English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 30 of 373

familiariseverb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of familiarize.

familiarismnoun

The quality of being intimate or friendly.

familiaritynoun

The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.

familiarity breeds contemptproverb

A prolonged closeness or exposure or a profound knowledge of someone or something often leads to diminished respect or appreciation.

familiarizationnoun

The act, process or result of familiarizing.

familiarizeverb

To make or become familiar with something or someone.

familiarizernoun

One who, or that which, familiarizes.

familiarlyadv

With a lack of formality:

familiarnessnoun

Quality of being familiar.

familiaryadj

Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic.

familicidaladj

Of or pertaining to familicide.

familicidenoun

The murder of an entire family by a family member.

familiedadj

That has, or is part of, a family.

familiocracynoun

A system where people are ruled by a family or by their own family groupings.

familiolectnoun

A language variety spoken within a single family.

familismnoun

The beliefs or practice of the Family of Love religious sect, active in sixteenth century England.

familistnoun

A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England.

familisticadj

Pertaining to familism.

familisticallyadv

In a familistical manner.

famille rosenoun

A type of Chinese porcelain, primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries, decorated in (chiefly pink) overglaze enamels.

familonnoun

A hypothetical Nambu–Goldstone boson arising from the spontaneous breaking of a global family symmetry that distinguishes between generations of quarks and leptons.

familynoun

A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.

family Biblenoun

A Bible handed down through a family, with each successive generation recording information about the family's history inside it.

family celebrantnoun

A person who conducts weddings, civil unions, naming ceremonies, and other celebrations of life events, but who is not a government or church official.

family circlenoun

A gallery in a theater, generally one containing inexpensive seats.

family friendnoun

An unrelated friend or familiar acquaintance of one's family.

family groupingnoun

The method in which individuals are grouped together into families that live together.

family historynoun

An extension to genealogy in which the life and times of the people concerned are investigated.

family home eveningnoun

An evening, usually Monday, set apart once a week for family activity such as lessons, games, and prayer.

family jewelsnoun

The testicles.

family mannoun

An adult male with a spouse and children to whose well-being he is dedicated.

family namenoun

Synonym of surname: a name designating a person as a member of a family.

family newspapernoun

A newspaper with editorial standards barring the publication of vulgarity or other topics not suitable for children, especially in reference to omitted or bowdlerized newspaper content.

family officenoun

A business whose function is to centralize the asset management of a large family fortune (wealth held by a family).

family resemblancenoun

Physical similarities shared between close relatives, especially between parents and children and between siblings.

family romancenoun

A romantic story about a given family.

family roofnoun

A large, old-fashioned model of umbrella.

family roomnoun

A comfortable room in a dwelling, for frequent leisure use.

family sizenoun

A size for a container of goods, among the largest sizes meant for sale to a householder consumer.

family treenoun

A diagrammatic representation of a pedigree, illustrating the connections between a person's ancestors, offspring and other relatives.

family valuernoun

Someone who strongly supports family values (especially in the right-wing euphemistic sense).

family valuesnoun

Political and social beliefs that hold the traditional nuclear family to be the essential ethical and moral unit of society.

family-friendlinessnoun

The quality of being family-friendly.

family-friendlyadj

Suitable for families consisting of parents and minor children.

family-sizedadj

Large enough for an entire family.

familygramnoun

A message sent by family members to one serving in the navy.

familyhoodnoun

The state of being a family.

familyishadj

Suitable for, or characteristic of, family.

familyismnoun

The study or promotion of familial relations.

familyistnoun

A proponent of familyism

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