| faecalith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: coprolith, fecalith, stercolith |
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| faith | (noun) loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person | - |
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| (noun) a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny | Synonyms: religion, religious belief |
| (noun) complete confidence in a person or plan etc | Synonyms: trust |
| (noun) an institution to express belief in a divine power | Synonyms: organized religion, religion |
| fatwah | (noun) (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar | - |
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| fecalith | (noun) a hard mass of fecal matter | Synonyms: coprolith, faecalith, stercolith |
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| fellah | (noun) an agricultural laborer in Arab countries | - |
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| fetch | (noun) the action of fetching | - |
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| fetich | (noun) excessive or irrational devotion to some activity | Synonyms: fetish |
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| (noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | Synonyms: fetish, hoodoo, juju, voodoo |
| fetish | (noun) excessive or irrational devotion to some activity | Synonyms: fetich |
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| (noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | Synonyms: fetich, hoodoo, juju, voodoo |
| (noun) a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body | - |
| fetterbush | (noun) showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel | Synonyms: fetter bush, Lyonia lucida, shiny lyonia |
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| (noun) ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: mountain andromeda, mountain fetterbush, Pieris floribunda |
| fifteenth | (noun) position 15 in a countable series of things | - |
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| fifth | (noun) the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it | - |
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| (noun) one part in five equal parts | Synonyms: fifth part, one-fifth, twenty percent |
| (noun) a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon | - |
| (noun) position five in a countable series of things | - |
| fiftieth | (noun) position 50 in a countable series of things | - |
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| filefish | (noun) narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine | - |
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| filth | (noun) an offensive or indecent word or phrase | Synonyms: dirty word, obscenity, smut, vulgarism |
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| (noun) a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse | Synonyms: filthiness, foulness, nastiness |
| (noun) anything regarded as making something unclean | Synonyms: dirt, grease, grime, grunge, soil, stain |
| (noun) any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant | Synonyms: crud, skank |
| finch | (noun) any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds | - |
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| fingerbreadth | (noun) the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure | Synonyms: digit, finger's breadth, finger |
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| finish | (noun) the act of finishing | Synonyms: finishing |
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| (noun) a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) | Synonyms: coating, finishing |
| (noun) (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed) | - |
| (noun) designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race) | - |
| (noun) the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict) | - |
| (noun) event whose occurrence ends something | Synonyms: conclusion, ending |
| (noun) the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) | Synonyms: destination, goal |
| (noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, culture, polish, refinement |
| (noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: close, conclusion, finale, finis, last, stopping point |
| firth | (noun) a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland) | - |
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| fish | (noun) any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills | - |
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| (noun) the flesh of fish used as food | - |
| fitch | (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | Synonyms: foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius, polecat |
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| flagfish | (noun) a fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida | Synonyms: American flagfish, Jordanella floridae |
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| flamefish | (noun) a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters | Synonyms: Apogon maculatus, flame fish |
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| flannelbush | (noun) any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers | Synonyms: California beauty, flannel bush |
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| flash | (noun) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | Synonyms: flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun, photoflash |
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| (noun) a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification | - |
| (noun) a momentary brightness | - |
| (noun) a sudden brilliant understanding | - |
| (noun) a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | Synonyms: news bulletin, newsbreak, newsflash |
| (noun) a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate | Synonyms: flare |
| (noun) a gaudy outward display | Synonyms: fanfare, ostentation |
| (noun) a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | - |
| (noun) a short vivid experience | Synonyms: flashing |
| (noun) a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | Synonyms: blink of an eye, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink |
| flatfish | (noun) any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side | - |
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| (noun) sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets | - |
| flesh | (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
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| (noun) the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat | - |
| (noun) a soft moist part of a fruit | Synonyms: pulp |
| flinch | (noun) a reflex response to sudden pain | Synonyms: wince |
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| flitch | (noun) salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork | Synonyms: side of bacon |
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| (noun) fish steak usually cut from a halibut | - |
| flourish | (noun) the act of waving | Synonyms: brandish |
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| (noun) a display of ornamental speech or language | - |
| (noun) a showy gesture | - |
| (noun) (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments | Synonyms: fanfare, tucket |
| (noun) an ornamental embellishment in writing | - |
| flush | (noun) sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) | Synonyms: blush |
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| (noun) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | Synonyms: gush, outpouring |
| (noun) the swift release of a store of affective force | Synonyms: bang, boot, charge, kick, rush, thrill |
| (noun) a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit | - |
| (noun) a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health | Synonyms: bloom, blush, rosiness |
| (noun) sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) | Synonyms: hot flash |
| (noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | Synonyms: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, heyday, peak, prime |
| footbath | (noun) a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet | - |
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| footpath | (noun) a trodden path | Synonyms: pathway |
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| fortieth | (noun) position 40 in a countable series of things | - |
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| fourteenth | (noun) position 14 in a countable series of things | - |
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| fourth | (noun) the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it | - |
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| (noun) one of four equal parts | Synonyms: fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent |
| (noun) following the third position; number four in a countable series | - |
| frogfish | (noun) fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout | - |
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| frogmouth | (noun) insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth | - |
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| froth | (noun) a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid | Synonyms: foam |
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| furlough | (noun) a temporary leave of absence from military duty | - |
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| galosh | (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: arctic, golosh, gumshoe, rubber |
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| garfish | (noun) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth | Synonyms: billfish, gar, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus |
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| garnish | (noun) any decoration added as a trimming or adornment | - |
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| (noun) something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration | - |
| gash | (noun) a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument | Synonyms: slash |
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| (noun) a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation | Synonyms: cut |
| (noun) a wound made by cutting | Synonyms: cut, slash, slice |
| ghostfish | (noun) eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth | Synonyms: Cryptacanthodes maculatus, wrymouth |
