English words: fool's gold to footplateman

300 English words, part 55 of 85 of the words starting with F, A to Z. 35 have a page of their own.

English words fool's gold to footplateman

fool's gold noun: A mineral or other substance often mistaken for gold; mainly iron pyrite.
fool's huckleberry noun: A North American ericaceous flowering plant of species Rhododendron menziesii.
fool's mate noun: The quickest possible checkmate in the game of chess.
fool's mushroom noun: Synonym of spring destroying angel.
fool's paradise noun: A state of happiness due to illusion or false hope.
fool's parsley noun: Aethusa cynapium, an annual umbelliferous plant that resembles parsley but is poisonous.
fool's rack noun: Alternative form of fool rack.
fool's spring noun: A period of warm weather in early spring before a cold snap.
fool's watercress noun: Members of the species Helosciadium nodiflorum (syn. Apium nodiflorum), a flowering plant native to western Europe, the leaves somewhat resembling those of...
fool-saint noun: A person who lives an admirably holy but eccentric life, at odds with conventional lifestyles.
fool to oneself noun: One who knowingly makes a decision or takes an action that is to their own disadvantage.
fool up verb: To act foolishly.
fool with verb: To involve oneself with in a dangerous and reckless manner.
foolability noun: The quality of being foolable.
foolable adjective: Able to be fooled.
Foolah noun: Alternative form of Fula.
fooldom noun: The state or essence of being a fool.
foolee noun: A person who is fooled; a dupe.
fooler noun /ˈfuːlə(ɹ)/: Someone or something who fools.
foolery noun /ˈfuːləɹi/: Foolish behaviour or speech.
fooless noun: A female fool.
foolfish noun: filefish
foolhardice noun: Foolhardiness.
foolhardihood noun: foolhardiness
foolhardily adverb: In a foolhardy manner
foolhardiness noun /ˈfulˌhɑɹ.di.nəs/: The quality of being foolhardy.
foolhardise noun: Alternative form of foolhardice.
foolhardy adjective, noun /ˈfuːlhɑːdi/: Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
foolheaded adjective: foolish
foolheadedness noun: The state of being foolheaded.
foolhearted adjective: Alternative form of fool-hearted.
foolheartiness noun: Eggcorn of foolhardiness.
foolhearty adjective: Eggcorn of foolhardy.
foolhood noun: The state or essence of being a fool.
foolify verb: to fool, to make a fool of
fooligan noun: A foolish or naive troublemaker.
foolin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of fooling.
fooling noun, verb /ˈfuːlɪŋ/: The act of one who fools; foolish behaviour.
foolio noun /ˈfulioʊ/: A fool.
foolish adjective /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/: Lacking good sense or judgement as a general trait; unwise; stupid.
foolish guillemot noun: Synonym of common murre (“Uria aalge”).
foolishly adverb /ˈfuːlɪʃli/: In a foolish manner.
foolishment noun: foolish behavior; folly
foolishness noun /ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/: The state of being foolish.
foollike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a fool.
foolocracy noun: Rule by fools.
foolometer noun: Something that measures the level of foolishness.
foolosopher noun: A foolish philosopher.
foolosophy noun: foolish philosophy
foolproof adjective, verb /ˈfuːl ˌpɹuːf/: Of a device: protected against, or designed to be proof against, misuse or error.
foolproofly adverb: in a foolproof manner.
foolproofness noun: The state or condition of being foolproof.
fools rush in phrase: Ellipsis of fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
fools rush in where angels fear to tread proverb: A person who does not plan ahead and think matters through becomes involved in risky or unfavorable situations which prudent people avoid.
foolscap noun /ˈfuːl.skæp/: Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 × 16.5 inches.
foolscreen adjective /fuːlskɹiːn/: Pan and scan.
foolship noun: The condition of being a fool; foolishness; folly
foolsome adjective: Marked by foolishness or characteristic of a fool; foolish
foom interjection, noun, verb: The sound of a muffled explosion.
foon noun /ˈfuːn/: Synonym of spork.
