Nouns

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas

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eyrir

noun

100 aurar equal 1 krona in Iceland

ezechiel

noun

a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Bab...

f

noun

a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; u...

fabulist

noun

a person who tells or invents fables

facer

noun

(a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is s...

factotum

noun

a servant employed to do a variety of jobs

factualness

noun

the quality of being actual or based on fact

facula

noun

a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most...

faddist

noun

a person who subscribes to a variety of fads

faeroese

noun

a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that...

fafnir

noun

(Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure a...

fagoting

noun

embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied toge...

fahd

noun

king of Saudi Arabia from 1982 to 2005 (1923-2005)

faience

noun

glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors

faille

noun

a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton

faineance

noun

the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work

faintheartedness

noun

the trait of lacking boldness and courage

fairlead

noun

a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's...

faithlessness

noun

unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous

fakeer

noun

a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy m...

falconry

noun

the art of training falcons to hunt and return

falderol

noun

ornamental objects of no great value

falkner

noun

United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about...

fallaciousness

noun

result of a fallacy or error in reasoning

fallal

noun

cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

faller

noun

a person who fells trees

falsie

noun

padding that is worn inside a brassiere

falsity

noun

the state of being false or untrue

famulus

noun

a close attendant (as to a scholar)

fancywork

noun

decorative needlework

fanion

noun

a small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a positio...

fanjet

noun

a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides ext...

fanlight

noun

a window in a roof to admit daylight

fantasm

noun

something existing in perception only

fantail

noun

an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck ex...

fantast

noun

someone who predicts the future

fanweed

noun

foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized thr...

fanwort

noun

common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floatin...

faqir

noun

a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy m...

farad

noun

the capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposit...

farawayness

noun

the property of being remote

fardel

noun

a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)

farkleberry

noun

shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black in...

farmerette

noun

a woman working on a farm

faroese

noun

a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that...

farthingale

noun

a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn...

fasces

noun

bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding;...

fartlek

noun

a method of athletic training (especially for runners) in wh...

fasciculation

noun

muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers

fascicle

noun

a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)