English words: Faliscan to false hellebore

300 English words, part 6 of 85 of the words starting with F, A to Z. 17 have a page of their own.

English words Faliscan to false hellebore

Faliscan noun /fəˈlɪskən/: A member of an ancient Italic people who lived in southern Etruria
Falisci noun: The Faliscan people.
falk noun: The razorbill.
Falkenberg proper noun: A municipality of Halland, Sweden.
Falkenstein proper noun: A surname.
Falkiner proper noun: A surname.
Falkingham proper noun: A surname.
Falkirk proper noun: A town in Falkirk council area, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, originally in Stirlingshire.
Falkland proper noun /ˈfɔː(l)klənd/: A village and former royal burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2507).
Falkland fox noun: Synonym of Falkland Islands wolf.
Falkland Island wolf noun: Alternative form of Falkland Islands wolf.
Falkland Islander noun: A person from the Falkland Islands or of descent of the Falkland Islands.
Falkland Islands wolf noun: A warrah, an extinct canid of species †Dusicyon australis.
Falklander noun: An inhabitant of the Falkland Islands.
Falklandic adjective: Of or pertaining to the Falkland Islands.
Falklands factor noun: A distinguishing trait that helps a party or faction win popular approval, other than their general policies.
Falklands fritillary noun: A butterfly found in the Falkland Islands, of species (Yramea cytheris).
falkmanite noun: Synonym of boulangerite.
Falkner proper noun: A surname originating as an occupation.
Falkowski proper noun: A surname from Polish.
fall interjection, noun, verb /fɔːl/: To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
fall aboard of verb: To strike (the side of another ship).
fall about verb: To laugh so much that one's entire body moves somewhat uncontrollably.
fall about the place verb: To laugh uncontrollably.
fall among verb: To enter the company of a group (of people, animals etc.), especially by chance and unexpectedly, and suddenly.
fall apart verb: To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
fall armyworm noun: A fall armyworm moth (Spodoptera frugiperda), especially it larva stage, which is highly destructive of food crops and grasses.
fall around verb: To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.
fall asleep verb: To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.
fall asleep in the Lord verb: To die.
Fall aster noun: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, a plant native to parts of central and eastern United States formerly classified in the genus Aster.
fall at the final hurdle verb /ˈfɔːl æt ðə ˌfaɪnl̩ ˈhɜːdl̩/: Synonym of fall at the last hurdle.
fall at the last hurdle verb /ˈfɔːl æt ðə ˌlɑːst ˈhɜːdl̩/: To fail near the end of an activity, a project, etc.
fall away verb: To cease to support a person or cause.
fall back noun, verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, back.
fall back into verb: To return to old habits; to return to an unhealthy or unhappy situation.
fall back on verb: To turn to as a substitute; to rely on as a backup.
fall back upon verb: To fall back on.
fall behind verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, behind.
fall below verb: To go under a marker or limit; to be reduced beyond a certain amount.
fall between the cracks verb: To wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked.
fall between two stools verb: To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail.
fall break noun: A period during autumn where students are not attending school.
fall by verb: To visit unexpectedly; to arrive for a visit without an invitation.
fall by the wayside verb /ˈfɔːl baɪ ðə ˈweɪsaɪd/: To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.
fall classic noun: The World Series.
fall dandelion noun: The plant Scorzoneroides autumnalis.
fall down verb /fɔːl ˈdaʊn/: To fall to the ground. To collapse.
fall down on verb: To fail at or leave incomplete.
fall due verb: To reach its due date for payment, or repayment.
fall dwindle disease noun: colony collapse disorder
fall equinox noun: An autumnal equinox.
fall flat verb: To produce no humour, inspiration, etc.
fall flat on one's face verb: To fall headlong forwards, notionally hitting one's face on the ground.
fall foliage noun: The brightly colored leaves of deciduous trees that appear in the autumn.
fall for verb: To be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).
fall foul verb: To collide; to conflict with; to attack (+ on, of, upon)
fall from grace noun, verb: The loss of one's social position, prestige, status, power, etc.
fall guy noun: One who is gullible and easily duped.
fall home verb: To curve inward; said of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much within a perpendicular.
fall ill verb: To become ill, to get sick, to sicken.
fall in verb: To collapse inwards.
fall in line verb: To submit to the rules of a higher authority; obey; conform.
