English words: flying helmet to FODMAP

300 English words, part 51 of 85 of the words starting with F, A to Z. 33 have a page of their own.

English words flying helmet to FODMAP

flying helmet noun: A leather head covering with earflaps used by early aviators.
flying ice cube effect noun: An artifact in molecular dynamics simulations, in which the energy of high-frequency fundamental modes is drained into low-frequency modes, due to repeated...
flying jenny noun: roundabout; merry-go-round
flying jib noun: The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel.
flying jib boom noun: A jib boom with an additional outboard jib boom attached.
flying jibboom noun: Alternative spelling of flying jib boom.
flying junction noun: A junction where the diverging line crosses the main line on a bridge, the purpose being the avoidance of conflicting movements.
flying kick noun: An attack that involves launching one's body off the ground toward the opponent with a kicking motion.
flying kiss noun: A symbolic kiss given by kissing one's own hand, then blowing on the hand in a direction towards the recipient.
flying knee noun: A strike performed by jumping forward and hitting the opponent with the knee.
flying lap noun: In qualifying, a competitive lap to set a fast time, as opposed to an in lap or out lap.
flying lemur noun: A colugo (family spp.), having membranes between the front and hind legs similar to those of flying squirrels.
flying lizard noun: Any of the species of lizards that are capable of gliding, of the genus Draco.
flying machine noun: Early term for an aircraft; a machine for flying in (gerund); a machine that flies (participial adjective).
flying mare noun: A kind of shoulder throw.
flying meet noun: The carefully-timed situation in which two opposing trains on a nominally single-track line meet at a siding and are able to pass each other without...
flying monkeys noun: Synonym of winged monkeys (“ominous pawns of evil forces”).
flying mouse noun: Any species of rodent in the genus Idiurus, native to parts of tropical Africa, which have the ability to glide.
flying officer noun: A person holding a rank in the RAF, between that of pilot officer and flight lieutenant, equivalent to an Army lieutenant or Royal Navy sublieutenant.
flying ointment noun: An herbal ointment used by witches to achieve altered states of consciousness, often made with plants of the nightshade family.
flying party noun: A body of soldiers detailed to hover about an enemy.
flying phalanger noun: petaurist
flying picket noun: A person or group of people who can be rapidly deployed to different locations in order to picket workplaces (take part in blockades or other protests)...
flying point noun: The interpunct, particularly as used in Catalan.
flying purple people eater noun: A fanciful monster.
flying rib noun: An exposed structural beam over the uppermost part of a building which is not otherwise connected to the building at its highest point.
flying rod noun: A linear phenomenon caught on camera but not seen by the eye, suggested to be flying insects, cryptids, or invisible UFOs.
flying rowan noun: A rowan tree growing parasitically on another tree, or from a wall, roof, etc., once believed in Scandinavia to have magical powers.
flying saucer noun: A disc-shaped unidentified flying object or UFO; originally in reference to sightings by aviator Kenneth Arnold in Washington in 1947.
flying saucer group noun: UFO religion.
flying school noun: A specialized school that teaches future pilots how to fly an aircraft.
flying shot noun: A shot fired at a moving object, such as a bird on the wing.
flying snake noun: Any of the genus Chrysopelea of midly-venomous colubrid snakes that glide between trees.
flying spaghetti monster noun: A bathypelagic species of siphonophore (Bathyphysa conifera), found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and off the coast of Southwestern Africa and California.
Flying Spaghetti Monsterism noun: A parody religion centered around the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a creator deity who resembles spaghetti and meatballs.
flying sport noun: Any activity involving aviation for recreation and competition. Flying sports include air racing, homebuilt aircraft, ultralight aviation, and hot-air...
flying squad noun: A rapid-response unit of a police force.
flying squid noun: Any of various species of the family Ommastrephidae with the ability to glide in air above the water.
flying squirrel noun: The tribe Pteromyini within the family Sciuridae, which are true squirrels.
flying start noun: An especially good start.
flying stationer noun: Synonym of running stationer.
flying toilet noun: A plastic bag used for defecation and subsequently thrown away.
