| 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) | - |
|---|
| (noun) a barrier that serves to enclose an area | Synonyms: fence |
| (noun) material for building fences | Synonyms: fencing material |
| fermenting | (noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | Synonyms: ferment, fermentation, zymolysis, zymosis |
|---|
| ferrying | (noun) transport by boat or aircraft | Synonyms: ferry |
|---|
| festering | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: ichor, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration |
|---|
| (noun) (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | Synonyms: maturation, suppuration |
| fetching | (adjective) very attractive; capturing interest | Synonyms: taking, winning |
|---|
| fibbing | (noun) a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear | Synonyms: paltering |
|---|
| fiddling | (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
|---|
| fielding | (noun) (baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field | - |
|---|
| fig | (noun) a diagram or picture illustrating textual material | Synonyms: figure |
|---|
| (noun) fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried | - |
| (noun) Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit | Synonyms: common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica |
| fighting | (adjective) engaged in or ready for military or naval operations | Synonyms: active, combat-ready |
|---|
| (noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle | Synonyms: combat, fight, scrap |
| figuring | (noun) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities | Synonyms: calculation, computation, reckoning |
|---|
| filing | (noun) preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc. | - |
|---|
| (noun) the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object) | - |
| (noun) the entering of a legal document into the public record | - |
| (noun) a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file | - |
| filling | (noun) the act of filling something | - |
|---|
| (noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | Synonyms: pick, weft, woof |
| (noun) (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth | - |
| (noun) a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc. | - |
| (noun) flow into something (as a container) | - |
| (noun) any material that fills a space or container | Synonyms: fill |
| filming | (noun) the act of making a film | Synonyms: cinematography, motion-picture photography |
|---|
| financing | (noun) the act of financing | Synonyms: funding |
|---|
| finding | (noun) the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation | Synonyms: determination |
|---|
| (noun) the decision of a court on issues of fact or law | - |
| (noun) something that is found | - |
| fingering | (noun) touching something with the fingers | - |
|---|
| (noun) the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument | - |
| fingerling | (noun) a young or small fish | - |
|---|
| fingerpointing | (noun) the imputation of blame | Synonyms: finger-pointing |
|---|
| fingerprinting | (noun) the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification | - |
|---|
| fingerspelling | (noun) an alphabet of manual signs | Synonyms: finger spelling |
|---|
| finishing | (noun) the act of finishing | Synonyms: finish |
|---|
| (noun) a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) | Synonyms: coating, finish |
| firebug | (noun) a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain | - |
|---|
| (noun) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property | Synonyms: arsonist, incendiary |
| firedog | (noun) metal supports for logs in a fireplace | Synonyms: andiron, dog-iron, dog |
|---|
| fireplug | (noun) an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire | Synonyms: fire hydrant, plug |
|---|
| firing | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: ignition, inflammation, kindling, lighting |
|---|
| (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
| (noun) the act of discharging a gun | Synonyms: discharge, firing off |
| (noun) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | Synonyms: fire |
| fishgig | (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fizgig, gig, lance, spear |
|---|
| fishing | (noun) the act of someone who fishes as a diversion | Synonyms: sportfishing |
|---|
| (noun) the occupation of catching fish for a living | - |
| fitting | (adjective) being precisely fitting and right | Synonyms: meet |
|---|
| (adjective) in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion | Synonyms: decent |
| (noun) putting clothes on to see whether they fit | Synonyms: try-on, trying on |
| (noun) a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system | - |
| (noun) (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | Synonyms: appointment |
| (noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances | Synonyms: accommodation, adjustment |
| fixing | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation |
|---|
| (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: altering, neutering |
| (noun) (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body | Synonyms: fixation |
| (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastener, fastening, holdfast |
| fizgig | (noun) a firework that fizzes as it moves | - |
|---|
| (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fishgig, gig, lance, spear |
| fizzing | (adjective) hissing and bubbling | Synonyms: fizzy |
|---|
| flag | (noun) a conspicuously marked or shaped tail | - |
|---|
| (noun) emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design | - |
| (noun) stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones | Synonyms: flagstone |
| (noun) flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green | Synonyms: pin |
