English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 110 of 373

fidaxomicinnoun

A particular narrow-spectrum macrocyclic antibiotic drug.

fidchellnoun

An ancient Celtic board game somewhat resembling chess.

fiddlenoun

A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).

fiddle aroundverb

To toy or play (with something) in an idle, fidgety, aimless or unstructured way; to mess around (with); to muck around (with).

fiddle awayverb

To play the fiddle idly.

fiddle beetlenoun

A Japanese carabid beetle (Carabus blaptoides).

fiddle while Rome burnsverb

To neglect helping when one’s time is needed most; to ignore the major problem at hand (whilst doing something less important); to be idle, inactive, or uninterested in a time of great need.

fiddle withverb

To manipulate or toy with (an object), especially in a nervous, restless or aimless manner.

fiddle yardnoun

A section of a model railway layout that is reserved for storing and working on trains, often hidden from view.

fiddle-faddlenoun

nonsense

fiddle-faddlernoun

One who trifles or dallies.

fiddle-footedadj

Restlessly wandering.

fiddlebacknoun

The brown recluse spider.

fiddlebownoun

A bow used to play the fiddle.

fiddledeedeeintj

nonsense; rubbish

fiddlefartintj

Synonym of fiddlesticks.

fiddlefuckverb

To waste time.

fiddleheadnoun

The scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle.

fiddleheadedadj

Having confused or foolish notions.

fiddleleafnoun

A plant of the Nama genus, especially Nama jamaicense.

fiddlenecknoun

Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.

fiddlernoun

One who plays the fiddle.

Fiddler's Greenname

A legendary afterlife for retired sailors, where there is perpetual mirth, fiddle music, and dancing.

fiddlerynoun

Fiddling about; tweaking or manipulation.

fiddlesomeadj

Characterised or marked by fiddling (fidgeting or manipulating).

fiddlesticknoun

One of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow.

fiddlesticksintj

Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.

fiddlestringnoun

One of the strings of a fiddle.

fiddlethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fiddle

fiddlewoodnoun

The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.

fiddlinessnoun

The quality of being fiddly; complicated awkwardness.

fiddlingverb

present participle and gerund of fiddle

fiddlistnoun

A fiddler.

fiddlyadj

Requiring dexterity to operate.

Fiddownname

A village in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

fiddynum

Alternative form of fifty.

FIDEname

The International Chess Federation.

fideicommissumnoun

A benefit bequeathed to a beneficiary who inherits the benefit, subject to the obligation of bequeathing it to another.

fideismnoun

The doctrine that faith is the basis of all knowledge.

fideisticadj

Pertaining to fideism.

fideisticallyadv

In a fideistic way.

fidejussionnoun

suretyship.

fidejussornoun

A surety or guarantor.

Fidelname

A male given name from Spanish.

Fidelismnoun

Synonym of Castrism.

Fidelistnoun

Synonym of Castrist.

fidelitienoun

Obsolete spelling of fidelity.

fidelitousadj

Faithful

fidelitynoun

Faithfulness to one's moral or civic duties.

Fidelmaname

A female given name.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter F contains 18,613 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 373 pages, and you are currently viewing page 110. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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