| bedfast | (adjective) confined to bed (by illness) | Synonyms: bedrid, bedridden, sick-abed |
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| breakfast | (noun) the first meal of the day (usually in the morning) | - |
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| (verb) eat an early morning meal | - |
| (verb) provide breakfast for | - |
| colorfast | (adjective) having color that is resistant to fading or running | - |
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| cragfast | (adjective) stranded on or as if on a crag | - |
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| fasces | (noun) bundle of rods containing an ax with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism | - |
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| fascia | (noun) instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls | Synonyms: dashboard |
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| (noun) a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc | Synonyms: facia |
| fascicle | (noun) a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) | Synonyms: fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle |
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| (noun) an installment of a printed work | Synonyms: fascicule |
| fasciculation | (noun) muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers | - |
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| fascicule | (noun) an installment of a printed work | Synonyms: fascicle |
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| fasciculus | (noun) a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) | Synonyms: fascicle, fiber bundle, fibre bundle |
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| fascinate | (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: grip, spellbind, transfix |
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| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, trance |
| (verb) cause to be interested or curious | Synonyms: intrigue |
| fascinated | (adjective) having your attention fixated as though by a spell | Synonyms: hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound, transfixed |
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| fascinating | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing |
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| (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: absorbing, engrossing, gripping, riveting |
| fascinatingly | (adverb) in a fascinating manner | - |
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| fascination | (noun) the capacity to attract intense interest | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: captivation, enchantment, enthrallment |
| (noun) the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) | Synonyms: captivation |
| fascioliasis | (noun) infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot | Synonyms: fasciolosis |
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| fasciolopsiasis | (noun) infestation with the large intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski; common in eastern Asia | - |
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| fasciolosis | (noun) infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot | Synonyms: fascioliasis |
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| fascism | (noun) a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism) | - |
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| fascist | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of fascism | Synonyms: fascistic |
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| (noun) an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views | - |
| fascista | (noun) an Italian fascist under Mussolini | - |
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| fascistic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of fascism | Synonyms: fascist |
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| fashion | (noun) characteristic or habitual practice | - |
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| (noun) consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode | - |
| (noun) how something is done or how it happens | Synonyms: manner, mode, style, way |
| (noun) the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior | - |
| (verb) make out of components (often in an improvising manner) | Synonyms: forge |
| fashionable | (adjective) being or in accordance with current social fashions | Synonyms: stylish |
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| (adjective) having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress | Synonyms: stylish |
| (adjective) popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time | Synonyms: in fashion |
| fashionableness | (noun) The state of being fashionable; stylishness; elegance. | - |
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| fashionably | (adverb) in a fashionable manner | - |
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| fashioned | (adjective) planned and made or fashioned artistically | - |
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| fashioning | (noun) the act that results in something coming to be | Synonyms: devising, making |
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| fashionmonger | (noun) someone who advises you about fashionable clothing | Synonyms: fashion consultant |
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| fast | (adjective) acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly | - |
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| (adjective) at a rapid tempo | - |
| (adjective) (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time | - |
| (adjective) (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time | - |
| (adjective) unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause | Synonyms: firm, loyal, truehearted |
| (adjective) securely fixed in place | Synonyms: firm, immobile |
| (adjective) hurried and brief | Synonyms: flying, quick |
| (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous |
| (adjective) resistant to destruction or fading | - |
| (adjective) (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds | - |
| (noun) abstaining from food | Synonyms: fasting |
| (adverb) quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form) | - |
| (adverb) firmly or closely | Synonyms: tight |
| (verb) abstain from eating | - |
| (verb) abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons | - |
| fastball | (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: bullet, heater, hummer, smoke |
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| fasten | (verb) make tight or tighter | Synonyms: tighten |
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| (verb) become fixed or fastened | - |
| (verb) cause to be firmly attached | Synonyms: fix, secure |
| (verb) attach to | - |
| fastened | (adjective) firmly closed or secured | - |
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| (adjective) furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike | Synonyms: buttoned |
| (adjective) fastened with strings or cords | Synonyms: tied |
| fastener | (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastening, fixing, holdfast |
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| (noun) a person who fastens or makes fast | - |
| fastening | (noun) the act of fastening things together | Synonyms: attachment |
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| (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastener, fixing, holdfast |
| faster | (adverb) more quickly | Synonyms: quicker |
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| fastest | (adverb) most quickly | Synonyms: quickest |
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| fastidious | (adjective) giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness | - |
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| (adjective) having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures | Synonyms: exacting |
| fastidiously | (adverb) in a fastidious manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a fastidious and painstaking manner | Synonyms: painstakingly |
| fastidiousness | (noun) the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style | - |
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| fastigiate | (adjective) having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column) | - |
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| fasting | (noun) abstaining from food | Synonyms: fast |
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| fastnacht | (noun) doughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday | - |
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| fastness | (noun) a strongly fortified defensive structure | Synonyms: stronghold |
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| (noun) a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens | Synonyms: speed, swiftness |
| (noun) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | Synonyms: fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness |
| headfast | (noun) a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf | - |
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| holdfast | (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastener, fastening, fixing |
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| refashion | (verb) make new | Synonyms: make over, redo, remake |
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| steadfast | (adjective) firm and dependable especially in loyalty | Synonyms: staunch, unswerving |
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| (adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | Synonyms: firm, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
| steadfastly | (adverb) with resolute determination | Synonyms: firm, firmly, unwaveringly |
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| steadfastness | (noun) loyalty in the face of trouble and difficulty | Synonyms: staunchness |
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| (noun) steadfast resolution | - |
| unfashionable | (adjective) not in accord with or not following current fashion | Synonyms: unstylish |
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| (adjective) unpopular and considered unappealing or unfashionable at the time | Synonyms: out of fashion |
| unfashionably | (adverb) in an unfashionable manner | - |
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| unfasten | (verb) become undone or untied | - |
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| (verb) cause to become undone | - |
| unfastened | (adjective) not closed or secured | - |
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| (adjective) not buttoned | Synonyms: unbuttoned |
| (adjective) not tied | Synonyms: untied |
| (adjective) affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed | Synonyms: open |
| unfastener | (noun) a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens | Synonyms: opener, undoer, untier |
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| unfastening | (noun) loosening the ties that fasten something | Synonyms: undoing, untying |
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| unfastidious | (adjective) marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness | - |
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| (adjective) not exacting in nutritional requirements | - |