Foong proper noun: A surname.
foont noun: Alternative form of funt (“old Russian unit of weight”).
foopah noun: blunder
Foor proper noun: A surname.
Foord proper noun: A surname, variant of Ford.
foordite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic brownish yellow mineral containing niobium, oxygen, tantalum, and tin.
foorth adjective: Pronunciation spelling of fourth.
foosball noun /ˈfuːsˌbɔːl/: table soccer (US), table football (UK)
foosballer noun: foosball player
foose noun: The houseleek.
fooster noun, verb: To bustle about in a purposeless way; fidget.
foosterer noun: One who foosters.
foosther verb: Alternative form of fooster.
foostherer noun: Alternative form of foosterer.
foot noun, verb /fʊt/: A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
foot and mouth noun: Ellipsis of foot-and-mouth disease.
foot-and-mouth disease noun: A highly contagious and sometimes fatal viral disease that can affect animals with cloven hooves.
foot bath noun: Alternative form of footbath.
foot brake noun: A brake controlled by foot, as opposed to a hand brake.
foot candle noun: A measure of illuminance (or light intensity) on a surface equal to one lumen per square foot.
foot chase noun /ˈfʊt ˌtʃeɪs/: A chase or pursuit that takes place on foot (rather than, for example, in vehicles).
foot-dragger noun: Alternative form of footdragger.
foot-dragging noun /ˈfʊtˌdɹæɡɪŋ/: The deliberate delaying of, or reluctance to take, obligatory action.
foot drop noun: A gait abnormality in which the dropping of the forefoot happens due to weakness, nerve damage, or paralysis.
foot-fall noun: Alternative spelling of footfall.
foot fault noun: In certain sports, as in tennis or long jump, a fault in which the athlete's foot is in the wrong place at the wrong time.
foot feed noun: The accelerator or gas pedal, so called when the throttle control was moved from the column to the floor.
foot fetish noun: A fetish involving sexual attraction to feet.
foot fetishism noun: Sexual activity involving a partner's feet.
foot-flagging noun: A kind of visual display done by male frogs, where the individual raises one or both hind legs and spread the toes.
foot fungus noun: A contagious fungal infection thriving in warm, damp environments like shoes.
foot funk noun: A fungal skin infection like athlete's foot, or the odor caused by it.
foot-ganger noun: Alternative form of footganger.
foot-goer noun: Alternative form of footgoer.
foot guard noun: Alternative form of footguard.
foot heater noun: Synonym of footwarmer.
foot-in-mouth disease noun /ˈfʊɾ.ɪnˌmaʊθ dəzˈiz/: A tendency to make remarks that are embarrassingly wrong or inappropriate.
foot it verb: To walk.
foot-jaw noun: A limb of a crustacean, insect, or other arthropod, that acts as an accessory mouth-part.
foot job noun: A sexual act where the genitalia are stimulated by someone's feet.
foot juggling noun: A circus act consisting of juggling objects with ones feet, but especially whilst lying on one's back with the legs raised more or less vertically.
foot kiss noun: A reverential kiss on the footwear of the pope or other revered figure.
foot-lambert noun: A unit of luminance equal to 1/π candela per square foot, or 3.426 candela per square meter.
foot lifter noun: A small object placed under another, vertical object to lift it temporarily.
foot-light noun: Dated spelling of footlight.
foot locker noun: Alternative form of footlocker.
foot mantle noun: A long garment to protect the clothing when riding; a riding skirt.
foot measure noun: One foot or the means of measuring using this unit of length.
foot pace noun: Alternative form of footpace.
foot pad noun: Alternative spelling of footpad.
foot passenger noun: A passenger on a ferry who does not have a car, or any other form of transport, with them.
foot patrol noun: A person or group of people that conducts a patrol or surveillance of an area by walking.
foot pedal noun: A pedal (foot-operated lever).
foot peg noun: Alternative form of footpeg.
foot per second noun: a unit of both speed and velocity, expressing the distance in feet traveled or displaced, divided by the time in seconds
foot plough noun: Alternative form of footplow.
