| fondue | (noun) hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped | Synonyms: fondu |
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| (noun) cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces | Synonyms: fondu |
| font | (noun) bowl for baptismal water | Synonyms: baptismal font, baptistery, baptistry |
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| (noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family | Synonyms: case, face, fount, typeface |
| fontanel | (noun) any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus | Synonyms: fontanelle, soft spot |
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| fontanelle | (noun) any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus | Synonyms: fontanel, soft spot |
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| food | (noun) any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue | Synonyms: nutrient |
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| (noun) anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking | Synonyms: food for thought, intellectual nourishment |
| (noun) any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment | Synonyms: solid food |
| foodgasm | (noun) An extreme feeling of pleasure caused by seeing food | - |
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| foodie | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gourmet |
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| foodless | (adjective) being without food | - |
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| foodstuff | (noun) (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer | Synonyms: grocery |
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| (noun) a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food | Synonyms: food product |
| fool | (noun) a person who lacks good judgment | Synonyms: muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool |
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| (noun) a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | Synonyms: chump, fall guy, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker |
| (noun) a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages | Synonyms: jester, motley fool |
| (verb) indulge in horseplay | Synonyms: arse around, fool around, horse around |
| (verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: befool, cod, dupe, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
| (verb) spend frivolously and unwisely | Synonyms: dissipate, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot |
| (verb) make a fool or dupe of | Synonyms: befool, gull |
| foolery | (noun) foolish or senseless behavior | Synonyms: craziness, folly, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery |
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| foolhardiness | (noun) the trait of giving little thought to danger | Synonyms: rashness, recklessness |
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| foolhardy | (adjective) marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences | Synonyms: heady, rash, reckless |
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| fooling | (adjective) characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility | Synonyms: casual |
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| foolish | (adjective) devoid of good sense or judgment | - |
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| (adjective) having or revealing stupidity | Synonyms: anserine, dopey, dopy, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky |
| foolishly | (adverb) without good sense or judgment | Synonyms: unwisely |
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| foolishness | (noun) a stupid mistake | Synonyms: betise, folly, imbecility, stupidity |
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| (noun) the trait of acting stupidly or rashly | Synonyms: folly, unwiseness |
| (noun) the quality of being rash and foolish | Synonyms: craziness, folly, madness |
| foolproof | (adjective) not liable to failure | Synonyms: unfailing |
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| (verb) proof against human misuse or error | Synonyms: goof-proof, goofproof |
| foolscap | (noun) a size of paper used especially in Britain | - |
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| foot | (noun) travel by walking | - |
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| (noun) any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates | Synonyms: invertebrate foot |
| (noun) the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings | Synonyms: animal foot |
| (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
| (noun) a support resembling a pedal extremity | - |
| (noun) the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint | Synonyms: human foot, pes |
| (noun) (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm | Synonyms: metrical foot, metrical unit |
| (noun) an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot | Synonyms: infantry |
| (noun) the lower part of anything | - |
| (noun) a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger | - |
| (noun) a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard | Synonyms: ft |
| (verb) add a column of numbers | Synonyms: foot up |
| (verb) walk | Synonyms: hoof, hoof it, leg it |
| (verb) pay for something | Synonyms: pick |
| footage | (noun) film that has been shot | - |
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| (noun) a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done | - |
| football | (noun) any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal | Synonyms: football game |
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| (noun) the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football | - |
| footballer | (noun) an athlete who plays American football | Synonyms: football player |
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| footbath | (noun) a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet | - |
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| footboard | (noun) a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead | - |
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| (noun) a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet | - |
| footbridge | (noun) a bridge designed for pedestrians | Synonyms: overcrossing, pedestrian bridge |
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| footcandle | (noun) a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle | - |
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| footed | (adjective) having feet | - |
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| footedness | (noun) the property of favoring one foot over the other (as in kicking a ball) | - |
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| footer | (noun) a printed note placed below the text on a printed page | Synonyms: footnote |
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| (noun) a person who travels by foot | Synonyms: pedestrian, walker |
| (noun) (used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet | - |
| footfall | (noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footstep, step |
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| footfault | (noun) a fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline | - |
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| footgear | (noun) covering for a person's feet | Synonyms: footwear |
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| foothill | (noun) a relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain | - |
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| foothold | (noun) an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments | Synonyms: beachhead |
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| (noun) a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing | Synonyms: footing |
| (noun) an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies | Synonyms: bridgehead |
| footing | (noun) a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing | Synonyms: foothold |
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| (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 |
| footle | (verb) act foolishly, as by talking nonsense | - |
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| (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
| footless | (adjective) having no feet or analogous appendages | - |
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| footlights | (noun) theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors | - |
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| footling | (adjective) (informal) small and of little importance | Synonyms: fiddling, lilliputian, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
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| footlocker | (noun) a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) | Synonyms: locker |
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| footloose | (adjective) free to go or do as one pleases | - |
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| footman | (noun) a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores | - |
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| footmark | (noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface | Synonyms: footprint, step |
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| footnote | (noun) a printed note placed below the text on a printed page | Synonyms: footer |
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| (verb) add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments | Synonyms: annotate |
| footpad | (noun) a highwayman who robs on foot | Synonyms: padder |
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| footpath | (noun) a trodden path | Synonyms: pathway |
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| footplate | (noun) the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls | - |
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| footprint | (noun) the area taken up by some object | - |
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| (noun) a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface | Synonyms: footmark, step |
| (noun) a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important | - |
| footrace | (noun) a race run on foot | Synonyms: foot race, run |
