Nouns

fasciculus

noun

a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)

fascicule

noun

an installment of a printed work

fascioliasis

noun

infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver da...

fascista

noun

an Italian fascist under Mussolini

fashionmonger

noun

someone who advises you about fashionable clothing

fathometer

noun

depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged o...

fatuity

noun

a ludicrous folly

fatuousness

noun

a ludicrous folly

fauces

noun

the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx

fauld

noun

a piece of armor plate below the breastplate

faultfinder

noun

someone who is critical of the motives of others

faunus

noun

(Roman mythology) ancient rural deity; later considered a co...

faustus

noun

an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistop...

fauve

noun

a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism

fauteuil

noun

an upholstered armchair

favism

noun

anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inh...

favus

noun

a contagious fungal infection of the scalp; occurs mainly in...

feasibleness

noun

the quality of being doable

featherbedding

noun

the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an empl...

featheredge

noun

a thin tapering edge

featherfoil

noun

a plant of the genus Hottonia

febricity

noun

a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom...

febrifuge

noun

any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alle...

febrility

noun

a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom...

fechner

noun

German physicist who founded psychophysics; derived Fechner'...

fecklessness

noun

worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual

fecula

noun

excreta (especially of insects)

feist

noun

a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog

felicitousness

noun

pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner...

felid

noun

any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, ma...

fellation

noun

oral stimulation of the penis

felloe

noun

rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted

felly

noun

rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted

felspar

noun

any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of...

felucca

noun

a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean

fenestra

noun

a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the...

fenestella

noun

oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vaul...

fenestration

noun

surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochle...

fengtien

noun

a city in northeastern China

feoff

noun

a piece of land held under the feudal system

feosol

noun

trade name of a drug rich in iron; used to treat some kinds...

fergusonite

noun

a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium an...

fermata

noun

a musical notation (over a note or chord or rest) that indic...

fermion

noun

any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subjec...

fermium

noun

a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bomba...

ferricyanide

noun

salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a ferrocya...

ferrimagnetism

noun

a phenomenon in ferrites where there can be incomplete cance...

ferrite

noun

a solid solution in which alpha iron is the solvent

ferritin

noun

a protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestine...

ferroconcrete

noun

concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra suppo...