foot plow noun: Alternative form of footplow.
foot-post noun: Alternative form of footpost
foot-pound noun: foot⋅pound-force, a unit of work, energy, or torque.
foot-pound-second adjective, noun: Of or relating to a measurement system that uses the foot as a measure of distance, the pound as a measure of force, and the second as a measure of time....
foot-poundal noun: A unit of work done when by a force of one poundal moves through a distance of one foot
foot pump noun: Alternative form of footpump.
foot pursuit noun: A situation where a law enforcement officer physically chases a suspect on foot in an effort to detain or arrest them.
foot race noun: Alternative form of footrace.
foot racer noun: Alternative form of footracer.
foot rest noun: A horizontal bar fixed on the bottom of a chair to provide support for the feet.
foot roller noun: A cylinder with a bumpy surface, rolled back and forth under the foot as a form of therapeutic massage.
foot rot noun: A common infection of the hoof of animals such as cattle, sheep and goat caused by two species of anaerobic bacteria, Fusobacterium necrophorum and...
foot-rule noun: Alternative form of footrule.
foot-scamp noun: A common thief who escapes on foot.
foot screw noun: An adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place.
foot-slog verb: Alternative spelling of footslog.
foot soldier noun /fʊt ˈsəʊl.d͡ʒə/: A soldier who fights on foot; an infantryman
foot stalk noun: Alternative form of footstalk.
foot stick noun: A bevelled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.
foot stool noun: Alternative form of footstool.
foot stove noun: A small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet.
foot-strut split noun /ˈfʊt ˈstrʌt ˌsplɪt/: a phonemic split affecting most modern varieties of English (with the exception of most accents of Northern England and the English Midlands, along with...
foot sweep noun: Any of several moves used to trip an opponent by forcefully moving one's legs horizontally at the feet or ankles of one's opponent.
foot-tapping adjective, noun: A rhythmic tapping of the foot, especially in time to music
foot the bill verb: To pay for something.
foot-ton noun: A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force of gravity through the height of one foot.
foot traffic noun: A measure of the number of people or customers who enter a shopping mall or retail location within a specific period.
foot trap noun: The use of the bottom of the foot to control a rolling or low bouncing ball.
foot-travel noun: Travelling by foot; walking.
foot trip noun, verb: The act of causing someone to fall or stumble by tripping them with one's feet.
foot up verb: To add up; to calculate.
foot valve noun: The valve of a steam engine that opens to the air pump from the condenser.
foot voting noun: Expressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical...
foot warmer noun: Alternative form of footwarmer.
foot worship noun: The act of licking the feet and/or sucking the toes of someone.
footage noun /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/: An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something, or the content of the recording.
footbag noun: A small beanbag or sandbag used as a ball in a number of sports and games. It is typically controlled by the feet, but in some sports every part of the body...
footbagger noun: One who plays the sport of footbag.
football noun, verb /ˈfʊt.bɔːl/: A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
football bar noun: Synonym of Swiss bar.
football club noun: A club or organization where football is played.
football field noun: A playing field on which the game of American football is played.
football fruit noun: A large round fruit of a tree of species Pangium edule, which is poisonous but can be made edible by fermentation.
football hooligan noun: A violent football (soccer) fan who routinely fights with supporters of opposing teams and/or with police, often the member of a firm.
football hooliganism noun: Fighting at soccer games by football hooligans.
football match noun /ˈfʊtbɔl mæt͡ʃ/: A single game of football between two teams.
football minute noun: A time interval that has been called a minute but which actually takes much longer.
football pie noun: A Scotch pie or meat pie sold at football stadiums.
football pitch noun: A playing field on which the game of football is played.
football player noun: One who plays gridiron football.
football pool noun: A competition in which people try to predict the results of football matches and win money
football tennis noun: A sport played with a ball over a net on a tennis-like court, with the ball similar to the football one, and the net to the tennis one.
footballene noun: buckminsterfullerene
footballer noun /ˈfʊtbɔːlə/: One who plays association football.
footballese noun: The jargon associated with the sport of football.
