| entail | (noun) the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple | - |
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| (noun) land received by fee tail | - |
| (verb) limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs | Synonyms: fee-tail |
| (verb) impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result | Synonyms: implicate |
| (verb) have as a logical consequence | Synonyms: imply, mean |
| entailment | (noun) something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) | Synonyms: deduction, implication |
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| entertain | (verb) take into consideration, have in view | Synonyms: flirt with, think about, think of, toy with |
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| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, harbor, harbour, hold, nurse |
| (verb) provide entertainment for | - |
| entertained | (adjective) pleasantly occupied | Synonyms: amused, diverted |
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| entertainer | (noun) a person who tries to please or amuse | - |
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| entertaining | (adjective) agreeably diverting | - |
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| entertainingly | (adverb) in an entertaining manner | - |
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| entertainment | (noun) an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention | Synonyms: amusement |
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| entrails | (noun) internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity) | Synonyms: innards, insides, viscera |
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| entrain | (verb) board a train | - |
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| eudaimonia | (noun) a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous | Synonyms: eudaemonia, upbeat, welfare, well-being, wellbeing |
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| exclaim | (verb) utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy | Synonyms: call out, cry, cry out, outcry, shout |
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| (verb) state or announce | Synonyms: proclaim, promulgate |
| exclaiming | (noun) an abrupt excited utterance | Synonyms: exclamation |
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| explain | (verb) make plain and comprehensible | Synonyms: explicate |
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| (verb) define | - |
| (verb) serve as a reason or cause or justification of | Synonyms: excuse |
| explainable | (adjective) capable of being understood | Synonyms: interpretable |
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| extraordinaire | (adjective) extraordinary in a particular capacity | - |
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| eyestrain | (noun) a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem | Synonyms: asthenopia |
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| faience | (noun) glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors | - |
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| fail | (verb) stop operating or functioning | Synonyms: break, break down, conk out, die, give out, give way, go, go bad |
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| (verb) deteriorate | - |
| (verb) prove insufficient | Synonyms: give out, run out |
| (verb) disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake | Synonyms: betray |
| (verb) become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close | - |
| (verb) be unsuccessful | Synonyms: go wrong, miscarry |
| (verb) fail to get a passing grade | Synonyms: bomb, flunk, flush it |
| (verb) fail to do something; leave something undone | Synonyms: neglect |
| (verb) judge unacceptable | - |
| (verb) be unable | - |
| (verb) fall short in what is expected | - |
| failing | (adjective) below acceptable in performance | - |
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| (noun) failure to reach a minimum required performance | Synonyms: flunk |
| (noun) a flaw or weak point | Synonyms: weakness |
| faille | (noun) a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton | - |
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| failure | (noun) an act that fails | - |
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| (noun) an unexpected omission | - |
| (noun) an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose | - |
| (noun) a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | Synonyms: loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person |
| (noun) lack of success | - |
| (noun) loss of ability to function normally | - |
| (noun) inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | Synonyms: bankruptcy |
| fain | (adjective) having made preparations | Synonyms: disposed, inclined, prepared |
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| (adverb) with pleasure | Synonyms: gladly, lief |
| faineance | (noun) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work | Synonyms: idleness |
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| faineant | (adjective) disinclined to work or exertion | Synonyms: indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy |
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| faint | (adjective) lacking conviction or boldness or courage | Synonyms: faint-hearted, fainthearted, timid |
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| (adjective) weak and likely to lose consciousness | Synonyms: light-headed, light, lightheaded, swooning |
| (adjective) lacking clarity or distinctness | Synonyms: dim, shadowy, vague, wispy |
| (adjective) deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc | Synonyms: weak |
| (adjective) lacking strength or vigor | Synonyms: feeble |
| (adjective) indistinctly understood or felt or perceived | - |
| (noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | Synonyms: deliquium, swoon, syncope |
| (verb) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain | Synonyms: conk, pass out, swoon |
| fainthearted | (adjective) lacking conviction or boldness or courage | Synonyms: faint-hearted, faint, timid |
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| faintheartedness | (noun) the trait of lacking boldness and courage | Synonyms: faintness |
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| faintly | (adverb) to a faint degree or weakly perceived | - |
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| faintness | (noun) the quality of being dim or lacking contrast | Synonyms: dimness |
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| (noun) barely audible | - |
| (noun) the property of being without strength | - |
| (noun) the trait of lacking boldness and courage | Synonyms: faintheartedness |
| (noun) a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon | - |
| fair | (adjective) (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines | - |
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| (adjective) free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules | Synonyms: just |
| (adjective) very pleasing to the eye | Synonyms: bonnie, bonny, comely, sightly |
| (adjective) (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored | Synonyms: fairish |
| (adjective) free of clouds or rain | - |
| (adjective) gained or earned without cheating or stealing | Synonyms: honest |
| (adjective) attractively feminine | - |
| (adjective) (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections | Synonyms: clean |
