English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 52 of 373

fat-solubleadj

Soluble in lipids, and in organic solvents; soluble in fats, (medicine) and therefore tending to accumulate in the fat and adipose tissue of the body.

fat-tailedadj

Having a fat tail; leptokurtic.

fat-tailed dunnartnoun

A small carnivorous marsupial, Sminthopsis crassicaudata, native to Australia.

Fataname

A surname.

Fata Morgananoun

A form of mirage seen just above the horizon, caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, in which multiple upright and inverted images of a distant object appear to be stacked on top of each other in a highly distorted fashion; especially one seen at sea, and particularly in the Strait of Messina.

Fatahname

A major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

fataladj

Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.

fatal system errornoun

An error that occurs when an operating system halts, because it has reached a condition where it can no longer operate safely.

fatalismnoun

The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.

fatalistnoun

One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity; a person who believes in fatalism.

fatalisticadj

Of or pertaining to fatalism.

fatalisticallyadv

In a fatalistic manner.

fatalitynoun

The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.

fatalizeverb

To make fatal or deadly.

fatalizernoun

One who fatalizes.

fatallyadv

In a deadly manner; lethally.

fatalnessnoun

The quality of being fatal; deadliness.

fatassedadj

fat, obese, having a fat rear

fatawanoun

plural of fatwa

fatayernoun

Savory pie sandwich famous in Arab and Middle Eastern countries that is stuffed with item(s) such as meat, cheese, spinach, halloumi, or labna.

fatbacknoun

A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard

fatbeardnoun

A stereotypical overweight and bearded white male.

fatbergnoun

A large accumulation of fat and discarded toiletries which clogs sewers.

fatburgernoun

A hamburger made with extremely fatty meat.

fatbuttnoun

An overweight person.

fatchanoun

A face.

fatenoun

The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

fate-fraughtadj

Alternative spelling of fatefraught.

fatedadj

Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.

fatedlyadv

In a fated, foreordained or predetermined manner; in a way established in advance by fate.

fatednessnoun

The quality of being fated; destiny.

fatefraughtadj

fateful

fatefuladj

Momentous, significant, setting or sealing one’s fate.

fatefullyadv

In a fateful manner.

fatefulnessnoun

The quality of being fateful

Fatehname

A surname from Arabic.

Fatehgarh Sahibname

A city in Punjab, India, prominent in Sikh history.

Fatehpurname

The name of various cities and towns, including

Fatehpur Sikriname

A town in India

fatelessadj

Devoid of fate.

fatelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of fate.

Fatesname

Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis; supernatural beings who controlled the destiny of men and of the gods.

fatesomeadj

Characterised or marked by fate; fateful

FATFname

Initialism of Financial Action Task Force: an intergovernmental body established by the G7 Summit in 1989 to combat money laundering and (more recently) the financing of terrorism.

fatfacenoun

Someone with a fat face.

fatfluencernoun

An influencer who primarily creates content related to the acceptance of being overweight.

fatfucknoun

A contemptible obese person.

fatfurnoun

A furry who is overweight, whether chubby or obese, sometimes as the object of paraphilic arousal.

fatgraphnoun

A combinatorial object representing the geometry of a protein.

fathanoun

In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/.

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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 52. 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.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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