English words: foveolet to fractiously

300 English words, part 66 of 85 of the words starting with F, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.

English words foveolet to fractiously

foveolet noun: Alternative form of foveole (“small fovea or depression”).
foveomacular adjective: Relating to the fovea and the macula
foveoschisis noun: separation of the fovea from the retina
fovilla noun: One of the fine granules in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.
Foville's syndrome noun: A condition caused by the blockage of the perforating branches of the basilar artery in the pons.
-fovir suffix /fəˌvɪə/: Used to form names of phosphonic acid derivatives used as antivirals.
fow noun, verb /ˈfəʊ/: Initialism of fall of wicket.
fower noun, number /ˈfəʊ.ə/: One who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.
Fowey proper noun /ˈfɔɪ/: A small town, port, and civil parish with a town council on the south coast of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1251).
Fowke proper noun: A surname.
Fowkes proper noun: A surname.
fowl adjective, noun, verb /faʊl/: Any bird.
fowl-house noun: A building where fowl are kept.
fowl-like adjective: Alternative form of fowllike.
fowl-lore noun: The knowledge, study, or science of fowls; birdlore.
fowl paralysis noun: Synonym of Marek's disease.
fowl pest noun: Synonym of Newcastle disease.
fowl-run noun: An enclosure for domesticated chickens that has enough space to let them to walk about.
fowler noun /ˈfaʊlə(ɹ)/: A hunter of wildfowl.
Fowler dead space noun: Synonym of anatomic dead space.
Fowler flap noun: A split flap that slides backwards before hinging downward, thereby increasing first chord, then camber. It may or may not form part of the upper surface of...
Fowler process noun: A process for producing fluorocarbons by fluorinating hydrocarbons or their partially fluorinated derivatives in the vapor phase over cobalt(III) fluoride.
Fowler's noun: The Fowler's position.
Fowler's solution noun: An aqueous solution (containing arsenite and potassium), containing 1% arsenic trioxide. It was historically used in treatment of leukemia, but has since...
Fowler's toad noun: The North American toad Anaxyrus fowleri.
Fowlerian adjective: Of or relating to Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933), English lexicographer and commentator on usage of the language.
fowlerite noun: A variety of rhodonite that contains zinc.
fowlery noun: A place where fowl are raised.
fowlhouse noun: A building for keeping fowls; a henhouse.
fowlicidin noun: A cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide associated with chickens
fowling noun, verb /ˈfaʊlɪŋ/: A session of hunting fowl.
fowling piece noun: A light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small animals.
fowlish adjective: Like, characteristic of, or resembling a fowl; fowllike.
fowlkind noun: All fowl, considered as a group.
fowllike adjective: Like, resembling, or similar to a fowl or fowls.
fowlpox noun: A disease of poultry caused by viruses of the family Poxviridae and the genus Avipoxvirus.
fowlpoxvirus noun: The avipoxvirus responsible for fowlpox
fowlyard noun: An enclosure for keeping domesticated fowl.
Fownes proper noun: A surname from Old French.
fowrah noun: Alternative form of phaora.
fox noun, verb /fɒks/: Any member of the genus Vulpes; a true fox.
fox-and-cubs noun: Orange hawkweed; a multi-headed wildflower of species Pilosella aurantiaca, in the family Asteraceae, native to alpine regions of central and southern Europe.
fox bat noun: flying fox (type of bat)
fox bolt noun: A bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge.
fox caller noun: Synonym of fox whistle.
fox cat noun: Synonym of Somali (“a domestic cat breed derived from the Abyssinian cat”)
fox cub noun: A young fox.
fox dog noun: Synonym of crab-eating fox
fox-drunk adjective: Crafty and sneaky when drunk.
fox evil noun: Loss of hair through disease; alopecia.
fox eye noun: A type of eye associated with East Asian people, characterized as narrow, slanted, or upturned.
fox fire noun: Alternative form of foxfire.
fox fur noun: The fur of a fox.
fox-glove noun: Alternative form of foxglove.
fox grape noun: The native eastern North American grape, Vitis labrusca, with many cultivars, of which the Concord grape is the most important.
fox guarding the henhouse noun: Alternative form of fox in the henhouse.
fox hole noun: Alternative spelling of foxhole.
