To expand your perspective, here’s a list of over 660 adjectives that begin with the letter F. This is by no means a complete list of English adjectives starting with F. Rather, it is a selection of words that we thought might be interesting and useful for those who want to expand their vocabulary. Enjoy!
- Adjectives That Start with FA (123 Words)
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Adjectives That Start with FA (123 Words)
fab | Extremely pleasing. Aw he’s fab, thanks very much Linda. |
fabian | Using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation. As a result, fabian was sent to a mental hospital. |
fabled | Celebrated in fable or legend. He is the sole descendant of the fabled peter pan. |
fabulous | Barely credible. The begining point is always a fabulous moment for everyone. |
face-saving | Maintaining dignity or prestige. Greenpeace is also about saving the whales. |
faceless | Without a face or identity. It was the first single off of faceless. |
faceted | Having facets. It is symbolised by the refractive capacity of the faceted crystal. |
facetious | Cleverly amusing in tone. The guy was being facetious. |
facial | Of or concerning the face. As an adult, its pink, naked facial skin and muzzle are framed by a long mane of blonde hairs flecked with brown. |
facile | Performing adroitly and without effort. That the morning star review is facile and not worthy of inclusion. |
facilitative | Freeing from difficulty or impediment. In the context of national success, the government must be facilitative. |
facilitatory | Inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity. There is another facilitatory area in the posterior hypothalamus. |
fact-finding | Designed to find information or ascertain facts. He breaks through, finding a desiccated body. |
factious | Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion). He is too factious and think he’s everything. |
factitious | Not produced by natural forces. An underestimated reason is factitious fever. |
factorial | Of or relating to factorials. Superfunctions and square root of factorial. |
factual | Existing in act or fact. The factual accuracy of the research are disputed. |
facultative | Not compulsory. Facultative and obligate bipedalism. |
faddish | Intensely fashionable for a short time. We felt that was too faddish. |
faddy | Intensely fashionable for a short time. There are no spaces to build houses than fill the faddy fields. |
faded | Having lost freshness or brilliance of color. By the end of the 1970s, otis’s stardom had faded. |
faecal | Of or relating to feces. Diseases causing increased excretion of faecal calprotectin. |
fagged | Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. Can u pls up the protection level and rv the vandalism, i am fagged by rvs. |
fahrenheit | Of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer. Fahrenheit is the unit of temperature most commonly used in the united states. |
failing | Below acceptable in performance. That is the failing of the ancap analysis. |
fain | Having made preparations. In 1925, fain left the fain dunn act to devote himself full time to composing. |
faineant | Disinclined to work or exertion. |
faint | Lacking clarity or distinctness. Faint hearted man cannot win a pretty girl. |
faintest | Weak and likely to lose consciousness. Galatea is embedded in an unnamed narrow and faint ringlet. |
fainthearted | Lacking conviction or boldness or courage. Rmr recruit training and the commando course are not for the fainthearted. |
fair | Gained or earned without cheating or stealing. A judge should be fair and unbiased. |
fair-haired | Favorite. Herrena was a girl with the henna haired, harridan. |
fair-minded | Of a person; just and impartial; not prejudiced. He was open minded, valorous and skilled in strategy. |
fairer | Pale or light-colored;. If the woman in the kimono wasn’t fair use, though, this isn’t fair use either. |
fairest | Hit between the foul lines. Is is fair to decriminalize a criminal |
fairish | Not excessive or extreme. |
faithful | Not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend. The faithful are firmly bound to the scripture. |
faithless | Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. She then describes the nature of death, of war, and faithless faith. |
fake | Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. The fake page claimed that bill was homosexual and untrustworthy. |
falcate | Curved like a sickle. Its dorsal fin is erect and falcate, with a pointed apex. |
falciform | Curved like a sickle. The falciform ligament is visible on the front anterior side of the liver. |
falconine | Relating to or resembling a falcon. It has long wings and a falconine silhouette. |
fallacious | Containing or based on a fallacy. Either the year is wrong or the whole premise is fallacious. |
fallible | Likely to fail or make errors. She said that speed cameras are fallible. |
falling | Coming down freely under the influence of gravity. The key falling and the apple falling both bolster the fact of gravity. |
fallow | Left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season. The fallow mall has stopped opening since last year. |
falsetto | Artificially high; above the normal voice range. The pages in question are falsetto register and falsetto. |
falsifiable | Capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation. The majority of astrology is falsifiable. |
falstaffian | Of or resembling falstaff. |
familial | Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity. The magazine embodies the ideology of social and familial reconstruction. |
familiar | Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship. Dangdut music is familiar with the rabble. |
familiarised | Having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment. Ive familiarised myself with the basics. |
familiarising | Serving to make familiar. Thank you for familiarising me with the etiquette. |
famished | Extremely hungry. The soldiers famished the woman. |
famous | Widely known and esteemed. She was known for her striking beauty, sultry smile and famous long legs. |
fanatic | Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea. Calling someone a sectarian fanatic is fairly histrionic and inflammatory. |
fanatical | Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea. Liberals are fanatical liars, then as now. |
fancied | Formed or conceived by the imagination. It’s just a collection of whatever people fancied in old sources. |
fanciest | Not plain; decorative or ornamented. I’m feeling footloose and fancy free. |
fanciful | Not based on fact; unreal- f.d.roosevelt. The association with un is also fanciful. |
fancy | Not plain; decorative or ornamented. Someone bought fancy clothes for the ragamuffin. |
fancy-free | Having no commitments or responsibilities; carefree. I’m feeling footloose and fancy free. |
fanged | Having fangs. He has fanged mouth and looking wrathful. |
fanlike | Resembling a fan. It’s not extremely fanlike, now that i think of it. |
fantabulous | Very good;of the highest quality. Fantabulous that’s the right word to describe her work this time. |
fantastic | Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers. I really missed this fantastic piece of dullness. |
fantastical | Existing in fancy only- nathaniel hawthorne. The realization of a fantastical dream; iii. |
far | Being of a considerable distance or length. The debate is far from over and the representation here far from truthful. |
far-flung | Remote. Alas, the knight is caught by one of the wings and flung into the air. |
far-off | Very far away in space or time. The disadvantages far exceed the advantages. |
