7-Letter Words Starting With F

Here's the list of all the 1434 7-Letter Words Starting With F in the English Language.

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further
1. promote the growth of
2. contribute to the progress or growth of
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federal
1. of or relating to the central government of a federation
2. characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
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finance
1. the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
2. the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
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foreign
1. not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
2. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
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feature
1. have as a feature
2. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
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forward
1. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit
2. the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey
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fitness
1. the quality of being suitable
2. good physical condition; being in shape or in condition
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faculty
1. one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
2. the body of teachers and administrators at a school
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finally
1. after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
2. as the end result of a succession or process
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funding
1. financial resources provided to make some project possible
2. the act of financing
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fiction
1. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
2. a deliberately false or improbable account
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fashion
1. how something is done or how it happens
2. characteristic or habitual practice
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fishing
1. the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
2. the occupation of catching fish for a living
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fantasy
1. imagination unrestricted by reality
2. fiction with a large amount of imagination in it
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freedom
1. the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
2. immunity from an obligation or duty
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finding
1. the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
2. the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
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failure
1. an act that fails
2. an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
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factory
1. a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
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feeling
1. the experiencing of affective and emotional states
2. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
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formula
1. a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
2. directions for making something
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focused
1. being in focus or brought into focus
2. (of light rays) converging on a point
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forever
1. for a limitless time
2. for a very long or seemingly endless time
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florist
1. someone who grows and deals in flowers
2. a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold
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funeral
1. a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
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falling
1. decreasing in amount or degree
2. coming down freely under the influence of gravity
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feeding
1. the act of consuming food
2. the act of supplying food and nourishment
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founder
1. fail utterly; collapse
2. sink below the surface
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fortune
1. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
2. a large amount of wealth or prosperity
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filling
1. any material that fills a space or container
2. flow into something (as a container)
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freight
1. transport commercially as cargo
2. load with goods for transportation
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fastest
1. most quickly
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farming
1. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
2. agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
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fitting
1. be agreeable or acceptable to
2. be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
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folding
1. the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape
2. a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
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footage
1. film that has been shot
2. a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done
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fighter
1. someone who fights (or is fighting)
2. a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air
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failing
1. a flaw or weak point
2. failure to reach a minimum required performance
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fifteen
1. the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
2. being one more than fourteen
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framing
1. formulation of the plans and important details
2. a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror
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figured
1. (of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns
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fatigue
1. temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
2. used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
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freeman
1. a person who is not a serf or a slave
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fulfill
1. put in effect
2. meet the requirements or expectations of
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freezer
1. electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time
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flowing
1. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
2. designed or arranged to offer the least resistance to fluid flow
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fishery
1. a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
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fencing
1. a barrier that serves to enclose an area
2. material for building fences
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forgive
1. stop blaming or grant forgiveness
2. absolve from payment
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feather
1. branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds
2. turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
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frankly
1. (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
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factual
1. of or relating to or characterized by facts
2. existing in act or fact
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furnace
1. an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
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fragile
1. easily broken or damaged or destroyed
2. vulnerably delicate
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farther
1. more distant in especially space or time
2. more distant in especially degree
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fixture
1. an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
2. a regular patron
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furnish
1. give something useful or necessary to
2. provide or equip with furniture
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firstly
1. before anything else
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freeway
1. a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
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foolish
1. having or revealing stupidity
2. devoid of good sense or judgment
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filming
1. the act of making a film
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foliage
1. the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
2. (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
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furious
1. marked by extreme and violent energy
2. marked by extreme anger
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freshly
1. very recently
2. in an impudent or impertinent manner
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foundry
1. factory where metal castings are produced
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firearm
1. a portable gun
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favored
1. preferred above all others and treated with partiality
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festive
1. offering fun and gaiety
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flaming
1. the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
2. informal intensifiers
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flavour
1. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
2. (physics) the six kinds of quarks
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foreman
1. a person who exercises control over workers
2. a man who is foreperson of a jury
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firefly
1. tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
2. nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
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flooded
1. covered with water
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fertile
1. capable of reproducing
2. intellectually productive
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frontal
1. of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air
2. belonging to the front part
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flatbed
1. freight car without permanent sides or roof
2. an open truck bed or trailer with no sides; used to carry large heavy objects
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faction
1. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
2. a dissenting clique
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fractal
1. (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry
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fasting
1. abstaining from food
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fairway
1. the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short
2. the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters
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flasher
1. someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals
2. an electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display)
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flannel
1. a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
2. bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
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fallout
1. the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
2. any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
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fearful
1. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
2. experiencing or showing fear
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fanatic
1. a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)
2. marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea
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faceted
1. having facets
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fascism
1. a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)
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fascist
1. relating to or characteristic of fascism
2. an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views
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frosted
1. (of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost
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frantic
1. excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
2. marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
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forging
1. shaping metal by heating and hammering
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footing
1. status with respect to the relations between people or groups
2. a relation that provides the foundation for something
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fishnet
1. a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in
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ferrous
1. of or relating to or containing iron
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fireman
1. play in which children pretend to put out a fire
2. a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
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falsely
1. in an insincerely false manner
2. in an incorrect manner
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freeing
1. the act of liberating someone or something
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flagged
1. communicate or signal with a flag
2. provide with a flag
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fluency
1. powerful and effective language
2. skillfulness in speaking or writing
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fission
1. reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts
2. a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
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flushed
1. having the pinkish flush of health
2. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
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fielder
1. a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
2. a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
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forfeit
1. something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty
2. a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something
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flipped
1. lightly throw to see which side comes up
2. cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
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flicker
1. move back and forth very rapidly
2. shine unsteadily
