English words: French valve to fribbleism

300 English words, part 72 of 85 of the words starting with F, A to Z. 45 have a page of their own.

English words French valve to fribbleism

French valve noun: A type of tyre valve used in bicycle inner tubes.
French vermouth noun: A dry, white, aromatized wine that is fortified and higher in alcohol than most wines.
French white noun: Finely pulverized talc.
French willow noun: A species of willow tree, Salix triandra, native to Eurasia.
french window noun: An outside door with glass panes, serving as a window and a door
French wire noun: Fine wire of silver or other metal wound into a flexible coil, used for finishing beaded jewelry.
Frenchay proper noun: A village in Winterbourne parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, also partly a suburb of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6377).
Frenchcore noun: A French style of gabber music; rapidly deviated from its somewhat industrial roots by 2010 in preference for tempos around 200 beats per minute, offbeat...
frenched adjective, verb: Alternative form of Frenched.
Frenchery noun: French fashions collectively.
Frenchesque adjective: Alternative form of French-esque.
Frenchie noun /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃi/: Alternative spelling of Frenchy (“French person”).
Frenchification noun: The act or process of making French or more French-like, especially in informal contexts.
frenchified adjective, verb /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪˌfaɪd/: Alternative letter-case form of Frenchified.
frenchify verb /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪfaɪ/: Alternative letter-case form of frenchify, to make or become more French.
frenchifying noun, verb: Frenchification
Frenchily adverb: In an exaggeratedly French manner.
Frenchiness noun: The state or quality of being or seeming characteristically French.
frenching noun, verb: Alternative form of frenching (“disease of cotton”).
Frenchise verb: Alternative form of Frenchize.
Frenchism noun /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃ.ɪz(ə̯)m̩/: A custom peculiar to France.
Frenchization noun: The process of making something culturally or linguistically French.
Frenchize verb: To make or become more French; to make or become more like France, the French language, or French-speaking people.
frenchkiss verb: Alternative form of French kiss.
Frenchless adjective: Without (an understanding of) the French language.
Frenchlike adjective: Resembling the French or their customs or language.
Frenchly adjective, adverb /ˈfɹɛn(t)ʃli/: French.
Frenchman noun /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃm(ə)n/: A man of French birth or nationality.
Frenchness noun /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃnəs/: The quality or characteristic of being French.
Frenchperson noun: A person of a French ancestry or a French nationality.
Frenchtown proper noun: An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
Frenchwise adverb: In the French manner or style.
Frenchwoman noun: A French woman; a woman of French ancestry, descent or citizenship.
Frenchy adjective, noun /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃi/: With an exaggerated French manner.
Freneau proper noun: A surname from French
frenectomy noun: The surgical procedure to remove a frenum or frenulum.
frenemy noun /ˈfɹɛ.nɪ.mi/: Someone who has traits of an enemy and a friend.
frenemyship noun: The condition of being frenemies.
frenetic adjective, noun /fɹəˈnɛt.ɪk/: Frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
frenetical adjective: Alternative form of frenetic.
frenetically adverb: In a frenetic manner
freneticism noun: The quality or state of being frenetic.
Frenette proper noun: A surname.
Frenkel proper noun /ˈfrɛŋkəl/: A surname.
Frenkel defect noun: A type of point defect in crystalline solids, occurring when an atom or smaller ion (usually cation) leaves its place in the lattice, creating a vacancy,...
Frenkel-Kontorova model noun: A fundamental model of low-dimensional nonlinear physics, describing a chain of classical particles with nearest-neighbor interactions, subjected to a...
frenotomy noun: The surgical cutting of the frenum.
Frensham proper noun: A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU8441).
Frentani noun: An Italic tribe who inhabited a region on the coast of the Adriatic.
frenular adjective: Relating to the frenulum.
frenulate adjective, noun: Having a frenulum
frenulectomy noun: excision of a frenulum
frenuloplasty noun: Plastic surgery of the frenulum.
frenulum noun /ˈfriː.njʊl.əm/: A small fold or ridge of tissue that supports or restrains the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue,...
frenum noun /ˈfɹiː.nəm/: Synonym of frenulum.