Flying V noun: A wooden electric guitar with a futuristic shape.
flying visit noun: A very short visit.
flying voter noun: A voter who is registered in more than one voting precinct, usually one who has failed to transfer or cancel voter registration after a change of residence.
flying wedge noun: A formation in which a group travels so that its components form a triangular shape.
flying white noun: A kind of calligraphic technique that involves applying a relatively dry brush at high speed to create dry, streaky strokes.
flying wing noun: A tailless fixed-wing aircraft that has no definite fuselage
flyingfish noun: Alternative form of flying fish.
flyingly adverb: So as to fly; with light rapid movement.
flyleaf noun /ˈflaɪˌlif/: A blank leaf at the front or back of a book.
flyless adjective: Without flies (the insect).
flylessness noun: Absence of flies (the insects).
flyline noun: Alternative form of fly line.
flyloft noun: The area above the stage of a theater, where scenery, curtains and lighting are hung.
flymaker noun: One who makes artificial flies for use in fishing.
flyman noun: Someone who drives the type of coach called a fly.
flymph noun /ˈflɪmf/: In fly fishing, a lure imitating an insect that is not yet a fly but no longer a nymph.
flyness noun: The quality of being sharp or smart in appearance.
flynet noun: A net to catch flies or used as a protection against flies, as in an open window to prevent their entrance.
Flynn proper noun /flɪn/: A surname from Irish.
Flynn-Aird syndrome noun: A rare hereditary neurological disease with defects in the nervous, auditory, skeletal, visual, and endocrine systems.
Flynn effect noun: The continuous worldwide increase in average scores on intelligence tests.
Flynt proper noun: A surname.
flyoff noun: A competitive demonstration of aircraft or other equipment to determine which will be selected by the client.
flyout noun /ˈflaɪ.aʊt/: Alternative form of fly out.
flyover noun /ˈflaɪˌəʊvə/: A low-level flight, especially of military aircraft, of a ceremonial nature; a flypast (British).
flypaper noun, verb /ˈflaɪˌpeɪpɚ/: A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it.
flypaper theory noun: The idea that the burdens of taxation "stick" to those taxed directly instead of spreading through the economy.
flypapered adjective, verb: Filled with flypaper.
flypast noun: A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US)
flype noun, verb: A fold or flap, especially of the brim of a hat
flyperson noun: Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
flypitch verb: Alternative form of fly-pitch.
flypitcher noun: Alternative form of fly-pitcher.
flypost verb: To place flyers or similar promotional material without permission.
flyposter noun: One who illegally posts flyers or similar material in public places.
flyposting noun, verb: Alternative form of fly-posting.
flyproof adjective: Resistant to flies (the insect).
flyrobin noun: Any of various petroicid birds of the genera Microeca and Monachella, of Australia and New Guinea.
flyrod noun: a thin, flexible fishing rod designed to cast an artificial fly
flyrodder noun: An angler who fishes with a flyrod.
flysch noun /flɪʃ/: A set of tertiary strata in the Alps.
flyschlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a flysch.
flyschoid adjective: Synonym of flyschlike.
flyschoidal adjective: Alternative form of flyschoid.
flyscreen noun: A screen attached to the front of a motorcycle, designed to prevent insects from flying into the rider.
flysheet noun: An extra cover of a tent to protect against insects and bad weather.
flyspeck noun, verb: Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
flyspecked adjective: Covered with flyspecks.
flyspecking noun, verb: A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
flyspray noun: Alternative form of fly spray.
flyssa noun: A sharp weapon that originates in precolonial Algeria.
flystrike noun: Myiasis.
flystruck adjective: Affected with myiasis.
flyswat noun: Alternative form of fly swat.
flyswatter noun: A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
flyte noun, verb: Alternative spelling of flite.
flythrough noun: A visual sequence in a film etc. in which the camera appears to pass over a landscape at high speed.
flytier noun: A person who makes flies for fly fishing.
flytime noun: The time of the year when there are a lot of flies in a certain place
flyting noun: Contention, noisy argument.
flytip noun, verb: Alternative form of fly-tip.
flytipped verb: Alternative form of fly-tipped, past of flytip
flytipper noun: Alternative form of fly-tipper.
flytipping noun, verb: Alternative form of fly-tipping.
flytips noun, verb: Alternative form of fly-tips, plural of flytip
flytrap noun: A trap built to catch flies.
flyunder noun /flʌɪˈʌndə/: A road or rail underpass.
flyway noun: A migratory route used by birds between breeding areas.
flyweight noun: A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
flyweight pattern noun: A structural design pattern in which an object contains no pointers to data type methods.
flywheel noun: A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form...
flywhisk noun: A whisk used to brush away flies.
flywire noun /ˈflʌɪwʌɪə/: A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
flyworthy adjective: Capable of flight; airworthy
fm noun, symbol: Initialism of frequency modulation; radio programming that is broadcast in this form.
