English words: forespace to forgettability

300 English words, part 60 of 85 of the words starting with F, A to Z. 33 have a page of their own.

English words forespace to forgettability

forespace noun: Any space or area positioned toward the front (e.g. of a room, building, plot, landscape, scenery, etc.); foreground
forespeak verb /fɔːˈspiːk/: To foretell, to predict.
forespeaker noun: One who speaks on behalf of another; an advocate.
forespeaking noun, verb: A foretelling; a prediction.
forespecified adjective: Specified before, i.e. earlier in the same document.
forespeech noun: a preface
forespeed verb: To outrun; outspeed.
forespell verb: To spell in advance; foretell; make a warning about something upcoming; tell or indicate beforehand; predict
forespend verb: To spend beforehand or in advance.
forespin noun: Topspin.
forespoken adjective, verb: Spoken beforehand or in advance; foretold; predicted.
forespore noun: The structure, in bacteria, in which an endospore develops
forespread noun, verb: To spread before; spread in front of; spread in advance of.
forespring noun: The period preceding or leading up to spring.
forespur noun: A spur positioned at the fore, or facing forward.
forespurrer noun: One who spurs or rides ahead; a vanguard or harbinger.
forest noun, verb /ˈfɒɹɪst/: A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
forest batis noun: Batis mixta, a species of perching bird.
forest-bill noun: A bill-hook used by woodsmen.
forest-blue noun: Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Pseudodipsas.
forest-born adjective: Having been born in a forest.
Forest Brother noun: One of the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian partisans who waged a guerrilla war against Soviet rule during the invasion and occupation of the three Baltic...
forest caterpillar hunter noun: A species of ground beetle (Calosoma sycophanta) belonging to the taxonomic genus Calosoma.
forest court noun: A court that had jurisdiction over a woodland area that was usually owned by the King.
forest elephant noun: Synonym of African forest elephant.
forest falcon noun: Any of the small New World falcons of the genus Micrastur.
forest fever tree noun: Anthocleista grandiflora, a flowering plant native from South Africa to Uganda and Kenya.
forest fire noun: A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland.
forest fly noun: A horsefly, any of numerous species of blood-sucking flies of the family Tabanidae.
forest fruits noun: Edible fruits that typically grow in forests, such as berries.
forest gardening noun: An agroforestry food production system modeled on woodland ecosystems.
forest giraffe noun: An okapi (Okapia johnstoni).
forest glass noun: Glass produced in northwestern and central Europe from 1000–1700 using wood ash and sand as the main materials, characterized by its green or yellow tint.
forest green adjective, noun: A dark green colour, like that of forest foliage.
forest green tree frog noun: A tropical lowland frog (Rhacophorus arboreus) whose habitat range is mostly restricted to Japan's Honshū
forest machine noun: A machine used for logging or various other forestry purposes.
forest mahogany noun: Red mahogany (Eucalyptus resinifera).
forest oak noun: Allocasuarina torulosa, an Australian tree that grows in sub-rainforest areas.
forest plot noun: A graphical display used in meta-analysis designed to illustrate the relative strength of treatment effects in multiple quantitative scientific studies...
forest polecat noun: Synonym of European polecat
forest product noun: Any product derived from the trees or bushes of a forest, such as logs, timber, lumber, wood pulp, sawdust, bark mulch, leaf mulch, forage, or feedstocks.
forest puff adder noun: Synonym of Gaboon viper.
forest puppy noun: Deer.
forest rail noun: Any bird of the genera Mentocrex and Rallicula.
forest ranger noun: A person entrusted with protecting and preserving public forested land.
forest robin noun: Stiphrornis erythrothorax, a species of Old World flycatcher.
forest school noun: A hands-on style of education in which students are taught in natural outdoor spaces.
forest star noun: Mussaenda arcuata, a shrub species of the family Rubiaceae with a star-shaped 5-lobed yellow corolla, whose centre is also star-shaped and hairy, orange to...
forest starwort noun: A flower of species Stellaria flaccida of starworts.
forest steppe noun: A temperate-climate ecotone and habitat type composed of grassland interspersed with areas of woodland or forest.
forest whites noun: penistone (coarse woolen material)
Foresta proper noun: A surname from Italian.
forestaff noun: An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, later replaced by the sextant.
forestage noun, verb: The part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain.
forestair noun: The stairs at the front of a building, traditionally those used by the occupants rather than by tradesmen, etc.
forestal adjective /ˈfɒɹɪstəl/: Relating to forestry (cultivating forests for harvest).
forestall noun, verb /fɔː(ɹ)ˈstɔːl/: To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
forestallable adjective: That can be forestalled.
forestaller noun: One who preemptively purchases goods in order to drive up their market price for resale.
forestalling noun, verb: The act of one who forestalls.
forestallingly adverb: In a forestalling manner
forestallment noun: The act or process of forestalling; a delay; hindrance; prevention; aversion.
forestalment noun: Alternative form of forestallment.
forestand verb: Alternative form of forstand.
forestanding adjective, verb: Standing out in the forefront; prominent.
forestart noun: A head start.
forestate verb: To state in advance
forestated adjective, verb: Stated beforehand
forestatement noun: A statement made beforehand or in advance
forestating noun, verb: A stating in advance
forestation noun /ˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/: The act of planting a forest.
forestay noun, verb: A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship
forestaysail noun: A triangular sail attached to the forestay.
forestcraft noun: Synonym of woodcraft (“skills related to woodland habitats”).
