English Words: F
18,613 words · Page 120 of 373
The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
A table used internally by the operating system to keep track of the structure of a disk and where files are stored on it.
The association of a file type with a program, so that the chosen program is the default for opening files of that type.
A short series of text characters at the end of a computer filename, used to indicate the type of contents and the software that will be required to operate or open it.
To alter identifiable details in a creative work in order to conceal its origin.
A software program designed to overwrite the contents of a data file (or other space on a disk) to prevent recovery of the file contents.
Any of various snakes resembling a file in texture or appearance, especially a wart snake or a non-venomous South African snake of the genus Mehelya.
The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.
The location of a file in a directory structure. Also known as the path of a file. A path can be absolute or relative.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
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 120. 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.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "F" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.