English Words: F
18,613 words · Page 131 of 373
A smaller-scale version of tutting, which uses the fingers, or in some cases the whole arm.
To move the index finger horizontally back and forth, as to say no or reject something.
To use one or more fingers to stimulate another individual's vulva, vagina, or anus for sexual pleasure.
One who uses one or more fingers to stimulate another person's vulva, vagina, or anus for sexual stimulation; one who fingerbangs.
A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.
A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.
A 2015 controversy around a video, later found to be doctored, allegedly showing Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis making an obscene hand gesture to punctuate his comments about the financial relationship of Greece and Germany during a lecture in Croatia in 2013.
Any device or mechanism designed to prevent the fingers becoming trapped or injured, as in a closing door or a machine.
A very rare triclinic-pinacoidal black mineral containing copper, oxygen, and vanadium.
The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
A type of plectrum that clips on to, or wraps around the end of the fingers and thumb.
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 131. 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.
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