fall in love verb: To come to have feelings of love, particularly romantic love.
fall in lust verb: To develop a purely sexual attraction towards someone.
fall in with verb: To join (a group of people).
fall into verb: To go into something by falling.
fall into a trap verb /fɔːl ɪntə ə træp/: To make a mistake, a bad decision or act senselessly and get into an extremely difficult situation.
fall into oneself verb: To enter an introspective or meditative state.
fall into place verb: To assume a clear and complete form when separate elements come together; to be fully realized at last.
fall into someone's hands verb: To come under the control of (someone).
fall into someone's lap verb: Of something desirable, to be received by someone with little or no effort or by chance.
fall into the wrong hands verb: To become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party.
fall-like adjective: Typical or characteristic of fall (autumn); autumnal.
fall line noun: A geomorphologic unconformity marking a boundary between an upland region and a plane; sometimes marked by a series of waterfalls on rivers that cross it.
fall of man noun: The transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience.
fall of shot noun: The pattern and location of impacts of projectiles fired from a weapon system.
fall of the leaf noun: The time of the year when deciduous trees shed their leaves in temperate climates; (more generally) autumn.
fall of wicket noun: The side's total score when a particular batsman was out.
fall off noun, verb: To become detached or to drop from.
fall off a cliff verb: To suddenly decrease in quantity; to become less popular or successful.
fall off a truck verb: Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally; to have been stolen.
fall-off analysis noun: A type of archaeological analysis. Finds are plotted on a map and contoured in relation to the number of finds.
fall off one's chair verb: To experience a strong reaction of surprise, shock or disbelief.
fall off one's perch verb: To die.
fall off the back of a lorry verb: Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to have been acquired illegally.
fall off the back of a truck verb: Of an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession through illegal or otherwise dubious means.
fall off the cliff verb: suddenly decline dramatically in performance
fall off the radar verb: Synonym of drop off the radar.
fall off the turnip truck verb: To be naive, uninformed, or unsophisticated, in the manner of a rustic person.
fall off the twig verb: Synonym of die.
fall off the wagon verb: To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.
fall on verb: To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
fall on a grenade verb: To sacrifice oneself for the sake of others.
fall on deaf ears verb: To be ignored.
fall on hard times verb: To experience a difficult period, especially financially.
fall on one's face verb: To fail, especially in a dramatic or particularly decisive manner.
fall on one's feet verb: Alternative form of land on one's feet.
fall on one's sword verb: To resign from a job or other position of responsibility, especially when pressured to do so.
fall on someone's neck verb: To embrace someone affectionately or thankfully.
fall on stony ground verb: Of words, an idea, etc.: to go unheeded.
fall out noun, verb: Synonym of falling out (“rift following a disagreement or quarrel”).
fall out of favor verb: to lose popularity
fall out of love verb: To cease to be in love (with someone).
fall-out shelter noun: Alternative form of fallout shelter.
fall out upon verb: To be a result of.
fall over verb: To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.
fall over one's feet verb: To hasten.
fall over oneself verb: To be unusually enthusiastic.
fall plate noun: A metal plate resting on the cab floor of a steam locomotive, between engine and tender.
fall pregnant verb: To become pregnant.
fall prey verb: To be affected, or overcome by, a bad situation; used with to.
fall seven times, stand up eight proverb: One must not give up one's efforts, even those that are in vain.
fall short verb /fɔl ʃoɹt/: To be less satisfactory than expected; to be inadequate or insufficient.
fall sick verb: To become ill; to fall ill.
fall silent verb: To become quiet.
fall streak noun: Alternative form of fallstreak.
fall supper noun: An autumn fundraising dinner held by a community or church; fowl supper.
fall through noun, verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, through.
fall through the cracks verb: To be missed; to escape the necessary notice or attention.
fall time noun: The amount of time taken for the amplitude of a pulse to decrease from a specified value to another specified value.
fall to verb: To enter into or begin an activity, especially with enthusiasm or commitment and especially in regard to the activities of eating or drinking.
fall to bits verb: To fall apart.
fall to one's knees verb: To collapse into a crouched kneeling position.
fall to pieces verb: To break into a number of segments; to collapse.
fall to someone's lot verb: To be destined to happen to someone or to fall in someone's possession.
fall to the ground verb: To come to nothing; to fail.
fall together verb: To be merged or coalesce; to become identical.
fall under verb: To belong to for purposes of categorization.
fall up verb: To benefit in the long run from what seems initially to be a setback.
fall upon verb: To experience; to suffer.
fall upon someone's neck verb: Alternative form of fall on someone's neck.
fall victim verb: To suffer as a result of external circumstances or someone else's actions.
fall webworm noun: Hyphantria cunea, a moth in the family Arctiidae known principally for its larval stage, which creates characteristic webbed nests on a wide variety of...
fall willow noun: Synonym of autumn willow.
fall wind noun: A katabatic wind.
