English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 33 of 373

fancinessnoun

The property of being fancy.

fanclubnoun

Alternative form of fan club.

fancomicnoun

An unofficial comic based on an existing media property, created by fans and typically without the copyright owner's permission.

Fanconi anemianoun

A rare genetic disease typically leading to acute myelogenous leukemia, and often accompanied by congenital defects such as short stature, abnormalities of the skin, arms, head, eyes, kidneys, and ears, and developmental disabilities.

Fanconi syndromenoun

A disease of the proximal renal tubules of the kidney in which glucose, amino acids, uric acid, phosphate and bicarbonate are passed into the urine, instead of being reabsorbed.

fancopnoun

A fan who habitually tries to control others' fannish activity.

fancruftnoun

Trivial or excessively detailed information on a work of fiction added by fans to a general-interest wiki.

fancynoun

The imagination.

fancy dressnoun

A costume, disguise to masquerade as something or someone else.

fancy fairnoun

A fair at which mostly decorative articles are sold, generally for charitable ends.

fancy housenoun

A brothel.

fancy mannoun

Synonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”).

fancy mousenoun

A domesticated mouse, usually a house mouse (Mus musculus), common as a pet.

fancy one's chancesverb

To believe that one has a good chance of success.

fancy ratnoun

A domesticated brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), common as a pet.

fancy stitchnoun

A stitch for decorative or detailing purposes only.

fancy-freeadj

Free of commitments or obligations

fancy-pantsnoun

Alternative spelling of fancy pants.

fancy-schmancyadj

Synonym of schmancy.

fancy-shmancyadj

Alternative spelling of fancy-schmancy.

fancyingnoun

Something fancied or imagined.

fancymongernoun

A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.

fancypantsnoun

Alternative form of fancy pants.

fancyworknoun

Decorative embroidery.

Fandname

A fairy and the wife of Manannán mac Lir and later the lover of Cúchulainn.

fandabidoziadj

Very good.

fandanglenoun

A piece of nonsense or foolishness.

fandangonoun

A form of lively flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina).

fandemoniumnoun

Furor caused by or involving fans.

Fandinoname

A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician].

fandomnoun

The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group.

fandom bicyclenoun

A character who is shipped with many other characters.

fandom Frollonoun

One who moralises within a fandom space, especially over sexual content and shipping.

fandomentalistnoun

One who moralises within a fandom space, especially over sexual content and shipping.

fandomtwtnoun

The active online communities of fans on X (formerly Twitter).

fandosentannoun

An endothelin receptor A antagonist.

Fandrichname

A surname from German.

fandubnoun

A foreign language film or television show that has been dubbed into the local language by fans, amateurs or enthusiasts rather than by professional actors and actresses.

fandubbernoun

one who fandubs, a person that produces fandubbings

fandubbingnoun

fandub

fandumbnoun

Fandom, especially one considered unintelligent or irrational.

fanenoun

A weathercock, a weather vane.

fanednoun

The editor of a fandom publication, most commonly a fanzine.

faneganoun

A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, chiefly used for grain and roughly equivalent to a bushel.

fanegadanoun

Synonym of fanega (“traditional Spanish unit of volume, mass, or land area”).

Fanelliname

A surname from Italian.

Faneuilname

A surname from French.

Fanfanname

A surname.

fanfarenoun

A flourish of trumpets or horns as to announce; a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.

fanfaredadj

Characterized by fanfares.

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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 33. 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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