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

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  • forerunner/ˈfɔɹˌɹʌnɚ/nounC1Somebody or something that came before and prepared the way.
  • forest/ˈfɒɹɪst/nounA22 meaningsA large area thickly covered with trees.
  • forfeit/ˈfɔː.fɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo lose something as a penalty for breaking a rule or failing a duty.
  • forge/fɔːd͡ʒ/nounC13 meaningsThe hearth or workshop where metal is heated and beaten.
  • forgingnounC1Metal shaped by hammering while hot.
  • formality/fɔːrˈmælɪti/
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nounC13 meanings
Careful, correct behaviour and language suited to a serious occasion.
  • forte/ˈfɔːteɪ/nounC1The thing a person does especially well.
  • fortification/ˌfɔː(ɹ)tɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/nounC1Walls and works built to make a place defensible.
  • fortitude/ˈfɔː.tɪˌtjuːd/nounC1Courage in bearing pain or trouble.
  • fossil recordnounC1The evidence of past life preserved in rock.
  • foundry/ˈfaʊn.dɹi/nounC1A works where metal is melted and poured into moulds.
  • fox/fɒks/nounA22 meaningsA wild animal with red fur and a bushy tail.
  • foxholenounC1A small pit one or two soldiers fight from.
  • fracture/ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/nounB24 meaningsA break or crack, especially in a bone.
  • fragmentation/ˌfɹæɡmənˈteɪ̯ʃən/nounC1The breaking of a whole into scattered pieces.
  • fragrance notenounC1One of the smells that make up a scent.
  • frailty/ˈfɹeɪlti/nounC1Weakness of body or of character.
  • framing/ˈfɹeɪmɪŋ/nounB23 meaningsThe choice of what to include in a picture and what to leave out.
  • franchise/ˈfɹænt͡ʃaɪ̯z/nounC14 meaningsThe right to sell a company's goods or services under its name, and the business run that way.
  • frankincense/ˈfɹæŋkənˌsɛns/nounC1A fragrant resin burnt as incense.
  • fray/fɹeɪ/verbC12 meaningsTo come apart in loose threads at the edge.
  • free willnounC1The power to choose your own actions for yourself.
  • freeholdnounC1Ownership of land outright and for ever.
  • freemium/ˈfɹiː.miː.əm/nounC1Free to use, with the good parts charged for.
  • freight forwardernounC1A firm that arranges transport on a shipper's behalf.
  • fret/fɹɛt/verbB22 meaningsTo worry continually over small things.
  • frieze/ˈfɹiːz/nounC1A decorated band running along the top of a wall.
  • frond/fɹɒnd/nounC1The leaf of a fern or a palm.
  • front of housenounC1Everything the customer sees, and the staff who work there.
  • front-runnernounC1The one most likely to win.
  • frustration/fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/nounB23 meaningsThe angry, helpless feeling of being blocked from what you are trying to do.
  • fry/fɹaɪ/verbB13 meaningsTo cook food in hot fat or oil in a pan.
  • fugitive/ˈfjuːd͡ʒɪtɪv/nounB22 meaningsSomebody running from the law.
  • fulfillmentnounB2+2 meaningsThe satisfaction of achieving what you needed.
  • fulfilment/fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/nounC1The picking, packing and sending of an order.
  • full facenounC1A complete application of every product.
  • fullness/ˈfʊlnəs/nounB22 meaningsThe state of being completely full.
  • fume cupboardnounC1The vented cabinet dangerous vapours are handled in.
  • function/ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃən/nounB15 meaningsThe job or purpose that a thing or a person exists to do.
  • function roomnounC1A room hired out for meetings and parties.
  • fundamentalistnounC1Somebody who holds strictly to the letter of a doctrine.
  • fundraising/ˈfʌndˌɹeɪzɪŋ/nounC1The work of collecting money for a cause.
  • funeral ritenounC1The ceremony held when somebody is buried or burned.
  • funicularnounC1A cable railway where two cars counterbalance each other.
  • funnel/ˈfʌnəl/nounB1+4 meaningsA cone-shaped tube used for pouring liquid or powder into a narrow opening.
  • fur/fɜː/nounB14 meaningsThe thick soft hair covering an animal's body.
  • furlong/ˈfɜːlɒŋ/nounC1An eighth of a mile, used in racing.
  • furor/ˈfjʊəɹɔː/nounC1A public outburst of anger or excitement.
  • fury/ˈfjʊə.ɹi/nounB22 meaningsExtreme and violent anger.
  • fuselage/ˈfjuːzəˌlɑːʒ/nounC1The main body of an aircraft.
  • fusion/ˈfjuː.ʒən/nounC12 meaningsJoining light atomic nuclei to release energy.
  • futility/fjuːˈtɪlɪti/nounC1The quality of being certain to achieve nothing.
  • future/ˈfjuː.t͡ʃəː/nounA24 meaningsThe time that has not yet come.
  • fuzz/fʌz/nounB22 meaningsA mass of fine light fibres or hair.
  • gable/ˈɡeɪ.bəl/nounC1The triangle of wall under the two slopes of a roof.
  • gabonnounC1A country in central Africa.
  • gadget/ɡæd͡ʒ.ɪt/nounC1A small clever device.
  • gaffe/ɡæf/nounC1An embarrassing blunder made in public.
  • gaggle/ˈɡæɡl̩/nounC12 meaningsA flock of geese.
  • gait/ɡeɪt/nounC12 meaningsThe way a person walks.