| (adjective) not excessive or extreme | Synonyms: fairish, reasonable |
| (adjective) lacking exceptional quality or ability | Synonyms: average, mediocre, middling |
| (noun) a sale of miscellany; often for charity | Synonyms: bazaar |
| (noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: carnival, funfair |
| (noun) a competitive exhibition of farm products | - |
| (noun) gathering of producers to promote business | - |
| (adverb) without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner | Synonyms: evenhandedly, fairly |
| (adverb) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating | Synonyms: clean, fairly |
| (verb) join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly | - |
| fairground | (noun) an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses | - |
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| fairish | (adjective) (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored | Synonyms: fair |
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| (adjective) not excessive or extreme | Synonyms: fair, reasonable |
| fairlead | (noun) a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing | - |
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| fairly | (adverb) without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner | Synonyms: evenhandedly, fair |
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| (adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat |
| (adverb) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating | Synonyms: clean, fair |
| fairness | (noun) conformity with rules or standards | Synonyms: equity |
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| (noun) the property of having a naturally light complexion | Synonyms: blondness, paleness |
| (noun) the quality of being good looking and attractive | Synonyms: beauteousness, comeliness, loveliness |
| (noun) ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | Synonyms: candor, candour, fair-mindedness |
| fairway | (noun) the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short | - |
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| (noun) a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement | - |
| (noun) the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters | - |
| fairy | (noun) a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers | Synonyms: faerie, faery, fay, sprite |
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| (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
| fairyland | (noun) something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) | Synonyms: fantasy world, phantasy world |
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| (noun) the enchanted realm of fairies | Synonyms: faerie, faery |
| fairytale | (noun) a story about fairies; told to amuse children | Synonyms: fairy story, fairy tale |
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| (noun) an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | Synonyms: cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, song and dance |
| 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 |
| faithful | (adjective) steadfast in affection or allegiance | - |
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| (adjective) not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend | - |
| (adjective) marked by fidelity to an original | Synonyms: close |
| (noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | Synonyms: congregation, fold |
| (noun) any loyal and steadfast following | - |
| faithfully | (adverb) in a faithful manner | Synonyms: dependably, reliably |
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| faithfulness | (noun) the quality of being faithful | Synonyms: fidelity |
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| faithless | (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful |
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| faithlessly | (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: false, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably |
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| faithlessness | (noun) unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous | Synonyms: falseness, fickleness, inconstancy |
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| fantail | (noun) an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship | - |
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| featherbrained | (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity | Synonyms: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly |
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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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| fishtail | (verb) slow down by moving the tail sideways | - |
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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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| (verb) give a thrashing to; beat hard | Synonyms: lam, thrash, thresh |
| (verb) move like a flail; thresh about | Synonyms: thresh |
| 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 |
| flecainide | (noun) oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients | Synonyms: Tambocor |
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| flickertail | (noun) of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada | Synonyms: Citellus richardsoni, Richardson ground squirrel |
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| floodplain | (noun) a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding | Synonyms: flood plain |
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| forebrain | (noun) the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube | Synonyms: prosencephalon |
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| foreordain | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: predestine, preordain |
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| (verb) foreordain by divine will or decree | Synonyms: predestinate, predestine |
| foreordained | (adjective) established or prearranged unalterably | Synonyms: predestinate, predestined |
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| foresail | (noun) the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | - |
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| formulaic | (adjective) characterized by or in accordance with some formula | - |
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| fountain | (noun) a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water | Synonyms: fount |
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| (noun) an artificially produced flow of water | Synonyms: jet |
| (noun) a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises | - |
| (noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring |
| fountainhead | (noun) an abundant source | Synonyms: well, wellspring |
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| (noun) the source of water from which a stream arises | Synonyms: head, headspring |
| foxtail | (noun) grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes | Synonyms: foxtail grass |
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| frail | (adjective) physically weak | - |
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| (adjective) easily broken or damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: delicate, fragile |
| (adjective) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | Synonyms: fallible, imperfect, weak |
| (noun) a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs) | - |