fox hunt noun: Alternative form of foxhunt.
fox hunter noun: Alternative form of foxhunter.
fox hunting noun: The sport of hunting foxes across country with a pack of hounds by a group of people on foot and horseback, a traditional sport of the landed gentry now...
fox in the box noun: A player with good finishing and movement inside the penalty area; a poacher.
fox in the henhouse noun: Someone untrustworthy placed in a position of trust in which they will be harmful, damaging or detrimental for their own personal gain.
fox kestrel noun: A bird of prey, of species Falco alopex, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
fox maggot noun: Any member of the flesh fly genus Wohlfahrtia which cause myiasis in mammals.
fox mark noun: A dark spot or discoloration, especially on old paper.
fox message noun: A message sent to test a teletype machine, incorporating most or all of the available text characters.
fox moth noun: A moth found in Western Europe to Central Asia, taxonomic name Macrothylacia rubi.
Fox News brain noun: An addiction to anger and outrage brought about by overconsumption of sensationalist media.
Fox Newsian adjective, noun: Typical of Fox News.
fox plum noun: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.
fox's foot noun: A type of bur-reed (Sparganium simplex) native to North America and Eurasia.
fox's paw noun: A mistake; a blunder.
fox's sleep noun: Alternative form of fox sleep.
fox's socks noun: Something or someone that is ideal or very pleasing.
fox's whelp noun: Alternative form of fox-whelp.
fox sedge noun: Carex vulpinoidea, native to North America.
fox shark noun: A thresher shark (Alopias spp.).
fox sleep noun: Feigned sleep while actually alert.
fox snake noun: Alternative form of foxsnake.
fox sparrow noun: Passerella iliaca, a large American sparrow, sometimes split into four species in Passerella.
fox squirrel noun: Any member of the species Sciurus niger of the largest tree squirrel native to North America.
fox terrier noun: Either of two breeds of dog (the smooth fox terrier and the wire fox terrier) bred for fox hunting.
fox tossing noun: A bloodsport in which live foxes and other wild animals were tossed into the air using slings.
fox tox noun: A cosmetic treatment where Botox injections are used to lift the outer corners of someone’s eyes, making their face resemble that of a fox.
fox trot noun: Alternative form of foxtrot.
fox wedge noun: A wedge for expanding the split end of a bolt, cotter, dowel, tenon, or other piece, to fasten the end in a hole or mortise and prevent withdrawal. The...
fox whelp noun: The whelp of a fox.
fox whistle noun: A whistle designed to mimic the sound of a distressed rabbit in order to lure foxes towards a hunter.
foxaline noun: Imitation fox fur.
foxbane noun: A species of wolfsbane with yellow flowers, Aconitum vulparia.
Foxbat proper noun: NATO code name for the Soviet MiG-25 aircraft.
foxbench noun: A hard, crumbly or sandy, irony, undesirable variety of soil found in some places in the UK.
foxberry noun: The plant cowberry or lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea.
Foxboro proper noun: A community in southern Ontario, Canada.
Foxborough proper noun: A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
foxboy noun /ˈfɔksˌbɔɪ/: A boy or man who wears a fox costume and plays the role of a fox.
foxcore noun: Music by female-fronted bands of the 1990s.
Foxcroft proper noun: A surname.
foxcub noun: Alternative form of fox cub.
Foxean adjective: Of or relating to John Foxe (1517–1587), martyrologist.
foxed adjective, verb: Of paper, having yellowish-brown stains (foxing).
foxeh noun: A fox.
foxen adjective: Of or pertaining to foxes.
foxer noun: An acoustic decoy used to confuse acoustic homing torpedoes by mechanically generating a loud noise while being towed some distance behind a ship.
foxery noun: cunning behavior; trickery; deceit
foxess noun: A female fox.
foxey adjective: Dated form of foxy.
foxface noun: A rabbitfish with prominent facial stripes.
Foxfield proper noun: A village in Broughton West parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2185).
foxfire noun /ˈfɒksfaɪə/: Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood.
foxfish noun: A fox shark or sea fox.
