A technique to treat infants' sleep problems, involving teaching the infant to soothe itself by allowing it to cry for a period of time before external comfort is offered.

ferberitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tungsten.

ferberiticadj

Containing or relating to the mineral ferberite.

Ferberizationnoun

The use of the Ferber method.

Ferberizeverb

To use the Ferber method on (an infant).

ferbileadj

Misspelling of febrile.

ferdnoun

A journey, voyage.

Ferdiename

A diminutive of the male given name Ferdinand.

Ferdigname

A surname from German.

Ferdinandname

A male given name from the Germanic languages, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but seldom popular in English.

Ferdinand E. Marcosname

A barangay of Calubian, Leyte, Philippines.

Ferdinandianadj

Of or relating to the Shakespearean character Ferdinand.

ferdingnoun

A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book, supposed to have consisted of a few acres.

Ferdowsiname

Persian poet, author of the Shahnameh

ferenoun

A companion, comrade or friend.

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 86. 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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