| fewest | (adjective) (superlative of `few' used with count nouns and usually preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the smallest in number | - |
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| fiddlestick | (noun) a bow used in playing the violin | Synonyms: violin bow |
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| fiesta | (noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: feast, fete |
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| firestone | (noun) a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns | - |
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| (noun) a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire | - |
| firestorm | (noun) an outburst of controversy | - |
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| (noun) a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area | - |
| footrest | (noun) a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person | Synonyms: footstool, ottoman, tuffet |
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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 |
| (verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: afforest |
| forestage | (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) | Synonyms: apron, proscenium |
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| forestall | (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, counter, foresee |
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| (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent |
| forestalling | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: obviation, preclusion |
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| forestay | (noun) an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast | - |
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| forested | (adjective) covered with forest | - |
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| forester | (noun) someone trained in forestry | Synonyms: arboriculturist, tree farmer |
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| forestiera | (noun) any plant of the genus Forestiera | - |
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| forestry | (noun) the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber | - |
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| freestanding | (adjective) standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything | Synonyms: separate |
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| freestone | (noun) fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit | - |
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| freestyle | (noun) a race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use | - |
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| freestyling | (noun) A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while rapping. | - |
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| furthest | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthermost, utmost, uttermost |
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| (adverb) to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense) | Synonyms: farthest |
| (adverb) to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense) | Synonyms: farthest |
| 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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| gastrointestinal | (adjective) of or relating to the stomach and intestines | Synonyms: GI |
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| gestalt | (noun) a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts | - |
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| gestate | (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: bear, carry, expect, have a bun in the oven |
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| (verb) have the idea for | Synonyms: conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize |
| gestation | (noun) the conception and development of an idea or plan | - |
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| (noun) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | Synonyms: maternity, pregnancy |
| (noun) the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) | Synonyms: gestation period |
| gestational | (adjective) of or relating to gestation | - |
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| gesticulate | (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesture, motion |
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| gesticulating | (adjective) making gestures while speaking | - |
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| gesticulation | (noun) a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion | - |
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| gestural | (adjective) being other than verbal communication | Synonyms: nonverbal |
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| (adjective) used of the language of the deaf | Synonyms: sign-language, sign, signed |
| gesture | (noun) motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling | - |
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| (noun) something done as an indication of intention | - |
| (noun) the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals | Synonyms: motion |
| (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesticulate, motion |
| goldcrest | (noun) European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch | Synonyms: golden-crested kinglet, Regulus regulus |
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| gravestone | (noun) a stone that is used to mark a grave | Synonyms: headstone, tombstone |
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| greatest | (adjective) highest in quality | Synonyms: sterling, superlative |
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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. | - |
| guesthouse | (noun) a house separate from the main house; for housing guests | - |
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| guestimate | (noun) an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing | Synonyms: guesstimate |
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| guestroom | (noun) a bedroom that is kept for the use of guests | - |
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| guestworker | (noun) a person with temporary permission to work in another country | Synonyms: guest worker |
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| handrest | (noun) a support for the hand | - |
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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 |
| (verb) remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation | - |
| (verb) gather, as of natural products | Synonyms: glean, reap |
| harvester | (noun) farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields | Synonyms: reaper |
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| (noun) someone who helps to gather the harvest | Synonyms: reaper |
| harvestfish | (noun) butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina | Synonyms: Paprilus alepidotus |
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| harvesting | (noun) the gathering of a ripened crop | Synonyms: harvest, harvest home |
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| harvestman | (noun) spiderlike arachnid with a small rounded body and very long thin legs | Synonyms: daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio |
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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 |
| hexestrol | (noun) estrogen compound used to treat menstrual irregularities and menopausal symptoms and to prevent pregnancy | - |
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| homestead | (noun) dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land | - |
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| (noun) the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family | - |
| (noun) land acquired from the United States public lands by filing a record and living on and cultivating it under the homestead law | - |
| (verb) settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead | - |
| homesteader | (noun) someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it | Synonyms: nester, squatter |
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| homestretch | (noun) the straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line | - |
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| (noun) the end of an enterprise | - |
| honest | (adjective) not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth | Synonyms: honorable |
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| (adjective) gained or earned without cheating or stealing | Synonyms: fair |
| (adjective) not forged | Synonyms: good |
| (adjective) without dissimulation; frank | - |
| (adjective) worthy of being depended on | Synonyms: dependable, reliable, true |
| (adjective) without pretensions | - |
| honestly | (adverb) (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | Synonyms: candidly, frankly |
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| (adverb) in an honest manner | Synonyms: aboveboard |