far-right | Extremely conservative. The debate is far from over and the representation here far from truthful. |
faraway | Far removed mentally. The movie is exported to the faraway pacific. |
farcical | Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce. The edit wasn’t farcical or absurd. |
farfetched | Highly imaginative but unlikely. The reasons you gave were increasingly farfetched. |
farinaceous | Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency. The odor and taste are slightly like grain meal farinaceous . |
farming | Relating to rural matters. Arable farming is the production of crops. |
farseeing | Planning prudently for the future. The errant, once a farseeing god, is suddenly blind to the future. |
farsighted | Able to see distant objects clearly. A great statesman, he was intelligent and farsighted. |
farther | More distant in especially space or time. The farther away the moon, the weaker its pull. |
farthermost | Most remote in space or time or order. |
farthest | Most remote in space or time or order. The rivers had to divert around the farthest extensions of the ice. |
fascinated | Having your attention fixated as though by a spell. I was fascinated by the bird in finch family. |
fascinating | Capable of arousing and holding the attention. The story is absorving and fascinating. |
fascist | Relating to or characteristic of fascism. He was among the founding members of the fascist movement. |
fascistic | Relating to or characteristic of fascism. And remove the fascistic page protection. |
fashionable | Patronized by. The building is on the site of the fashionable brunswick hotel. |
fast | Causing a shortening of exposure time. The music is raucous and fast. |
fast-growing | Tending to spread quickly. Eagles are volant and fast. |
fast-paced | Of communication that proceeds rapidly. The lads paced the game so well. |
faster | Causing a shortening of exposure time. Celerity is like moving quick and fast. |
fastest | Causing a shortening of exposure time. This laptop is fast and lightweight. |
fastidious | Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures. Even the fastidious egyptians rarely had special bathrooms. |
fastigiate | Having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column). There are also fastigiate, pendulous, and golden leaf forms in cultivation. |
fat | Containing or composed of fat. Pottering at home made him fat. |
fatal | Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined. But that bit of hesitancy proves fatal. |
fatalist | Of or relating to fatalism. A man gets to be quite a fatalist in this game. |
fateful | Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance- saturday rev. The marriage of catherine with edgar was optional and fateful. |
fatheaded | Stupid. |
fatherless | Not having a known or legally responsible father. Either way, the kids end up fatherless. |
fatherlike | Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective. |
fatherly | Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective. It gives kind of a brotherly or fatherly vibe. |
fathomable | Capable of being penetrated or comprehended. They will be able to compete with every fathomable opponent. |
fatigued | Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. Maybe he was fatigued from the tour. |
fatless | Without fat or fat solids. They contain real fruit pectin, natural flavors and are fatless. |
fatter | Containing or composed of fat. The fat of fowls is oilier and heavier than the fat of pork. |
fattest | Marked by great fruitfulness. The fat keeps well in the refrigerator. |
fattish | Somewhat fat. |
fatty | Containing or composed of fat. Serum albumin is the major carrier of free fatty acids in the blood. |
fatuous | Devoid of intelligence. Frankly, this effort seems a bit fatuous and useless to me. |
faucal | Of or relating to the fauces. |
faultfinding | Tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions. |
faultless | Without fault or error. I’m sure they are faultless, just incomprehensible. |
faulty | Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules. This makes me think that the definition of the category is faulty. |
faustian | Pertaining to or resembling or befitting faust or faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values. Both had remarkable effects on the monarchy, but it was a faustian pact. |
faux | Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article. He has an cameo in the film adaption of the faux trailer machete. |
faveolate | Pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb). |
favorable | Tending to promote or facilitate. The reception to the album was highly favorable. |
favored | Preferred above all others and treated with partiality. This new administrator favored total rehabilitative measures over punitive. |
favorite | Appealing to the general public. They love to snuggle and often preen for their favorite people. |
favourable | Occurring at a convenient or suitable time. The response was favorable and the dedication was graciously accepted. |
favourite | Appealing to the general public. My favorite dinosaur was the pterodactyl. |
fawn-colored | Having the color of a fawn. Fawn blouse looks good on you. |
fawning | Attempting to win favor by flattery. The article as it stands is fawning and non neutral. |
Adjectives That Start with FE (68 Words)
fearful | Causing fear or dread or terror. Larry scores high on the temperamental dimension of fearful distress. |
fearless | Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. He was fearless, if ebullient and temperamental, in court. |
fearsome | Causing fear or dread or terror. Imperials are the most fearsome of all vampires. |
feasible | Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are. To me, that seems quite feasible given the nature of the text. |
featherbrained | Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity. Not every featherbrained speculation belongs in wikipedia articles. |
featheredged | Having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade. |
featherless | Having no feathers. All species have featherless heads and necks. |
featherlike | Resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers. |
feathery | Characterized by a covering of feathers. The feathery leaves are arranged in a ground hugging rosette. |
featured | Made a feature or highlight; given prominence. Pyrotechnics were also featured at the end of the song. |
featureless | Lacking distinguishing characteristics or features. The interior of the crater is level and featureless. |
febrile | Of or relating to or characterized by fever. Keep in mind that febrile seizures can last up to 15 minutes in some kids. |
fecal | Of or relating to feces. Constipation is the most common cause of fecal incontinence. |
feckless | Generally incompetent and ineffectual. Let’s not perpetuate the thought processes and language of our feckless past. |
feculent | Foul with waste matter. |
fecund | Capable of producing offspring or vegetation. Fecund is another word for ‘fertile, fruitful, productive’. |
federal | National; especially in reference to the government of the united states as distinct from that of its member units. The adequacy of an eis can be challenged in federal court. |
federate | United under a central government. These appear to be standard terms of a byzantine federate state. |
federated | United under a central government. These appear to be standard terms of a federate state. |
federative | United under a central government. We could federate the entire world right now. |
feeble | Lacking strength- nathaniel hawthorne. You should change that feeble mentality to get the work done. |
