| falangist | (noun) a Spanish member of General Franco's political party | Synonyms: phalangist |
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| fantasist | (noun) a creator of fantasies | - |
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| fantast | (noun) someone who predicts the future | Synonyms: futurist |
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| fascist | (noun) an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views | - |
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| fast | (noun) abstaining from food | Synonyms: fasting |
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| fatalist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, predestinarian, predestinationist |
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| fauvist | (noun) a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism | Synonyms: Fauve |
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| feast | (noun) something experienced with great delight | - |
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| (noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: fete, fiesta |
| (noun) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed | Synonyms: banquet, spread |
| (noun) a ceremonial dinner party for many people | Synonyms: banquet |
| federalist | (noun) an advocate of federalism | - |
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| feist | (noun) a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog | Synonyms: fice |
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| feminist | (noun) a supporter of feminism | Synonyms: libber, women's liberationist, women's rightist |
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| fermentologist | (noun) a specialist in wine making | Synonyms: enologist, oenologist |
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| fetishist | (noun) one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) | - |
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| fibroblast | (noun) a cell from which connective tissue develops | - |
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| finalist | (noun) a contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition | - |
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| fingerpost | (noun) a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger | Synonyms: fingerboard |
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| first | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) | Synonyms: first base |
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| (noun) the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving | Synonyms: first gear, low, low gear |
| (noun) an honours degree of the highest class | Synonyms: first-class honours degree |
| (noun) the first element in a countable series | Synonyms: number 1, number one |
| (noun) the first or highest in an ordering or series | Synonyms: number one |
| (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
| fist | (noun) a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting) | Synonyms: clenched fist |
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| flautist | (noun) someone who plays the flute | Synonyms: flute player, flutist |
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| florist | (noun) a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold | Synonyms: florist shop, flower store |
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| (noun) someone who grows and deals in flowers | - |
| flutist | (noun) someone who plays the flute | Synonyms: flautist, flute player |
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| flypast | (noun) a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground | Synonyms: fly-by, flyover |
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| footrest | (noun) a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person | Synonyms: footstool, ottoman, tuffet |
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| forecast | (noun) a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop | Synonyms: prognosis |
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| foremast | (noun) the mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts | - |
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| forest | (noun) the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area | Synonyms: wood, woods |
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| (noun) land that is covered with trees and shrubs | Synonyms: timber, timberland, woodland |
| fossilist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: palaeontologist, paleontologist |
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| frost | (noun) weather cold enough to cause freezing | Synonyms: freeze |
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| (noun) the formation of frost or ice on a surface | Synonyms: icing |
| (noun) ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) | Synonyms: hoar, hoarfrost, rime |
| funambulist | (noun) an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope | Synonyms: tightrope walker |
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| functionalist | (noun) an adherent of functionalism | - |
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| fundamentalist | (noun) a supporter of fundamentalism | - |
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| (noun) an adherent of fundamentalist principles | - |
| 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 | - |
| gabfest | (noun) light informal conversation for social occasions | Synonyms: causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle |
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| gambist | (noun) a musician who performs upon the viola da gamba | - |
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| gastroenterologist | (noun) a physician who specializes in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract | - |
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| gatepost | (noun) either of two posts that bound a gate | - |
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| genealogist | (noun) an expert in genealogy | - |
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| generalist | (noun) a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests | Synonyms: Renaissance man |
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| geneticist | (noun) a biologist who specializes in genetics | - |
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| geologist | (noun) a specialist in geology | - |
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| geophysicist | (noun) a geologist who uses physical principles to study the properties of the earth | - |
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| gerontologist | (noun) a specialist in gerontology | Synonyms: geriatrician |
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| ghost | (noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience | Synonyms: shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith |
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| (noun) a suggestion of some quality | Synonyms: touch, trace |
| (noun) the visible disembodied soul of a dead person | - |
| (noun) a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else | Synonyms: ghostwriter |
| gist | (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
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| (noun) the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | Synonyms: burden, core, effect, essence |
| glasnost | (noun) a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems | - |
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| glossarist | (noun) a scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries | - |
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| goalpost | (noun) one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field | - |
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| goldcrest | (noun) European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch | Synonyms: golden-crested kinglet, Regulus regulus |
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| graphologist | (noun) a specialist in inferring character from handwriting | Synonyms: handwriting expert |
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| grist | (noun) grain intended to be or that has been ground | - |
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| guest | (noun) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network | Synonyms: client, node |
