English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 2 of 373

f@ggotnoun

Censored spelling of faggot (“a gay man”).

f`num``num`kadv

Censored spelling of fuck.

fanoun

A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.

fa cainoun

Alternative form of fat choy.

FA Cupname

The most prestigious cup competition held every season between clubs in the English leagues.

fa'afafinenoun

A Samoan whose gender is neither male nor female, being biologically male but preferring (or being raised for) traditionally female duties and tasks.

FAAname

Initialism of Federal Aviation Administration (agency regulating U.S. aviation).

FAABadj

Initialism of female assigned at birth.

faaladj

Ugly; foul; evil.

faannoun

A fan who is more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom.

faan fictionnoun

Fiction about fans and fandom created by members of fandom, incorporating real or fictional members of fandom as characters.

FAANGnoun

One or more of the technology companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google.

faanishadj

More interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom; of or pertaining to faans.

faanishnessnoun

Being more interested in fandom than in the subject of that fandom; the quality, state or characteristic of being a faan.

Faasname

A surname.

Faassenname

A surname from Dutch.

fabadj

Fabulous (great or spectacular).

Fab Fourname

The Beatles.

fabaceanadj

Of or pertaining to the family Fabaceae.

fabaceousadj

Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.

Fabachername

A surname from German.

fabadanoun

A dish from Asturias, made of white beans, pork products, chorizo and various other ingredients.

fabavirusnoun

Any of several viruses, of the genus Fabavirus, that are transmitted by aphids, and cause wilt in broad beans and similar plants

fabbernoun

A small manufacturing plant able to make solid three-dimensional objects based on digital data.

fabboadj

fabulous, excellent

fabbyadj

fabulous, very good, excellent

fabeadj

Fantastic; great.

fabellanoun

One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.

fabellectomynoun

Surgical removal or excision of the fabella.

fabellofemoraladj

Relating to the fabella and femur.

fabellofibularadj

Relating to the fabella and fibula.

fabellopatellaradj

Relating to the fabella and patella.

fabellotibialadj

Relating to a fabella and a tibia

Fabername

A surname.

Fabergéname

A surname.

faberooadj

fabulous, excellent

Faberryname

The ship of characters Quinn Fabray and Rachel Berry from the television series Glee.

fabes con amasuelesnoun

A dish from Asturias, made of white beans and clams.

fabesetronnoun

A serotonin antagonist.

Fabianadj

Pertaining to or reminiscent of Roman general Fabius Maximus, whose tactics against Hannibal during the Second Punic War famously consisted of delaying or avoiding combat, focusing instead on weakening the enemy by cutting off supply lines.

Fabianismnoun

The implementation of social reform through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution.

Fabianistnoun

A supporter of Fabianism.

fabianitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.

fabidsnoun

Introduced as a more user-friendly alternate for eurosids I.

Fabiennename

A female given name from French.

fabiformadj

Shaped like a bean

Fabioname

A surname.

Fabiusname

A male given name from Latin, of historical use in English.

fablenoun

A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.

fabledadj

Known only in fables; fictitious.

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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 2. 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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