Foxford proper noun: A village in County Mayo, Ireland.
foxfur noun: Alternative form of fox fur.
foxgirl noun /ˈfɔksˌɡɜːl/: A girl or woman who wears a fox costume and plays the role of a fox.
foxglove noun: Any member of the genus Digitalis of about twenty species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy...
foxglove aphid noun: An aphid of the species Aulacorthum solani.
foxglove pug noun: A geometer moth of species Eupithecia pulchellata, found in Europe, with alternating bands of dark brown and buffish orange on the forewings.
foxglove tree noun: Synonym of princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa).
Foxhall proper noun: A townland west of Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.
foxhole noun, verb: The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
foxhole radio noun: A makeshift radio of a kind built by soldiers in World War II to pick up local entertainment broadcasts.
foxhood noun: The state, condition, or quality of a fox
foxhound noun: Any of several medium-sized breeds of dog developed for hunting.
foxhunt noun, verb: A hunt for foxes, usually with dogs.
foxhunter noun: One who hunts foxes.
Foxian adjective, noun: A follower of George Fox, especially one who believed strictly in the theology of the inward light.
foxie noun: Diminutive of fox.
Foxification noun: The process of mass media, particularly television news, adopting the format, practices, and perceived political leanings of Fox News.
foxily adverb /ˈfɒksɪli/: In a foxy manner.
foxiness noun: The characteristic or quality of being foxy.
foxing noun, verb: The discoloration of printed material with brown marks.
foxish adjective: Like or characteristic of a fox; foxlike; (by extension) sly.
foxishly adverb: In a foxish way.
Foxite noun: A Whig following the political philosophy of Charles James Fox.
Foxitis noun: A notional disease caused by overconsumption of right-wing media.
foxless adjective: Without foxes.
foxlet noun: A young fox.
Foxley proper noun: A hamlet in Yazor parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4146).
foxlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a fox.
foxling noun: A little or young fox; kit; a fox whelp.
foxly adjective: Sly like a fox; foxlike.
foxnut noun: A seed of Euryale ferox, a flowering plant related to the water lily
FOXP2 noun: regulatory gene and RNA gene responsible for the development of throat structures; in humans, those related to speech.
foxproof adjective, verb: Resistant to the predations of foxes.
Foxrock proper noun: A southern suburb of Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2125).
foxshark noun: Alternative form of fox shark
foxship noun: The character or qualities of a fox; foxiness; craftiness; cunning.
foxskin noun: The pelt of a fox.
foxsnake noun: Common name of three North American rat snakes of genus Pantherophis.
foxsona noun: A fursona that is a fox.
foxtail noun: A tail of a fox.
foxtail barley noun: Hordeum jubatum, a perennial grass with attractive inflorescences.
foxtail cactus noun: Any of various cactuses of genus Pelecyphora (synonym: Escobaria) endemic to Mexico and the United States.
foxtail clubmoss noun: A clubmoss of the species Lycopodiella alopecuroides.
foxtail millet noun: A plant of the second-most widely planted species of millet (Setaria italica), which is the most important species of millet in East Asia.
foxtail palm noun: A species of palm, Wodyetia bifurcata, native to Australia.
foxtail pine noun: The tree Pinus balfouriana.
foxtail saw noun: dovetail saw
foxtaur noun: A taur with the lower body of a fox.
Foxton proper noun: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4148).
foxtress noun: A physically attractive woman.
foxtrot noun, verb /ˈfɒkstɹɒt/: A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm.
foxtrot delta tango phrase: FDT
foxtrot oscar verb: To fuck off.
foxtrotter noun: A kind of horse, the Missouri Fox Trotter.
Foxwell proper noun: A surname.
Foxworth proper noun: A surname.
Foxworthy proper noun: A surname from Old English.
Foxx proper noun: A surname.
foxxo noun: A fox.
foxy adjective, noun /ˈfɑksi/: The recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).
foxy bolete noun: The edible mushroom native to Europe, Leccinum vulpinum.
foxy boxing noun: A sports entertainment in which female boxers fight in skimpy outfits.
foy noun: Faith, allegiance.
foyaite noun: A K-feldspar-nepheline syenite mineral containing a proportion of ferromagnesian minerals, usually pyroxene, hornblende, and biotite.
foyaitic adjective: Of or relating to the mineral foyaite.
foyalite noun: A fine-grained Plutonic syenite made up of orthoclase, nepheline, hornblende, and accessory mica, sodalite, zircon, noselite, and pyroxene.
foyboat noun: A small workboat primarily used to assist the mooring and servicing of a larger vessel, especially on the rivers of north-east England.
foyboatman noun: The operator of a foyboat.
