English Words: F

18,613 words · Page 97 of 373

festive seasonnoun

The period around Christmas and New Year.

festivelyadv

In a festive manner

festivenessnoun

The quality of being festive; festivity

festivitynoun

A festival or similar celebration.

festivousadj

Pertaining to a feast; festive.

Festivusname

A nondenominational holiday featured in a Seinfeld episode, now celebrated (seriously or otherwise) on December 23rd.

festoonnoun

An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.

festoonernoun

One who festoons.

festoonerynoun

That which is festooned; hanging ornamentation.

festooningnoun

Material with which something is festooned.

festoonyadj

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling festoons.

festschriftnoun

A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person (often on their birthday).

festucineadj

Of a straw colour; greenish-yellow.

festuclavinenoun

A particular ergoline fungal isolate.

festucousadj

Formed of, consisting of, or similar to, straw.

festuenoun

A straw; a fescue.

Festusname

A city in Missouri.

festyadj

Disgusting.

FETname

Ellipsis of FET y de las JONS, a political party in Francoist Spain.

fetanoun

A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.

fetaladj

Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.

fetal positionnoun

The location of the fetus inside a womb.

fetallyadv

In a fetal fashion; in the manner of a fetus

fetchverb

To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.

fetch and carryverb

To serve obsequiously.

fetch awayverb

To move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away (from) a given position.

fetch candlenoun

A mysterious light, which, when seen at night, was believed to foretell a person's death.

fetch upverb

To arrive somewhere, especially unexpectedly.

fetch wayverb

To move from the proper place; to come loose.

fetchableadj

Capable of being fetched.

fetchernoun

A person or thing that fetches something

fetchesverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fetch

fetchestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of fetch

fetchethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fetch

fetchingadj

Attractive; pleasant to regard.

fetchinglyadv

In a fetching manner

fetchingnessnoun

Quality of being fetching or attractive.

fetchtverb

Alternative form of fetched.

fetchyadj

Characterised by fetching; (by extension) alluring, attractive, good looking

fetenoun

A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.

Feteștiname

A city in Ialomița County, Romania.

Fethardname

A small town in County Tipperary, Ireland.

Fetherolfname

A surname.

Fethersonname

A surname.

fetialnoun

A member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations.

fetialesnoun

plural of fetialis.

fetialisnoun

A fetial.

fetiasitenoun

A monoclinic-prismatic creamy white mineral containing arsenic, iron, oxygen, and titanium.

fetichnoun

Dated form of fetish.

fetichismnoun

Archaic form of fetishism.

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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 97. 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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