Frenzel proper noun: A surname.
frenzical adjective: frantic
frenzically adverb: frantically; frenziedly
frenzied adjective /ˈfɹɛnzid/: In a state of hurry, panic or wild activity.
frenziedly adverb: In a frenzied manner.
frenziedness noun: The quality of being frenzied.
frenzily adverb: frenziedly; madly
frenzy adjective, noun, verb /ˈfɹɛnzi/: A state of wild activity or panic.
Freo proper noun: Fremantle (a suburb of Perth, Western Australia).
freon noun /ˈfɹiːɒn/: Alternative letter-case form of freon.
freq adjective, noun /fɹiːk/: Abbreviation of frequentative.
frequence noun: A crowd or throng of people.
frequency noun /ˈfɹiːkwənsi/: The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
frequency assignment noun: An authorization, given by an administration, for a radio station to use a radio frequency or radio frequency channel under specified conditions.
frequency band noun: Synonym of band (“a designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication”)
frequency channel noun: The band used by one customer, among the given total frequency spectrum.
frequency clause noun: A subordinate clause functioning as an adjunct of frequency that modifies a matrix clause by specifying the recurrence rate or regularity of the event...
frequency dictionary noun: A dictionary listing the most frequently used words in a language.
frequency distribution noun: a structured representation that summarizes how often values or categories occur within a dataset by organizing quantitative data into class intervals and...
frequency domain noun: The analysis of mathematical functions or signals with respect to frequency, and possibly a phase, rather than time.
frequency illusion noun: Synonym of Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.
frequency list noun: A list of the most commonly used words, or phrases, in a particular language, corpus, etc.
frequency modulation noun: The use of a modulating wave to vary the instantaneous frequency of a carrier wave.
frequency multiplier noun: An electronic circuit that produces an output frequency that is an integral multiple of an input frequency.
frequency polygon noun: A frequency distribution curve made of only straight lines.
frequency shift keying noun: Alternative spelling of frequency-shift keying.
frequenin noun: A particular calcium-binding protein.
frequent adjective, verb /ˈfɹiː.kwənt/: Done or occurring often; common.
frequent flier noun: Alternative spelling of frequent flyer.
frequent flyer noun: A person who flies frequently on commercial airliners.
frequentable adjective: accessible
frequentage noun: The habit or act of frequenting.
frequentaneous adjective: Related to frequency and phase (of a wave)
frequentation noun: The act of frequenting a particular place
frequentative adjective, noun /fɹɪˈkwɛntətɪv/: Serving to express repetition of an action.
frequentative aspect noun: A subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the frequentative verb to crackle, as opposed...
frequentatively adverb: In a frequentative way.
frequentativeness noun: The state or condition of being frequentative.
frequentativity noun: Synonym of frequentativeness.
frequenter adjective, noun: A person who frequents; a regular visitor.
frequential adjective: Of or pertaining to frequency
frequentile noun: Synonym of quantile.
frequentism noun: An interpretation of probability in terms of frequency, often specifically as the limit of the relative frequency of an event as the sample size approaches...
frequentist adjective, noun: An advocate of frequentism.
frequentistic adjective: Of or pertaining to frequentism.
frequentive adjective: Alternative form of frequentative.
frequently adverb /ˈfɹiː.kwənt.li/: At frequent intervals.
frequently asked questions noun: An online document containing a list of the questions most often asked about a particular subject, together with answers.
frequentness noun: The quality of being frequent.
Frerardie noun: A shipping conspiracy theorist who believes that My Chemical Romance bandmates Gerard Way and Frank Iero had a romantic and/or sexual relationship.
Frere proper noun: A surname.
Frerichs proper noun: A surname from German.
frescade noun: A cool walk.
Frescas proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
fresco noun, verb /ˈfɹɛskoʊ/: A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
frescobol noun: A racket sport originating in Brazil
frescoed adjective, verb: Painted with frescos ("an artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster").
frescoer noun: A fresco painter.
frescoing noun, verb: A fresco.
frescoist noun: A fresco painter.
frescolike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a fresco.
