| federalise | (verb) unite on a federal basis or band together as a league | Synonyms: federalize, federate |
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| (verb) put under the control and authority of a federal government | Synonyms: federalize |
| (verb) enter into a league for a common purpose | Synonyms: federalize, federate |
| federalism | (noun) the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units | - |
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| federalist | (noun) an advocate of federalism | - |
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| federalization | (noun) the act of being put under federal control | Synonyms: federalisation |
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| (noun) the state of being under federal control | Synonyms: federalisation |
| federalize | (verb) unite on a federal basis or band together as a league | Synonyms: federalise, federate |
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| (verb) put under the control and authority of a federal government | Synonyms: federalise |
| (verb) enter into a league for a common purpose | Synonyms: federalise, federate |
| federally | (adverb) by federal government | - |
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| federate | (adjective) united under a central government | Synonyms: federated |
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| (verb) unite on a federal basis or band together as a league | Synonyms: federalise, federalize |
| (verb) enter into a league for a common purpose | Synonyms: federalise, federalize |
| federated | (adjective) united under a central government | Synonyms: federate |
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| federation | (noun) the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs | - |
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| (noun) a union of political organizations | Synonyms: confederacy, confederation |
| (noun) an organization formed by merging several groups or parties | - |
| federita | (noun) a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains | Synonyms: feterita, Sorghum vulgare caudatum |
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| fedora | (noun) a hat made of felt with a creased crown | Synonyms: felt hat, homburg, Stetson, trilby |
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| fee | (noun) a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services | - |
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| (noun) an interest in land capable of being inherited | - |
| (verb) give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on | Synonyms: bung, tip |
| feeble | (adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | Synonyms: debile, decrepit, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly |
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| (adjective) lacking strength | Synonyms: nerveless |
| (adjective) lacking strength or vigor | Synonyms: faint |
| (adjective) pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness | Synonyms: lame |
| feebleminded | (adjective) retarded in intellectual development | Synonyms: backward, half-witted, slow-witted |
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| feeblemindedness | (noun) severe mental deficiency | - |
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| feebleness | (noun) the quality of lacking intensity or substance | Synonyms: tenuity |
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| (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism |
| feebly | (adverb) in a halting and feeble manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a faint and feeble manner | - |
| feed | (noun) food for domestic livestock | Synonyms: provender |
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| (verb) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to | Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize |
| (verb) introduce continuously | Synonyms: feed in |
| (verb) take in food; used of animals only | Synonyms: eat |
| (verb) give food to | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) serve as food for; be the food for | - |
| (verb) feed into; supply | - |
| (verb) provide as food | - |
| (verb) gratify | Synonyms: feast |
| (verb) profit from in an exploitatory manner | Synonyms: prey |
| (verb) move along, of liquids | Synonyms: course, flow, run |
| (verb) support or promote | - |
| feedback | (noun) response to an inquiry or experiment | - |
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| (noun) the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output | - |
| feedbag | (noun) a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head | Synonyms: nosebag |
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| feeder | (noun) an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening | - |
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| (noun) an animal that feeds on a particular source of food | - |
| (noun) a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material | Synonyms: self-feeder |
| (noun) an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds | Synonyms: bird feeder, birdfeeder |
| (noun) a branch that flows into the main stream | Synonyms: affluent, confluent, tributary |
| (noun) someone who consumes food for nourishment | Synonyms: eater |
| feeding | (noun) the act of consuming food | Synonyms: eating |
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| (noun) the act of supplying food and nourishment | Synonyms: alimentation |
| feedlot | (noun) a building where livestock are fattened for market | - |
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| feedstock | (noun) the raw material that is required for some industrial process | - |
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| feel | (noun) manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure | - |
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| (noun) a property perceived by touch | Synonyms: tactile property |
| (noun) an intuitive awareness | - |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone |
| (verb) be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state | - |
| (verb) come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds | Synonyms: find |
| (verb) have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude | - |
| (verb) examine by touch | Synonyms: finger |
| (verb) examine (a body part) by palpation | Synonyms: palpate |
| (verb) pass one's hands over the sexual organs of | - |
| (verb) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind | Synonyms: experience |
| (verb) perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles | Synonyms: sense |
| (verb) undergo passive experience of | - |
| (verb) produce a certain impression | - |
| (verb) grope or feel in search of something | - |
| (verb) find by testing or cautious exploration | - |
| (verb) be felt or perceived in a certain way | - |
| feeler | (noun) one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste | Synonyms: antenna |
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| (noun) slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish | Synonyms: barbel |
| (noun) sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ | Synonyms: antenna |
| (noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | Synonyms: advance, approach, overture |
| feeling | (noun) the experiencing of affective and emotional states | - |
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| (noun) an intuitive understanding of something | Synonyms: intuitive feeling |