FMAIT noun: The presence of an abnormally small number of platelets in a fetus' blood, due to the mother's antibodies having been passed via the placenta and attacking...
FMAITP noun: A deficiency in the number of platelets in a fetus' blood, due to the mother's antibodies having been passed via the placenta and attacking the fetus' own...
FMC adjective, noun: Initialism of first medical contact.
FMCG noun: Initialism of fast-moving consumer goods.
FMD noun: Initialism of fibromuscular dysplasia.
FMEA noun: Initialism of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.
FMer noun: An FM radio enthusiast.
FMF noun: Initialism of familial Mediterranean fever.
FMJ noun: Abbreviation of full metal jacket.
Fmk noun: Abbreviation of Finnish mark (“currency”).
fmly adverb: Abbreviation of formerly.
FMN noun: Initialism of flavin mononucleotide.
FMNP noun: Initialism of full mobile number portability.
fmol noun: Abbreviation of femtomole.
fmole noun: (metrology) Symbol for femtomole, an SI unit of amount of substance equal to 10⁻¹⁵ moles.
FMQs noun: Initialism of First Minister's Questions.
fmr adjective: Abbreviation of former.
fMRI noun: Initialism of functional magnetic resonance imaging.
FMS noun: Initialism of false memory syndrome.
fmt noun, verb: Initialism of fecal microbiota transplantation.
fmu noun, phrase: Initialism of fucking me up or fucks me up (“making me laugh; makes me laugh”).
FMV noun: Initialism of full motion video.
FMX noun: Initialism of full mouth X-ray.
fmz noun /fɛmz/: Fanzine.
fn noun: Initialism of footnote.
FN FAL noun: The NATO standard assault rifle.
FNA noun: Initialism of fine-needle aspiration.
fnar interjection: Representing a crude laugh, especially in response to sexual innuendo.
fnarr interjection: Alternative form of fnar.
FNBP1 noun: Abbreviation of formin-binding protein 1
fnc noun: Initialism of forum non conveniens.
FND noun: Initialism of functional neurologic (or neurological) disorder.
fndd. verb: Abbreviation of founded.
fndg. noun: Abbreviation of finding.
fndn. noun: Abbreviation of foundation.
fndr. noun: Abbreviation of founder.
FNF phrase: Initialism of fault not found.
FNG noun: Initialism of fucking new guy.
FNHTR noun: Initialism of febrile non-hemolytic transfusion reaction.
fNIRS noun: Acronym of functional near infrared spectroscopy.
FNN noun: Abbreviation of Feedforward Neural Network.
FNO noun: Initialism of foreign national offender.
fnord interjection, noun /fnɔːrd/: A metasyntactic variable, similar to foo and bar.
FNP noun: Initialism of family nurse practitioner.
FNR noun: Initialism of fast-neutron reactor.
fns noun: Initialism of French Naval Ship, a ship prefix for ships of the navy of the Third Republic of France.
FNsD noun: Initialism of functional neurological symptom disorder.
FNU phrase: Initialism of first name unknown (used on birth certificates or airline reservations)
fo adjective, interjection, noun, preposition: Abbreviation of folio, page and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20").
fo'c's'le noun /ˈfoʊk.səl/: Alternative form of fo'c'sle.
fo'c's'le lamp noun: A forecastle lamp.
fo'c'sle noun /ˈfəʊk.səl/: forecastle.
fo'c'stle noun /ˈfoʊk.səl/: Alternative form of fo'c'sle.
fo'castle noun: Alternative form of forecastle.
fo'ever adverb: Pronunciation spelling of forever.
fo'-fo' noun: Pronunciation spelling of forty-four (“a .44 caliber gun, especially the .44 Magnum”).
fo sheezy prepositional phrase: Pronunciation spelling of for sheezy, representing African-American Vernacular English.
fo shizzle interjection, prepositional phrase /fɔ ˈʃɪzl̩/: For sure; of course; right on.
fo shizzle my nizzle interjection /foʊ ˈʃɪzl̩ ma(ɪ)ˈnɪzl̩/: A more emphatic and familiar form of fo shizzle; “For sure, my friend”, used to stress the following sentence.
fo sho prepositional phrase: Alternative spelling of fo sho.