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| (noun) a visitor to whom hospitality is extended | Synonyms: invitee |
| (noun) a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc. | - |
| guidepost | (noun) a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior | Synonyms: guideline, rule of thumb |
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| (noun) a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way | Synonyms: signpost |
| guitarist | (noun) a musician who plays the guitar | Synonyms: guitar player |
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| gust | (noun) a strong current of air | Synonyms: blast, blow |
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| gymnast | (noun) an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics | - |
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| gymnosophist | (noun) member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism) | - |
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| gynaecologist | (noun) a specialist in gynecology | Synonyms: gynecologist, woman's doctor |
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| gynecologist | (noun) a specialist in gynecology | Synonyms: gynaecologist, woman's doctor |
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| haematologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: hematologist |
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| hagiographist | (noun) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography | Synonyms: hagiographer, hagiologist |
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| hagiologist | (noun) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography | Synonyms: hagiographer, hagiographist |
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| hairstylist | (noun) someone who cuts or beautifies hair | Synonyms: hairdresser, styler, stylist |
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| handrest | (noun) a support for the hand | - |
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| harpist | (noun) someone who plays the harp | Synonyms: harper |
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| harpsichordist | (noun) someone who plays the harpsichord | - |
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| hartebeest | (noun) a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward | - |
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| harvest | (noun) the season for gathering crops | Synonyms: harvest time |
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| (noun) the gathering of a ripened crop | Synonyms: harvest home, harvesting |
| (noun) the consequence of an effort or activity | - |
| (noun) the yield from plants in a single growing season | Synonyms: crop |
| headfast | (noun) a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf | - |
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| headrest | (noun) a rest for the head | - |
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| (noun) a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash | Synonyms: head restraint |
| hedonist | (noun) someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures | Synonyms: pagan, pleasure seeker |
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| heist | (noun) the act of stealing | Synonyms: rip-off |
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| (noun) robbery at gunpoint | Synonyms: armed robbery, holdup, stickup |
| hematocyst | (noun) a cyst containing blood | Synonyms: blood cyst, hemorrhagic cyst |
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| hematologist | (noun) a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | Synonyms: haematologist |
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| henroost | (noun) a roost for hens at night | - |
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| herbalist | (noun) a therapist who heals by the use of herbs | Synonyms: herb doctor |
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| herpetologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians | - |
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| histologist | (noun) anatomist who specializes in the microscopic study of animal tissues | - |
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| hoarfrost | (noun) ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) | Synonyms: frost, hoar, rime |
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| hobbyist | (noun) a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for pleasure | - |
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| hoist | (noun) lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects | - |
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| holdfast | (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastener, fastening, fixing |
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| holocaust | (noun) an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire) | - |
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| hornist | (noun) a musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn) | - |
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| horologist | (noun) someone who makes or repairs watches | Synonyms: horologer, watchmaker |
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| horst | (noun) a ridge of the earth's crust that has been forced upward between two faults and so is higher than the surrounding land | - |
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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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| host | (noun) an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association | - |
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| (noun) (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network | Synonyms: server |
| (noun) a vast multitude | Synonyms: horde, legion |
| (noun) any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event | - |
| (noun) archaic terms for army | Synonyms: legion |
| (noun) the owner or manager of an inn | Synonyms: boniface, innkeeper |
| (noun) a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) | Synonyms: emcee, master of ceremonies |
| (noun) a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there | - |
| (noun) (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor | - |
| houseguest | (noun) a guest entertained in your house | Synonyms: house guest |
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| humanist | (noun) a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts | - |
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| (noun) an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned with the interests and welfare of humans | Synonyms: humanitarian |
| humorist | (noun) someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way | Synonyms: humourist |
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| humourist | (noun) someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way | Synonyms: humorist |
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| hydrologist | (noun) a geologist skilled in hydrology | - |
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| hygienist | (noun) a medical specialist in hygiene | - |
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| hypnotist | (noun) a person who induces hypnosis | Synonyms: hypnotiser, hypnotizer, mesmerist, mesmerizer |
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| hypoblast | (noun) the inner germ layer that develops into the lining of the digestive and respiratory systems | Synonyms: endoblast, endoderm, entoblast, entoderm |
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| ichthyologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies fishes | - |
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| iconoclast | (noun) someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions | - |
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| (noun) a destroyer of images used in religious worship | Synonyms: image breaker |
| idealist | (noun) someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | Synonyms: dreamer |
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| ideologist | (noun) an advocate of some ideology | Synonyms: ideologue |
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| illusionist | (noun) a person with unusual powers of foresight | Synonyms: seer, visionary |
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| (noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjurer, conjuror, magician, prestidigitator |