Foye proper noun: A surname.
foyer noun /ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/: Such a space used in a hotel, theater, etc.
foyered adjective: Furnished with a foyer.
foyerlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a foyer.
Foyot sauce noun: A variation of béarnaise sauce with the addition of a meat glaze.
Foz proper noun: A barangay of Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
foziness noun: The state of being fozy; lack of spirit; dullness.
fozy adjective: spongy; soft; fat and puffy
FP noun: Initialism of floating point.
FP&A noun: financial planning and accounting / analysis
FP DRAM noun: Initialism of fast page dynamic random access memory.
FP RAM noun: Initialism of fast page random access memory.
FPC noun: Initialism of fish protein concentrate.
fpdc noun: Initialism of front post double crochet.
FPDL noun: Initialism of flashlamp pulsed dye laser.
FPDP noun: Initialism of Front Panel Data Port.
FPE noun: Initialism of first pass effect.
fPET noun: Abbreviation of functional positron emission tomography.
FPGA noun: Initialism of field-programmable gate array.
FPI noun: Initialism of foreign portfolio investment.
FPIC noun: Initialism of free, prior and informed consent.
FPIF noun: Initialism of fixed-price incentive-fee contract
FPKM noun: abbreviation of fragments per kilobase of feature per million mapped reads, a normalised metric used to measure gene expression.
FPL noun: Initialism of familial partial lipodystrophy.
fpm noun: Initialism of feet per minute.
FPN noun: Initialism of fixed penalty notice.
FPO noun: Initialism of frame pointer omission.
fpoon noun /fpuːn/: Synonym of spork.
FPP noun: Initialism of first-preference plurality.
fprf. adjective: Abbreviation of fireproof.
fps noun: Initialism of frames per second.
FPSE noun: Initialism of free-piston Stirling engine.
FPT adjective: Initialism of federal, provincial, territorial.
FPTP noun: Initialism of first past the post.
FPU noun: Initialism of floating-point unit.
FPV noun: Abbreviation of fosamprenavir.
FQ noun: Abbreviation of fighter drone: An uncrewed fighter aircraft, that could possibly autonomous or remotely controlled, or both.
fqcy. noun: Abbreviation of frequency.
FQDN noun: Initialism of fully qualified domain name.
FQHE noun: Initialism of fractional quantum Hall effect.
FQI noun: Initialism of fuel quantity indicator.
fqih noun: Alternative form of faqih.
FQT noun: Initialism of formal qualification testing, used to determine whether an item will be acceptable to a customer.
fr adjective, adverb, noun, symbol, verb: Abbreviation of Friday; alternative form of Fr..
fra noun /fɹɑː/: A title of a friar or monk: brother.
fra diavolo noun: A spicy tomato sauce for pasta or seafood, made with crushed red pepper, garlic, onions, and herbs.
frab verb /fɹæb/: To scold, nag, or harass.
frabbit adjective: crabbed; peevish
frabjous adjective /ˈfɹæbd͡ʒəs/: Fabulous, joyous; great, wonderful.
frabjously adverb: In a frabjous manner; wonderfully, fabulously.
frac adjective, noun, verb: To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing)
fracas noun /ˈfɹækɑː/: A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
Fraccaro syndrome noun: Synonym of XXXXY syndrome.
fraccent noun: A pronunciation of English associated with frat boys, said to be similar to the valley girl accent and to include vocal fry.
fraccing noun: Alternative spelling of fracking.
fracedinous adjective: Producing heat through putrefaction.
fracid adjective: Rotten from being too ripe; overripe.
fracing noun: Alternative spelling of fracking.
frack adjective, verb /fɹæk/: To employ hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
frackable adjective: Suitable for hydraulic fracturing.
fracker noun: A person or organization employed in fracking.
fracking adjective, noun /ˈfɹækɪŋ/: Hydraulic fracturing.
fracktivist noun: An activist who opposes fracking.
fract verb /fɹækt/: To break; to violate.
fractable noun: A decorative coping on a gable wall that rises up to obscure the roof line.
