English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 4 of 373

faknoun

Alternative form of fuck.

fakeadj

Not real; false, fraudulent.

fakedverb

simple past and past participle of fake

fakernoun

One who fakes something.

fakerynoun

Fraud or forgery, or an individual instance of this.

fakesnoun

plural of fake

fakingnoun

The act of something being faked.

fakirnoun

A faqir, owning no personal property and usually living solely off alms.

falverb

Obsolete spelling of fall.

falafelnoun

A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita.

falchionnoun

A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.

falciparumnoun

The parasitic protozoan Plasmodium falciparum that causes falciparum malaria

Falconame

A surname from the Romance languages.

falconnoun

Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.

Falconename

A surname from Italian.

falconernoun

A person who breeds or trains hawks or other birds of prey.

falconrynoun

The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks.

Falkname

A surname.

Falkirkname

A town in Falkirk council area, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, originally in Stirlingshire.

Falklandname

A village and former royal burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2507).

Falklandsname

Ellipsis of Falkland Islands: An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic.

Falknername

A surname originating as an occupation.

fallverb

To be moved downwards.

fallaciousadj

Characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.

fallacynoun

Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.

fallbacknoun

An act of falling back.

fallenverb

past participle of fall

fallernoun

One who falls.

fallibilitynoun

The state of being prone to error.

fallibleadj

Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.

fallingverb

present participle and gerund of fall

Fallonname

A surname from Irish.

Fallopianadj

Discovered (reputedly) by Fallopius (mainly as in Fallopian tube).

falloutnoun

The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.

fallownoun

Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.

Fallowsname

A surname.

fallsnoun

A waterfall.

Fallujahname

A city in Al Anbar governorate, Iraq.

Falmouthname

A town, port, and civil parish with a town council in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8132).

falseadj

Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

falsehoodnoun

The property of being false.

falselyadv

In a false manner.

falsettonoun

The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register.

falsificationnoun

The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

falsifyverb

To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.

falsitynoun

Something that is false; an untrue assertion.

Falstaffnoun

A fat and jolly knight.

falternoun

An unsteadiness.

falteringadj

hesitant, halting

famnoun

Clipping of family.

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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 4. 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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