Frese proper noun: A surname.
fresh adjective, adverb, noun, verb /fɹɛʃ/: Newly produced or obtained; recent.
fresh air noun: The natural, clean air from outside, as opposed to the relatively stuffy air inside.
fresh as a daisy adjective: Very fresh; well-rested.
fresh as a rose adjective: Extremely fresh.
fresh as paint adjective: very fresh
fresh bean noun: A legume that is eaten in its immature, undried state, usually as a vegetable, rather than as a dry, stored bean.
fresh blood noun: Synonym of new blood (“newcomers to a project or organization”).
fresh breeze noun: On the Beaufort scale, a force-5 wind (17-21 knots)
fresh cheese noun: Synonym of unripened cheese.
fresh country eggs noun: A common way to describe ordinary chicken eggs on a breakfast menu, especially in expensive restaurants and hotels.
fresh cut noun: A fledgling member of the skinhead subculture.
fresh eyes noun: Alternative form of fresh pair of eyes.
fresh-faced adjective: Looking young and healthy.
fresh grad noun: Someone who recently graduated from their first degree in university.
fresh hell noun: A new undesirable situation.
fresh legs noun: A substitute who has yet to play in the match, and therefore has more energy than those already on the field.
fresh lumpia noun: Shredded heart of palm, shredded carrots, mixed with ground pork or chicken flakes and rolled in a crepe-like wrapper.
fresh meat noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fresh, meat.
fresh out of adjective: Having recently left one stage of life to begin another.
fresh-out-of-college adjective: Describing an individual who has just graduated from college and is entering the job market.
fresh pair of eyes noun: Another person who will be able to provide a fresh outlook on an issue; an unbiased observer.
fresh pursuit noun: Synonym of hot pursuit.
fresh start noun /fɹɛʃ ˈstɑːt/: A new beginning, without prejudices.
fresh up verb: Synonym of freshen up.
fresh water adjective, noun: Water with a very low content of dissolved salt, as opposed to brackish water or salt water.
fresh yeast noun: Raw baker's yeast which has not been dehydrated. Also known as cake yeast or compressed yeast.
freshen verb /ˈfɹɛʃən/: To be refreshed.
freshen up verb: To wash or groom oneself in order to be more attractive.
freshener noun /ˈfɹɛ.ʃə.nər/: Something that freshens
freshening noun, verb: The act by which something is freshened.
fresher adjective, noun /ˈfɹɛʃ.ə/: A first-year student at a university.
fresherdom noun: The realm or state of freshers, or freshmen.
freshers' flu noun: A cold or similar illness contracted by new students at a university, caused by gathering people (and the diseases they carry) from a wide variety of places...
freshers' week noun: The week before the academic aspects of a university start, when students may socialize and undergo induction.
freshet noun /ˈfɹɛʃɪt/: A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.
freshety adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a freshet or small stream.
freshfaced adjective: Alternative form of fresh-faced.
Freshfield proper noun: A surname.
Freshford proper noun: A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7860).
freshie noun: A freshman.
freshies noun: Fresh food, such as vegetables and eggs, that cannot be produced in Antarctica and must be imported.
freshish adjective: Somewhat fresh.
freshling adjective, noun: freshly grown
freshly adverb /ˈfɹɛʃli/: Recently, newly.
freshman noun /ˈfɹɛʃ.mən/: a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for...
Freshman 15 noun: Alternative form of freshman fifteen.
freshman fifteen noun: The amount of body weight (thought to be 15 pounds) gained by a student during their first year of college.
freshman's nerve noun: The plantaris muscle.
freshmanhood noun: The state or period of being a freshman.
freshmanic adjective: Characteristic of a freshman.
freshmanitis noun: A tendency of (mostly college) freshmen to be overwhelmed by the amount of work as well as make unwise choices.
freshmanly adjective: Characteristic of a freshman.
freshmanship noun: The state of being a freshman.
freshmint noun: A fresh, cooling, minty flavour.
freshness noun /ˈfɹɛʃnəs/: The state or quality of being fresh.
freshperson noun: A freshman of any gender.
freshwater adjective, noun /ˈfɹɛʃˌwɔːtə(ɹ)/: Living in fresh water.
freshwater crayfish noun: Any of the small decapod crustaceans of the family Parastacidae, living in freshwater habitats of Australasia, New Zealand, South America, and Madagascar.
freshwater drum noun: Aplodinotus grunniens, a fish endemic to North and Central America.
freshwater hydra noun: A solitary polyp, of species Hydra vulgaris, similar to a sea anemone consisting of a hollow cylinder about 10 mm long with a mouth surrounded by tentacles,...
freshwater lens noun: Synonym of lens (“a convex layer of fresh groundwater that floats above the denser saltwater”)
freshwater pearl mussel noun: Any member of endangered species Margaritifera margaritifera of freshwater mussel, capable of producing quality pearls.
freshwater shark noun: Any species of fish in the genus Epalzeorhynchos.
freshwater soldier noun: A new military recruit without experience of combat.
freshwoman noun: A female freshman.
freshy noun: Alternative form of freshie.
