English Words: F
18,613 words · Page 142 of 373
A piece of high-carbon steel used for striking a spark, usually kept in a tinderbox with flint and tinder.
Synonym of firebreak (“area cleared of flammable material to prevent fire from spreading”).
A building that is dangerously flammable and/or has limited emergency exits in which people would be trapped in the event of a fire.
A fireproof barrier used to prevent the spread of fire between or through buildings, structures, electrical substation transformers, or within an aircraft or vehicle.
High-proof alcoholic beverage, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).
A perennial herbaceous plant (Epilobium angustifolium or Chamaenerion angustifolium) in the willowherb family Onagraceae.
Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.
The rape of a woman by bandits as she forages for necessities outside of a Darfur refugee camp.
A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.
Genuine delight or pride in another person's achievement or in something good that has happened or may happen to another person.
The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle.
A set of aiming and guidance directions that, when input into a weapon, allow it to hit a specific target.
A varying measure of capacity, usually being a quarter of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.
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 142. 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.