
forejudge (v)
To judge of before hearing evidence.
forepeak
forepeak (n)
The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck.
foreshore
foreshore (n)
That part of a shore uncovered at low tide.
forebode
forebode (v)
To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil.
forecast
forecast (v)
To predict.
forecastle
forecastle (n)
That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.
foreclose
foreclose (v)
To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.
forefather
forefather (n)
An ancestor.
forego
forego (v)
To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of.
foreground
foreground (n)
That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator.
forehead
forehead (n)
The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair.
foreign
foreign (adj)
Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country.
foreigner
foreigner (n)
A citizen of a foreign country.
foreknowledge
foreknowledge (n)
Prescience.
foreman
foreman (n)
The head man.
foreordain
foreordain (v)
To predetermine.
foreordination
foreordination (n)
Predestination.
forerun
forerun (v)
To go before as introducing or ushering in.
foresail
foresail (n)
A square sail.
foresee
foresee (v)
To discern beforehand.
foresight
foresight (n)
Provision against harm or need.
foretell
foretell (v)
To predict.
forethought
forethought (n)
Premeditation.
forfeit
forfeit (v)
To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation.
forfend
forfend (v)
To ward off.
forgery
forgery (n)
Counterfeiting.
forgo
forgo (v)
To deny oneself.
formation
formation (n)
Relative disposition of parts.
formidable
formidable (adj)
Difficult to accomplish.
formula
formula (n)
Fixed rule or set form.
forswear
forswear (v)
To renounce upon oath.
forte
forte (n)
A strong point.
forth
forth (adv)
Into notice or view.
forthright
forthright (adv)
With directness.
fortify
fortify (v)
To provide with defensive works.
fortitude
fortitude (n)
Patient courage.
foursome
foursome (adj)
Consisting of four.
fracture
fracture (n)
A break.
fragile
fragile (adj)
Easily broken.
frailty
frailty (n)
Liability to be broken or destroyed.
fragile
fragile (adj)
Capable of being broken.
frankincense
frankincense (n)
A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes.
frantic
frantic (adj)
Frenzied.
fraternal
fraternal (adj)
Brotherly.
fraudulence
fraudulence (n)
Deceitfulness.
fraudulent
fraudulent (adj)
Counterfeit.
fray
fray (v)
To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads.
freemason
freemason (n)
A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans.
freethinker
freethinker (n)
One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.
free trade
free trade (n)
Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs.
frequency
frequency (n)
The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space.
fresco
fresco (n)
The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.
freshness
freshness (n)
The state, quality, or degree of being fresh.
fretful
fretful (adj)
Disposed to peevishness.
frightful
frightful (adj)
Apt to induce terror or alarm.
frigid
frigid (adj)
Lacking warmth.
frigidarium
frigidarium (n)
A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc.
frivolity
frivolity (n)
A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice.
frivolous
frivolous (adj)
Trivial.
frizz
frizz (v)
To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to.
frizzle
frizzle (v)
To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair.
frolicsome
frolicsome (adj)
Prankish.
frontier
frontier (n)
The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another country.
frowzy
frowzy (adj)
Slovenly in appearance.
frugal
frugal (adj)
Economical.
fruition
fruition (n)
Fulfillment.
fugacious
fugacious (adj)
Fleeting.
fulcrum
fulcrum (n)
The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.
fulminate
fulminate (v)
To cause to explode.
fulsome
fulsome (adj)
Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
fumigate
fumigate (v)
To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection.
functionary
functionary (n)
An official.
fundamental
fundamental (adj)
Basal.
fungible
fungible (adj)
That may be measured, counted, or weighed.
fungous
fungous (adj)
Spongy.
fungus
fungus (n)
A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom.
furbish
furbish (v)
To restore brightness or beauty to.
furlong
furlong (n)
A measure, one-eighth of a mile.
furlough
furlough (n)
A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.
furrier
furrier (n)
A dealer in or maker of fur goods.
further
further (adj)
More distant or advanced.
furtherance
furtherance (n)
Advancement.
furtive
furtive (adj)
Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.
fuse
fuse (v)
To unite or blend as by melting together.
fusible
fusible (adj)
Capable of being melted by heat.