| fracas | (noun) noisy quarrel | Synonyms: affray, altercation |
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| fracking | (noun) a well-stimulation technique in which rock is fractured by a pressurized liquid | - |
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| fractal | (noun) (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry | - |
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| fraction | (noun) a small part or item forming a piece of a whole | - |
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| (noun) the quotient of two rational numbers | - |
| (noun) a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process | - |
| (verb) perform a division | Synonyms: divide |
| fractional | (adjective) constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety | Synonyms: partial |
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| (adjective) constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit | Synonyms: divisional |
| fractionate | (verb) obtain by a fractional process | - |
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| (verb) separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents | - |
| fractionation | (noun) separation into portions | - |
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| (noun) a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components | Synonyms: fractional process |
| fractious | (adjective) unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome | - |
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| (adjective) stubbornly resistant to authority or control | Synonyms: recalcitrant, refractory |
| (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy |
| fractiously | (adverb) in a fractious manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a peevish manner | Synonyms: peevishly, querulously |
| fractiousness | (noun) the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline | Synonyms: unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness |
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| fracture | (noun) the act of cracking something | Synonyms: crack, cracking |
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| (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: break, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift |
| (noun) breaking of hard tissue such as bone | Synonyms: break |
| (verb) fracture a bone of | Synonyms: break |
| (verb) become fractured | - |
| (verb) violate or abuse | - |
| (verb) break into pieces | - |
| (verb) interrupt, break, or destroy | - |
| fradicin | (noun) an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery | Synonyms: Neobiotic, neomycin |
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| fragile | (adjective) easily broken or damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: delicate, frail |
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| (adjective) vulnerably delicate | - |
| (adjective) lacking substance or significance | Synonyms: flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin |
| fragility | (noun) quality of being easily damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: breakability, frangibility, frangibleness |
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| (noun) lack of physical strength | Synonyms: delicacy |
| fragment | (noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact | Synonyms: shard, sherd |
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| (noun) an incomplete piece | - |
| (noun) a piece broken off or cut off of something else | - |
| (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragmentise, fragmentize |
| fragmental | (adjective) consisting of small disconnected parts | Synonyms: fragmentary |
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| fragmentary | (adjective) consisting of small disconnected parts | Synonyms: fragmental |
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| fragmentation | (noun) separating something into fine particles | Synonyms: atomisation, atomization |
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| (noun) the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk | - |
| (noun) the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships | - |
| fragmented | (adjective) having been divided; having the unity destroyed | Synonyms: disconnected, disunited, split |
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| fragmentise | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentize |
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| fragmentize | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentise |
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| fragrance | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness |
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| (noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant | Synonyms: aroma, perfume, scent |
| fragrancy | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, redolence, sweetness |
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| fragrant | (adjective) pleasant-smelling | - |
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| frail | (adjective) physically weak | - |
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| (adjective) easily broken or damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: delicate, fragile |
| (adjective) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | Synonyms: fallible, imperfect, weak |
| (noun) a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs) | - |
| (noun) the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds | - |
| frailness | (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, feebleness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism |
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| frailty | (noun) moral weakness | Synonyms: vice |
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| (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, valetudinarianism |
| fraise | (noun) sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes | - |
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| (noun) a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century | - |
| frambesia | (noun) an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions | Synonyms: framboesia, yaws |
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| framboesia | (noun) an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions | Synonyms: frambesia, yaws |
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| framboise | (noun) the common European raspberry; fruit red or orange | Synonyms: European raspberry, Rubus idaeus, wild raspberry |
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| frame | (noun) one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided | - |
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| (noun) a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror | Synonyms: framing |
| (noun) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape | Synonyms: skeletal frame, skeleton, underframe |
| (noun) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses | - |
| (noun) a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film | - |
| (noun) a structure supporting or containing something | Synonyms: framework |
| (noun) the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Synonyms: skeletal system, skeleton, systema skeletale |
| (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
| (noun) a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning | Synonyms: frame of reference |