| (noun) a physical sensation that you experience | - |
| (noun) the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin | Synonyms: tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation |
| (noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed | Synonyms: belief, impression, notion, opinion |
| (noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | Synonyms: feel, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone |
| feelingly | (adverb) with great feeling | - |
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| feelings | (noun) emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity) | - |
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| feetfirst | (adverb) with the feet foremost | - |
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| feign | (verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: affect, dissemble, pretend, sham |
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| (verb) make a pretence of | Synonyms: assume, sham, simulate |
| feigned | (adjective) not genuine | - |
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| feigning | (noun) the act of giving a false appearance | Synonyms: pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation |
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| (noun) pretending with intention to deceive | Synonyms: dissembling, pretence, pretense |
| feijoa | (noun) dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves | Synonyms: pineapple guava |
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| (noun) South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit | Synonyms: feijoa bush |
| feint | (noun) any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack) | - |
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| (verb) deceive by a mock action | - |
| feist | (noun) a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog | Synonyms: fice |
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| feistiness | (noun) The quality or state of being tenacious, energetic, spunky. | Synonyms: scrappiness |
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| feisty | (adjective) quick to take offense | Synonyms: huffy, thin-skinned, touchy |
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| (adjective) showing courage | Synonyms: plucky, spunky |
| felafel | (noun) small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds | Synonyms: falafel |
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| feldspar | (noun) any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium | Synonyms: felspar |
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| felicitate | (verb) express congratulations | Synonyms: congratulate |
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| felicitation | (noun) the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration | Synonyms: congratulation |
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| (noun) (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another | Synonyms: congratulation |
| felicitous | (adjective) exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style | - |
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| (adjective) marked by good fortune | Synonyms: happy |
| felicitously | (adverb) in a felicitous manner | - |
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| felicitousness | (noun) pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) | Synonyms: felicity |
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| felicity | (noun) pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) | Synonyms: felicitousness |
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| (noun) state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | Synonyms: happiness |
| felid | (noun) any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws | Synonyms: feline |
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| feline | (adjective) of or relating to cats | - |
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| (noun) any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws | Synonyms: felid |
| fell | (adjective) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | Synonyms: barbarous, brutal, cruel, roughshod, savage, vicious |
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| (noun) the act of felling something (as a tree) | - |
| (noun) seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges | Synonyms: felled seam |
| (noun) the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) | Synonyms: hide |
| (verb) cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow | Synonyms: cut down, drop, strike down |
| (verb) sew a seam by folding the edges | - |
| (verb) pass away rapidly | Synonyms: fly, vanish |
| fella | (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
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| fellah | (noun) an agricultural laborer in Arab countries | - |
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| fellate | (verb) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation | Synonyms: blow, go down on, suck |
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| fellatio | (noun) oral stimulation of the penis | Synonyms: fellation |
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| fellation | (noun) oral stimulation of the penis | Synonyms: fellatio |
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| feller | (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, fellow, gent, lad |
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| (noun) a person who fells trees | Synonyms: faller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman |
| felloe | (noun) rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted | Synonyms: felly |
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| fellow | (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, gent, lad |
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| (noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman | Synonyms: beau, boyfriend, swain |
| (noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, comrade, familiar |
| (noun) a person who is member of one's class or profession | Synonyms: colleague, confrere |
| (noun) an informal form of address for a man | Synonyms: buster, dude |
| (noun) a member of a learned society | - |
| (noun) one of a pair | Synonyms: mate |
| fellowship | (noun) an association of people who share common beliefs or activities | Synonyms: family |
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| (noun) money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research | - |
| (noun) the state of being with someone | Synonyms: companionship, company, society |
| felly | (noun) rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted | Synonyms: felloe |
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| felon | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: criminal, crook, malefactor, outlaw |
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| (noun) a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail | Synonyms: whitlow |
| felonious | (adjective) involving or being or having the nature of a crime | Synonyms: criminal |
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| feloniousness | (noun) The property of relating to, or having the nature of a serious criminal offense. | - |
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| felony | (noun) a serious crime (such as murder or arson) | - |
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| felspar | (noun) any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium | Synonyms: feldspar |