| (noun) the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds | - |
| frailness | (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, feebleness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism |
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| frailty | (noun) moral weakness | Synonyms: vice |
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| (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, valetudinarianism |
| fraise | (noun) sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes | - |
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| (noun) a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century | - |
| freemail | (noun) a service providing free email delivery in exchange for exposure to advertising | - |
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| freetail | (noun) small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions | Synonyms: free-tailed bat, freetailed bat |
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| fundraise | (verb) raise money for a cause or project | Synonyms: fund-raise, fund raise |
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| fundraiser | (noun) a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money | - |
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| (noun) someone who solicits financial contributions | - |
| funfair | (noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: carnival, fair |
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| (noun) a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement | Synonyms: amusement park, pleasure ground |
| fusain | (noun) a stick of black carbon material used for drawing | Synonyms: charcoal |
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| gaffsail | (noun) a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff | Synonyms: gaff-headed sail |
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| gaiety | (noun) a gay feeling | Synonyms: merriment |
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| (noun) a festive merry feeling | Synonyms: playfulness |
| gaillardia | (noun) any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy | - |
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| gaily | (adverb) in a gay manner | - |
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| gain | (noun) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input | Synonyms: amplification |
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| (noun) the advantageous quality of being beneficial | Synonyms: profit |
| (noun) the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating | - |
| (noun) a quantity that is added | Synonyms: addition, increase |
| (verb) increase (one's body weight) | Synonyms: put on |
| (verb) rise in rate or price | Synonyms: advance |
| (verb) increase or develop | Synonyms: gather |
| (verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: advance, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win |
| (verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, attain, hit, make, reach |
| (verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: acquire, win |
| (verb) derive a benefit from | Synonyms: benefit, profit |
| (verb) obtain | Synonyms: derive |
| gainer | (noun) a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board | Synonyms: full gainer |
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| (noun) a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits) | - |
| (noun) a person who gains weight | Synonyms: weight gainer |
| gainful | (adjective) yielding a fair profit | Synonyms: paid, paying |
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| gainfully | (adverb) in a gainful way | - |
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| gainfulness | (noun) the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit | Synonyms: lucrativeness, profitability, profitableness |
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| gainlessly | (adverb) without gain or profit | Synonyms: profitlessly, unprofitably |
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| gainly | (adjective) graceful and pleasing | - |
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| gainsay | (verb) take exception to | Synonyms: challenge, dispute |
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| gait | (noun) a person's manner of walking | - |
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| (noun) a horse's manner of moving | - |
| (noun) the rate of moving (especially walking or running) | Synonyms: pace |
| gaiter | (noun) legging consisting of a cloth or leather covering for the leg from the knee to the ankle | - |
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| (noun) a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles | Synonyms: spat |
| (noun) a shoe covering the ankle with elastic gores in the sides | - |
| geartrain | (noun) wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed | Synonyms: gear, gearing, power train, train |
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| grail | (noun) (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper | Synonyms: Holy Grail, Sangraal |
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| (noun) the object of any prolonged endeavor | - |
| grain | (noun) the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric | - |
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| (noun) the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | Synonyms: texture |
| (noun) the smallest possible unit of anything | - |
| (noun) foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses | Synonyms: cereal, food grain |
| (noun) a relatively small granular particle of a substance | - |
| (noun) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | Synonyms: caryopsis |
| (noun) a cereal grass | - |
| (noun) 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams | - |
| (noun) 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams | - |
| (noun) a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat | Synonyms: metric grain |
| (noun) the side of leather from which the hair has been removed | - |
| (verb) form into grains | Synonyms: granulate |
| (verb) become granular | Synonyms: granulate |
| (verb) thoroughly work in | Synonyms: ingrain |
| (verb) paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood | - |
| grainfield | (noun) a field where grain is grown | Synonyms: grain field |
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| graininess | (noun) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles | Synonyms: coarseness, granularity |
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| graining | (noun) a texture like that of wood | Synonyms: woodgraining |
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| grainy | (adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency | Synonyms: coarse-grained, farinaceous, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy |
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| greasepaint | (noun) a greasy substance used as makeup by actors | - |
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| greenmail | (noun) (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business | - |
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| grisaille | (noun) chiaroscuro painting or stained glass etc., in shades of grey imitating the effect of relief | - |
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| grosgrain | (noun) a silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs | - |
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