footballfish noun: Any of the species of deep-sea anglerfishes in the family Himantolophidae.
footballification noun: The act or process of footballifying.
footballify verb: To make more like or about a game of football.
footballing adjective, verb: Relating to the sport of football.
footballisation noun: Alternative form of footballization.
footballish adjective: Having the physical characteristics associated with an American football player; being large and muscular.
footballist noun: A football player.
footballistic adjective: Pertaining to football (soccer).
footballization noun: The process of increasing the popularity of football (soccer) in a region.
footband noun: A group of foot soldiers.
footbank noun: A raised way within the parapet of a fortification.
footbar noun: A bar for supporting a person's foot, as in furniture or exercise machines.
footbath noun /ˈfʊtbɑːθ/: The act of soaking or washing the feet.
footbed noun: A removable insole for a shoe.
footbinder noun: One who carries out footbinding.
footbinding noun: The old Chinese custom of binding women's feet with cloth to prevent them from growing with age.
footboard noun /ˈfʊtbɔː(ɹ)d/: An upright board across the foot of a bedstead.
footboat noun: A dinghy or similar small boat attached to a barge
footbone noun: Any of the bones of the foot.
footbound adjective: Subjected to footbinding.
footbow noun /ˈfʊtbəʊ/: A bow whose arc is kept in place by the archer's feet when its string is drawn by hand.
footbox noun: A section of a sleeping bag, wheelchair, etc. shaped to accommodate the feet.
footboy noun /ˈfʊtbɔɪ/: A serving boy, attendant, page with similar duties to those of an adult footman.
footbrake noun: Alternative spelling of foot brake.
footbrawl noun: The sport of football when regarded as violent.
footbreadth noun: The breadth of a foot; used as a measure.
footbridge noun /ˈfʊtˌbɹɪd͡ʒ/: A bridge over a road, railway, river, etc for pedestrians.
footbridged adjective: Spanned by a footbridge.
footcandle noun: Alternative form of foot candle.
footcare noun: The care of the feet.
footcave noun: A basal indent in a karst landscape caused by water
footcloth noun: A housing or caparison for a horse.
footdragger noun: One who deliberately delays obligatory action.
footdragging noun: Alternative form of foot-dragging.
footdrop noun: Alternative form of foot drop.
footed adjective, verb /ˈfʊtɪd/: Having a foot or feet; (in combination) having a specified form or type of foot or number of feet.
footed drum noun: A drum (membranophone) whose resonance is improved by an open bottom that is held by the player's feet.
footedness noun: One's natural preference for using the left or right foot, especially in boardsports.
footer noun, verb /ˈfʊtə(ɹ)/: A footgoer; pedestrian
footfall noun /ˈfʊtfɔːl/: The sound made by a footstep; also, the footstep or step itself.
footfarer noun: One who travels on foot.
footfault verb: To commit a foot fault.
footfetish noun: Alternative form of foot fetish.
footfetishism noun: Alternative form of foot fetishism.
footfighting noun: combat using the feet, especially the French system of savate
footfolk noun: Infantry.
footful noun: An amount that can be picked up by one foot.
footganger noun: A juvenile locust or grasshopper while in its wingless or flightless phase.
footgear noun: Sturdy footwear.
footgeld noun: An amercement imposed for failure to expeditate a dog.
footglove noun: A kind of stocking.
footgoer noun: One who goes by foot; a walker; pedestrian.
footgolf noun: A variant of golf in which players attempt to kick a football (“soccer ball”) into a depressed cup set into the turf.
footguard noun: A soldier who goes on foot, without a horse.
footgun noun, verb: Any feature likely to lead to the programmer or user shooting themselves in the foot.
foothalt noun: footrot (disease affecting the feet of animals e.g. sheep).
foothill noun: A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
foothill pine noun: A species of pine tree (Pinus sabiniana).
foothill yucca noun: Synonym of Our Lord's candle.
foothilled adjective: Having foothills.
foothills larkspur noun: Synonym of poisonweed (“Delphinium geyeri”).