| honestness | (noun) the quality of being honest | Synonyms: honesty |
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| honesty | (noun) the quality of being honest | Synonyms: honestness |
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| (noun) southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration | Synonyms: Lunaria annua, money plant, satin flower, satinpod, silver dollar |
| houseguest | (noun) a guest entertained in your house | Synonyms: house guest |
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| hypercholesteremia | (noun) the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis | Synonyms: hypercholesterolemia |
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| hypercholesterolemia | (noun) the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the cells and plasma of the blood; associated with the risk of atherosclerosis | Synonyms: hypercholesteremia |
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| hypesthesia | (noun) impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity | Synonyms: hypoesthesia |
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| hypoesthesia | (noun) impairment of tactile sensitivity; decrease of sensitivity | Synonyms: hypesthesia |
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| immodest | (adjective) lacking decorum or decency | - |
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| (adjective) having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc | - |
| immodestly | (adverb) without modesty; in an immodest manner | - |
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| immodesty | (noun) the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals | Synonyms: exhibitionism |
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| (noun) the trait of being vain and conceited | - |
| inaesthetic | (adjective) violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty | Synonyms: unaesthetic |
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| incest | (noun) sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry (as between a parent and a child) | - |
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| incestuous | (adjective) relating to or involving incest | - |
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| (adjective) resembling incest as by excessive intimacy | - |
| incestuously | (adverb) by incest | - |
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| incontestable | (adjective) incapable of being contested or disputed | Synonyms: incontestible |
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| (adjective) not open to question; obviously true | Synonyms: indisputable, undisputable |
| incontestible | (adjective) incapable of being contested or disputed | Synonyms: incontestable |
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| indestructibility | (noun) the strength to resist destruction | - |
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| indestructible | (adjective) not easily destroyed | - |
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| (adjective) very long lasting | Synonyms: durable, perdurable, undestroyable |
| indigestibility | (noun) the property of being difficult to digest | Synonyms: indigestibleness |
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| indigestible | (adjective) digested with difficulty | - |
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| indigestibleness | (noun) the property of being difficult to digest | Synonyms: indigestibility |
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| indigestion | (noun) a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea | Synonyms: dyspepsia, stomach upset, upset stomach |
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| inestimable | (adjective) beyond calculation or measure | Synonyms: immeasurable, incomputable |
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| infest | (verb) invade in great numbers | Synonyms: overrun |
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| (verb) live on or in a host, as of parasites | - |
| (verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host | Synonyms: invade, overrun |
| infestation | (noun) a swarm of insects that attack plants | Synonyms: plague |
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| (noun) the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites | - |
| ingest | (verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: absorb, assimilate, take in |
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| (verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, have, take, take in |
| ingesta | (noun) solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth | - |
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| ingestion | (noun) the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) | Synonyms: consumption, intake, uptake |
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| inquest | (noun) an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death | - |
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| interest | (noun) a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | Synonyms: pastime, pursuit |
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| (noun) a reason for wanting something done | Synonyms: sake |
| (noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interestingness |
| (noun) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something | Synonyms: involvement |
| (noun) (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | Synonyms: interest group |
| (noun) a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed | - |
| (noun) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something | Synonyms: stake |
| (verb) excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of | - |
| (verb) be of importance or consequence | Synonyms: matter to |
| (verb) be on the mind of | Synonyms: concern, occupy, worry |
| interested | (adjective) having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern | - |
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| (adjective) involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in | Synonyms: concerned |
| interestedness | (noun) the state of being interested | - |
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| interesting | (adjective) arousing or holding the attention | - |
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| interestingly | (adverb) in an interesting manner | - |
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| interestingness | (noun) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | Synonyms: interest |
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| intestacy | (noun) the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will | - |
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| intestate | (adjective) having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will | - |
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| intestinal | (adjective) of or relating to or inside the intestines | Synonyms: enteral, enteric |
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| intestine | (noun) the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus | Synonyms: bowel, gut |
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| invest | (verb) make an investment | Synonyms: commit, place, put |
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| (verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: enthrone, vest |
| (verb) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position | Synonyms: induct, seat |
| (verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | Synonyms: adorn, clothe |
| (verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: empower, endow, endue, gift, indue |
| investigate | (verb) investigate scientifically | Synonyms: look into |
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| (verb) conduct an inquiry or investigation of | Synonyms: enquire, inquire |
| investigating | (noun) the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically | Synonyms: investigation |
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| investigation | (noun) the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically | Synonyms: investigating |
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| (noun) an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities | Synonyms: probe |
| investigative | (adjective) designed to find information or ascertain facts | Synonyms: fact-finding, investigatory |
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| investigator | (noun) someone who investigates | - |
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| (noun) a scientist who devotes himself to doing research | Synonyms: research worker, researcher |
| (noun) a police officer who investigates crimes | Synonyms: detective, police detective, tec |
| investigatory | (adjective) designed to find information or ascertain facts | Synonyms: fact-finding, investigative |
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| investing | (noun) the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit | Synonyms: investment |
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