Falla proper noun: A surname.
fallacinol noun: An anthraquinone found in some lichens, particularly in the family Teloschistaceae, as well as a couple of plants and non lichen-forming fungi.
fallacious adjective /fəˈleɪ.ʃəs/: Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
fallaciously adverb: In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically.
fallaciousness noun: The property of being fallacious.
fallacy noun /ˈfæl.ə.si/: Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
fallacy fallacy noun /ˌfæləsi ˈfæləsi/: The formal fallacy of inferring that if an argument contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false.
fallacy of composition noun: A presumption that if something is true of part(s) of a whole, then it is true of the whole itself.
fallal noun: A piece of ribbon worn as a streamer.
fallalery noun: Costume jewelry; trinkets; fake jewelry as opposed to "real" (fine) jewelry.
Fallas proper noun: A surname.
fallaway adjective, noun: Of a shot, taken while moving away from the basket.
fallax noun /ˈfæləks/: cavillation; petty criticism
fallaxidin noun: Any of a group of peptides present in skin of the eastern dwarf tree frog (Litoria fallax)
fallaxin noun: An antibacterial peptide isolated from Leptodactylus fallax
fallback adjective, noun /ˈfɔːl.bæk/: An act of falling back.
fallboard noun: The hinged cover which protects the keyboard of a piano when not in use
Fallbrook proper noun: A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
falldown noun: A falling down; a decrease or collapse.
fallen adjective, noun, verb /ˈfɔːlən/: Having dropped by the force of gravity.
fallen angel noun: An angel who rebelled against God and was exiled from heaven.
fallen angelic adjective: Of or pertaining to a fallen angel.
fallen arch noun: An instance of flat feet that results from the arch of the foot collapsing.
fallency noun /ˈfælənsi/: An exception (to a rule).
fallenness noun: The quality of being fallen or degraded.
faller noun: One who falls.
fallfish noun: A small silvery freshwater fish (Semotilus corporalis) found in North America.
fallguy noun: Alternative form of fall guy.
fallibilism noun /ˈfælɪbɪlɪzəm/: The doctrine that knowledge is never certain, but always hypothetical and susceptible to correction.
fallibilist noun: An advocate or supporter of fallibilism.
fallibilistic adjective: Of, or related to fallibilism.
fallibilistically adverb: In a fallibilistic manner.
fallibility noun /fæləˈbɪləti/: The state of being prone to error.
fallible adjective /ˈfal.ɪ.bəl/: Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.
fallibleness noun: The quality of being fallible
fallibly adverb: In a fallible manner
fallin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of falling.
falling action noun: The events of a drama after the climax (or crisis) but before the denouement (or resolution).
falling asleep noun, verb: Synonym of dormition.
falling block noun: A single-shot firearm action in which a solid metal breechblock slides vertically in grooves cut into the breech of the rifle and actuated by a lever.
falling collar noun: A wide collar which lies flat
falling diphthong noun: A diphthong in which a vowel is followed by a glide.
falling in love noun, verb: The action of the verb to fall in love.
falling knife noun: A stock whose price has dropped rapidly.
falling leaf noun: An aerobatic maneuver, a controlled stall that begins to induce a spin which is then countered with the rudder.
falling number noun: A standardized measure of sprout damage (undesirable germination of wheat kernels in wet conditions).
falling off noun, verb: A decrease in something, such as demand.
falling off the bone phrase: Of cooked meat; very tender so that it does not remain attached to the bone.
falling out noun, verb: A rift between people or groups, often following a disagreement or quarrel
falling sickness noun: Epilepsy.
falling star noun: A meteor.
falling together noun, verb: The act or process of becoming merged or identical; coalescence
falling tone noun: A tone whose pitch falls or decreases during the syllable.
falling weather noun: Weather in which rain (or snow, or hail, etc) occurs or is expected to occur.
fallingly adverb: While falling; with a falling motion.
