English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 155 of 373

Fitzpatrickname

A patrilineal surname transferred from the given name.

Fitzpatrick scalename

A numerical classification schema for human skin color.

Fitzrovianame

A district of central London, on the border of the boroughs of Westminster and Camden.

Fitzroyname

A patrilineal surname from Anglo-Norman.

Fitzwilliamname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Fitzwilliamitenoun

A supporter of whig leader William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, especially his views on the need for parliamentary reform and Catholic emancipation.

fiumaranoun

A flooded river (or its riverbed), especially one running down from a mountain.

Fiumename

Synonym of Rijeka, a city in Croatia.

Fiumianadj

Of or pertaining to Fiume.

fivenum

A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.

five aggregatesnoun

five skandhas (aggregates) of being

Five Allsname

The name of many pubs.

five and ninenoun

Basic facial greasepaint makeup.

Five Boroughsname

Synonym of New York City.

Five Churchesname

Pécs.

Five Eyesname

An alliance of the intelligence agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

five figuresnoun

An unspecified amount of money ranging from 10,000 to 99,999 dollars or other unit of currency.

five fingernoun

Pseudopanax arboreus, a New Zealand tree with compound leaves with five to seven 'fingers' and thick, leathery leaves with large teeth. A small, many-branched, round-headed tree with thick, brittle, spreading branches.

five hundrednum

The cardinal number occurring after four hundred ninety-nine and before five hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 500. Ordinal: five-hundredth.

Five Islandsname

An archipelago of Trinidad and Tobago.

five mineral powdernoun

Synonym of cold food powder.

five o'clocknoun

The start of the sixth hour of the day; 5:00 a.m. (05:00).

five o'clock shadownoun

A dark appearance on a man's chin and face caused by the slight growth of beard that has occurred since he shaved in the morning.

Five Phasesnoun

Synonym of wuxing.

Five Preceptsname

Five precepts

five thousandnum

cardinal number between four thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and five thousand and one

five W'snoun

The questions who, what, when, where and why, useful in gathering information and solving problems.

Five Waysname

A small village in Shrewley parish and Beausale, Haseley, Honiley and Wroxall parish, Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2269).

five will get you tenphrase

I strongly believe.

five-alarmadj

The highest priority category of a multialarm fire.

five-and-dimenoun

A store selling inexpensive items.

five-and-tennoun

A five-and-dime.

five-and-twentynum

Twenty-five.

five-barred gatenoun

A wide, usually wooden gate consisting of five horizontal bars and one or more diagonal braces, typically used as a field gate for livestock or as an entrance to a rural driveway.

five-by-fiveadj

Loud and clear.

five-day weeknoun

A working week of five days, the remaining two days in the week being rest days.

five-dimensionallyadv

In a five-dimensional way or manner.

five-finger discountnoun

Theft or pilferage, typically of a small item; shoplifting.

five-finger exercisenoun

A musical composition for the piano, designed to require the use of all the fingers of the hand for the purpose of skill development.

five-foot waynoun

A roofed continuous walkway commonly found in front of shops and sometimes used for commercial activity.

five-fornoun

The feat of a bowler taking five wickets in one innings

five-holenoun

The space between a goaltender's legs.

five-leggedadj

Having five legs.

five-minute hypothesisnoun

The skeptical hypothesis that the world came into existence, with all apparent signs of history and the past fully-formed, only five minutes ago.

five-ninenoun

A 5.9-inch artillery shell of the kind used by Germany in World War I.

five-onoun

The police.

five-pointernoun

A five-point Calvinist.

five-second rulenoun

Any rule that allows or prohibits certain behavior for five seconds after some event, especially:

five-sixnoun

A moneylending scheme stereotypically associated with Indian nationals, especially Punjabis, in the Philippines.

five-sixthsnoun

Five of six equal parts (5/6, ⅚, 0.8333…).

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 155. 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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