| (noun) a single drawing in a comic strip | - |
| (noun) an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently | - |
| (noun) (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat | Synonyms: inning |
| (verb) make up plans or basic details for | Synonyms: compose, draw up |
| (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, couch, put, redact |
| (verb) enclose in or as if in a frame | Synonyms: border, frame in |
| (verb) construct by fitting or uniting parts together | Synonyms: frame up |
| (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, set up |
| (verb) enclose in a frame, as of a picture | - |
| framed | (adjective) provided with a frame | - |
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| framer | (noun) someone who writes a new law or plan | - |
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| (noun) someone who makes frames (as for pictures) | - |
| framework | (noun) a structure supporting or containing something | Synonyms: frame |
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| (noun) the underlying structure | Synonyms: fabric |
| (noun) a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | Synonyms: model, theoretical account |
| framing | (noun) formulation of the plans and important details | - |
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| (noun) a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror | Synonyms: frame |
| franc | (noun) the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes | - |
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| franchise | (noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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| (noun) an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place | - |
| (noun) a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area | Synonyms: dealership |
| (verb) grant a franchise to | - |
| francium | (noun) a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium | Synonyms: atomic number 87, Fr |
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| frangibility | (noun) quality of being easily damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: breakability, fragility, frangibleness |
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| frangible | (adjective) capable of being broken | - |
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| frangibleness | (noun) quality of being easily damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: breakability, fragility, frangibility |
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| frangipane | (noun) pastry with a creamy almond-flavored filling | - |
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| frangipani | (noun) any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers | Synonyms: frangipanni |
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| frangipanni | (noun) any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers | Synonyms: frangipani |
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| frank | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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| (adjective) clearly manifest; evident | - |
| (noun) device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced. | Synonyms: franking |
| (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
| (verb) exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks | - |
| (verb) stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing | Synonyms: postmark |
| frankfurter | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
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| frankincense | (noun) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation | Synonyms: gum olibanum, olibanum, thus |
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| franking | (noun) device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced. | Synonyms: frank |
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| franklin | (noun) a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth | - |
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| frankly | (adverb) (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | Synonyms: candidly, honestly |
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| frankness | (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candor, candour, directness, forthrightness |
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| (noun) the trait of being blunt and outspoken | Synonyms: outspokenness |
| frantic | (adjective) excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion | Synonyms: frenetic, frenzied, phrenetic |
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| (adjective) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | Synonyms: delirious, excited, mad, unrestrained |
| frantically | (adverb) in an ungovernable manner | Synonyms: madly |
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| frap | (verb) take up the slack of | - |
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| (verb) make secure by lashing | - |
| frappe | (noun) a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) | Synonyms: ice |
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| (noun) thick milkshake containing ice cream | - |
| (noun) liqueur poured over shaved ice | - |
| frat | (noun) a social club for male undergraduates | Synonyms: fraternity |
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| fraternal | (adjective) (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova | Synonyms: biovular |
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| (adjective) like or characteristic of or befitting a brother | Synonyms: brotherlike, brotherly |
| (adjective) of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men | - |
| fraternally | (adverb) in a brotherly manner | - |
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| fraternisation | (noun) associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternization |
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| fraternise | (verb) be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternize |
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| fraternity | (noun) people engaged in a particular occupation | Synonyms: brotherhood, sodality |
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| (noun) a social club for male undergraduates | Synonyms: frat |
| fraternization | (noun) associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternisation |
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| fraternize | (verb) be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternise |
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| fratricide | (noun) the murder of your sibling | - |
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| (noun) fire that injures or kills an ally | Synonyms: friendly fire |
| (noun) a person who murders their brother or sister | - |
| fraud | (noun) intentional deception resulting in injury to another person | - |
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| (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: dupery, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on |
| (noun) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | Synonyms: cheat, rig, swindle |
| (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: fake, faker, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer |
| fraudulence | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: dupery, fraud, hoax, humbug, put-on |
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| (noun) the quality of being fraudulent | Synonyms: deceit |