Forestdale proper noun: A suburb in the borough of Croydon, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3662).
forested adjective, verb: Covered in forest.
forestem noun: The front part of a vessel.
forestep noun: an initial, previous, or early step; a prior stage or phase in a process or development cycle
forester noun: A person who practices forestry.
forestership noun: The post or status of forester.
forestfly noun: Alternative form of forest fly.
forestful noun: Enough to fill a forest.
Foresthill proper noun: A census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States.
forestial adjective: Of, like, or having to do with a forest.
Forestian adjective: Designating certain interglacial epochs.
forestick noun: The stick at the front of a fire in a hearth.
Forestier noun: Abbreviation of Forestier's disease.
Forestier disease noun: Alternative form of Forestier's disease.
Forestier's noun: Abbreviation of Forestier's disease.
Forestier's disease noun: calcification of ligaments from the attachments to the spine
forestiera noun: Any plant of genus Forestiera.
forestification noun: The act or process of turning an area into a forest.
forestine adjective: Of or relating to a forest.
forestish adjective: Characteristic of a forest.
forestization noun: The act of forestizing.
forestkeeper noun: One appointed to look after a forest.
forestland noun: Land covered by trees; forests; woodlands.
forestless adjective: Without a forest.
forestlessness noun: Lack of forests.
forestlike adjective: Like a forest.
forestness noun: The quality of being forest.
forestock noun: forearm; handguard
forestocracy noun: A ruling class of timber merchants.
forestology noun: The study of forests.
forestomach noun: The compartments of a ruminant's stomach that precede the "true" stomach.
forestone noun: A piece of cast-iron which lies across the hearth with its ends resting between the keystones, and which can be moved toward the front or back of the hearth...
forestory noun: An introductory segment before a story; a preface or prelude.
forestrand noun: The intertidal zone along a shoreline or similar body of water.
forestream noun: The initial, early, or forward-positioned part of a stream (all senses); a stream occurring at the ahead or front (of a thing)
forestress noun: A female forester.
forestretch noun, verb: To stretch out, forth, or forward.
forestripping noun: The act of discarding the foremilk when milking a cow or other animal; the milk thus discarded
forestroke noun: A forward stroke or movement.
forestry noun /ˈfɒɹ.ɪst.ɹi/: The science of planting and growing trees in forests.
forestry machine noun: Synonym of forest machine.
forestscape noun: A forest landscape.
forestside noun: The area beside a forest.
forestudy noun, verb: To study beforehand or in advance.
Forestville proper noun /ˈfɒɹɪstvɪl/: A suburb of Sydney in the Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
forestward adjective, adverb: toward a forest
forestwards adverb: Towards a forest.
forestwide adjective, adverb: Throughout a forest.
foresty adjective: Like a forest.
foresummer noun: The season immediately preceding summer
foreswear verb: Alternative spelling of forswear.
foresyllable noun /ˈfɔɹsɪləbəl/: A syllable (or syllables) at the beginning of a word.
Foret proper noun: A surname.
foretack noun: The fore tack (part of a sail)
foretackle noun: The tackle that attaches or hooks on to the pendant (on a masthead or foremast) for the purposes of hoisting, tautening, or securing a stay.
foretake verb: To take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.
foretaken adjective, verb: Received or adopted beforehand.
foretale noun: An account or telling given as an introduction to a larger body of work; prologue; a prior or previous recollection or account of events
foretalk noun: A foreword; preface.
foretarsal adjective: Relating to the foretarsus.
foretarsus noun: The foremost part of the tarsus in the arthropod leg
foretaste noun, verb: A taste beforehand.
foretaster noun: Someone who tastes food before another, usually to check it hasn't been poisoned.
foreteach verb: To teach or instruct beforehand.
foreteam noun: The front shaft or pole of a wheeled vehicle.
foretell verb /fɔɹˈtɛl/: To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
foretellable adjective [foːˈtɛɫəbl̩]: Able to be foretold; predictable.
foreteller noun: Someone who foretells.
foretelling noun, verb: A prediction.
foretest noun, verb: A test conducted or given beforehand; a preliminary test conducted before the inception of an experiment or evaluation.