feebleminded | Retarded in intellectual development. I said that the chickens became so feebleminded that they forgot to breed. |
feigned | Not genuine. He showed a feigned ignorance to advertisement. |
feistier | Showing courage. His sister used to be a feisty nurse. |
feistiest | Quick to take offense. Despite their awkward introduction, he is attracted to the feisty girl. |
feisty | Quick to take offense. On the contrary, she’s quite defiant and feisty. |
felicitous | Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style. The felicitous street was removed in the 1970s. |
feline | Of or relating to cats. The ocelot has the lowest resting body temperature of any feline. |
fell | Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. He almost fell into the purl. |
felonious | Involving or being or having the nature of a crime. Felonious words came right out of my mouth. |
felted | Made by combining fibers with a binder using heat and pressure. Carpet is a floor covering woven or felted from natural or man made fibers. |
female | Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop. The people daunted the female. |
feminine | Ending on an unaccented beat or syllable. This declension is the feminine counterpart of the ‘an’ declension. |
feminist | Of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women. This is a justification which is enough to satiate a feminist. |
femoral | Of or relating to or near the femur or thigh. The femoral artery is a large artery in the muscles of the thigh. |
fencelike | Resembling a fence. At one end of the floor there was a fencelike partition. |
fenestral | Of or relating to windows. |
feral | Wild and menacing. The condition of feral cats is pathethic. |
ferial | Of or relating to or being a feria. The ferial regular is repeated in roman numerals in the third column. |
ferine | Wild and menacing. |
fermentable | Capable of being fermented. Is methyl cellulose fermentable in the colon |
ferned | Abounding in or covered with ferns. |
fernless | Devoid of ferns. |
fernlike | Resembling ferns especially in leaf shape. These are reddish, fernlike patterns that may persist for hours or days. |
ferny | Abounding in or covered with ferns. Ferny hills is almost entirely a residential suburb. |
ferocious | Marked by extreme and violent energy. He was attacking the center of the army like a ferocious lion. |
ferric | Of or relating to or containing iron. The more oxidized the soil becomes, the more the ferric forms dominate. |
ferromagnetic | Relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism. Explosive driven ferromagnetic generator. |
ferrous | Of or relating to or containing iron. The simple copper sulfides are then separated from the ferrous iron liquid. |
fertile | Capable of reproducing. The soil in the area is very fertile. |
fertilizable | Capable of being fertilized. |
fervent | Characterized by intense emotion. Carry my fervent prayer to the king, the great king |
fervid | Characterized by intense emotion. There will be some fervid chat about who the giants might use as designated hitter in detroit. |
festal | Offering fun and gaiety. The people performed the festal dance. |
festive | Offering fun and gaiety. Christmas dinner is the most festive meal of the year. |
fetal | Of or relating to a fetus. Fetal mortality refers to stillbirths or fetal death. |
fetching | Very attractive; capturing interest. It is possible that internet explorer is not fetching. |
fetid | Offensively malodorous. Over time, the grove became overgrown and the spring became fetid. |
feudal | Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism. The tokugawa shogunate abolished the feudal system. |
feudalistic | Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism. It is not a feudalistic society. |
feudatory | Owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign. Vikramaditya consented to rule the vengi kingdom as the chola feudatory. |
fevered | Highly excited. It portrays lithuanians as fevered anti semites. |
feverish | Of or relating to or characterized by fever. The evangelical christian community’s feverish response is also chronicled. |
feverous | Having or affected by a fever. |
few | A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a’; a small but indefinite number. I’ll reply to a few more of these, with some trepidation. |
fewer | A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a’; a small but indefinite number. The event begins with a few interviews with some of the participants. |
fewest | A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a’; a small but indefinite number. In a few cases in the past this has led to some acrimony. |
fey | Slightly insane. Fey and poehler should host with with an awareness of the frivolousness of the golden globes. |
Adjectives That Start with FI (93 Words)
fiber-optic | Of or relating to fiber optics. Their treatment involves the resection of the optic nerve. |
fiberoptic | Of or relating to fiber optics. Fiberoptic amplifiers are based on optical fibers doped with rare earths. |
fibreoptic | Of or relating to fiber optics. This may be performed through a fibreoptic endoscope. |
fibrillose | Covered with fibrils more or less evenly disposed. The surface of the cap is usually dry to moist, and radially fibrillose. |
fibrinous | Characterized by the presence of fibrin. The pericardium is infiltrated by the fibrinous exudate. |
fibrocalcific | Involving or resulting from calcification of fibrous tissue. |
fibrocartilaginous | Of or relating to fibrocartilage. A fibrocartilaginous disc present at the joint increases the range of movement. |
fibrous | Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute. The trunk is often gnarled and crooked with fibrous grey bark. |
fickle | Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments. The fickle media are being lazy. |
fictile | Susceptible to being led or directed. I think we should mention the word fictile but it can be lower in article. |
fictional | Related to or involving literary fiction. Now the next thing is the big bloat of fictional articles. |
fictitious | Formed or conceived by the imagination. The fictitious character of the story is obvious. |
fictive | Capable of imaginative creation. Michelangelo has elaborated it with illusionary or ‘fictive’ architecture. |
fiddle-shaped | Having rounded ends and a contracted center. They fiddle danced during the skit. |
fidgety | Nervous and unable to relax. It’s just one of those fidgety jobs that are a little time consuming. |
fiducial | Relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another). Fiducial inference attracted controversy and was never universally accepted. |
fiduciary | Relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another). The company breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders. |
fiendish | Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell. I had been duped by fiendish studio producers. |
fierce | Ruthless in competition. The battle between the two leaders is fierce and merciless. |
fiercer | Violently agitated and turbulent- ezra pound. Bribes enthrall fierce captains of ships. |
fiercest | Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid. The relationship between the two was fierce. |
fiery | Like or suggestive of fire. The book reflects her fiery, forthright temperament. |
fifteen | Being one more than fourteen. Parry became an official accompanist at the age of fifteen. |
fifteenth | Coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position. The fifteenth amendment is the third of the reconstruction amendments. |
fifth | Coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position. The fifth sentence is reliant on the fourth sentence. |
