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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • fire blanketnounB2A sheet thrown over flames to smother them.
  • fire brigade/ˈfaɪə(ɹ)bɹɪˌɡeɪd/nounB2The organised service that fights fires and carries out rescues.
  • fire escapenounB2The outside stairs for fleeing a burning building.
  • fire-eaternounB2A performer who puts flame into the mouth.
  • firearm/ˈfaɪəɹˌɑː(ɹ)m/nounB2A portable weapon that fires bullets.
  • fireball/ˈfaɪəbɔːl/nounB2
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A bright ball of flame, or a person of great energy.
  • firecracker/ˈfaɪəˌkɹækə/nounB2A small firework that goes off with a bang.
  • firelighternounB2A small block that burns long enough to start a fire.
  • fireman/ˈfaɪɹmən/nounB22 meaningsThe crew member who tends the fire on a steam locomotive.
  • fireplace/ˈfaɪəpleɪs/nounB2The recess in a wall where a domestic fire is lit.
  • firm/fɜːm/adjectiveB15 meaningsSolid to press, but not hard.
  • first/fɜːst/adjectiveA13 meaningsComing before everyone and everything else.
  • first editionnounB2The earliest printing of a book.
  • first matenounB2The officer second in command.
  • first personnounB2The grammatical form used by a speaker referring to themselves.
  • firstborn/ˈfɜː(ɹ)stˌbɔː(ɹ)n/nounB2The eldest child of a family.
  • fit/fɪt/verbA25 meaningsTo be the right size and shape for someone or something.
  • fitness/ˈfɪt.nəs/nounB1+3 meaningsThe condition of being physically strong and healthy through regular exercise.
  • fitting/ˈfɪtɪŋ/nounB23 meaningsA small part used to connect or attach something.
  • fix/fɪks/verbA25 meaningsTo repair something broken so that it works again.
  • fixture/ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/nounC12 meaningsAn item fixed in place as part of a building.
  • flag/flæɡ/nounB12 meaningsA piece of cloth with a country's colours on a pole.
  • flank/flænk/nounB24 meaningsThe side of an animal or person, between the ribs and the hip.
  • flap/flæp/verbB24 meaningsTo move wings or something flat up and down through the air.
  • flare/flɛə̯/nounB22 meaningsA bright light fired to show where you are.
  • flash/flæʃ/nounA26 meaningsA sudden short burst of light.
  • flat/ˈflæt/adjectiveA25 meaningsLevel and smooth, with no slope and nothing standing up out of it.
  • flavor/ˈfleɪvə/nounB12 meaningsThe particular way a food tastes.
  • flea marketnounB2An open market selling second-hand goods cheaply.
  • fleet/ˈfliːt/nounB2A group of ships or vehicles under one control.
  • fleet managementnounB2Running and maintaining a company's vehicles.
  • flex/flɛks/verbB22 meaningsTo bend and tighten a muscle or joint.
  • flick/flɪk/verbB25 meaningsTo move something with one quick light stroke of a finger, wrist or tail.
  • flight/ˈflaɪ̯t/nounA12 meaningsOne journey by aeroplane.
  • flight pathnounB2The route an aircraft follows through the sky.
  • fling/ˈflɪŋ/verbB25 meaningsTo throw something with force and little care.
  • flipchartnounB2A big pad on a stand, used in presentations.
  • float/fləʊt/verbA24 meaningsTo rest on the surface of a liquid without sinking.
  • flock/flɒk/nounB14 meaningsA group of birds, sheep or goats.
  • flood/flʌd/nounB13 meaningsA large amount of water covering land that is normally dry.
  • floor plannounB2A drawing of a building seen from above.
  • flop/flɒp/nounB23 meaningsA complete public failure, especially of a film, show or product.
  • floral scentnounB2A perfume built around the smell of flowers.
  • fluency/ˈfluːənsi/nounB2Speaking a language smoothly, without hunting for words.
  • fluff/flʌf/nounB24 meaningsSoft light fibres that come off cloth and collect on clothes, in pockets and in corners.
  • fluid/ˈfluːɪd/nounB22 meaningsA substance that flows, liquid or gas.
  • fluke/fluːk/nounB22 meaningsA piece of luck that could not be repeated.
  • flurry/ˈflʌ.ɹi/nounB2+2 meaningsA brief light fall of snow blown about by wind.
  • flush/ˈflʌʃ/adjectiveB23 meaningsPerfectly level with the surrounding surface.
  • flutter/ˈflʌtə/verbB22 meaningsTo move the wings in quick light beats, or to move lightly in the air.
  • foam/ˈfəʊ̯m/nounB12 meaningsA white mass of tiny bubbles on liquid.
  • fob/fɒb/nounB22 meaningsA small electronic tag used to unlock a car or a door.
  • focus groupnounB2A small group asked what they think of something.
  • foe/fəʊ/nounB2An enemy, in formal or literary use.
  • fog/fɒɡ/nounA2+3 meaningsThick cloud at ground level that makes it hard to see.
  • fold/ˈfəʊld/verbA24 meaningsTo bend something over on itself so one part covers another.
  • folk/fəʊk/nounB12 meaningsPeople in general, spoken of warmly.
  • follow-upnounB2A later piece or action returning to an earlier one.
  • follow-up emailnounB2The message sent afterwards to confirm what was agreed.
  • follower/ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/nounB22 meaningsA person who has chosen to see everything you post.