English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 121 of 373

filesmithnoun

A maker of files (rasping tools).

filespacenoun

The space where files are stored.

filespecnoun

A file identifier consisting of path and filename.

filestorenoun

A conceptual space where files are stored.

filestreamnoun

A data stream providing access to the contents of a file.

filetnoun

Alternative spelling of fillet.

filet mignonnoun

A steak cut of beef taken from the tenderloin, or psoas major, of the steer or heifer.

filetailadj

Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by tails with toothlike grooves.

fileteadonoun

A type of artistic drawing and lettering, incorporating brightly coloured stylised lines, flowers and climbing plants, particularly associated with the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

filetypenoun

An identifier indicating the type of information contained in an electronic format.

fileworthyadj

Worth being filed or kept on file.

FILFnoun

Initialism of father I'd like to fuck.

filgotinibnoun

A medication, belonging to the class of Janus kinase inhibitors, used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

filialadj

Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.

filial pietynoun

The virtue of showing respect and doing good deeds for one's parents, elders, and ancestors, as understood in Confucian ethics and commonly observed in the Sinosphere.

filiallyadv

In a filial manner.

filialnessnoun

Quality of being filial.

filiateverb

To adopt as son or daughter.

filiationnoun

The condition of being a child of a specified parent.

Filiașiname

A village and commune of Dolj County, Romania.

Filibertoname

A surname from Italian.

filibusternoun

A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.

filibusterableadj

Susceptible to filibuster.

filibusterernoun

A person who filibusters.

filibusteringnoun

The act of one who filibusters.

filibusterismnoun

Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.

filibusterousadj

filibustering

filibustressnoun

A woman who filibusters.

filibuvirnoun

An antiviral drug.

filicaladj

Belonging to the former taxonomic class Filices (ferns).

filicicadj

Derived from ferns

filicidaladj

Of or pertaining to filicide.

filicidenoun

The killing of one's own child.

filiciformadj

Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.

filicoidnoun

Any fern-like plant.

filicologistnoun

One who studies filicology.

filicologynoun

The botanical study of ferns.

filietynoun

The relation of a son to a father; sonship

filiferousadj

Producing or constituting threads.

filiformadj

Shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.

filiformedadj

filiform

filiformlyadv

In a filiform manner.

filigranenoun

filigree

filigranedadj

Archaic form of filigreed.

filigreenoun

A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.

filinnoun

A genre that emerged in late 1940s in La Habana, influenced by the melodic and expressive style of vocal jazz.

filingnoun

Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

filing cabinetnoun

A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.

Filionname

A surname from French.

filioparentaladj

Between parent and child.

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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 121. 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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