FOA noun: Initialism of freedom of association.
FOAB noun: Initialism of Father of all Bombs.
foaf noun: Acronym of friend of a friend.
foal noun, verb /fəʊl/: A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.
foal immunodeficiency syndrome noun: A recessive genetic disease that mainly affects two breeds of ponies: the Fell and Dales. Affected foals appear normal at birth, but become weak, and either...
foalfoot noun: coltsfoot
foalhood noun: The state or time of being a foal.
foaling noun, verb: act of giving birth to a foal
foalish adjective: Of, resembling or related to foals.
foam noun, verb /ˈfəʊ̯m/: A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially
foam at the mouth verb: To spew saliva as foam.
foam bath noun: Synonym of bubble bath.
foam board noun: Synonym of foam core.
foam cell noun: A type of macrophage that has become engorged with lipid material, particularly cholesterol.
foam core noun: Alternative form of foamcore.
foam finger noun: A large glove made of foam cut in the shape of and painted with the figure of a hand that (usually) has an outstretched index finger.
foam-flecked adjective: Rabid; furious; fanatical.
foam hand noun: Synonym of foam finger.
foam party noun: A social event in which participants dance to music on a dance floor covered in several feet of suds or bubbles dispensed from a foam machine.
foam roller noun: A padded cylindrical device rolled against the body for massage or exercise.
foam rubber noun: Expanded latex.
foam up verb: To become foamy, create a foam; to rise with a foamy surface or covered with something resembling foam
foamability noun: The quality or degree of being foamable.
foamable adjective: Capable of being converted into foam.
foamback adjective: Backed with polyurethane foam.
foamboard noun: A strong, lightweight material consisting of an inner layer of polystyrene clad with outer facing of either white clay-coated paper or brown kraft paper.
foambow noun: A kind of rainbow or fogbow seen as sunlight passes through the airborne water droplets of a waterfall.
foamcore noun: A lightweight material consisting of a board of polystyrene foam clad with an outer facing of paper on either side, typically white clay-coated paper or...
foamer noun: A railfan, particularly an obsessive one.
foamflower noun: Any of the genus Tiarella of wildflowers and garden plants in the saxifrage family.
foamie noun: An inexpensive surfboard made of extruded polystyrene foam
foamily adverb: In a foamy manner.
foaminess noun: The state or quality of being foamy.
foaming noun, verb: A process that forms foam.
foaming agent noun: Any substance that will produce a foam under specified conditions
foamingly adverb: With the production of foam.
foamite noun: A foamy substance formerly used for extinguishing fire, and in making fake snow for movies.
foamless adjective: Without foam.
foamlessly adverb: Without foam.
foamlike adjective: Resembling foam; foamy.
foamy adjective, noun /ˈfəʊmi/: Full of foam.
Foard proper noun: A surname.
fob adjective, noun, verb /fɒb/: A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold money or valuables, especially a pocket watch.
fob off verb: To use lies, excuses, or deceit to satisfy (someone); to deceitfully appease someone by giving something that is spurious or inferior from what was wanted...
fob watch noun: Synonym of pocket watch.
fobbit noun: A soldier who avoids combat by staying within the confines of a military base.
Fobbs proper noun: A surname.
fobby adjective: Having the characteristics of a FOB (a recent immigrant); not having assimilated into the local culture.
FOBO noun: Initialism of fear of a better option.
fobs noun: Acronym of fractional orbit bombardment system.
FOBT noun: Initialism of fixed odds betting terminal.
FOBulous adjective: Having the characteristics of an immigrant, but having mostly assimilated into the local culture.
FOC adjective, noun: free of charge
foc's'le noun /ˈfoʊk.səl/: Alternative form of fo'c'sle (“forecastle”).
foc's'le lamp noun: Alternative form of fo'c's'le lamp.
focaccia noun /fəˈkætʃə/: A flatbread similar in style, composition, and texture to modern pizza doughs and topped with herbs, cheese and other products. Focaccia typically consists...
focaccia bread noun: Synonym of focaccia.
focal adjective, noun /ˈfəʊ.kl̩/: Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus (definite location).
focal adhesion noun: An assembly of protein that mediate signalling
focal depth noun: The depth below the Earth's surface of the hypocentre of an earthquake.
focal length noun: A measure of how strongly an optical system converges or diverges light, the inverse of optical power. In the simple case of a single convex lens, it is the...
