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6553 Words That Contain F

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belfry (noun) a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung
(noun) a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building Synonyms: campanile
belief (noun) any cognitive content held as true
(noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed Synonyms: feeling, impression, notion, opinion
bellflower (noun) any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers Synonyms: campanula
bellyful (noun) an undesirable overabundance
benefact (verb) help as a benefactor
benefaction (noun) an act intending or showing kindness and good will Synonyms: benevolence
(noun) a contribution of money or assistance
benefactor (noun) a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) Synonyms: helper
benefactress (noun) a woman benefactor
benefic (adjective) exerting a favorable or beneficent influence
benefice (noun) an endowed church office giving income to its holder Synonyms: ecclesiastical benefice
(verb) endow with a benefice
beneficed (adjective) having a benefice
beneficence (noun) the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
(noun) doing good; feeling beneficent
beneficent (adjective) doing or producing good
(adjective) generous in assistance to the poor Synonyms: benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic
beneficial (adjective) promoting or enhancing well-being Synonyms: good
beneficially (adverb) in a beneficial manner
beneficiary (adjective) having or arising from a benefice
(noun) the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause Synonyms: benefactive role
(noun) the recipient of funds or other benefits Synonyms: donee
beneficiate (verb) process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction
beneficiation (noun) crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques Synonyms: mineral dressing, mineral extraction, mineral processing, ore dressing, ore processing
benefit (noun) something that aids or promotes well-being Synonyms: welfare
(noun) a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
(noun) financial assistance in time of need
(verb) derive a benefit from Synonyms: gain, profit
(verb) be beneficial for Synonyms: do good
benficiate (verb) subject to a reduction process
benzofuran (noun) a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins Synonyms: coumarone, cumarone
bereft (adjective) sorrowful through loss or deprivation Synonyms: bereaved, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing
(adjective) unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love Synonyms: lovelorn, unbeloved
biface (adjective) having two faces or fronts Synonyms: bifacial
bifacial (adjective) having two faces or fronts Synonyms: biface
biff (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist Synonyms: clout, lick, poke, punch, slug
(verb) strike, usually with the fist Synonyms: pommel, pummel
bifid (adjective) divided into two lobes
bifilar (adjective) having or using two filaments
biflagellate (adjective) having two flagella
bifocal (adjective) having two foci
bifocals (noun) (plural) eyeglasses having two focal lengths, one for near vision and the other for far vision
bifoliate (adjective) having two leaves
biform (adjective) having or combining two forms
bifurcate (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches Synonyms: biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy
(verb) divide into two branches
(verb) split or divide into two
bifurcated (adjective) divided into or made up of two parts
bifurcation (noun) the act of splitting into two branches
(noun) the place where something divides into two branches
(noun) a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
billfish (noun) giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
(noun) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters Synonyms: gar, needlefish
(noun) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth Synonyms: gar, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus
(noun) slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters Synonyms: saury, Scomberesox saurus
billfold (noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money Synonyms: notecase, pocketbook, wallet
binful (noun) the quantity contained in a bin Synonyms: bin
biodefence (noun) procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents Synonyms: biodefense, biological defence, biological defense
biodefense (noun) procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using biological agents Synonyms: biodefence, biological defence, biological defense
biofeedback (noun) a training program in which a person is given information about physiological processes (heart rate or blood pressure) that is not normally available with the goal of gaining conscious control of them
bioflavinoid (noun) a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation Synonyms: citrin, vitamin P
biosafety (noun) safety from exposure to infectious agents
bipinnatifid (adjective) pinnatifid with the segments also pinnatifid
birdfeeder (noun) an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds Synonyms: bird feeder, feeder
birefringence (noun) splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly Synonyms: double refraction
birefringent (adjective) relating to or characterized by double refraction
bisulfate (noun) a salt or an ester of sulphuric acid with the chemical formula HSO4-. Synonyms: hydrogen sulfate
blackface (noun) the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro
blackfish (noun) female salmon that has recently spawned
(noun) small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school Synonyms: black whale, common blackfish, Globicephala melaena, pilot whale
(noun) large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America Synonyms: tautog, Tautoga onitis