Fresnan noun: A person from or resident of Fresno, California.
fresnel noun: A unit of frequency equal to 10¹² hertz, or one terahertz.
Fresnel lamp noun: Fresnel lantern
Fresnel lantern noun: A lantern used in theatre, which employs a Fresnel lens to wash light over an area of the stage.
Fresnel lens noun: The hollow cylindrical lens used in the Fresnel lantern.
Fresnel number noun: A dimensionless quantity (denoted F), such that for an electromagnetic wave passing through an aperture and hitting a screen, F=(a²)/(Lλ) where a is the...
Fresnel reflection noun: The reflection of light predicted by the Fresnel equations.
Fresnel rhomb noun: Synonym of Fresnel's rhomb.
Fresnel's rhomb noun: A rhombus or oblique parallelopiped of glass cut so that a ray of light entering one of its faces at right angles shall emerge at right angles at the...
Fresnel spot noun: Synonym of Arago spot.
Fresnel zone plate noun: An optical device that uses diffraction through alternate transparent and opaque rings to function as a lens
Fresnes proper noun: A town in Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Fresno proper noun /ˈfɹɛznoʊ/: A city, the county seat of Fresno County, in central California, United States.
fresnoite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal pyramidal mineral containing barium, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.
fresolimumab noun: A human monoclonal antibody and immunomodulator under investigation for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis,...
fress verb /fɹɛs/: to eat without restraint; eat heartily
fresser noun: A glutton.
fressing noun: The act of eating without restraint; devouring.
fret noun, verb /fɹɛt/: Especially when describing animals: to consume, devour, or eat.
fret saw noun: Alternative spelling of fretsaw.
fret-sawyer noun: One who cuts with a fret saw.
fret the gizzard verb: To vex oneself; to worry.
Fretalian adjective: Alternative form of Fritalian.
fretboard noun: A fret or plate put over the neck of musical instruments or its fingerboard, to create a different sound of notes.
fretful adjective /ˈfɹɛtfəl/: Unable to relax: fidgety; restless; worried; anxious.
fretfully adverb /ˈfɹɛt.fə.li/: In a fretful manner.
fretfulness noun /ˈfɹɛtfəlnɪs/: The quality of being fretful, or prone to fretting; an emotional state combining restlessness, anxiety and irritability.
fretless adjective, noun: Of a stringed instrument, not having frets on the fingerboard.
fretless bass noun: A bass guitar without frets on the neck.
fretman noun: A guitar player, especially one who plays acoustic guitar.
fretsaw noun, verb: A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts.
fretsome adjective /ˈfrɛtsəm/: Characterised or marked by fretting or fretfulness; fidgety, restless.
frett noun: A vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda.
fretted adjective, verb /ˈfɹɛtɪd/: Having frets.
fretted dulcimer noun: Synonym of Appalachian dulcimer.
fretten adjective, verb: Marked.
fretter noun: One who or that which frets.
frettiness noun: The quality of being fretty; fretfulness.
fretting noun, verb /ˈfɹɛtɪŋ/: An irritation or worrying; a worry.
fretting leprosy noun: A corrosive or malignant mildew that affected garments and leather, as described in the book of Leviticus.
frettingly adverb: With fretting behaviour.
fretty adjective: Covered with a lattice-like pattern of diagonally interlaced bendlets and bendlets sinister.
fretum noun: A strait; a channel.
Fretwell proper noun: A surname.
fretwork noun: Ornamental woodwork either carved in low relief or cut through.
fretworked adjective: Adorned with fretwork.
Fretz proper noun: A surname.
Freud proper noun /fɹɔɪd/: A surname from German.
freudenbergite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing iron, oxygen, sodium, and titanium.
freudenfreude noun: Synonym of confelicity (“pleasure in another's happiness”).
freudian adjective, noun /ˈfɹɔɪ.di.ən/: Of or relating to Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud's scientific theory and psychotherapy called psychoanalysis.
Freudian slip noun /ˌfɹɔɪdɪ.ən ˈslɪp/: A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious desires.
Freudiana noun: Items relating to Sigmund Freud.