fiftieth | The ordinal number of fifty in counting order. It is also the fiftieth overall episode of the series. |
fifty | Being ten more than forty. Fifty to seventy percent of the nests successfully fledge young. |
fifty-two | Being two more than fifty. There are fifty bears in the zoo. |
fighting | Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations. The armistice officially ended the fighting. |
figural | Consisting of or forming human or animal figures- herbert read. Hence they are also known as figural or sculptural clocks. |
figurative | Not literal; using figures of speech. Absence of the proper context may defeat the figurative meaning. |
figured | Adorned with patterns- amy lowell. Assembled the team and figured out the delivery system. |
fijian | Of or relating to fiji or its people or language or culture. Not some fijian race sub category. |
filamentlike | Thin in diameter; resembling a thread. |
filamentous | Thin in diameter; resembling a thread. Phylogeny of filamentous ascomycetes. |
filar | Related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope). I’m just pointing out that similar criticism canbe made of filar. |
filarial | Related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria. This allows a third stage filarial larvae to enter the bite wound. |
filariid | Of or relating to or belonging to the family filariidae. |
filial | Relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring. The family’s filial ties are strong. |
filiform | Thin in diameter; resembling a thread. Some marginal florets may have no petals at all filiform floret . |
filipino | Of or relating to or characteristic of the philippines or its people or customs. Pinoy is the colloquial word for the word filipino. |
filled | Of purchase orders that have been filled. A light bulb hanging from the ceiling and a chandelier suspended on heavy chains filled the room with a yellow light. |
filmable | Capable of being adapted to motion picture form. |
filmy | So thin as to transmit light. The drink is ready when the liquid becomes filmy and opaque. |
filthier | Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter. He says that the clause in question regards superstition and filthy lucre. |
filthiest | Vile; despicable. He is a filthy, disheveled derelict as the film ends. |
filthy | Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter. Filthy rich, spoke like an habitant. |
fimbriate | Having a fringe of slender processes. |
finable | Liable to a fine. |
final | Not to be altered or undone. He made the final roster by the end of the preseason. |
financial | Involving financial matters. The financial income is stable. |
fine | Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment. The template looks fine and dandy. |
fineable | Liable to a fine. |
finer | Thin in thickness or diameter. She paid the fine and gave the rest of the money to charity. |
finespun | Developed in excessively fine detail. |
fingerless | Not having or having lost fingers. Gloves, sometimes fingerless, would also accompany the jacket. |
fingerlike | Resembling a finger. They are lined sparsely with small leaves divided into fingerlike lobes. |
finical | Exacting especially about details. The fact is that it is a bit finical to aspire to become a popular one. |
finicky | Exacting especially about details. The food is bland enough for even the most finicky adolescent palate. |
finished | Brought to ruin. Hence, i finished my homework. |
finite | Of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person. This pleasure moment of life is finite. |
finnish | Of or relating to or characteristic of finland or the people of finland. Midsummer is also celebrated as the day of the finnish flag. |
fireproof | Impervious to damage by fire. It is of the most advanced fireproof construction. |
firm | Securely established. Parrot and company, of san francisco was a major landholder and banking firm. |
firmer | Not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall. The mushroom is white, thick and firm. |
firmest | Not subject to revision or change. Parrot and company, of san francisco was a major landholder and banking firm. |
firms | Not shaking or trembling. The embouchure must be firm but relaxed. |
first | Preceding all others in time or space or degree. Her first fiance was murdered in the early eighties. |
first-class | Very good;of the highest quality. Clocinizine is an first generation antihistamine of the phenylpiperazine class. |
first-rate | Of the highest quality. Pregnancy rate in infertility treatment is the success rate for pregnancy. |
first-year | Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in united states high school or college). He received a first prize for declamation in sophomore year. |
firstborn | First in order of birth. Sergey became involved in cruel games of the firstborn. |
firsthand | Received directly from a source. I know firsthand about the treatment of christians in muslim nations. |
fiscal | Involving financial matters. It’s the fiscal status of the club. |
fisheye | Of or relating to a fisheye lens. As if she was shoved up into a fisheye lens. |
fishy | Of or relating to or resembling fish. In the fifties it was downright fishy. |
fissile | Capable of undergoing nuclear fission. To determine the origin of the fissile material in the bombs. |
fissionable | Capable of undergoing nuclear fission. Shortcut to fissionable material. |
fissiparous | Having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude. |
fistular | Hollow and tube-shaped like a reed. A ‘tubule’ is a very small tube or fistular structure. |
fistulate | Hollow and tube-shaped like a reed. Lesions typically fistulate, drain, and crust. |
fistulous | Of or pertaining to or resembling a fistula. Fistulous withers is a similar condition but on the animal’s withers. |
fit | Physically and mentally sound or healthy. The clothes fit well. |
fitful | Occurring in spells and often abruptly. Gold is washed in many of the streams in a fitful way. |
fitted | Being the right size and shape to fit as desired. The shoe attachment is detachably fitted in the intake orifice. |
fitter | Improved in health or physical condition. He apprenticed as a fitter and turner, previously fitter and machinist. |
fitting | Being precisely fitting and right. The cylinder is then placed in the end fitting. |
five | Being one more than four. They won five of the six relays, and were disqualified in the sixth. |
five-month-old | Of long duration; not new. I must be getting harebrained in my old age. |
five-year-old | Just preceding something else in time or order. Lucky debonair died of old age in 1987 at age twenty five. |
fivefold | Having five units or components. As such it belongs to inventio in the classic fivefold division of rhetoric. |
fixed | Fixed and unmoving- connor cruise o’brien. The fixed tissue is then dehydrated. |
fizzy | Hissing and bubbling. The grenadine and fizzy water remain. |
Adjectives That Start with FL (101 Words)
flabbergasted | As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise. He was flabbergasted at the amount of names there. |
flabbier | Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance. It has a soft, flabby texture that alaws it to bend slightly to stay on coral. |
flabbiest | Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance. The prose is a little rough and flabby. |
flabby | Out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance. I’m a flabby beast and i want to lose weight. |
flaccid | Drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness. During remission the penis becomes flaccid again. |
flagellate | Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum). The apusozoa are a phylum comprised of several genera of flagellate protozoa. |
