English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 112 of 373

field extensionnoun

Any pair of fields, denoted L/K, such that K is a subfield of L.

field glassesnoun

binoculars.

field goalnoun

A kick of the ball through the uprights and over the crossbar (not after a touchdown). It scores 3 points.

field gradenoun

Each of the commissions which rank a (para)military officer below the (highest) class of general officers, but above other commissioned officers and NCOs.

field gunnoun

An artillery piece, originally a smaller gun that could accompany a field army on the march and when in combat could be moved about the battlefield in response to changing circumstances.

field handnoun

An outdoor worker on a farm, plantation, or ranch.

field hollernoun

A slow, introspective African-American song type that has its origin in solo work songs, featuring a meandering melody, irregular rhythms, and various forms of wordless vocalization.

field housenoun

A tent.

field investigationnoun

The systematic process of collecting data in order to answer a scientific question.

field jacketnoun

A military or military-style jacket made of fabric (wool or cotton).

field kitchennoun

A mobile kitchen used to provision personnel on or near the site of a military operation.

field lacrossenoun

A variety of lacrosse played on a grassy field, outdoors.

field magnetnoun

A magnet used to produce a magnetic field in a device.

field magnetsnoun

plural of field magnet

field marshalnoun

In certain nations the highest military rank, ranking below only the commander in chief; now mostly disused, being reserved for wartime or post-wartime use, and having become ceremonial in some countries.

field mintnoun

Synonym of wild mint, Mentha arvensis.

field mousenoun

A small vole such as the meadow vole.

field of firenoun

The area that a projectile weapon (or group of weapons) can reach from a given position.

field of fractionsnoun

The smallest field in which a given ring can be embedded.

field of honornoun

A battlefield; any place where a fight, battle, duel, etc., is fought.

field of visionnoun

The area that a person, an animal, etc. can see with its eyes (or each eye individually) without turning the head.

field offverb

To defend against or reflect away blows, shots, etc; to fend off.

field outverb

To go out as a result of a ball caught by the centerfield, left field or right field player.

field policenoun

A police force charged with maintaining order beyond towns and other settlements, in the countryside or bush.

field rationnoun

A prepackaged meal, easily prepared and eaten, carried by military troops on the battlefield.

field starnoun

A star that does not belong to a star cluster

field stripverb

To dismantle (a weapon) for cleaning, oiling or repair; to disassemble (a firearm) to the maximum extent possible without tools.

field telephonenoun

A portable telephone used for military communication.

field tentnoun

A canvas tent used by the military.

field tripnoun

A trip, usually in a group and especially by students, to a place of special interest for education, research or exploration; a trip into the field.

field unitnoun

A military unit destined to be fielded in tactical operations

field upverb

To field (something) (To deploy in the field); to offer up (something).

field worknoun

A temporary fortification in the field

Field's metalnoun

A fusible eutectic alloy of bismuth, indium, and tin.

field-booknoun

Alternative form of field book.

Field-lane ducknoun

A baked sheep's head.

field-testverb

To test something using the conditions that it was designed to operate under, especially out in the real world instead of in a laboratory or workshop.

fieldableadj

Able to be fielded.

fieldballnoun

A version of handball played by a team of up to eleven players outdoors.

fieldberrynoun

Including a combination of strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries (and optionally also blackberries) as ingredients.

fieldbooknoun

Alternative form of field book.

fieldbootnoun

A kind of riding boot with lacing at the vamp, traditionally worn by officers ranked "field grade" or higher.

fieldbusnoun

A member of a family of industrial digital communication networks used for real-time distributed control.

fieldcraftnoun

The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation.

fieldenoun

Obsolete form of field.

fieldenadj

Pertaining to the countryside; rural.

fieldernoun

A dog trained in pursuit of game in the field.

fieldfarenoun

A large thrush, Turdus pilaris, a bird of Eurasia.

fieldfolknoun

labourers who work in the fields.

fieldfulnoun

A quantity that fills a field.

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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 112. 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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