Freudianism noun: Freudian beliefs and practices, particularly the mechanism of psychological repression, the centrality of sexual desire to the development of the persona,...
Freudianist noun: A proponent of Freudianism.
Freudianly adverb: In a Freudian manner.
Freudianness noun: The quality of being Freudian.
Freudism noun: Alternative form of Freudianism.
Freudist noun: Alternative form of Freudianist.
frevo noun: Any of a wide range of music and dance styles originating from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and traditionally associated with Brazilian carnival.
Frew proper noun: A surname.
Frewen proper noun: A surname.
Frewer proper noun: A surname.
frex adverb: Abbreviation of for example.
Frexit proper noun /ˈfɹɛɡ.zɪt/: The possible act of France leaving the European Union.
Frey proper noun /fɹeɪ/: Freyr
Frey-Baillarger syndrome noun: Synonym of Frey's syndrome.
Frey curve noun: The elliptic curve associated with a solution of Fermat's equation.
Frey effect noun: An auditory phenomenon in which pulsed microwave frequencies generate clicking sounds directly inside the human head.
Frey's procedure noun: A surgical technique, used in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis, in which the diseased portions of the pancreas head are cored out. A lateral...
Frey's syndrome noun: A rare neurological disorder resulting from damage to the parotid glands or auriculotemporal nerve, with symptoms including redness and sweating on the cheek.
Freya proper noun /ˈfɹeɪə/: Alternative form of Freyja.
Freycinet proper noun: A locality in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Freycinet gauge noun: A standard governing the dimensions of the locks of some canals, put in place as a result of a law passed during the tenure of Charles de Freycinet as...
Freyer proper noun: A surname.
freygish noun: In Ashkenazi music, the Phrygian dominant scale.
Freyja proper noun /ˈfɹeɪə/: A deity among the Vanir associated with sex, death, and seiðr, who receives half of those who die in battle in the afterlife field Fólkvangr (the other half...
Freyr proper noun /ˈfɹeɪə/: A Vanir god associated with kingship and virility in the North Germanic corpus, in which he rides the shining boar Gullinbursti and wields an antler as a...
Freyre proper noun: A surname.
Freysman noun: One who honours Frey as their primary god.
Freytag proper noun: A surname.
Freytag's pyramid noun: A graphical analysis of story structure into five parts.
frfr adverb: Reduplication of fr (“for real”).
FRGS noun: Initialism of Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Fri noun: Abbreviation of Friday.
friability noun: The quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness.
friable adjective /ˈfɹaɪəbl̩/: Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
friableness noun: The state or quality of being friable; friability.
friably adverb: In a friable manner.
FRIACO noun: Acronym of flat-rate Internet access call origination.
friaje noun: Synonym of surazo.
friand noun: A type of cake, similar to the French financier, but with the addition of fruits or other flavourings; commonly eaten with coffee.
Friant proper noun: A census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States.
friar noun /ˈfɹaɪə/: A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
friar bird noun: Alternative form of friarbird.
Friar Minor noun: Synonym of Franciscan: a member of the Order of the Friars Minor.
Friar Preacher noun: A member of the religious order of the Dominicans.
friar's balsam noun: An alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes, used as an inhalant and to treat damaged skin.
friar's cap noun: The plant wolfsbane.
friar's cowl noun: A plant of species Arisarum vulgare, common arisarum, native principally to the Mediterranean.
friar's lantern noun: ignis fatuus; will o' the wisp
friar's omelette noun: A dish of beaten eggs fried with apples and breadcrumbs.
Friar Tuck noun: A fuck; sexual intercourse.
friarbird noun /ˈfɹʌɪəbəːd/: Any of several species of large Australian honeyeaters in the genus Philemon.
friaress noun: A female friar.
friarhood noun: The state or period of being a friar.
friarlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a friar.
friarly adjective: Befitting a friar.
friarship noun: The state, personality, or character of a friar.
friary adjective, noun /ˈfɹaɪəɹi/: A house or convent where friars (members of certain religious communities) live.
Frias proper noun: A surname.
friation noun: The act of breaking up or pulverizing.
frib noun: A piece of inferior wool from the outer part of the fleece.
FRIBA noun: Initialism of Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
fribble adjective, noun, verb /ˈfɹɪbəl/: To waste or fritter.
fribbledom noun: Frivolous or trifling behaviour.
fribbleism noun: frivolity

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.