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fanfare
1. a gaudy outward display
2. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
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fiddler
1. a musician who plays the violin
2. someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
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forearm
1. arm in advance of a confrontation
2. the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist
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fledged
1. (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
2. (of an arrow) equipped with feathers
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fifties
1. the decade from 1950 to 1959
2. the time of life between 50 and 60
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fallacy
1. a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
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forgery
1. a copy that is represented as the original
2. criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
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fueling
1. the activity of supplying or taking on fuel
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fanning
1. strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
2. make (an emotion) fiercer
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fisheye
1. of or relating to a fisheye lens
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femoral
1. of or relating to or near the femur or thigh
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freebie
1. something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme)
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foresee
1. realize beforehand
2. picture to oneself; imagine possible
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funnies
1. a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
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fuchsia
1. any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti
2. a vivid purplish-red color
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firebox
1. a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
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fibrous
1. having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
2. (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
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finesse
1. subtly skillful handling of a situation
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flatter
1. praise somewhat dishonestly
2. lacking contrast or shading between tones
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flipper
1. a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
2. the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming
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follies
1. a revue with elaborate costuming
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flutter
1. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
2. move back and forth very rapidly
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foaming
1. emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
2. producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease
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fixings
1. food that is a component of a mixture in cooking
2. the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)
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fatally
1. with fatal consequences or implications
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frigate
1. a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries
2. a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser
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fuelled
1. provide with a combustible substance that provides energy
2. provide with fuel
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flatten
1. make flat or flatter
2. become flat or flatter
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fooling
1. characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
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flowery
1. of or relating to or suggestive of flowers
2. marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details
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fulcrum
1. the pivot about which a lever turns
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fraught
1. marked by distress
2. filled with or attended with
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fiancee
1. a woman who is engaged to be married
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funnier
1. arousing or provoking laughter
2. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
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fistula
1. a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse
2. an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
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fateful
1. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance
2. ominously prophetic
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fissure
1. a long narrow depression in a surface
2. a long narrow cleft
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fringed
1. surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in combination
2. having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips
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ferrite
1. a solid solution in which alpha iron is the solvent
2. a magnetic allotrope of iron; stable below 906 degrees centigrade
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fresher
1. a first-year undergraduate
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furlong
1. a unit of length equal to 220 yards
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forceps
1. an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
2. an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
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fistful
1. the quantity that can be held in the hand
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fervent
1. characterized by intense emotion
2. (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing
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forties
1. the time of life between 40 and 50
2. the decade from 1940 to 1949
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faintly
1. to a faint degree or weakly perceived
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forsake
1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
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foxtrot
1. dance the foxtrot
2. a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
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faraway
1. very far away in space or time
2. far removed mentally
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farting
1. a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
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flexion
1. the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
2. deviation from a straight or normal course
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fermion
1. any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle
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fancied
1. formed or conceived by the imagination
2. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
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fittest
1. (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed
2. meeting adequate standards for a purpose
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flaring
1. streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
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forlorn
1. marked by or showing hopelessness
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fortify
1. make strong or stronger
2. enclose by or as if by a fortification
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figural
1. consisting of or forming human or animal figures
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forbade
1. command against
2. keep from happening or arising; make impossible
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factoid
1. something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print
2. a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item
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floater
1. spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
2. a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
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floored
1. provided with a floor
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ferment
1. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
2. a substance capable of bringing about fermentation
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flapper
1. a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress
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frailty
1. the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
2. moral weakness
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febrile
1. of or relating to or characterized by fever
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flopped
1. fall loosely
2. fall suddenly and abruptly
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fluvial
1. of or relating to or happening in a river
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fissile
1. capable of undergoing nuclear fission
2. capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain
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feedlot
1. a building where livestock are fattened for market
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freesia
1. any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers
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falsify
1. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
2. tamper, with the purpose of deception
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foxtail
1. grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
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forking
1. the place where something divides into branches
2. the act of branching out or dividing into branches
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fitment
1. any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture)
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fretted
1. having frets
2. worry unnecessarily or excessively
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farrier
1. a person who shoes horses
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figment
1. a contrived or fantastic idea
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ferrule
1. a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting
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freshen
1. make (to feel) fresh
2. become or make oneself fresh again
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flyover
1. bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels
2. a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground
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forgave
1. stop blaming or grant forgiveness
2. absolve from payment
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foresaw
1. realize beforehand
2. picture to oneself; imagine possible
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falsity
1. the state of being false or untrue
2. a false statement
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falafel
1. small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds
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flotsam
1. the floating wreckage of a ship
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fancier
1. a person having a strong liking for something
2. not plain; decorative or ornamented
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feigned
1. not genuine
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flanker
1. a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
2. a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
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fogging
1. make less visible or unclear
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flaccid
1. drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness
2. out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
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fibroid
1. benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus)
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fusible
1. capable of being melted and fused
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fondant
1. candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste
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foramen
1. a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
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frogman
1. someone who works underwater
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flyaway
1. guided by whim and fancy
2. (of hair or clothing) worn loose
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flexure
1. the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
2. an angular or rounded shape made by folding
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finicky
1. exacting especially about details
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fattest
1. having an (over)abundance of flesh
2. containing or composed of fat
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fervour
1. the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
2. feelings of great warmth and intensity
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footman
1. a man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
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forbear
1. refrain from doing
2. resist doing something
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furtive
1. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
2. secret and sly or sordid
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friable
1. easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder
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fawning
1. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
2. attempting to win favor by flattery
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funnily
1. in a strange manner
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filbert
1. small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
2. nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
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fanbase
1. All of the fans or devotees of something
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fevered
1. highly or nervously excited
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flogged
1. beat severely with a whip or rod
2. beat with a cane
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flutist
1. someone who plays the flute
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foghorn
1. a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships
2. a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
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7-Letter Words Starting With F