| (noun) a fraudulent or duplicitous representation | Synonyms: duplicity |
| fraudulent | (adjective) involving deception | Synonyms: deceitful, fallacious |
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| fraudulently | (adverb) in a dishonest and fraudulent manner | - |
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| fraught | (adjective) filled with or attended with | Synonyms: pregnant |
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| (adjective) marked by distress | - |
| fraxinella | (noun) Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather | Synonyms: burning bush, Dictamnus alba, dittany, gas plant |
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| fray | (noun) a noisy fight | Synonyms: affray, disturbance, ruffle |
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| (verb) wear away by rubbing | Synonyms: frazzle |
| (verb) cause friction | Synonyms: chafe, fret, rub, scratch |
| frayed | (adjective) worn away or tattered along the edges | - |
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| frazzle | (noun) a state of extreme exhaustion | - |
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| (verb) exhaust physically or emotionally | - |
| (verb) wear away by rubbing | Synonyms: fray |
| freak | (noun) a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed | Synonyms: lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity |
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| (noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction | Synonyms: addict, junkie, junky, nut |
| (verb) lose one's nerve | Synonyms: freak out, gross out |
| freakish | (adjective) characteristic of a freak | - |
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| (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
| (adjective) changeable | Synonyms: capricious |
| freakishly | (adverb) unpredictably | Synonyms: capriciously |
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| freakishness | (noun) marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal | Synonyms: abnormality |
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| freaky | (adjective) strange and somewhat frightening | - |
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| (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
| freckle | (noun) a small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin | Synonyms: lentigo |
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| (verb) mark with freckles | - |
| (verb) become freckled | - |
| freckled | (adjective) relating to or covered with or resembling freckles | Synonyms: lentiginose, lentiginous |
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| free | (adjective) not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint | - |
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| (adjective) not held in servitude | - |
| (adjective) unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion | - |
| (adjective) not literal | Synonyms: liberal, loose |
| (adjective) completely wanting or lacking | Synonyms: barren, destitute, devoid, innocent |
| (adjective) not fixed in position | Synonyms: detached |
| (adjective) costing nothing | Synonyms: complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous |
| (adjective) not taken up by scheduled activities | Synonyms: spare |
| (adjective) not occupied or in use | - |
| (noun) people who are free | Synonyms: free people |
| (adverb) without restraint | Synonyms: loose |
| (verb) make (assets) available | Synonyms: release, unblock, unfreeze |
| (verb) let off the hook | Synonyms: absolve |
| (verb) free or remove obstruction from | Synonyms: disengage |
| (verb) remove or force out from a position | Synonyms: dislodge |
| (verb) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition | Synonyms: liberate, release |
| (verb) part with a possession or right | Synonyms: give up, release, relinquish, resign |
| (verb) relieve from | Synonyms: disembarrass, rid |
| (verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement | Synonyms: liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen |
| (verb) make (information) available for publication | Synonyms: release |
| (verb) free from obligations or duties | Synonyms: discharge |
| (verb) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to | Synonyms: exempt, relieve |
| freebee | (noun) something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme) | Synonyms: freebie |
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| freebie | (noun) something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme) | Synonyms: freebee |
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| freebooter | (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: despoiler, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler |
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| freeborn | (adjective) born free of free parents | - |
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| freedman | (noun) a male person who has been freed from slavery | - |
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| freedom | (noun) the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints | - |
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| (noun) immunity from an obligation or duty | Synonyms: exemption |
| freedperson | (noun) a person who has been freed from slavery | - |
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| freedwoman | (noun) a female person who has been freed from slavery | - |
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| freehand | (adjective) done by hand without mechanical aids or devices | Synonyms: freehanded |
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| freehanded | (adjective) given or giving freely | Synonyms: big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, giving, handsome, liberal, openhanded |
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| (adjective) done by hand without mechanical aids or devices | Synonyms: freehand |
| freehearted | (adjective) generous in providing aid to others | Synonyms: benevolent |
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| freehold | (noun) tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life | - |
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| (noun) an estate held in fee simple or for life | - |
| freeholder | (noun) the owner of a freehold | - |
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| freeing | (noun) the act of liberating someone or something | Synonyms: liberation, release |
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| freelance | (adjective) working for yourself | Synonyms: free-lance, self-employed |
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| (adjective) serving for wages in a foreign army | Synonyms: free-lance, mercenary |
| (noun) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them | Synonyms: free-lance, free lance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person |
| (verb) work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer | - |
| freelancer | (noun) a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them | Synonyms: free-lance, free lance, freelance, independent, self-employed person |
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| freeload | (verb) live off somebody's generosity | - |
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| freeloader | (noun) someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others | - |
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