English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 5 of 373

Famaname

The Roman equivalent of the Greek Pheme, a personification of fame and renown.

famenoun

Something said or reported; gossip, rumour.

famedadj

Having fame; famous or noted.

Famicomnoun

A Family Computer (chiefly those available within Japan).

familianoun

A household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit.

familialadj

Of or pertaining to a human family.

familiaradj

Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.

familiariseverb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of familiarize.

familiaritynoun

The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.

familiarizationnoun

The act, process or result of familiarizing.

familiarizeverb

To make or become familiar with something or someone.

familiarlyadv

With a lack of formality:

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.

faminenoun

Extreme shortage of food in a region.

famishedverb

simple past and past participle of famish

famousadj

Well known.

famouslyadv

In a celebrated manner.

fannoun

A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.

fanartnoun

Artwork created unofficially by fans of a media work and based on that work.

fanaticadj

Fanatical.

fanaticaladj

Having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause.

fanaticallyadv

In a fanatical manner; with extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm.

fanaticismnoun

The characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.

fanbasenoun

Alternative form of fan base.

fanboynoun

A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).

FANBOYSnoun

Acronym used to remember the coordinating conjunctions for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

fanciedadj

Existing only in the fancy (“imagination”); imaginary, imagined.

fanciernoun

One who fancies; a person with a special interest, attraction or liking for something.

fanciesnoun

plural of fancy

fancifuladj

Imaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.

fanclubnoun

Alternative form of fan club.

fancynoun

The imagination.

fancyingnoun

Something fancied or imagined.

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).

fandomnoun

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

fanenoun

A weathercock, a weather vane.

Faneuilname

A surname from French.

fanfarenoun

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

fanfestnoun

An event held for fans.

fanficnoun

Fan fiction.

fanfictionnoun

Alternative spelling of fan fiction.

fangnoun

A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.

fangedadj

Equipped with fangs.

fangirlnoun

A female fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media).

Faniname

A female given name.

fannedverb

simple past and past participle of fan

fanningverb

present participle and gerund of fan

Fannyname

A diminutive of the female given name Frances, itself also becoming a given name.

Fanoname

An ethnonationalist Amhara militia and former protest movement in Ethiopia.

fanonnoun

A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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 5. 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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