English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 126 of 373

filterplatenoun

An array of filters, each of which typically uses flat filter papers

filtersetnoun

A set of filters (in several different contexts)

filtertopnoun

The top section of an animal cage, such as a microisolator, that incorporates a filter.

filterwarenoun

Software that filters out objectionable material.

filthnoun

Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.

Filthadelphianame

Philadelphia, depicting the city as a filthy place.

filthenverb

To cover with filth; besmut; besmirch; make filthy.

filthiestadj

superlative form of filthy: most filthy

filthifyverb

To make something filthy.

filthilyadv

in a filthy manner

filthinessnoun

The property of being filthy.

filthlessadj

Free of filth; clean; pure.

filthmongernoun

A purveyor of filth or obscenity.

filthyadj

Covered with filth; very dirty.

filthy lucrenoun

Money, especially if obtained dishonestly.

filthy richadj

Very rich (wealthy).

filtrandnoun

The material removed by a filter.

filtratenoun

The liquid or solution that has passed through a filter, and which has been separated from other fractions of the original material.

filtrationnoun

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

filtridenoun

The substance which remains on the filter after the filtrate passes through it.

filumnoun

a filamentous anatomical structure

Filyawname

A surname from French.

fimasartannoun

An angiotensin II receptor antagonist.

fimbleverb

To fumble; do (anything) imperfectly or irresolutely.

fimbrianoun

A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe.

fimbriaenoun

plural of fimbria

fimbrialadj

Of or pertaining to the fimbriae

fimbriallyadv

In a fimbrial manner.

fimbriateverb

To fringe; to hem.

fimbriatedverb

simple past and past participle of fimbriate

fimbriationnoun

The use of a thin stripe of a contrasting tincture (colour) around a charge, ordinary or stripe in order to make it stand out from the background.

fimbricateadj

fringed; jagged; fimbriate

fimbrillinnoun

Any of a class of subunit proteins in the fimbria of some bacteria

fimbriomenoun

All the fimbriae of an organism

fimetariousadj

Growing on dung.

fimeticadj

Of or pertaining to dung

fimicolousadj

Inhabiting dung.

finnoun

One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.

fin de siècleadj

Pertaining to the close of the 19th century, usually suggesting a literary and artistic climate of modernism, world-weariness, and self-indulgence.

fin grippernoun

A gripper designed to act similarly to how a fish fin wraps around an object that pushes into it

fin whalenoun

A whale of the rorqual family (Balaenoptera physalus).

fin-footedadj

webfooted

fin-likeadj

Alternative form of finlike.

finacontraction

African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

finableadj

Punishable by a fine.

finagleverb

To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.

Finagle's lawname

An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will at the worst possible moment.

finaglernoun

A person who finagles; a cheat or swindler

finaglingnoun

The act of cheating or swindling.

finalnoun

A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.

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