| (noun) a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device | Synonyms: signal flag |
| (noun) a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc. | Synonyms: masthead |
| (noun) plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals | Synonyms: fleur-de-lis, iris, sword lily |
| (verb) provide with a flag | - |
| (verb) become less intense | Synonyms: ease off, ease up, slacken off |
| (verb) communicate or signal with a flag | - |
| (verb) decorate with flags | - |
| (verb) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness | Synonyms: droop, sag, swag |
| flagging | (adjective) weak from exhaustion | Synonyms: drooping |
|---|
| (noun) a walk of flagstones | - |
| (noun) flagstones collectively | - |
| flaming | (adjective) passionate or quick-tempered | Synonyms: fiery |
|---|
| (adjective) informal intensifiers | Synonyms: bally, blinking, bloody, blooming, crashing, fucking |
| (noun) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | Synonyms: fire, flame |
| flapping | (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flap, flutter, fluttering |
|---|
| flaring | (adjective) streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air | Synonyms: aflare |
|---|
| flashboarding | (noun) boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height | Synonyms: flashboard |
|---|
| flashing | (noun) sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing | - |
|---|
| (noun) a short vivid experience | Synonyms: flash |
| flattering | (adjective) showing or representing to advantage | - |
|---|
| (adjective) obsequiously complimentary | Synonyms: adulatory |
| flavoring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning |
|---|
| flavouring | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, seasoner, seasoning |
|---|
| fleabag | (noun) a run-down hotel | - |
|---|
| fledgeling | (adjective) (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers | Synonyms: fledgling |
|---|
| (noun) young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying | Synonyms: fledgling |
| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
| fledgling | (adjective) (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers | Synonyms: fledgeling |
|---|
| (adjective) young and inexperienced | Synonyms: callow, unfledged |
| (noun) young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying | Synonyms: fledgeling |
| (noun) any new participant in some activity | Synonyms: entrant, fledgeling, freshman, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, starter |
| fleeting | (adjective) lasting for a markedly brief time | Synonyms: fugitive, momentaneous, momentary |
|---|
| flickering | (adjective) shining unsteadily | Synonyms: aflicker |
|---|
| fling | (noun) a brief indulgence of your impulses | Synonyms: spree |
|---|
| (noun) a usually brief attempt | Synonyms: crack, go, offer, pass, whirl |
| (noun) the act of flinging | - |
| (verb) throw with force or recklessness | - |
| (verb) move in an abrupt or headlong manner | - |
| (verb) indulge oneself | Synonyms: splurge |
| (verb) throw or cast away | Synonyms: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out |
| flirting | (noun) playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | Synonyms: coquetry, dalliance, flirt, flirtation, toying |
|---|
| floating | (adjective) borne up by or suspended in a liquid | - |
|---|
| (adjective) inclined to move or be moved about | - |
| (adjective) not definitely committed to a party or policy | - |
| (adjective) (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position | - |
| (adjective) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | Synonyms: aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant |
| (noun) the act of someone who floats on the water | Synonyms: natation |
| flog | (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip |
|---|
| (verb) beat with a cane | Synonyms: cane, lambast, lambaste |
| flogging | (noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment | Synonyms: flagellation, lashing, tanning, whipping |
|---|
| flooding | (noun) a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them | Synonyms: implosion therapy |
|---|
| flooring | (noun) the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) | Synonyms: floor |
|---|
| (noun) building material used in laying floors | - |
| flourishing | (adjective) very lively and profitable | Synonyms: booming, burgeoning, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving |
|---|
| flowering | (adjective) when a plant is in a state of possessing one or multiple flowers and/or blooms | - |
|---|
| (noun) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms | Synonyms: anthesis, blossoming, efflorescence, florescence, inflorescence |
| (noun) a developmental process | Synonyms: unfolding |
| flowing | (adjective) designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow | Synonyms: aerodynamic, sleek, streamlined |
|---|
| (noun) the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases) | Synonyms: flow |
| fluctuating | (adjective) having unpredictable ups and downs | - |
|---|
| fluting | (noun) a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) | Synonyms: flute |
|---|
| fluttering | (noun) the motion made by flapping up and down | Synonyms: flap, flapping, flutter |
|---|
| flying | (adjective) hurried and brief | Synonyms: fast, quick |
|---|
| (adjective) moving swiftly | Synonyms: fast-flying |
| (noun) an instance of traveling by air | Synonyms: flight |
| foaming | (adjective) emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation | Synonyms: bubbling, bubbly, effervescing, foamy, frothy, spumy |
|---|
| (adjective) producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease | Synonyms: foamy, frothing |
| focusing | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalisation, focalization |
|---|
| (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focussing |
