| fishing | (noun) the act of someone who fishes as a diversion | Synonyms: sportfishing |
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| (noun) the occupation of catching fish for a living | - |
| fishmonger | (noun) someone who sells fish | Synonyms: fishwife |
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| fishnet | (noun) a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in | Synonyms: fishing net |
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| fishpaste | (noun) a paste of fish or shellfish | - |
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| fishplate | (noun) metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams | - |
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| fishpond | (noun) a freshwater pond with fish | - |
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| fishwife | (noun) someone who sells fish | Synonyms: fishmonger |
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| fishworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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| fission | (noun) a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy | Synonyms: nuclear fission |
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| (noun) reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts | - |
| fissiparity | (noun) the tendency to break into parts | - |
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| (noun) reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish | - |
| fissiped | (noun) terrestrial carnivores having toes separated to the base: dogs, cats, bears, badgers, raccoons | Synonyms: fissiped mammal |
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| fissure | (noun) (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | - |
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| (noun) a long narrow cleft | Synonyms: cleft, crack, crevice, scissure |
| (noun) a long narrow depression in a surface | Synonyms: chap, crack, cranny, crevice |
| fist | (noun) a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting) | Synonyms: clenched fist |
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| fistfight | (noun) a fight with bare fists | Synonyms: fisticuffs, slugfest |
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| fistful | (noun) the quantity that can be held in the hand | Synonyms: handful |
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| fisticuffs | (noun) fighting with the fists | Synonyms: boxing, pugilism |
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| (noun) a fight with bare fists | Synonyms: fistfight, slugfest |
| fistmele | (noun) about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow) | - |
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| fistula | (noun) an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface | Synonyms: sinus |
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| (noun) a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse | Synonyms: fistulous withers |
| fit | (noun) a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Synonyms: burst |
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| (noun) the manner in which something fits | - |
| (noun) a sudden uncontrollable attack | Synonyms: convulsion, paroxysm |
| (noun) a display of bad temper | Synonyms: conniption, scene, tantrum |
| 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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| fitfulness | (noun) the quality of being spasmodic and irregular | Synonyms: jerkiness |
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| fitment | (noun) any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture) | - |
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| fitness | (noun) the quality of being suitable | Synonyms: fittingness |
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| (noun) the quality of being qualified | - |
| (noun) good physical condition; being in shape or in condition | Synonyms: physical fitness |
| fitspiration | (noun) something that inspires you to exercise | - |
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| fitspo | (noun) an image of promoting proper exercise and diet | - |
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| fitter | (noun) someone who fits a garment to a particular person | - |
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| fitting | (noun) putting clothes on to see whether they fit | Synonyms: try-on, trying on |
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| (noun) a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system | - |
| (noun) (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | Synonyms: appointment |
| (noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances | Synonyms: accommodation, adjustment |
| fittingness | (noun) the quality of being suitable | Synonyms: fitness |
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| five | (noun) a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips | Synonyms: five-spot |
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| (noun) a team that plays basketball | Synonyms: basketball team |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, cinque, fin, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
| fivepence | (noun) a coin worth five cents | - |
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| fiver | (noun) a United States bill worth 5 dollars | Synonyms: five-spot, five dollar bill |
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| fives | (noun) a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls | - |
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| fivesome | (noun) five people considered as a unit | Synonyms: quintet, quintette |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, cinque, fin, five, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
| fix | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation |
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| (noun) an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear | - |
| (noun) a determination of the place where something is | Synonyms: localisation, localization, locating, location |
| (noun) something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug | - |
| (noun) informal terms for a difficult situation | Synonyms: hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle |
| fixation | (noun) (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body | Synonyms: fixing |
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| (noun) the activity of fastening something firmly in position | - |
| (noun) an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone | Synonyms: obsession |
| (noun) an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely | Synonyms: arrested development, infantile fixation, regression |
| fixative | (noun) a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging | - |
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| (noun) a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study | - |
| fixedness | (noun) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | Synonyms: fastness, fixity, fixture, secureness |
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| (noun) the quality of being fixed and unchangeable | Synonyms: unalterability |
| (noun) remaining in place | Synonyms: immobility, stationariness |
| fixer | (noun) synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction | Synonyms: dolophine hydrochloride, methadon, methadone, methadone hydrochloride, synthetic heroin |
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| (noun) someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee) | Synonyms: influence peddler |
| (noun) a skilled worker who mends or repairs things | Synonyms: mender, repairer |
| (noun) a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image) | Synonyms: fixing agent |
| fixing | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation |
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| (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: altering, neutering |
| (noun) (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body | Synonyms: fixation |
| (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastener, fastening, holdfast |
| fixings | (noun) the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity) | Synonyms: trimmings |
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| (noun) food that is a component of a mixture in cooking | Synonyms: ingredient |
| fixity | (noun) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | Synonyms: fastness, fixedness, fixture, secureness |
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| (noun) the quality of being incapable of mutation | Synonyms: immutability, immutableness |
| fixture | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, mend, mending, repair, reparation |
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| (noun) an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household) | - |
| (noun) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | Synonyms: fastness, fixedness, fixity, secureness |
| (noun) a regular patron | Synonyms: habitue, regular |
| fizgig | (noun) a firework that fizzes as it moves | - |
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| (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fishgig, gig, lance, spear |
| fizz | (noun) an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic) | - |
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| fizzle | (noun) a complete failure | Synonyms: bust, flop |
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| (noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: hiss, hissing, hushing, sibilation |
| fjord | (noun) a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway | Synonyms: fiord |
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| flab | (noun) loose or flaccid body fat | - |
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| flabbiness | (noun) a flabby softness | Synonyms: flaccidity, limpness |
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| flaccidity | (noun) a flabby softness | Synonyms: flabbiness, limpness |