flagellated | Having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum). Alternatively, neither of the gametes may be flagellated. |
flagging | Weak from exhaustion. I’m going to leave the flagging in for now. |
flagitious | Shockingly brutal or cruel. |
flagrant | Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible. This is a flagrant violation of the npov policy. |
flakey | Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual. It appears to overemphasise the spiritual, or otherwise flakey aspects of nlp. |
flaky | Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual. A bizcocho is a buttery flaky pastry or cookie. |
flamboyant | Marked by ostentation but often tasteless. The marriages are generally quite flamboyant. |
flame-colored | Having the brilliant orange-red color of flames. The flame is quickly doused with water. |
flameproof | Resistant to catching fire. Just a nicely flameproof but non dangerous type. |
flaming | Informal intensifiers. I’ve read the flaming parts of the carthage controversy. |
flammable | Easily ignited. The interior was furnished with flammable items. |
flash | Tastelessly showy. The intensity of the light flash depends on the energy of the charged particles. |
flashy | Tastelessly showy. Again it is filled with flashy, loud folks. |
flat | Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes). The reflector has a flat panel. |
flat-bottomed | Having a flat bottom. The country is arable and quite flat. |
flat-footed | Unprepared and unable to react quickly. The bald eagle and the black footed ferret are also listed. |
flatbottom | Having a flat bottom. |
flatbottomed | Having a flat bottom. |
flattering | Showing or representing to advantage. Jones believes results are not flattering his team. |
flattest | Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. The country is arable and quite flat. |
flatulent | Generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal. I hereby replace the hungry crocodiles with flatulent poodles. |
flaunty | Inclined to flaunt. |
flavorful | Full of flavor. It should be fully matured first, in order to become flavorful. |
flavorless | Lacking taste or flavor or tang. This mesh is edible but flavorless. |
flavorous | Full of flavor. |
flavorsome | Full of flavor. Poppy seeds are a common and flavorsome topping for breads and cakes. |
flavourful | Full of flavor. This results in a pleasant aroma during brewing, but a less flavourful cup. |
flavourless | Lacking taste or flavor or tang. It will bring flavour to this otherwise flavourless town. |
flavourous | Full of flavor. |
flavoursome | Full of flavor. These wines are flavoursome and tannic in character. |
flawed | Having a blemish or flaw. The analysis given in the article is flawed. |
flawless | Without a flaw. It is notable in its flawless realization of the stereotype. |
flea-bitten | Worn and broken down by hard use. He got bitten by a viper. |
flecked | Having a pattern of dots. The belly light coloured, flecked with darker spots. |
fledged | Equipped with feathers. By february, the majority of chicks have fledged. |
fledgeless | Not equipped with feathers. |
fledgeling | Having acquired its flight feathers. I’m just trying to save fledgeling aviators money and heartache. |
fledgling | Having acquired its flight feathers. Newborn babies with fledgling immune systems are the most vulnerable to the disease. |
fleeceable | Naive and easily deceived or tricked. |
fleecy | Having soft nap produced by brushing. Ithink i’d rather have a fleecy robe with penguins. |
fleet | Moving very fast. The modernization of the fleet had precedence. |
fleeting | Lasting for a markedly brief time. The phenomenon is now known to be fleeting, incomplete, and weak. |
flemish | Of or relating to flanders or its people or language or culture. A cultural symbol of flemish nationalism. |
fleshly | Marked by the appetites and passions of the body. I live as the beasts of the field, rejoicing in the fleshly life |
fleshy | Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it. The mouth is on the underside and has a fleshy upper lip. |
flexible | Able to flex; able to bend easily. The membership of the lodge was quite flexible. |
flexile | Able to flex; able to bend easily. |
flexuous | Having turns or windings. They are flexuous filamentous rod shaped particles. |
flickering | Shining unsteadily. A golden, flickering aura now filled the room. |
flighted | Having feathers. Likewise penguins are evolved from flighted bird, but their wings have changed. |
flightier | Guided by whim and fancy. She is a flighty, easily distracted woman. |
flightiest | Guided by whim and fancy. Her foreign policy was flighty to the verge of foolishness. |
flightless | Incapable of flying. Thanks for the update to the flightless cormorant article. |
flighty | Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses). She is a flighty, easily distracted woman. |
flimsy | Lacking substance or significance. The article in the beginning to introduce italy is very flimsy. |
flint | Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings. Their second challenge was to start a fire using flint, steel, wood and tinder. |
flinty | Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings. De souza was up next, a flinty showman who played the scene aggressively. |
flip | Marked by casual disrespect. The flip video mino is a smaller version of the flip video camcorder. |
flippant | Showing inappropriate levity. Your flippant attitude and behavior reminds me of some of the anons. |
flirtatious | Like a coquette. A very flirtatious girl but also fickle. |
floating | Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another. The decoy is provided with a body capable of floating on the water surface. |
floaty | Tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas. Aloe is also made into a fantastic sweet drink with floaty aloe bits. |
floccose | Having tufts of soft woolly hairs. |
flocculent | Having a fluffy character or appearance. Highly flocculent slurries are formed when the products are mixed in water. |
flooded | Covered with water. Water flooded the church as high as the top of the wainscoting on the walls. |
floodlighted | Illuminated by means of floodlights. The fountain is electrically illuminated and floodlighted at night. |
floppier | Hanging limply. The article is about the floppy, not the many uses for the interface. |
floppiest | Hanging limply. The real pain was the speed of the floppy transfers. |
floppy | Hanging limply. The default device for load and save operations was changed to the floppy drive. |
floral | Relating to or associated with flowers. The floral clock is the first of its kind in the state. |
florentine | Of or relating to or characteristic of the city of florence. Emmanuel falls in love with florentine. |
floricultural | Of or relating to or involving floriculture. These attributes increase its potential for floricultural use. |
florid | Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life. The works of decorative art are florid in style. |
flossy | Like down or as soft as down. Hurricane flossy in 1956 delivered the final blow, and toppled the tower. |
flourishing | Very lively and profitable. The rose was chosen to stand for the community’s flourishing. |
floury | Resembling flour in fine powdery texture. They are quite floury and starchy. |
flowering | Having a flower or bloom. The flowering plants in the garden are nectar plants. |
flowerless | Without flower or bloom and not producing seeds. |
flowery | Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details-john milton. This gave the woman a flowery, willowy look. |