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| felt | (noun) a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers | - |
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| (verb) change texture so as to become matted and felt-like | Synonyms: felt up, mat, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up |
| (verb) cover with felt | - |
| (verb) mat together and make felt-like | - |
| felted | (adjective) made by combining fibers with a binder using heat and pressure | - |
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| felucca | (noun) a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean | - |
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| felwort | (noun) gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas | Synonyms: gentianella amarella |
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| female | (adjective) being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop | - |
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| (adjective) for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls | - |
| (adjective) characteristic of or peculiar to a woman | Synonyms: distaff |
| (noun) an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) | - |
| (noun) a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies | Synonyms: female person |
| femaleness | (noun) the properties characteristic of the female sex | Synonyms: feminineness |
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| feminine | (adjective) associated with women and not with men | - |
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| (adjective) female (of grammatical gender) | - |
| (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman | Synonyms: womanly |
| (adjective) (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable | - |
| (noun) a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female | - |
| feminineness | (noun) the properties characteristic of the female sex | Synonyms: femaleness |
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| femininity | (noun) the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women | Synonyms: muliebrity |
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| feminisation | (noun) the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration | Synonyms: feminization |
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| feminise | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminise, effeminize, feminize, womanize |
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| (verb) assume (more) feminine characteristics | Synonyms: feminize |
| feminism | (noun) the movement aimed at equal rights for women | Synonyms: feminist movement, women's lib, women's liberation movement |
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| (noun) a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women | - |
| feminist | (adjective) of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women | - |
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| (noun) a supporter of feminism | Synonyms: libber, women's liberationist, women's rightist |
| feminization | (noun) the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration | Synonyms: feminisation |
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| feminize | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminise, effeminize, feminise, womanize |
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| (verb) assume (more) feminine characteristics | Synonyms: feminise |
| femoral | (adjective) of or relating to or near the femur or thigh | - |
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| femoris | (noun) the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee | Synonyms: femur, thighbone |
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| femtochemistry | (noun) the branch of chemistry that studies elementary (often very fast) chemical reactions as they occur; the experimental methods are often based on the use of femtosecond laser pulses | - |
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| femtometer | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter | Synonyms: femtometre, fermi |
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| femtometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter | Synonyms: femtometer, fermi |
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| femtosecond | (noun) one quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond | - |
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| femtovolt | (noun) a unit of potential equal to one quadrillionth of a volt (or one thousandth of a picovolt) | - |
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| femur | (noun) the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee | Synonyms: femoris, thighbone |
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| fen | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fenland, marsh, marshland |
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| (noun) 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China | - |
| fence | (noun) a barrier that serves to enclose an area | Synonyms: fencing |
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| (noun) a dealer in stolen property | - |
| (verb) have an argument about something | Synonyms: argue, contend, debate |
| (verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify | Synonyms: fence in, palisade, surround, wall |
| (verb) fight with fencing swords | - |
| (verb) enclose with a fence | Synonyms: fence in |
| (verb) receive stolen goods | - |
| fencelike | (adjective) resembling a fence | - |
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| fencer | (noun) someone skilled at fencing | Synonyms: swordsman |
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| fencesitter | (noun) a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) | Synonyms: independent, mugwump |
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| fencing | (noun) the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) | - |
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| (noun) a barrier that serves to enclose an area | Synonyms: fence |
| (noun) material for building fences | Synonyms: fencing material |
| fend | (verb) withstand the force of something | Synonyms: resist, stand |
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| (verb) try to manage without help | - |
| fender | (noun) a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact | Synonyms: buffer |
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| (noun) a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud | Synonyms: wing |
| (noun) a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth | - |
| (noun) an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track | Synonyms: buffer, cowcatcher, pilot |
| fenestella | (noun) oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault | Synonyms: lunette |
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| fenestra | (noun) a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear) | - |
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| fenestral | (adjective) of or relating to windows | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or having a fenestra | - |
| fenestration | (noun) surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis | - |
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| (noun) the arrangement of windows in a building | - |
| fenland | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fen, marsh, marshland |
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