English Words: F
18,613 words · Page 141 of 373
A pan for holding or conveying fire, especially (firearms) the receptacle for the priming of a gun.
Silene virginica, a brilliant red wildflower of eastern North America in the family Caryophyllaceae.
A pit dug in the ground, or constructed from stones, in which a fire is made, principally for cooking.
A fixed metal pole, installed in a multi-storey building or firehouse, that allows the occupants to quickly descend floors.
A small opening in the armor or wall of a fortification, vehicle, or ship, designed for firing weapons while providing protection to the shooter.
A boundary between places in which a wildfire would move in different directions; a boundary between fireplains.
A wooden ship set alight and then sent floating into an enemy flotilla, with the aim of spreading the fire among them.
A traditional practice of the Aboriginal people of Australia whereby areas of bushland or other vegetation would be deliberately set on fire at various times in order to promote new growth.
The stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen.
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 141. 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.