flowing | Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow. The river is flowing smoothly. |
flown | Not to be deceived or hoodwinked. The aircraft was remarkably agile and docile to fly at high speed. |
fluent | Smooth and unconstrained in movement. He was cultured and chivalrous, spoke fluent greek, and read herodotus. |
fluffy | Like down or as soft as down. The area around the vent is very fluffy. |
fluid | Smooth and unconstrained in movement. An improved multiphase fluid flow meter for fluid which contains gas. |
flukey | Subject to accident or chance or change. Cheers for that, kind of flukey doing my old home town just in time really… |
fluky | Subject to accident or chance or change. |
fluorescent | Emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source. Stations on the ground tracked the fluorescent zinc cadmium sulfide particles. |
flush | Of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane. First flush is the initial surface runoff of a rainstorm. |
flushed | Having the pinkish flush of health. Separating the flushed off vapor from the concentrate is also easier. |
fluvial | Of or relating to or happening in a river. The town had severe damage from fluvial flood. |
fly | Not to be deceived or hoodwinked. He intends to fly the aircraft over moscow and detonate the bombs in the plane. |
flyaway | Worn loose. It does not in any way represent the true flyaway or upc for today’s typhoon. |
flyblown | Spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies. It’s not a flyblown fringe theory. |
flying | Hurried and brief. I was a weird, flying, manlike creature. |
flyspeck | Very small. |
Adjectvies That Start with FO (118 Words)
foamier | Producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease. The foamy head that develops during the initial stage of fermentation. |
foamiest | Producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease. Flour will make the hot bath unusably foamy. |
foaming | Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation. Nothing was before him, save the foaming, dashing, measureless ocean. |
foamy | Producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease. The foamy head that develops during the initial stage of fermentation. |
focal | Having or localized centrally at a focus. The township of ceduna is the focal point of the district. |
focused | Converging on a point. It focused on small government and liberalist politics. |
foetal | Of or relating to a fetus. He specialised in obstetrics and was a leading authority on foetal osteomalacia. |
foetid | Offensively malodorous. Men are not able to come near to this foetid sea … |
fogbound | Enveloped in fog. For several days the airfield had been fogbound. |
fogged | Obscured by fog. In reversal processing, the material is fogged before the second developer. |
foggy | Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion). The initial phase of the storm was mild and foggy. |
fogyish | Out of fashion; old fashioned. |
foiled | Disappointingly unsuccessful. The attack was foiled by security officials and the attackers were killed. |
foldable | Capable of being folded up and stored. The boom primarily consist of foldable triangular truss structures. |
foldaway | Capable of being folded up and stored. The storage compartment also has a foldaway seat cover and a courtesy light. |
foliaceous | Having thin leaflike layers or strata. The foliaceous leaf sheaths are well developed. |
foliate | Ornamented with foliage or foils. The cornice below the eaves has foliate carving. |
foliated | Having thin leaflike layers or strata. Further down the facade are found pilasters with foliated capitals. |
foliolate | Having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets. Leaves are usually sessile and 3 foliolate. |
foliose | Bearing numerous leaves. Foliose and fruticose lichen stage. |
folksy | Characteristic of country life. The prose of this essay is a little to folksy and friendly. |
follicular | Of or relating to or constituting a follicle. Primary cutaneous follicular lymphoma. |
following | In the desired direction. The abstract states the following. |
fond | Having or displaying warmth or affection. The people are fond of gardening. |
fondest | Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent. She was fond of the violin. |
foodless | Being without food. |
foolhardy | Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences-macaulay. I now realise this was quite foolhardy, and asking for trouble. |
foolish | Having or revealing stupidity. It was foolish of me to copy the pictures. |
foolproof | Not liable to failure. The problem with that is the technology isn’t foolproof. |
footed | Having feet. They are also called brush footed butterflies or four footed butterflies’ . |
footless | Having no feet or analogous appendages. They possess a footless column with two hard pollinia. |
footling | Small and of little importance;. |
footloose | Free to go or do as one pleases. Chandler created this footloose character, but he cherished the domestic routine she created for him. |
footsore | Having sore or tired feet. I am footsore from apartment hunting. |
footsure | Not liable to stumble or fall. |
foppish | Affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner. Wolfe seems very conservative, very arrogant, very foppish, and very genuine. |
forbearing | Showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment. They often use mental and intellectual forbearing. |
forbidden | Excluded from use or mention. The munition is not forbidden under international law. |
forbidding | Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance- j.m.barrie. Later, the church would pass canon laws forbidding the practice of divination. |
forced | Forced or compelled. They were forced to relent. |
forceful | Forceful and definite in expression or action. It’s literate and, if forceful, still urbane. |
forceless | Lacking force; feeble. I’m forceless to rename the main article of sonya. |
forcible | Impelled by physical force especially against resistance. The habitual use of the active voice, however, makes for forcible writing. |
forcipate | Shaped like a forceps; deeply forked. |
fordable | Shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle. The river was wide on both sides, but fordable. |
fore | Situated at or toward the bow of a vessel. The outermost tip of the fore end is smoothly contoured. |
foreboding | Ominously prophetic. His fellow walkers can only watch in pity and foreboding. |
foregoing | Especially of writing or speech; going before. The following table summarizes the foregoing approaches. |
foregone | Well in the past; former. The outcome was a foregone conclusion from day one. |
forehand | Made with palm facing direction of stroke. Uses of the turn on the forehand. |
forehanded | Having provided for the future. The basic motion is a forehanded sidearm movement. |
foreign | Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world. Mere hand shaking was denounced as effete and foreign. |
foremost | Ranking above all others. The foremost is the championship award, given to the winner. |
forensic | Of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument. The controversy is routed in the forensic evidence. |
foreordained | Established or prearranged unalterably. This gives all that follows the air of a foreordained tragedy. |
foreseeable | Capable of being anticipated. It’ll probably remain in the kernel for the foreseeable future. |
foresightful | Planning prudently for the future. Very foresightful, big picture wise. |
forested | Covered with forest. In the north the glaciated peaks drop to tundra and boreal forested uplands. |