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| gibberish | (noun) unintelligible talking | Synonyms: gibber |
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| girth | (noun) stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place | Synonyms: cinch |
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| (noun) the distance around a person's body | - |
| glitch | (noun) a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine | Synonyms: bug |
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| globefish | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: blowfish, puffer, pufferfish |
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| glyph | (noun) glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief | - |
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| goalmouth | (noun) (sports) the area immediately in front of the goal | - |
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| goatfish | (noun) brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels | Synonyms: Mullus surmuletus, red mullet, surmullet |
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| goldenbush | (noun) a plant of the genus Haplopappus | - |
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| (noun) any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America | - |
| goldfinch | (noun) small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings | Synonyms: Carduelis carduelis |
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| (noun) American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer | Synonyms: New World goldfinch, Spinus tristis, yellowbird |
| goldfish | (noun) small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes | Synonyms: Carassius auratus |
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| goldsmith | (noun) an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold | Synonyms: gold-worker, goldworker |
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| goliath | (noun) someone that is abnormally large and powerful | Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, giant, monster |
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| golosh | (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: arctic, galosh, gumshoe, rubber |
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| goosefish | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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| gooseflesh | (noun) reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation | Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, horripilation, pilomotor reflex |
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| goulash | (noun) a rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika | Synonyms: gulyas, Hungarian goulash |
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| graph | (noun) a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes | Synonyms: graphical record, graphical recording |
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| (noun) a visual display of information | Synonyms: chart |
| (noun) a written symbol that is used to represent speech | Synonyms: character, grapheme, graphic symbol |
| grassfinch | (noun) usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds | Synonyms: grass finch |
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| grouch | (noun) a bad-tempered person | Synonyms: churl, crank, crosspatch, grump |
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| groundfish | (noun) fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder) | Synonyms: bottom fish |
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| growth | (noun) the gradual beginning or coming forth | Synonyms: emergence, outgrowth |
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| (noun) vegetation that has grown | - |
| (noun) something grown or growing | - |
| (noun) (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | Synonyms: development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny |
| (noun) a progression from simpler to more complex forms | - |
| (noun) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Synonyms: increase, increment |
| (noun) (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) | - |
| guitarfish | (noun) primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body | - |
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| gulch | (noun) a narrow gorge with a stream running through it | Synonyms: flume |
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| gunsmith | (noun) someone who makes or repairs guns | - |
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| gush | (noun) an unrestrained expression of emotion | Synonyms: blowup, ebullition, effusion, outburst |
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| (noun) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | Synonyms: flush, outpouring |
| gynandromorph | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, hermaphrodite, intersex |
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| h | (noun) the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: H |
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| (noun) the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second | Synonyms: Planck's constant |
| hadith | (noun) (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran | Synonyms: Sunna, Sunnah |
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| hagfish | (noun) eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies | Synonyms: hag, slime eels |
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| hairbrush | (noun) a brush used to groom a person's hair | - |
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| haircloth | (noun) cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments | Synonyms: hair |
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| hairsbreadth | (noun) a very small distance or space | Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hair, whisker |
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| halfpennyworth | (noun) the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny | Synonyms: ha'p'orth |
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| hallah | (noun) (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking | Synonyms: challah |
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| hallelujah | (noun) a shout or song of praise to God | - |
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| handbreadth | (noun) any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand | Synonyms: handsbreadth |
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| handsbreadth | (noun) any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand | Synonyms: handbreadth |
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| harvestfish | (noun) butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina | Synonyms: Paprilus alepidotus |
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| haschisch | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: hash, hasheesh, hashish |
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| hash | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hasheesh, hashish |
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| (noun) chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned | - |
| hasheesh | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hash, hashish |
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| hashish | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hash, hasheesh |
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| hatch | (noun) a movable barrier covering a hatchway | - |
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| (noun) a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open | Synonyms: hatchback, hatchback door, liftgate |
| (noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | Synonyms: crosshatch, hachure, hatching |
| (noun) the production of young from an egg | Synonyms: hatching |
| haunch | (noun) the loin and leg of a quadruped | - |
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| (noun) the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings | - |
| hawfinch | (noun) a common large finch of Eurasia | Synonyms: Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
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| hawkmoth | (noun) any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed | Synonyms: hawk moth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth |
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| headfish | (noun) among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters | Synonyms: mola, ocean sunfish, sunfish |
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| health | (noun) a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease | Synonyms: wellness |
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| (noun) the general condition of body and mind | - |
| hearth | (noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | Synonyms: fireside |
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| (noun) an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built | Synonyms: fireplace, open fireplace |
| (noun) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) | Synonyms: fireside |
| heath | (noun) a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation | Synonyms: heathland |
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| (noun) a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers | - |
| hectograph | (noun) duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy | Synonyms: heliotype |
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| heliograph | (noun) an apparatus for sending telegraphic messages by using a mirror to turn the sun's rays off and on | - |
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| helminth | (noun) worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes | Synonyms: parasitic worm |
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| hemstitch | (noun) embroidery similar to drawnwork | - |
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| (noun) a stitch in which parallel threads are drawn and exposed threads are caught together in groups | Synonyms: hemstitching |
| heterotroph | (noun) an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition | - |
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| heth | (noun) the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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