| flatus | (noun) a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus | Synonyms: breaking wind, fart, farting, wind |
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| floriculture | (noun) the cultivation of flowering plants | Synonyms: flower gardening |
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| fluctuation | (noun) the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes | Synonyms: wavering |
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| (noun) an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change | Synonyms: variation |
| (noun) a wave motion | - |
| foetus | (noun) an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal | Synonyms: fetus |
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| foodstuff | (noun) (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer | Synonyms: grocery |
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| (noun) a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food | Synonyms: food product |
| forfeiture | (noun) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. | Synonyms: forfeit, sacrifice |
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| (noun) a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something | Synonyms: forfeit |
| (noun) something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty | Synonyms: forfeit |
| fortitude | (noun) strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage | - |
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| fortuitousness | (noun) the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance | - |
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| fortuity | (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | Synonyms: accident, chance event, stroke |
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| fortune | (noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another | Synonyms: chance, hazard, luck |
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| (noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome | Synonyms: luck |
| (noun) a large amount of wealth or prosperity | - |
| (noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fate, lot, luck, portion |
| fortuneteller | (noun) a person who foretells your personal future | Synonyms: fortune teller |
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| fortunetelling | (noun) the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment) | - |
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| fracture | (noun) the act of cracking something | Synonyms: crack, cracking |
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| (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: break, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift |
| (noun) breaking of hard tissue such as bone | Synonyms: break |
| frustum | (noun) a truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed | - |
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| furniture | (noun) furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy | Synonyms: article of furniture, piece of furniture |
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| future | (noun) bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date | - |
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| (noun) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future | Synonyms: future tense |
| (noun) the time yet to come | Synonyms: futurity, hereafter, time to come |
| futurism | (noun) the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future | - |
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| (noun) an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age | - |
| futurist | (noun) someone who predicts the future | Synonyms: fantast |
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| (noun) a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future | - |
| futuristics | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futurology |
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| futurity | (noun) the quality of being in or of the future | - |
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| (noun) the time yet to come | Synonyms: future, hereafter, time to come |
| futurology | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futuristics |
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| gesture | (noun) motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling | - |
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| (noun) something done as an indication of intention | - |
| (noun) the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals | Synonyms: motion |
| getup | (noun) a set of clothing (with accessories) | Synonyms: outfit, rig, turnout |
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| gnetum | (noun) small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour | Synonyms: Gnetum gnemon |
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| gratitude | (noun) a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation | - |
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| gratuity | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, pourboire, tip |
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| (noun) an award (as for meritorious service) given without claim or obligation | - |
| guttural | (noun) a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat | Synonyms: guttural consonant, pharyngeal, pharyngeal consonant |
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| habituation | (noun) a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions | - |
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| (noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | Synonyms: addiction, dependance, dependence, dependency |
| habitude | (noun) habitual mode of behavior | - |
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| habitue | (noun) a regular patron | Synonyms: fixture, regular |
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| habitus | (noun) constitution of the human body | Synonyms: body-build, build, physique |
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| (noun) person's predisposition to be affected by something (as a disease) | - |
| haematocyturia | (noun) the presence of red blood cells in the urine | Synonyms: hematocyturia |
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| haematuria | (noun) the presence of blood in the urine; often a symptom of urinary tract disease | Synonyms: hematuria |
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| halitus | (noun) exhaled breath | Synonyms: exhalation |
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| hebetude | (noun) mental lethargy or dullness | - |
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| hematocyturia | (noun) the presence of red blood cells in the urine | Synonyms: haematocyturia |
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| hematuria | (noun) the presence of blood in the urine; often a symptom of urinary tract disease | Synonyms: haematuria |
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| hiatus | (noun) a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure | Synonyms: foramen |
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| (noun) a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) | - |
| (noun) an interruption in the intensity or amount of something | Synonyms: abatement, reprieve, respite, suspension |
| horticulture | (noun) the cultivation of plants | Synonyms: gardening |
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| horticulturist | (noun) an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants) | Synonyms: plantsman |
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| hyperpituitarism | (noun) excessive activity of the pituitary gland (especially overactivity of the anterior lobe which leads to excess secretion of growth hormone) | - |
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| ictus | (noun) a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease | Synonyms: raptus, seizure |
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| immatureness | (noun) not having reached maturity | Synonyms: immaturity |
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| immaturity | (noun) not having reached maturity | Synonyms: immatureness |
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| imperturbability | (noun) calm and unruffled self-assurance | Synonyms: coolness, imperturbableness |
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| imperturbableness | (noun) calm and unruffled self-assurance | Synonyms: coolness, imperturbability |
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| impetuosity | (noun) rash impulsiveness | Synonyms: impetuousness |
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| impetuousness | (noun) rash impulsiveness | Synonyms: impetuosity |
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| impetus | (noun) the act of applying force suddenly | Synonyms: impulse, impulsion |
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| (noun) a force that moves something along | Synonyms: drift, impulsion |
| importunateness | (noun) Quality of a person who is given to making importunate demands, being greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. | Synonyms: importunity |
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| importunity | (noun) Quality of a person who is given to making importunate demands, being greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. | Synonyms: importunateness |
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| (noun) insistent solicitation and entreaty | Synonyms: urgency, urging |
| imposture | (noun) pretending to be another person | Synonyms: impersonation |
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| imprimatur | (noun) formal and explicit approval | Synonyms: countenance, endorsement, indorsement, sanction, warrant |
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| impromptu | (noun) an extemporaneous speech or remark | - |
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| (noun) a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation | - |
| inaptitude | (noun) a lack of aptitude | - |
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| incertitude | (noun) the state of being unsure of something | Synonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, uncertainty |