forfeit | Surrendered as a penalty. There would not have been a forfeit. |
forfeited | Surrendered as a penalty. The media uses the words vacated and forfeited interchangeably. |
forficate | Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches. |
forgetful | Not mindful or attentive- g.b.shaw. Sleep approaches the desired totally unconscious forgetful state. |
forgettable | Easily forgotten. Per above, useless and forgettable. |
forgivable | Easily excused or forgiven. Exaggerating pleasures is forgivable, but exaggerating troubles is not forgivable. |
forgiving | Inclined or able to forgive and show mercy. Can we just skip the apology and go straight to the forgiving |
forlorn | Marked by or showing hopelessness. The car sat for awhile in the front yard, both of us forlorn. |
formal | Logically deductive. Kinematics is the formal description of motion. |
formalised | Concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art). This can be formalised with modal logic. |
formalistic | Concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art). My real objection is that it’s boring and formalistic looking. |
formative | Capable of forming new cells and tissues. Occupation of jiskairumoko spans from the late archaic to the formative. |
former | Belonging to the distant past. Former paratrooper chad brading, aged 27, hit the stranger from behind before his victim even saw him. |
formic | Of or relating to or derived from ants. Formaldehyde is converted to formic acid in the body. |
formidable | Inspiring fear- g.h.johnston. The anime has shown the monster to be extremely formidable. |
formless | Having no definite form or distinct shape. Basava has a proponent of monotheistic concept of formless god.. |
formosan | Of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on taiwan or its residents or their language. There is still hope for the formosan black bear. |
formulaic | Characterized by or in accordance with some formula. The formulation is fairly formulaic. |
formulary | Of or relating to or of the nature of a formula. Patients pay varying co pays for drugs that are on formulary. |
forte | Used chiefly as a direction or description in music. I think the army doesn’t have any forte. |
fortemente | Chiefly a direction or description in music; loud and strong. |
forthcoming | At ease in talking to others. Perhaps when the damage is unmitigated, solutions will be forthcoming. |
forthright | Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. You are giving me the straightforward and forthright view that you have. |
fortieth | The ordinal number of forty in counting order. The song appears as the fortieth song of that collection. |
fortified | Having something added to increase the strength. The site was fortified in the 17th century. |
fortissimo | Chiefly a direction or description in music. Fortissimo is a term in music dynamics meaning to be played very loud. |
fortnightly | Occurring every two weeks. It usually adheres to a fortnightly tabloid format. |
fortuitous | Occurring by happy chance. The collapse of the case against her was fortuitous. |
fortunate | Presaging good fortune. The transaction was fortunate indeed for the local residents. |
forty | Being ten more than thirty. Grandma was the matriarch of a family of over forty members. |
forty-one | Being one more than forty. The average nubile female, aged thirteen to twenty one, is two feet, ten inches high and weighs forty eight pounds. |
forward | Moving forward. The car lunged forward. |
forward-looking | Ahead of the times. The robot was moving forward. |
fossil | Characteristic of a fossil. Remarks on the bones of a fossil reptilian quadruped. |
fossiliferous | Bearing or containing fossils. The parish lies on fossiliferous chalk and upper greensand. |
fossilised | Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs. One of the features is a fossilised thylacine skeleton. |
fossilized | Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs. A coprolite is fossilized animal dung. |
fossorial | Adapted for digging. It may have been somewhat fossorial in nature. |
foster | Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties. The party promoted a dialogue with the government to foster political pluralism. |
foul | Not hit between the foul lines. Stow the complaints and cut the foul language. |
foul-mouthed | Using foul or obscene language. The foul ended the bout giving farley the win. |
foul-spoken | Using foul or obscene language. The possibility of a foul play investigation hung in the balance. |
fouled | Offensively malodorous. Do you know the world is a foul sty |
fouler | Characterized by obscenity. Postmortem examinations on the victims showed signs of foul play. |
foulest | Violating accepted standards or rules. The use of foul language in the article is gratuitous. |
found | Come upon unexpectedly or after searching. I found the matchbox |
four | Being one more than three. In addition, four landwehr and six ersatz divisions were formed. |
four-month-old | Just preceding something else in time or order. Lucky debonair died of old age in 1987 at age twenty five. |
four-wheel | Of or relating to vehicles with four wheels. The tread of the wheel is slightly tapered. |
four-wheeled | Of or relating to vehicles with four wheels. The four corinthian columns of the altar area symbolize the four evangelists. |
four-year-old | (used informally especially for emphasis)old (adj) of a very early stage in development. In her old age, she has become an abusive hypochondriac. |
fourfold | Four times as great or many. The fourfold version of an architectural trefoil is a quatrefoil. |
fourhanded | Involving or requiring four players. |
fourpenny | Used of nail size; 1 3/8 in or 3.8 cm long. |
fourscore | Being ten more than seventy. I never doubted of it for fourscore years. |
foursquare | Characterized by firm and unwavering conviction. But today, even foursquare had an evil twist. |
fourteen | Being one more than thirteen. The estate and house were finally woken from fourteen years of slumber. |
fourteenth | Coming next after the thirteenth in position. From a fourteenth century manuscript. |
fourth | Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude. There are plans afoot to connect the third and fourth segments. |
foxy | Marked by skill in deception. Foxy is a cheater and trickster. |
Adjectives That Start with FR (93 Words)
fractional | Constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety. What is the major weakness of the fractional reserve system |
fractious | Stubbornly resistant to authority or control. The aim was to unite the fractious labour movement into a cohesive force. |
fragile | Lacking substance or significance. He’s a sensitive and fragile guy. |
fragmental | Consisting of small disconnected parts. The result is the production of huge amounts of fragmental volcanic debris. |
fragmentary | Consisting of small disconnected parts. The fragmentary state of the palimpsest leaves much in doubt. |
fragrant | Pleasant-smelling. The flowers are unisexual and fragrant. |
frail | Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings. The frail health of swamiji had the devotees anxious with fear. |
franciscan | Of or relating to saint francis of assisi or to the order founded by him. Augustinian and franciscan convent of yecapixtla. |
frangible | Capable of being broken. A conductor plated on a frangible substrate. |
frank | Clearly manifest; evident. She had a frank attitude. |
frankish | Of or relating to the franks. Frankish and episcopal supremacy. |
frantic | Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion. The performance is interrupted by the frantic bridget. |