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| footrest | (noun) a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person | Synonyms: footstool, ottoman, tuffet |
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| footslog | (verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | Synonyms: pad, plod, slog, tramp, trudge |
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| footslogger | (noun) fights on foot with small arms | Synonyms: foot soldier, infantryman, marcher |
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| footsore | (adjective) having sore or tired feet | - |
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| footstall | (noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) | Synonyms: pedestal, plinth |
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| footstep | (noun) the act of taking a step in walking | - |
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| (noun) the sound of a step of someone walking | Synonyms: footfall, step |
| (noun) the distance covered by a step | Synonyms: pace, step, stride |
| footstool | (noun) a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person | Synonyms: footrest, ottoman, tuffet |
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| footsure | (adjective) not liable to stumble or fall | Synonyms: sure-footed, surefooted |
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| footwall | (noun) the lower wall of an inclined fault | - |
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| footwear | (noun) covering for a person's feet | Synonyms: footgear |
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| (noun) clothing worn on a person's feet | - |
| footwork | (noun) the manner of using the feet | - |
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| (noun) skillful maneuvering or dealing | - |
| fop | (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, gallant, sheik, swell |
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| foppish | (adjective) affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner | Synonyms: dandified, dandyish |
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| foppishness | (noun) the manner and dress of a fop or dandy | Synonyms: dandyism |
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| forage | (noun) the act of searching for food and provisions | Synonyms: foraging |
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| (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, grass, pasturage, pasture |
| (verb) wander and feed | - |
| (verb) collect or look around for (food) | Synonyms: scrounge |
| forager | (noun) someone who hunts for food and provisions | - |
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| foraging | (noun) the act of searching for food and provisions | Synonyms: forage |
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| foram | (noun) marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude | Synonyms: foraminifer |
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| foramen | (noun) a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure | Synonyms: hiatus |
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| foraminifer | (noun) marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude | Synonyms: foram |
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| foray | (noun) a sudden short attack | Synonyms: maraud, raid |
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| (noun) an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence) | - |
| (verb) briefly enter enemy territory | - |
| (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip |
| forbear | (noun) a person from whom you are descended | Synonyms: forebear |
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| (verb) resist doing something | Synonyms: refrain |
| (verb) refrain from doing | Synonyms: hold back |
| forbearance | (noun) a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting | - |
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| (noun) good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence | Synonyms: longanimity, patience |
| forbearing | (adjective) showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment | Synonyms: longanimous |
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| forbid | (verb) command against | Synonyms: disallow, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto |
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| (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent |
| forbiddance | (noun) the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) | Synonyms: inhibition, prohibition |
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| (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: ban, banning, forbidding |
| forbidden | (adjective) excluded from use or mention | Synonyms: out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten |
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| forbidding | (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | Synonyms: baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening |
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| (adjective) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | Synonyms: dour, grim |
| (noun) an official prohibition or edict against something | Synonyms: ban, banning, forbiddance |
| forbiddingly | (adverb) in an unpleasant or menacing manner | - |
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| force | (noun) a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base | Synonyms: force-out, force out, force play |
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| (noun) an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | Synonyms: violence |
| (noun) physical energy or intensity | Synonyms: forcefulness, strength |
| (noun) a powerful effect or influence | - |
| (noun) (of a law) having legal validity | Synonyms: effect |
| (noun) group of people willing to obey orders | Synonyms: personnel |
| (noun) a unit that is part of some military service | Synonyms: military force, military group, military unit |
| (noun) a group of people having the power of effective action | - |
| (noun) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | Synonyms: power |
| (noun) (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | - |
| (verb) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | Synonyms: thrust |
| (verb) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | Synonyms: squeeze, wedge |
| (verb) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | Synonyms: drive, ram |
| (verb) take by force | Synonyms: storm |
| (verb) do forcibly; exert force | - |
| (verb) urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | Synonyms: impel |
| (verb) move with force | Synonyms: push |
| (verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: coerce, hale, pressure, squeeze |
| forced | (adjective) produced by or subjected to forcing | - |
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| (adjective) lacking spontaneity; not natural | Synonyms: constrained, strained |
| (adjective) forced or compelled | - |
| (adjective) made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency | - |
| forceful | (adjective) characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical) | - |
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| (adjective) forceful and definite in expression or action | Synonyms: emphatic |
| forcefully | (adverb) with full force | - |
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| forcefulness | (noun) physical energy or intensity | Synonyms: force, strength |
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| forceless | (adjective) lacking force; feeble | Synonyms: unforceful |
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| forcemeat | (noun) mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs | Synonyms: farce |
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| forceps | (noun) an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies) | - |
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| forcible | (adjective) impelled by physical force especially against resistance | Synonyms: physical, strong-arm |
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| forcibly | (adverb) in a forcible manner | - |
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| forcipate | (adjective) shaped like a forceps; deeply forked | - |
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| ford | (noun) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse | Synonyms: fording |
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| (noun) a shallow area in a stream that can be forded | Synonyms: crossing |
| (verb) cross a river where it's shallow | - |
| fordable | (adjective) shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle | - |
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| fording | (noun) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse | Synonyms: ford |
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| fore | (adjective) situated at or toward the bow of a vessel | - |
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| (noun) front part of a vessel or aircraft | Synonyms: bow, prow, stem |
| (adverb) near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane | Synonyms: forward |
| forearm | (noun) the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist | - |
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| (verb) arm in advance of a confrontation | - |
| forebear | (noun) a person from whom you are descended | Synonyms: forbear |
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| forebode | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
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| foreboding | (adjective) ominously prophetic | Synonyms: fateful, portentous |
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| (noun) an unfavorable omen | - |
| (noun) a feeling of evil to come | Synonyms: boding, premonition, presentiment |
| forebrain | (noun) the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube | Synonyms: prosencephalon |
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| forecarriage | (noun) a small wheeled carriage attached under the front end of a plow beam. | Synonyms: fore carriage, wheeled forecarriage |
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