Fallingwater proper noun: A house and museum in Mill Run, Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Fallis proper noun: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
fallish adjective: Like or characteristic of fall (autumn).
fallo noun: The dispositive portion of a court's ruling, coming at the end of the ruling.
falloff noun: A reduction or decline.
Fallon proper noun /ˈfælən/: A surname from Irish.
fallopian adjective /fəˈloʊpi.ən/: Discovered (reputedly) by Fallopius (mainly as in Fallopian tube).
fallopian tube noun /fəˈlɔːpi.ən tuːb/: Either of the two ducts through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus.
falloscopy noun: The inspection of the Fallopian tubes through a microendoscope.
Fallot proper noun: A surname from French.
fallotaspidid noun: Any trilobite in the family Fallotaspididae.
fallout noun /ˈfɔːlaʊt/: The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm,...
fallout shelter noun: A thick-walled building, usually under the ground, built so that people can keep away from radioactive dust after a nuclear explosion.
fallow adjective, noun, verb /ˈfæləʊ/: Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
fallow crop noun: The crop taken from a green fallow field.
fallow deer noun /ˈfæl.əʊˌdɪə/: A ruminant mammal of the genus Dama belonging to the family Cervidae.
fallow syndrome noun: Lack of vigor in a planting after fallowing, caused by loss of arbuscular mycorrhizae.
fallowchat noun: A bird, the wheatear or stonechat.
fallowed adjective, verb: Of land, ploughed but left unseeded.
fallower noun: A person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
Fallowfield proper noun: A suburb in the City of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8593).
fallowfinch noun: A bird, the wheatear or stonechat.
fallowing noun, verb: A period during which a field is left fallow.
fallowist noun: Someone who fallows land, or believes in fallowing land.
fallowness noun: The state or quality of being fallow.
fallrate noun: The rate (velocity) of fall.
falls noun, verb /fɔːlz/: A waterfall.
Fallsburg proper noun: An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States.
fallscape noun: An autumn landscape.
fallstreak noun: A (part of a) virga; a streak of falling ice crystals that sublimate before reaching the ground.
fallstreak hole noun: A large gap, usually circular or elliptical, that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds as a result of the Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process.
fallthrough noun: Alternative spelling of fall-through.
falltide noun: Falltime (the season between summer and winter); autumntide.
falltime noun: The period or season of fall or autumn.
Fallujah proper noun: A city in Al Anbar governorate, Iraq.
fallway noun: A well or opening, through the successive floors of a factory or warehouse or the decks of a ship, providing access for goods, material, or people.
fallwear noun: Clothing to be worn in the fall season.
fally-aparty adjective: Tending to fall apart.
Falmer proper noun: A village and civil parish in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3508).
Falmouth proper noun /ˈfæl.məθ/: A town, port, and civil parish with a town council in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8132).
falooda noun: A cold dessert originated in Iran and also popular in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally made from rose syrup and vermicelli.
faloodeh noun: A traditional Iranian cold dessert similar to a sorbet, made with thin starch noodles in a syrup containing sugar and rose water.
fals noun: Medieval copper coin first produced by the Umayyad caliphate beginning in the late 7th century.
falsa noun: Alternative form of phalsa.
falsary noun: A falsifier of evidence.
false adjective, adverb, noun, verb /fɔːls/: Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
false 9 noun: Synonym of false number 9.
false acacia noun: A deciduous tree, of species Robinia pseudoacacia, native to the United States; the black locust.
false action noun: false attack.
false advertising noun: The act of publishing, transmitting, distributing, or otherwise publicly circulating an advertisement containing a false claim, or statement, made...
false alarm noun: A warning signal (such as the call of sentry, the ringing of a bell, or the shriek of a siren) which turns out to have been given erroneously.
false albacore noun: A small species of tuna, a little tunny.
false alder noun: American winterberry, Ilex verticillata.
false analogy noun: An informal fallacy applying to inductive arguments, in which the similarity in one respect of two concepts, objects, or events is taken as sufficient to...
false antechinus noun: pseudantechinus (Pseudantechinus)
false arrest noun: The act of holding someone in custody without reasonable grounds.
false asphodel noun: Any plant of the genus Triantha.
false attack noun: An attack that is intended to miss or fall short, so as to produce a reaction from the opponent. Also called a false action.