blackfly (noun) small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals Synonyms: black fly, buffalo gnat
(noun) blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets Synonyms: Aphis fabae, bean aphid
blameful (adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable
blastoff (noun) the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination Synonyms: shot
blindfold (adjective) wearing a blindfold Synonyms: blindfolded
(noun) a cloth used to cover the eyes
(verb) cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing
blindfolded (adjective) wearing a blindfold Synonyms: blindfold
blissful (adjective) completely happy and contented
blissfully (adverb) in a blissful manner
blissfulness (noun) a state of extreme happiness Synonyms: bliss, cloud nine, seventh heaven, walking on air
bloodleaf (noun) any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage
blowfish (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: globefish, puffer, pufferfish
(noun) delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver Synonyms: puffer, pufferfish, sea squab
blowfly (noun) large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds Synonyms: blow fly
bluefin (noun) largest tuna; to 1500 pounds; of mostly temperate seas: feed in polar regions but breed in tropics Synonyms: bluefin tuna, horse mackerel, Thunnus thynnus
(noun) flesh of very large tuna Synonyms: bluefin tuna
bluefish (noun) bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters Synonyms: Pomatomus saltatrix
(noun) fatty bluish flesh of bluefish
bluff (adjective) very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front Synonyms: bold, sheer
(adjective) bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured
(noun) the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards Synonyms: four flush
(noun) pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
(noun) a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
(verb) frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
(verb) deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand Synonyms: bluff out
bluffer (noun) a person who tries to bluff other people Synonyms: four-flusher
bluffly (adverb) in a blunt direct manner Synonyms: bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundly
bluffness (noun) good-natured frankness
blushful (adjective) of blush color Synonyms: rosy
(adjective) having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset Synonyms: blushing, red-faced
boarfish (noun) fish with a projecting snout Synonyms: Capros aper
(noun) fish with large eyes and long snouts
boastful (adjective) exhibiting self-importance Synonyms: big, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing
boastfully (adverb) in a boastful manner Synonyms: big, large, vauntingly
boastfulness (noun) outspoken conceit Synonyms: vainglory
bobfloat (noun) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line Synonyms: bob, bobber, cork
boeuf (noun) meat from an adult domestic bovine Synonyms: beef
boffin (noun) (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research
boffo (adjective) resoundingly successful and popular
boldface (noun) a typeface with thick heavy lines Synonyms: bold, bold face
(verb) print in boldface
bombproof (adjective) able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells Synonyms: shellproof
(noun) a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids Synonyms: air-raid shelter, bomb shelter
(verb) make safe against bombings
bonefish (noun) slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons Synonyms: Albula vulpes
bonfire (noun) a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration Synonyms: balefire
boniface (noun) the owner or manager of an inn Synonyms: host, innkeeper
bookfair (noun) bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause Synonyms: book fair
(noun) fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books Synonyms: book fair
bookshelf (noun) a shelf on which to keep books
botfly (noun) stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
bottlefeed (verb) feed (infants) with a bottle
bottleful (noun) the quantity contained in a bottle Synonyms: bottle
botuliform (adjective) long with rounded ends
bouffant (adjective) being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing Synonyms: puffy
(noun) a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance
bouffe (noun) opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken Synonyms: comic opera, opera bouffe, opera comique
bountiful (adjective) producing in abundance Synonyms: plentiful
(adjective) given or giving freely Synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, freehanded, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded
bountifully (adverb) in a bountiful manner Synonyms: bounteously, plenteously, plentifully
bountifulness (noun) the property of copious abundance Synonyms: amplitude, bounty
bowfin (noun) primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America Synonyms: Amia calva, dogfish, grindle
bowfront (adjective) having an outward curving front
bowlful (noun) the quantity contained in a bowl Synonyms: bowl
boxfish (noun) any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates Synonyms: trunkfish
boxful (noun) the quantity contained in a box Synonyms: box
boyfriend (noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman Synonyms: beau, fellow, swain
breadfruit (noun) a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread; eaten boiled or baked or roasted or ground into flour; the roasted seeds resemble chestnuts
(noun) native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread Synonyms: Artocarpus altilis, Artocarpus communis, breadfruit tree
breadstuff (noun) food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked Synonyms: bread, staff of life
(noun) flour or meal or grain used in baking bread

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