foothilly adjective: Resembling or having a foothill or foothills.
foothold noun /ˈfʊthoʊld/: A solid grip with the feet.
footholder noun: In Welsh mythology, a virgin maiden tasked with holding a warrior's feet in her lap.
foothole noun: A hole in a cricket pitch made by the bowler's foot during the runup.
foothook noun: Alternative form of futtock.
foothot adverb: Without stopping or slowing down; immediately, at once.
footie noun: Alternative spelling of footy.
footin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of footing.
footing noun, verb /ˈfʊtɪŋ/: A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.
footjob noun: Alternative form of foot job.
footkisser noun: A sycophant, footlicker
footlambert noun: Alternative form of foot-lambert.
footle noun, verb /ˈfuːtəl/: To waste time; to trifle.
footle about verb: To pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around.
footle around verb: To pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around.
footle away verb: To waste (time).
footler noun: One who footles; a foolish trifler.
footless adjective: Without feet.
footlessly adverb: In a clumsy or inept way.
footlessness noun: The state or condition of being footless.
footlet noun: A footsock.
footlicker noun: A sycophant; a fawner; a toady
footlicking adjective, noun: sycophantic behavior
footlight noun: A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.
footlighted adjective: Illuminated by footlights.
footlike adjective: Resembling a foot.
footling adjective, noun, verb /ˈfuːt.lɪŋ/: trivial, silly and irritating.
footlit adjective: Synonym of footlighted.
footlocker noun /ˈfʊʔ.laːkɚ/: A long, rectangular trunk or similar container that lies flat on the floor, especially one used for personal belongings and kept at the foot of a bed,...
footlog noun: A log used as a footbridge.
footlong adjective, noun: One foot long.
footloose adjective: Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.
footloose and fancy free adjective: Able to do as one pleases, unconstrained by social ties or responsibilities.
footlooseness noun: The characteristic of being footloose.
footly adjective, adverb: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the foot or feet.
footmaker noun: An assistant glassblower who forms the foot of the glass vessel.
footman noun: A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
footman moth noun: Synonym of footman (“a moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae)”)
footmanhood noun: The role or status of a footman.
footmanly adjective: Befitting or typical of a footman.
footmanry noun: The realm or sphere of footmen; footmen collectively.
footmanship noun: The post or position of footman; the skill or art of a footman.
footmark noun: footprint (an impression made by a foot)
footmarked adjective: Bearing footmarks.
footmeal adverb, noun: Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time.
footmuff noun: A cover for a baby's feet or legs which attaches through the harness of a pushchair, stroller, or travel system.
footnail noun: Synonym of toenail.
footnote noun, verb /ˈfʊtˌnəʊt/: A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the...
footnoted adjective, verb: Containing footnotes.
footnoter noun: One who writes footnotes.
footpace noun: A walking pace or step.
footpad noun, verb: The soft underside of an animal's paw.
footpadded adjective, verb: Having footpads.
footpaddery noun /fʊtˈpæ.dɚˌɹi/: The crime of robbing travelers on the road.
footpadding noun, verb: The crime of robbing of travelers on the road; footpaddery.
footpadism noun: The criminal activities of a footpad.
footpage noun: A young man who is employed to run errands; errand boy.
footpan noun: A pan used to bathe the feet.
footpass noun, verb: A pass made by kicking the ball through the air directly to a teammate.
footpath noun /ˈfʊtˌpɑːθ/: Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
footpathed adjective: Provided with a footpath.
footpaw noun /ˈfʊt.pɔː/: A fursuit shoe which is shaped like an animal's paw.
footpedal noun: Alternative form of foot pedal.
footpeg noun: Part of a motorbike, kayak, etc. to be pushed against with the foot.
footpiece noun: A bandage for the foot
footplate noun, verb: The metal plate which forms the base platform of a steam locomotive and supports the boiler and the driver's cab, particularly in the United Kingdom.
footplate man noun: Alternative spelling of footplateman.
footplateman noun: A railway worker who is either a locomotive engineer or a fireman.

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.