| estrogen | (noun) a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics | Synonyms: oestrogen |
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| etagere | (noun) a piece of furniture with open shelves for displaying small ornaments | - |
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| eugenics | (noun) the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating) | - |
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| evangel | (noun) the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings | Synonyms: Gospel, Gospels |
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| evangelicalism | (noun) stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation | - |
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| evangelism | (noun) zealous preaching and advocacy of the gospel | - |
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| evangelist | (noun) a preacher of the Christian gospel | Synonyms: gospeler, gospeller, revivalist |
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| exaggeration | (noun) the act of making something more noticeable than usual | - |
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| (noun) making to seem more important than it really is | Synonyms: magnification, overstatement |
| (noun) extravagant exaggeration | Synonyms: hyperbole |
| exchange | (noun) reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries) | Synonyms: interchange |
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| (noun) the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: | Synonyms: commutation, substitution |
| (noun) the act of changing one thing for another thing | Synonyms: interchange |
| (noun) the act of giving something in return for something received | - |
| (noun) (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value | - |
| (noun) (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop | - |
| (noun) (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes | Synonyms: rally |
| (noun) a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members | - |
| (noun) a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication | Synonyms: central, telephone exchange |
| (noun) a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one) | - |
| (noun) chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another | - |
| exchangeability | (noun) the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange | Synonyms: fungibility, interchangeability, interchangeableness |
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| exchanger | (noun) one whose business is to exchange the money of one country for that of another country | Synonyms: money changer |
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| exegesis | (noun) an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible) | - |
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| exegete | (noun) a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts) | - |
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| exigency | (noun) a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action | Synonyms: emergency, pinch |
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| (noun) a pressing or urgent situation | - |
| (noun) that which is required in a particular situation —usually used in plural. | - |
| exogen | (noun) flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | Synonyms: dicot, dicotyledon, magnoliopsid |
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| expressage | (noun) rapid transport of goods | Synonyms: express |
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| fashionmonger | (noun) someone who advises you about fashionable clothing | Synonyms: fashion consultant |
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| featheredge | (noun) a thin tapering edge | - |
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| febrifuge | (noun) any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever | Synonyms: antipyretic |
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| fibrinogen | (noun) a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots | Synonyms: factor I |
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| fibrocartilage | (noun) cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue | - |
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| fidget | (noun) a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion | Synonyms: fidgetiness, restlessness |
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| fidgetiness | (noun) a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion | Synonyms: fidget, restlessness |
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| figeater | (noun) large greenish June beetle of southern United States | Synonyms: green June beetle |
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| finger | (noun) one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb | - |
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| (noun) any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb) | - |
| (noun) the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure | Synonyms: digit, finger's breadth, fingerbreadth |
| fingerboard | (noun) a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers | - |
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| (noun) a bank of keys on a musical instrument | Synonyms: clavier, piano keyboard |
| (noun) a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger | Synonyms: fingerpost |
| fingerbreadth | (noun) the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure | Synonyms: digit, finger's breadth, finger |
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| fingerflower | (noun) tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock | Synonyms: common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerroot |
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| fingering | (noun) touching something with the fingers | - |
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| (noun) the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument | - |
| fingerling | (noun) a young or small fish | - |
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| fingermark | (noun) a smudge made by a (dirty) finger | Synonyms: fingerprint |
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| fingernail | (noun) the nail at the end of a finger | - |
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| fingerpaint | (noun) paint that has the consistency of jelly | Synonyms: finger paint |
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| fingerpointing | (noun) the imputation of blame | Synonyms: finger-pointing |
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| fingerpost | (noun) a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger | Synonyms: fingerboard |
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| fingerprint | (noun) a smudge made by a (dirty) finger | Synonyms: fingermark |
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| (noun) a generic term for any identifying characteristic | - |
| (noun) a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations | - |
| fingerprinting | (noun) the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification | - |
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| fingerroot | (noun) tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock | Synonyms: common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerflower |
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| fingerspelling | (noun) an alphabet of manual signs | Synonyms: finger spelling |
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| fingerstall | (noun) a sheath worn to protect a finger | Synonyms: cot |
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| fingertip | (noun) the end (tip) of a finger | - |
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| fishmonger | (noun) someone who sells fish | Synonyms: fishwife |
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| flagellant | (noun) a person who whips himself as a religious penance | - |
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| (noun) a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification | - |
| flagellate | (noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals | Synonyms: flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore |
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| flagellation | (noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | Synonyms: flogging, lashing, tanning, whipping |
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| (noun) beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation | - |
| flagellum | (noun) a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa) | - |
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| (noun) a whip used to inflict punishment | Synonyms: scourge |
| flageolet | (noun) a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes | Synonyms: shepherd's pipe, treble recorder |
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| (noun) a French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried | Synonyms: haricot |
| flange | (noun) a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object | Synonyms: rim |
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| fledgeling | (noun) young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying | Synonyms: fledgling |
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| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
| flogger | (noun) a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders) | Synonyms: scourger |
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| flowage | (noun) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing | Synonyms: flood |