fractal adjective, noun /ˈfɹæk.təl/: A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at...
fractal antenna noun: An antenna that uses a fractal, self-similar design in order to increase the range of frequencies which it can receive.
fractal dimension noun: A dimension in which it is the most suitable to make measurements on a fractal set.
fractal geometry noun: The study of fractals and their appearance in nature.
fractal response time noun: A measure of response time which uses the concept of fractal dimension in order to resolve variability of average response time with respect to sample size...
fractalated adjective: Composed of fractal-based patterns.
fractalesque adjective: Reminiscent of fractal patterns.
fractalisation noun: Alternative spelling of fractalization.
fractalist noun: One who studies fractals.
fractality noun: The state or condition of being fractal.
fractalization noun: The act or process of fractalizing.
fractalize verb: To make fractal.
fractalkine noun: The human form of the chemokine protein
fractally adverb: In a fractal manner.
fractalness noun: The state or condition of being fractal.
fractalysis noun: fractal analysis or analytics
fractance noun: fractional-order impedance (that has a constant phase angle)
fracted adjective, verb: Having a part displaced or broken; said of an ordinary or other charge.
fractile adjective, noun: The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.
fracting noun: Alternative form of fracking.
fraction noun, verb /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/: A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
fraction bar noun: The line separating the numerator from the denominator, whether horizontal, oblique, or diagonal.
fraction slash noun: The slash variant ⟨⁄⟩ used for expressing fractions.
fractionable adjective: Able to be fractioned
fractional adjective, noun /ˈfɹæk.ʃən.əl/: Pertaining to a fraction.
fractional calculus noun: The branch of mathematics that studies generalisations of calculus to allow noninteger (i.e., real or complex) powers of the differentiation operator D and...
fractional crystallization noun: the separation of two solutes from the same solution by using either a solvent or a crystallization temperature such that only one solute is supersaturated...
fractional distillation noun: A method of separating a mixture of liquids that have different boiling points.
fractional freezing noun: A process used to separate substances with different melting points.
fractional ideal noun: Given an integral domain R and its field of fractions K = Frac(R), an R-submodule I of K such that for some nonzero r∈R, rI ⊆ R.
fractional number noun: A word that expresses one or more of a specific number of parts of a whole.
fractional reserve banking noun: A widespread banking system in which a bank that accepts deposits from the public puts the majority of those deposits into investments (generating a profit...
fractional rig noun: A type of rig on a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel in which the foresail does not reach all the way to the top of the mast.
fractional volume noun: The training volume amassed for a muscle group by performing a compound exercise in place of attempts to isolate it, expressed in datasets as fractions of...
fractionalisation noun: Alternative form of fractionalization.
fractionalise verb: Alternative form of fractionalize.
fractionalism noun: The division of a political party into groups that may have differing ideologies.
fractionalist noun: A proponent of fractionalism.
fractionality noun /ˌfɹæk.ʃənˈæl.ɪ.ti/: The condition of being fractional
fractionalization noun: separation into parts by fractionalizing
fractionalize verb: To separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate.
fractionally adverb: In a fractional manner
fractionary adjective /ˈfɹæk.ʃən.æɹ.i/: fractional
fractionate verb /ˈfɹæk.ʃəneɪt/: To separate (a mixture) into its individual constituents by exploiting differences in some chemical or physical property, such as boiling point, particle...
fractionatedly adverb: Following fractionation
fractionating column noun: An apparatus for the separation of the volatile components of a liquid by means of fractional distillation, sometimes accompanied by selective adsorption
fractionation noun: A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition changes according...
fractionator noun: A piece of chemical engineering or laboratory apparatus that is used to separate the components of a mixture by fractionation, especially by fractional...
fractioned adjective, verb: separated into fractions by fractionation; fractionated
fractioning noun, verb: A division or breaking into fractions.
fractionisation noun: Alternative spelling of fractionization
fractionise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fractionize.
fractionization noun /ˌfɹæk.ʃən.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/: The process of separating into fractions.
fractionize verb /ˈfɹæk.ʃən.aɪz/: To separate into fractions
fractious adjective /ˈfɹæk.ʃəs/: Given to troublemaking.
fractiously adverb: In a fractious manner.

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.