focal plane noun: Any plane perpendicular to the axis of a lens or mirror.
focal point noun /ˈfoʊkəl ˌpɔɪnt/: A focus; a point at which rays of light or other radiation converge.
focalisation noun: Alternative form of focalization.
focalise verb: Alternative spelling of focalize.
focaliser noun: Alternative spelling of focalizer.
focalism noun: Synonym of anchoring.
focality noun: The quality of being focal.
focalization noun: The perspective through which a narrative is presented.
focalize verb: To focus, or to adjust a focus.
focalizer noun: A character through which the story is told, and whose perspective the story is told from.
focally adverb: With respect to a focus
focaloid noun: A shell bounded by two concentric, confocal ellipses (in two dimensions) or ellipsoids (in three dimensions).
focastle noun: Alternative form of forecastle.
Foch noun: A variety of French red wine made with Maréchal Foch grapes.
Fochabers proper noun: A village in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ3458).
Focht proper noun: A surname.
focimeter noun: A lensmeter (optician's instrument).
focimetry noun: The art or study of measuring the power of lenses.
Fock matrix noun: In the Hartree-Fock method of quantum mechanics, a matrix approximating the single-electron energy operator of a given quantum system in a given set of...
Fock space noun: An algebraic system used in quantum mechanics to describe quantum states with a variable or unknown number of particles.
Fock state noun: Any state of the Fock space with a well-defined number of particles in each state.
focken adjective, adverb: Pronunciation spelling of focking.
focometer noun: Alternative form of focimeter.
focometric adjective: Relating to focometry.
focometry noun: The measurement of the focal length of a lens.
-focon suffix: Hydrophobic rigid contact lens material.
focsle noun: Alternative spelling of fo'c'sle.
focus noun, verb /ˈfəʊ̯.kəs/: A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
focus group noun, verb: A group of people, sampled from a larger population, interviewed in open session for market research or political analysis.
focus pocus verb: To focus with intense concentration or effort.
focus puller noun: A member of a film crew whose primary responsibility is to maintain the camera lens' optical focus on whatever subject or action is being filmed.
focusability noun: the ability to be focused
focusable adjective: Capable of being focused.
focused adjective, verb /ˈfəʊ.kəst/: Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.
focused deterrence noun: A crime prevention strategy which aims to deter crime by implementing a mix of law enforcement, social services, and community mobilization.
focusedness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being focused
focuser noun: A device which allows one to adjust the focus of an instrument such as a telescope.
focusing adjective, noun, verb /ˈfəʊ.kə.sɪŋ/: Used for or pertaining to focusing.
focusing cloth noun: A cloth thrown over a camera (and the operator's head and shoulders) to exclude all light except that which comes through the lens.
focusing screen noun: A flat translucent material found in a system camera that allows the photographer to preview the framed image in a viewfinder.
focusless adjective: Lacking focus.
focuslessness noun: Absence of focus.
focussable adjective: Alternative form of focusable.
focussed adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of focused.
focusser noun: Alternative form of focuser.
focussing adjective, noun, verb: Commonwealth standard spelling of focusing.
focussing cloth noun: Alternative form of focusing cloth.
fod noun, phrase /fɒd/: Initialism of foreign object debris.
fodder noun, verb /ˈfɒdə/: Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
fodder melon noun: Synonym of citron melon.
fodder radish noun: The daikon, particularly when grown for animal fodder rather than for human consumption.
fodderer noun: One who fodders cattle.
foddering noun, verb: The feeding of an animal with fodder.
fodderless adjective: Without fodder.
Foddian adjective /ˈfɒd.i.ən/: Of or relating to Bennett Foddy, Australian video game designer.
Foddian game noun: A subgenre of rage games where the game has simple or barebones mechanics; and designed on arbitrary loss of progress and unpredictable punishments, ranging...
Foddy proper noun: A surname.
Foden proper noun: A surname.
fodient adjective, noun: Fitted for, or relating to, digging or burrowing.
fodinichnial adjective: Relating to a fodinichnion.
fodinichnion noun: A trace fossil formed by deposit feeders as they excavate the sediment in search of food.
FODMAP noun /ˈfɑd.mæp/: Acronym of fermentable oligosaccharide(s), disaccharide(s), monosaccharide(s), and polyol(s).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under F: 25,498 words, in 85 parts.