false balance noun: Synonym of bothsidesism.
false banana noun: Ensete ventricosum, a plant in the banana family.
false blue indigo noun: blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis), native to central and eastern North America.
false borrowing noun: A pseudo-loan.
false bottom noun: An internal partition in a container, typically at the bottom, enabling the concealment of objects from a cursory examination of the item's contents.
false buttonweed noun: Any plant of species in genus Spermacoce.
false cause noun: The fallacy of stating as a cause what is not actually the cause; the fallacy of non causa pro causa.
false ceiling noun: Synonym of dropped ceiling.
false chanterelle noun: A non-poisonous, but dull-tasting mushroom that resembles chanterelle; Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca.
false cirrus noun /ˌfɔːls ˈsɪɹəs/: A cloud formation that visually resembles but is not a true cirrus cloud, such as a cloud having high, wispy features due to various atmospheric conditions.
false cognate noun: A word that appears to be cognate (etymologically related) to another given word, but in fact is not.
false colour noun: Having colours that are different from those of reality, especially such that the colours used correspond to some physical or spectral significance (e.g....
false conception noun: A uterine growth consisting of some degenerate mass instead of a foetus.
false consciousness noun: A faulty understanding of the true character of social processes due to ideology.
false cousin noun: Synonym of false friend (which is the more common term for the concept).
false crab noun: A crab that is not a true crab (not a member of the Brachyura). A crab that is not a brachyuran. A carcinized decapod crustacean that is not a phylogenic crab.
false croup noun: Synonym of pseudocroup.
false cypress noun: Any conifer of the genus Chamaecyparis.
false daisy noun: A plant of the species Eclipta prostrata (syn. Eclipta alba), the most common species of eclipta.
false dandelion noun: Hypochaeris, especially Hypochaeris radicata.
false dawn noun: A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.
false dichotomy noun /ˌfɔːls daɪˈkɒtəmi/: A branching in which the main axis appears to divide dichotomously at the apex but is in reality suppressed, the growth being continued by lateral branches...
false dilemma noun: A situation in which two opposing options are presented as the only possibilities, when others are available.
false documentary noun: Synonym of mockumentary.
false door noun: A recessed carving on an Ancient Egyptian tomb wall representing a palace façade with a door at its center, intended to serve as a threshold between the...
false drop noun: A non-targeted card that falls out from a card data deck, when a rod search is performed.
false easting noun: A value relating to distance east of a standard meridian but with a constant added to make the numbers convenient. For instance, in UTM the value 500,000 is...
false economy noun: An attempt to economize that fails because the less expensive approach is inferior in some way, or ultimately wastes more money than was saved.
false equivalence noun: A logical fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed or false reasoning.
false eyelashes noun: A cosmetic enhancement in which synthetic or natural fibers are attached to the eyelids to give the natural eyelashes a fuller, more dramatic appearance.
false face noun: A mask.
false fire noun: A combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signalling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy.
false flag noun, verb: A ruse, in the days of sail, in which an attacking ship would fly the colours of its enemy until close enough to open fire.
false flagged adjective, verb: Involving a false flagger
false flagger noun: A person or group that engages in a false flag operation.
false flagging noun, verb: The behavior of a false flagger
false flat noun: A low-gradient climb, usually occurring partway up a steeper climb.
false flax noun: Any of the several flowering plants of the genus Camelina, especially Camelina sativa, which is cultivated for oil.
false flax oil noun: Synonym of camelina oil
false foxglove noun: Any of the genus Agalinis (syn. Gerardia) of flowering plants.
false friend noun /ˌfɒls ˈfɹɛnd/: A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.
false fruit noun: A fruit which includes tissue not derived from the ovary but some adjacent tissue.
false galena noun: blende
false gavial noun: A freshwater crocodilian native to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, Tomistoma schlegelii.
false gharial noun: Alternative form of false gavial.
false grip noun: type of grip using flexion of the wrist rather than the fingers to hold on
false harmonic noun: a harmonic produced by lightly touching the string at the point where the notated pitch is played, but producing a different pitch
false-hearted adjective: Disloyal, perfidious.
false-heartedly adverb: Alternative form of falseheartedly.
false-heartedness noun: Alternative form of falseheartedness.
false hellebore noun: Any plant in the genus Veratrum.

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.