| focussing | (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing |
|---|
| fog | (noun) confusion characterized by lack of clarity | Synonyms: daze, haze |
|---|
| (noun) droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground | - |
| (noun) an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance | Synonyms: fogginess, murk, murkiness |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
| foiling | (noun) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | Synonyms: frustration, thwarting |
|---|
| folding | (adjective) capable of being folded up and stored | Synonyms: foldable, foldaway |
|---|
| (noun) the act of folding | Synonyms: fold |
| (noun) the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape | Synonyms: protein folding |
| (noun) a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock | Synonyms: fold |
| folksong | (noun) a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture | Synonyms: folk ballad, folk song |
|---|
| following | (adjective) going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction | - |
|---|
| (adjective) in the desired direction | - |
| (adjective) about to be mentioned or specified | Synonyms: undermentioned |
| (adjective) immediately following in time or order | Synonyms: next |
| (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chase, pursual, pursuit |
| (noun) a group of followers or enthusiasts | Synonyms: followers |
| fondling | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: caressing, cuddling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
|---|
| fooling | (adjective) characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility | Synonyms: casual |
|---|
| footing | (noun) a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing | Synonyms: foothold |
|---|
| (noun) a relation that provides the foundation for something | Synonyms: basis, ground |
| (noun) status with respect to the relations between people or groups | Synonyms: terms |
| footling | (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
|---|
| footslog | (verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | Synonyms: pad, plod, slog, tramp, trudge |
|---|
| foraging | (noun) the act of searching for food and provisions | Synonyms: forage |
|---|
| forbearing | (adjective) showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment | Synonyms: longanimous |
|---|
| forbidding | (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | Synonyms: baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening |
|---|
| (adjective) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | Synonyms: dour, grim |
| (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: ban, banning, forbiddance |
| fording | (noun) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse | Synonyms: ford |
|---|
| foreboding | (adjective) ominously prophetic | Synonyms: fateful, portentous |
|---|
| (noun) an unfavorable omen | - |
| (noun) a feeling of evil to come | Synonyms: boding, premonition, presentiment |
| forecasting | (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: foretelling, prediction, prognostication |
|---|
| foregoing | (adjective) especially of writing or speech; going before | - |
|---|
| foregrounding | (noun) the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system | Synonyms: foreground processing |
|---|
| foreleg | (noun) the forelimb of a quadruped | - |
|---|
| foreshadowing | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: adumbrative, prefigurative |
|---|
| (noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: adumbration, prefiguration |
| forestalling | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: obviation, preclusion |
|---|
| foretelling | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: divination, fortune telling, soothsaying |
|---|
| (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: forecasting, prediction, prognostication |
| forewarning | (noun) an early warning about a future event | Synonyms: premonition |
|---|
| forewing | (noun) either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings | Synonyms: fore-wing, fore wing |
|---|
| forging | (noun) shaping metal by heating and hammering | - |
|---|
| forgiving | (adjective) inclined or able to forgive and show mercy | - |
|---|
| (adjective) providing absolution | Synonyms: absolvitory, exonerative |
| forgoing | (noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) | Synonyms: forswearing, renunciation |
|---|
| forking | (noun) the act of branching out or dividing into branches | Synonyms: branching, fork, ramification |
|---|
| (noun) the place where something divides into branches | Synonyms: furcation |
| formatting | (noun) the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) | Synonyms: data format, data formatting, format |
|---|
| forsaking | (noun) the act of giving something up | Synonyms: abandonment, desertion |
|---|
| (noun) the act of forsaking | Synonyms: giving up |
| forswearing | (noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) | Synonyms: forgoing, renunciation |
|---|
| forthcoming | (adjective) available when required or as promised | - |
|---|
| (adjective) of the relatively near future | Synonyms: approaching, coming, upcoming |
| (adjective) at ease in talking to others | Synonyms: extroverted, outgoing |
| fortunetelling | (noun) the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment) | - |
|---|
| forwarding | (noun) the act of sending on to another destination | - |
|---|
| (noun) the advancement of some enterprise | Synonyms: furtherance, promotion |
| fostering | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
|---|
| (noun) encouragement; aiding the development of something | Synonyms: fosterage |
| fosterling | (noun) a child who is raised by foster parents | Synonyms: foster-child, foster child |
|---|