English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 189 of 373

floodproneadj

That is prone (liable) to flooding

floodproofadj

Resistant to flooding.

floodsnoun

plural of flood

floodtimenoun

A time (often an annual season) during which an area is flooded; the season when a river floods its banks.

floodwallnoun

A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood

floodwaternoun

The water of a flood.

floodwaynoun

An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.

floodyadj

Pertaining to or characteristic of a flood or flooding

flooeyadj

Drunk.

floofverb

To make something fluffy; to fluff (up).

floofernoun

An animal, especially a fluffy or big animal, and/or a dog.

floofinessnoun

The quality of being floofy.

floofyadj

Feathery; puffy, light, airy or windswept.

floogynoun

Alternative form of floozie.

flooieadj

Alternative form of flooey.

flooknoun

Obsolete form of fluke (“blade at the end of an anchor”).

floornoun

The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.

floor managernoun

A manager who works on the shop floor and may directly interact with customers.

floor matnoun

Alternative form of floormat.

floor one could eat offnoun

An extremely clean floor.

floor pianonoun

A large, flat novelty electronic piano-style keyboard played by stepping on the keys.

floor plannoun

A diagram, usually to scale, showing the layout of a building.

floor spacenoun

Alternative form of floorspace.

floor-fillernoun

A music track that is likely to encourage people to dance when played at a club, etc.

floor-walkernoun

An employee in a large shop (especially a department store) who supervises sales staff and assists customers.

flooragenoun

floorspace

floorballnoun

An indoor ball game played with a stick like hockey.

floorboardnoun

Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.

floorboardingnoun

The floorboards in a building or part thereof.

floorcarenoun

The care and maintenance of floors and carpets.

floorcestnoun

Sexual involvement between students residing in the same dormitory and the same floor.

floorclothnoun

A cloth, normally of flannel, used for cleaning floors.

floorcoveringnoun

A covering for a floor.

floordrobenoun

Clothing strewn on the floor.

floorernoun

Someone who floors, lays flooring.

floorfulnoun

A quantity that fills or covers a floor.

floorgripnoun

A device used to steady firing and counter the effects of recoil, resulting in far more accurate fire when shooting in full auto mode. It can be incorporated in some rifles as part of the Rail Integration System.

floorhandnoun

A junior worker on an oil rig, responsible for general labour and maintenance, usually more specialized tasks than those of a leasehand.

floorheadnoun

Any of the upper extremities of the floor of a vessel.

flooringnoun

A floor.

floorlengthadj

Alternative form of floor-length.

floorlessadj

Lacking a floor.

floorlessnessnoun

Absence of a floor.

floorletnoun

A component of an interest rate floor, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from falling below an agreed level (the "floor"). Each floorlet, analysable as a put option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate floor is made up of a series of consecutive floorlets.

floorlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a floor.

floormannoun

One who works on the shop floor of a retail establishment.

floormatnoun

A mat that is laid on the floor.

floormatenoun

A person with whom one shares a floor in a building.

floorpannoun

A large sheet-metal stamping, often incorporating smaller welded stampings, that forms the floor of a large vehicle and the position of its external and structural panels.

floorpersonnoun

The person who works the floor (deals with customers), a floor manager.

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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 189. 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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