forethigh noun: The upper part of a quadruped's forelimb.
forethink verb: To plan (something) in advance; think, consider, or contrive beforehand; prognosticate.
forethinker noun: One who thinks ahead, or plans things in advance.
forethought adjective, noun, verb /ˈfɔː(ɹ)θɔːt/: Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration.
forethoughted adjective: Provided with forethought.
forethoughtful adjective /ˈfɔɹθɔtfʊl/: Having or full of forethought; provident; proactive; visionary.
forethoughtfully adverb: With forethought.
forethoughtfulness noun: The condition of being forethoughtful
forethoughtless adjective: Without forethought.
forethreaten verb: To threaten in advance or in anticipation.
forethroat noun: The forward part of the throat or throat area.
forethrown adjective: thrown forward
foretibia noun: The foremost part of the tibia in the arthropod leg
foretibial adjective: Relating to the foretibia
foretide noun: An early tide (tidal surge).
foretime adverb, noun: A time previous to the present, or to a time alluded to or implied; former time or times.
foretoken noun, verb: A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentiment.
foretokening noun, verb: Indication in advance.
foretooth noun: A front tooth.
foretop noun: The top of the head; the top of the forehead.
foretopgallant adjective: above the topmast.
foretopman noun: A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
foretopmast noun: The mast above the foretop.
foretopsail noun: The sail draped from the foretopmast.
foretossed adjective: Tossed up; tossed about.
foretouch noun, verb: To touch beforehand; touch upon in advance.
foretrack noun, verb: To track beforehand or in advance.
foretrained adjective: Trained beforehand or in advance
foretriangle noun: A triangular space on a sailing ship between the deck, foremast, and forestay.
foretruck noun: A truck on the foremast (from which the Blue Peter is hoisted)
foretrust verb: To trust beforehand; trust in advance.
foretype noun, verb: A type or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototype
foretypified adjective: Typified beforehand.
foreva adverb: Pronunciation spelling of forever.
forever adjective, adverb, noun /fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/: For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.
forever after adverb: forever, from this point onward
forever alone noun: Someone who wishes to be in a romantic relationship but has no hope of succeeding.
forever and a day adverb: For a very long or seemingly endless time.
forever and ay adverb: Synonym of forever and a day.
forever and ever adverb: Alternative form of for ever and ever.
forever and forever adverb: Synonym of forever and a day.
forever chemical noun: Synonym of PFAS (“perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance”).
forever home noun: A permanent home found for a child or animal who is to be adopted.
forever house noun: A house in which one settles with the expectation of living there for the rest of one's life.
Forever Knightie noun: A fan of the Canadian television series Forever Knight.
forever stamp noun: A postage stamp with no indicated monetary value and indefinitely valid for a given service, e.g. a domestic first-class letter under 20 grams.
forever war noun: A war or armed conflict that continues without clear conditions for victory or an agreed endpoint, so it appears effectively endless or unwinnable.
foreverhood noun: The state or condition of existing or lasting forever
forevermore adverb /fəˈɹɛv.ə.mɔː/: At any or all times in the future; forever.
foreverness noun: The quality of being forever, of never coming to an end.
foreview noun: A preview
forevouch verb: To avow or affirm in advance.
forevouched adjective, verb: Avowed or affirmed in advance.
forevuh adverb: Pronunciation spelling of forever.
forewalk noun, verb: Alternative form of forwalk.
forewall noun: The foremost outer wall of a fortification; rampart, bulwark.
foreward noun: An advance group; the vanguard.
forewarm verb: To warm in advance.
forewarmer noun: An apparatus for heating a substance prior to some other process.
forewarn verb: To warn in advance.
forewarned, forearmed proverb: Alternative form of forewarned is forearmed.
forewarned is forearmed proverb: Advance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.
forewarner noun: One who forewarns.
forewarning noun, verb: An advance warning; an omen.
forewarningly adverb: So as to forewarn; in a way that gives advance warning.
forewaste verb: Alternative form of forwaste.
forewatch noun, verb: To look out for; watch over
forewater noun: The amniotic fluid that comes out before the baby's head during childbirth.
foreway noun: A highroad.
foreweep verb: To weep before; usher in with weeping.
foreweigh verb: To estimate in advance; to count the cost of beforehand.
forewheel noun: A front wheel.
forewind noun: A favourable wind.
forewing noun: Alternative form of fore wing.
forewinged adjective: Having a specified kind of forewing.
forewinter noun: The period immediately preceding or leading up to winter.
forewisdom noun: Prior knowledge.
forewish verb: To wish or desire beforehand.
forewit noun, verb: Timely knowledge; precaution; foresight.
forewold noun: A zone of thickets around a forest.
forewoman noun: A female leader of a work crew.
foreword noun /ˈfɔːwɜːd/: An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus...
forework noun, verb: A fortifying structure erected for defense, such as an embankment, wall, or tower.
foreworld noun: A former world, one that is a forerunner of the present world.
foreworn adjective: Synonym of forworn.
forewrite verb: To write beforehand; write in advance.
forewritten adjective, verb: Written beforehand or in advance.
forewrought adjective: Wrought or worked beforehand or in advance.
forex noun /ˈfɔɹˌɛks/: Syllabic abbreviation of foreign exchange.
foreyard noun: A yard in front; front yard
foreyear noun: The early part of the year; spring.