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| incurvature | (noun) a shape that curves or bends inward | Synonyms: concave shape, concavity, incurvation |
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| indenture | (noun) a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term | - |
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| (noun) formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt | - |
| (noun) the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line | Synonyms: indent, indentation, indention |
| (noun) a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline) | Synonyms: indentation |
| indumentum | (noun) a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf or insect | Synonyms: indument |
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| ineffectuality | (noun) lacking the power to be effective | Synonyms: ineffectiveness, ineffectualness |
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| ineffectualness | (noun) lacking the power to be effective | Synonyms: ineffectiveness, ineffectuality |
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| ineptitude | (noun) having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful | Synonyms: worthlessness |
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| (noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
| inexactitude | (noun) the quality of being inexact | Synonyms: inexactness |
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| infatuation | (noun) an object of extravagant short-lived passion | - |
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| (noun) a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration | - |
| (noun) temporary love of an adolescent | Synonyms: calf love, crush, puppy love |
| infinitude | (noun) the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit | Synonyms: boundlessness, infiniteness, limitlessness, unboundedness |
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| (noun) an infinite quantity | - |
| infrastructure | (noun) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | Synonyms: base |
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| (noun) the basic structure or features of a system or organization | Synonyms: substructure |
| ingratitude | (noun) a lack of gratitude | Synonyms: ungratefulness |
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| inopportuneness | (noun) the quality of occurring at an inconvenient time | Synonyms: untimeliness |
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| inquietude | (noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable | Synonyms: disquietude, edginess, uneasiness |
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| institute | (noun) an association organized to promote art or science or education | - |
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| institution | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, introduction, origination |
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| (noun) an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated | - |
| (noun) a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person | Synonyms: asylum, insane asylum, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital |
| (noun) a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society | - |
| (noun) an organization founded and united for a specific purpose | Synonyms: establishment |
| intellectual | (noun) a person who uses the mind creatively | Synonyms: intellect |
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| intellectualisation | (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict | Synonyms: intellectualization |
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| intellectualization | (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict | Synonyms: intellectualisation |
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| intermixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: admixture, commixture, mix, mixing, mixture |
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| (noun) an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base | Synonyms: admixture |
| (noun) any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients | Synonyms: concoction, mixture |
| introitus | (noun) entrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening) | - |
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| intubation | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, canulization |
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| intuition | (noun) instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes) | - |
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| (noun) an impression that something might be the case | Synonyms: hunch, suspicion |
| intuitionism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition | - |
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| intumescence | (noun) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) | Synonyms: intumescency, swelling |
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| (noun) swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) | Synonyms: intumescency |
| intumescency | (noun) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) | Synonyms: intumescence, swelling |
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| (noun) swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) | Synonyms: intumescence |
| intussusception | (noun) (biology) growth in the surface area of a cell by the deposit of new particles between existing particles in the cell wall | - |
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| (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: infolding, introversion, invagination |
| investiture | (noun) the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank | Synonyms: investment |
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| (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization |
| jointure | (noun) the act of making or becoming a single unit | Synonyms: conjugation, unification, union, uniting |
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| (noun) (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower | Synonyms: legal jointure |
| judicature | (noun) the act of meting out justice according to the law | Synonyms: administration |
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| (noun) the position of judge | Synonyms: judgeship |
| (noun) the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government | Synonyms: judicatory, judicial system, judiciary |
| (noun) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business | Synonyms: court, tribunal |
| juncture | (noun) an event that occurs at a critical time | Synonyms: occasion |
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| (noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made | Synonyms: articulation, join, joint, junction |
| (noun) a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made | Synonyms: critical point, crossroads |
| kittul | (noun) fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago | Synonyms: Caryota urens, jaggery palm, kitul, kitul tree, toddy palm, wine palm |
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| kitul | (noun) fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago | Synonyms: Caryota urens, jaggery palm, kittul, kitul tree, toddy palm, wine palm |
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| lassitude | (noun) weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy | Synonyms: inanition, lethargy, slackness |
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| (noun) a feeling of lack of interest or energy | Synonyms: languor, listlessness |
| (noun) a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) | Synonyms: lethargy, sluggishness |
| latitude | (noun) scope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction | - |
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| (noun) the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself | - |
| (noun) an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Synonyms: line of latitude, parallel, parallel of latitude |
| (noun) freedom from normal restraints in conduct | - |
| latitudinarian | (noun) a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct) | - |
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| lecture | (noun) teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) | Synonyms: lecturing |
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| (noun) a speech that is open to the public | Synonyms: public lecture, talk |
| (noun) a lengthy rebuke | Synonyms: speech, talking to |
| lecturer | (noun) someone who lectures professionally | - |
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| (noun) a public lecturer at certain universities | Synonyms: lector, reader |
| lectureship | (noun) the post of lecturer | - |
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| lecturing | (noun) teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) | Synonyms: lecture |
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| legislature | (noun) persons who make or amend or repeal laws | Synonyms: general assembly, law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body |
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| lettuce | (noun) leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa | - |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Lactuca | - |
| (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
| letup | (noun) a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished | Synonyms: lull |
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| ligature | (noun) the act of tying or binding things together | Synonyms: tying |
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| (noun) something used to tie or bind | Synonyms: binder |
| (noun) thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood) | - |
| (noun) a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone | - |
| (noun) (music) a group of notes connected by a slur | - |
| (noun) character consisting of two or more letters combined into one | - |
| lilyturf | (noun) Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover | Synonyms: lily turf, Liriope muscari |
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