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| (noun) a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area | - |
| (noun) gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat) | - |
| fluegelhorn | (noun) a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore | Synonyms: flugelhorn |
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| flugelhorn | (noun) a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore | Synonyms: fluegelhorn |
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| flybridge | (noun) the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house | Synonyms: fly bridge, flying bridge, monkey bridge |
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| fogey | (noun) someone whose style is out of fashion | Synonyms: dodo, fogy, fossil |
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| foliage | (noun) (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament | Synonyms: foliation |
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| (noun) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants | Synonyms: leaf, leafage |
| footage | (noun) film that has been shot | - |
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| (noun) a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done | - |
| footbridge | (noun) a bridge designed for pedestrians | Synonyms: overcrossing, pedestrian bridge |
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| footgear | (noun) covering for a person's feet | Synonyms: footwear |
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| footslogger | (noun) fights on foot with small arms | Synonyms: foot soldier, infantryman, marcher |
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| forage | (noun) the act of searching for food and provisions | Synonyms: foraging |
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| (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, grass, pasturage, pasture |
| forager | (noun) someone who hunts for food and provisions | - |
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| forecarriage | (noun) a small wheeled carriage attached under the front end of a plow beam. | Synonyms: fore carriage, wheeled forecarriage |
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| foredge | (noun) the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine | Synonyms: fore edge |
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| forefinger | (noun) the finger next to the thumb | Synonyms: index, index finger |
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| foreknowledge | (noun) knowledge of an event before it occurs | Synonyms: precognition |
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| forestage | (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) | Synonyms: apron, proscenium |
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| forge | (noun) a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering | Synonyms: smithy |
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| (noun) furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping | - |
| forger | (noun) someone who operates a forge | - |
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| (noun) someone who makes copies illegally | Synonyms: counterfeiter |
| forgery | (noun) criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud | - |
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| (noun) a copy that is represented as the original | Synonyms: counterfeit |
| forgetfulness | (noun) tendency to forget | - |
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| (noun) unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember | - |
| fosterage | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
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| (noun) encouragement; aiding the development of something | Synonyms: fostering |
| freightage | (noun) transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates | Synonyms: freight |
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| (noun) the charge for transporting something by common carrier | Synonyms: freight, freight rate |
| fridge | (noun) a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor | Synonyms: electric refrigerator |
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| fringe | (noun) an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels | - |
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| (noun) a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead | Synonyms: bang |
| (noun) a social group holding marginal or extreme views | - |
| (noun) a part of the city far removed from the center | Synonyms: outskirt |
| (noun) one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light | Synonyms: interference fringe |
| (noun) the outside boundary or surface of something | Synonyms: outer boundary, periphery |
| fringepod | (noun) annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles | Synonyms: lacepod |
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| frontage | (noun) the face or front of a building | Synonyms: facade, frontal |
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| (noun) the extent of land abutting on a street or water | - |
| (noun) the direction in which something (such as a building) faces | - |
| frottage | (noun) masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd) | - |
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| fruitage | (noun) the yield of fruit | - |
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| fudge | (noun) soft creamy candy | - |
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| fuselage | (noun) the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo) | - |
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| gadget | (noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gismo, gizmo, widget |
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| gadgeteer | (noun) a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets | - |
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| gadgetry | (noun) appliances collectively | - |
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| gage | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. | Synonyms: gauge |
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| (noun) street names for marijuana | Synonyms: dope, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed |
| gamboge | (noun) a strong yellow color | Synonyms: lemon, lemon yellow, maize |
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| (noun) a gum resin used as a yellow pigment and a purgative | - |
| gametogenesis | (noun) the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis | - |
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| ganger | (noun) the foreman of a work gang | - |
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| garage | (noun) an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles | - |
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| (noun) a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired | Synonyms: service department |
| garbage | (noun) a receptacle where waste can be discarded | - |
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| (noun) a worthless message | Synonyms: drivel |
| (noun) food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) | Synonyms: food waste, refuse, scraps |
| garbageman | (noun) someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse | Synonyms: dustman, garbage carter, garbage collector, garbage hauler, garbage man, refuse collector |
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| garget | (noun) tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous | Synonyms: Phytolacca americana, pigeon berry, poke, scoke |
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| gastrogavage | (noun) feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening | - |
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| gauge | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. | Synonyms: gage |
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| (noun) the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train | - |
| (noun) the thickness of wire | - |
| (noun) diameter of a tube or gun barrel | Synonyms: bore, caliber, calibre |
| (noun) accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared | Synonyms: standard of measurement |
| gavage | (noun) feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat | Synonyms: forced feeding |
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| gean | (noun) wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting | Synonyms: mazzard, mazzard cherry |
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| gear | (noun) a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Synonyms: cogwheel, gear wheel, geared wheel |
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| (noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | Synonyms: appurtenance, paraphernalia |
| (noun) wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed | Synonyms: gearing, geartrain, power train, train |
| (noun) a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) | Synonyms: gear mechanism |
| gearbox | (noun) the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed | Synonyms: gear box, gear case |
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| gearing | (noun) wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed | Synonyms: gear, geartrain, power train, train |
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| gearmotor | (noun) a motor combined with a set of speed-reducing gears. | - |
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