Forezian adjective, noun: of Forez
forfaint adjective: Very faint; languishing; pitiful; arm.
forfairn adjective: Forlorn; destitute; worn out; jaded.
forfaiter noun: One who provides financial support in the form of forfaiting.
forfaiting noun: A service providing medium-term financial support for export/import of capital goods.
Forfar proper noun: A town in Angus council area, Scotland; it is the administrative centre of Angus, and was the county town of the historic county of Angus (OS grid ref NO4550).
Forfar bridie noun: A type of pastie (meat pastry) that does not contain potato
forfare verb: To go to ruin; be destroyed; perish.
Forfarshire proper noun: Former name of Angus: a former county of Scotland; in use from the 18th century until 1928.
forfaulture noun: Forfeiture.
forfeit adjective, noun, verb /ˈfɔː.fɪt/: A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
forfeitability noun: Susceptibility to forfeiture.
forfeitable adjective: Liable to be forfeited
forfeiter noun: One who forfeits; (law, specifically) one who incurs a penalty of forfeiture.
forfeiting noun, verb: The act by which something is forfeited or surrendered; a giving up.
forfeits noun, verb: A game in which forfeits are demanded.
forfeiture noun /ˈfɔːfɪtʃə/: A legal action whereby a person loses all interest in the forfeit property.
forfeiture fund noun: A sum of money created by the Justice Department from seizures of the proceeds of criminal activity
forfend verb /fɔːˈfɛnd/: To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
forfex noun /ˈfɔːɹfɛks/: A pair of shears.
forficate adjective: Deeply forked
forficiform adjective: Shaped like shears or scissors.
forficulate adjective: shaped like small scissors.
forficulid noun: Any earwig in the family Forficulidae
forfid noun: Any of a number of additional letters of the Ogham alphabet, beyond the basic inventory of twenty signs.
forfight verb: To defend.
forflutter noun, verb: To disorder; discompose.
forgab verb: To mock; deride; defame; publish the misdeeds of.
forgainst preposition: Alternative form of foregainst.
Forgan proper noun: A surname.
forgather verb /fəˈɡaðə/: To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate.
forgathering noun, verb: A gathering together; an assembly.
forge noun, verb /fɔːd͡ʒ/: A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
forge ahead verb: To move forward steadily or to make good progress.
forge-hammer noun: a hammer used by a blacksmith
forge over verb: To press on regardless of hindrances.
forge wagon noun: A wagon fitted up for transporting a blacksmith's forge and tools.
forgeability noun: The quality or degree of being forgeable.
forgeable adjective: That can be forged (shaped under heat and pressure).
forged adjective, verb /fɔːd͡ʒd/: Fake (as documents); falsified.
forgeddaboudit phrase: Pronunciation spelling of forget about it.
forgeddit interjection: Eye dialect spelling of forget it.
forgeless adjective: without a forge
forgelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a forge.
forgeman noun: A person who works at a forge; a blacksmith on a large scale.
forgemaster noun: A craftsman skilled in forging iron or other metals.
forger noun: A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.
forgeress noun: A female forger (a person who forges, fabricates, or produces falsely).
forgery noun /ˈfɔː.dʒəɹ.ɪ/: The act of forging metal into shape.
forget verb /fəˈɡɛt/: To lose remembrance of.
forget about verb: To not think about something or someone, to fail to remember, or to disregard someone or something.
forget about it interjection: Alternative form of forget it.
forget it phrase: Absolutely not; I forbid it or it is impossible.
forget-me-not noun /fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/: Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.
forget one's manners verb: To behave in a rude, ill-mannered way.
forget oneself verb: to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control.
forget to take one's medication this morning verb: To be annoyed or irritable, or to behave in an ill-mannered way, particularly in the morning.
forget to take one's pills this morning verb: Synonym of forget to take one's medication this morning.
forgetful adjective /fərˈɡɛtfəl/: Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
forgetful functor noun: A functor that forgets or drops some or all of its input's structure or properties before mapping to the output.
forgetfully adverb: in a forgetful manner
forgetfulness noun /fəˈɡɛtfʊlnɪs/: The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
forgetive adjective: inventive; productive; capable
forgetness noun: The act of forgetting, or any property associated with it; oblivion; forgetfulness; obliviousness.
forgettability noun: forgettableness

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.