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| flack | (noun) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes | Synonyms: ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, pom-pom |
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| (noun) intense adverse criticism | Synonyms: attack, blast, fire, flak |
| (noun) a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer | Synonyms: flack catcher, flak, flak catcher |
| flag | (noun) a conspicuously marked or shaped tail | - |
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| (noun) emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design | - |
| (noun) stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones | Synonyms: flagstone |
| (noun) flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green | Synonyms: pin |
| (noun) a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device | Synonyms: signal flag |
| (noun) a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc. | Synonyms: masthead |
| (noun) plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals | Synonyms: fleur-de-lis, iris, sword lily |
| 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 |
| 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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| flagging | (noun) a walk of flagstones | - |
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| (noun) flagstones collectively | - |
| flagon | (noun) a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine) | - |
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| flagpole | (noun) a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised | Synonyms: flagstaff |
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| (noun) surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors | Synonyms: range pole, ranging pole |
| flagroot | (noun) perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots | Synonyms: Acorus calamus, calamus, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag |
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| flagship | (noun) the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag | - |
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| (noun) the chief one of a related group | - |
| flagstaff | (noun) a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised | Synonyms: flagpole |
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| flagstone | (noun) stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones | Synonyms: flag |
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| flail | (noun) an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing | - |
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| flair | (noun) distinctive and stylish elegance | Synonyms: dash, elan, panache, style |
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| (noun) a natural talent | Synonyms: genius |
| (noun) a shape that spreads outward | Synonyms: flare |
| flak | (noun) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes | Synonyms: ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flack, pom-pom |
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| (noun) intense adverse criticism | Synonyms: attack, blast, fire, flack |
| (noun) a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer | Synonyms: flack, flack catcher, flak catcher |
| flake | (noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole | Synonyms: bit, chip, fleck, scrap |
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| (noun) a person with an unusual or odd personality | Synonyms: eccentric, eccentric person, geek, oddball |
| (noun) a crystal of snow | Synonyms: snowflake |
| flakiness | (noun) having or breaking into thin crisp flakes | - |
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| (noun) informal terms for insanity | Synonyms: craziness, daftness |
| flambeau | (noun) a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night) | - |
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| flamboyance | (noun) extravagant elaborateness | Synonyms: floridity, floridness, showiness |
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| flamboyant | (noun) showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana | Synonyms: Delonix regia, flame tree, peacock flower, Poinciana regia, royal poinciana |
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| flame | (noun) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | Synonyms: fire, flaming |
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| flamefish | (noun) a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters | Synonyms: Apogon maculatus, flame fish |
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| flameflower | (noun) plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, Talinum aurantiacum |
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| (noun) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers | Synonyms: flame-flower, flame flower, kniphofia, tritoma |
| flamen | (noun) a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome | - |
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| flamenco | (noun) a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet | Synonyms: gypsy dancing |
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| (noun) guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco | - |
| flamethrower | (noun) a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards | - |
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| flaming | (noun) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | Synonyms: fire, flame |
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| flamingo | (noun) large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes | - |
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| flammability | (noun) the quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly | Synonyms: inflammability |
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| flan | (noun) open pastry filled with fruit or custard | - |
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| flange | (noun) a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object | Synonyms: rim |
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| flank | (noun) the side between ribs and hipbone | - |
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| (noun) a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg | - |
| (noun) the side of military or naval formation | Synonyms: wing |
| (noun) a subfigure consisting of a side of something | - |
| flanker | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation | - |
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| (noun) a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver | Synonyms: flanker back |
| flannel | (noun) a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing | - |
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| (noun) bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body | Synonyms: face cloth, washcloth, washrag |
| (noun) (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth | Synonyms: gabardine, tweed, white |
| 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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| flannelette | (noun) a cotton fabric imitating flannel | - |
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| flap | (noun) any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely | - |
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| (noun) a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag | Synonyms: flaps |
| (noun) a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body | - |
| (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flapping, flutter, fluttering |
| (noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: dither, fuss, pother, tizzy |
| flapcake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake |
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| flapjack | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancake |
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| flapper | (noun) a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress | - |
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| flapping | (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flap, flutter, fluttering |
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| flaps | (noun) a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag | Synonyms: flap |
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| flare | (noun) (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield | - |
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| (noun) a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines | Synonyms: flare pass |
| (noun) a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification | - |
| (noun) a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate | Synonyms: flash |
| (noun) a sudden outburst of emotion | - |
| (noun) a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference | Synonyms: solar flare |
| (noun) an unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection) | - |
| (noun) a sudden burst of flame | - |
| (noun) a shape that spreads outward | Synonyms: flair |
| (noun) reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation | - |
| (noun) a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms | - |
| 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 |
| flashback | (noun) a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story | - |
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| (noun) an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier) | - |
| flashboard | (noun) boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height | Synonyms: flashboarding |
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| flashboarding | (noun) boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height | Synonyms: flashboard |
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| flashbulb | (noun) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | Synonyms: flash, flash bulb, flash lamp, flashgun, photoflash |
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