fraternal | Of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men. Some fraternal groups use the title of esquire. |
fraudulent | Intended to deceive – s.t.coleridge. One exception to the rule is fraudulent concealment. |
fraught | Marked by distress. The tour was fraught with problems. |
freakish | Changeable. This has freakish figures with triangular heads. |
freaky | Strange and somewhat frightening. It seems like a freaky examination. |
freckled | Relating to or covered with or resembling freckles. Self revert this you little freckled house mouse. |
free | Not fixed in position. Her financial acumen became the basis for an independent and free life. |
free-lance | Serving for wages in a foreign army. The kopia lance was the main weapon of the hussar. |
free-soil | Where slavery was prohibited. The soil is remarkably fertile. |
free-spoken | Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. The links are to the spoken articles. |
free-swimming | Able to swim about; not attached. The first level is the swimming pool. |
freeborn | Born free of free parents. I believe it’s in freeborn county. |
freehand | Done by hand without mechanical aids or devices. Anyways, in reality, i’m not all that great at drawing freehand. |
freehanded | Given or giving freely. |
freehearted | Generous in providing aid to others. |
freelance | Working for yourself. Hayes was a freelance writer at the time of the 1988 election. |
freer | Not held in servitude. Free licenses are not revocable. |
freestanding | Standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything. This is a nice vignette, but not notable as a freestanding article. |
freewill | Done of your own accord. That what we conceive of as freewill is only an illusion. |
french | Of or pertaining to france or the people of france. In a french village, manou is an italian logger, virile, with a broad laugh. |
french-speaking | Able to communicate in french. Announcers are good at speaking. |
frenetic | Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion. Marseille was becoming physically exhausted by the frenetic pace of combat. |
frenzied | Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason- h.w.carter. Dam san, at last, was failed and died because of his frenzied desire. |
frequent | Frequently encountered;. The warnings were ominous and frequent. |
fresh | Original and of a kind not seen before. The new town is all straight lines, fresh paint and smooth paving. |
fresher | Free from impurities. The air on the top was cool and fresh. |
freshman | Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in united states high school or college). I helped the auditions and part of the freshman year in the plot. |
fretful | Habitually complaining. The afflicted are often fretful, irritable, and voraciously hungry. |
freudian | Of or relating to sigmund freud or his psychoanalytic ideas. They just lack, in freudian terms, a superego. |
friable | Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder. Coalite is darker and more friable than high temperature coke. |
fricative | Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f’, `s’, `z’, or `th’ in both `thin’ and `then’). Dental fricative or interdental fricative non sibilant coronal fricative. |
frictional | Pertaining to or worked or produced by friction. Is the force required to slide them frictional |
frictionless | Lacking all friction. Think of it as a frictionless replacement for wheels. |
fried | Cooked by frying in fat. The javanese also eat the dried and crispily fried frog skin. |
friendless | Excluded from a society. Paupers and the friendless gathered forever on the near shore. |
friendlier | Inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile. He was very genial and friendly. |
friendliest | Easy to understand or use. He was very genial and friendly. |
friendly | Inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile. The companionable friends were very friendly. |
frightened | Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation. Tom is also skittish and easily frightened. |
frightening | Causing fear or dread or terror. The effect is both humorous and frightening. |
frightful | Provoking horror- winston churchill. That purple blouse at the wedding is just frightful. |
frigid | Sexually unresponsive. Some drowned while others froze to death in the frigid river. |
frigorific | Causing cold; cooling or chilling. One part is soaked in a frigorific mixture, causing it to cool and contract. |
frilled | Having decorative ruffles or frills. The tongue is long and protrusible, and is tubular and frilled at the end. |
frilly | Having decorative ruffles or frills. A frilly garter belt, in this case. |
fringy | At or constituting a border or edge. Many people would call even that fringy. |
frisian | Of or relating to the people or culture or language of friesland or frisia. It is about a legendary frisian freedom fighter andfolk hero. |
frisky | Playful like a lively kitten. The vandals were getting awfully frisky in your absence. |
frivolous | Not serious in content or attitude or behavior. The defendants replied that the lawsuit was frivolous. |
frizzy | In small tight curls. It is used on frizzy, damaged, unhealthy, dull and mistreated hair. |
frolicky | Given to merry frolicking. |
frolicsome | Given to merry frolicking. Some of the funniest moments, aside from rudd and mann’s gloomy, frolicsome comic firepower, arrive in the cameo style margins of the film. |
front | Relating to or located in the front. The porch juts forward in front of the door with an additional pediment. |
frontal | Of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone. In the brain, atrophy may be present in the frontal and temporal lobes. |
fronted | Relating to or located in the front. The first bomb landed among the horsemen in front of the carriage. |
frontmost | Preceding all others in spatial position. The frontmost axle did not carry a conventional pony truck. |
frore | Very cold. |
frostbitten | Injured by freezing or partial freezing. Meanwhile, i’m sorry to hear about the frostbitten woman singing in the woods. |
frosted | Having a roughened coating resembling frost. Available in either clear or frosted. |
frostian | Of or relating to or in the manner of robert frost. |
frostier | Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. This winter was frosty and freezing. |
frostiest | Pleasantly cold and invigorating. Like frosty the snowman, jackie was a portly man. |
frosty | Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain. He cannot enjoy the frosty weather. |
frothy | Marked by high spirits or excitement. The bubbly or frothy appearance is due to bentonite, or volcanic ash. |
froward | Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition. He was such a froward person. |
frowsty | Stale and unclean smelling. |
frowsy | Negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt. |
frowzled | In disarray; extremely disorderly- al spiers. |
frowzy | Negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt. He hadn’t on anything but a shirt, and he was very frowzy headed. |
frozen | Absolutely still. The potato segments are blanched, fried, and then frozen. |
frugal | Avoiding waste. It was typically frugal and deep in character. |
fruitful | Productive or conducive to producing in abundance. The competition between the two companies proved to be fruitful. |
fruitless | Unproductive of success. The second attempt was as fruitless as the first. |
fruity | Tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit. He was a young negro with fruity loops. |
frumpish | Primly out of date. Keep the name frumpish, it goes along with the work. |
frumpy | Primly out of date. He met her again in 1843 when she had become a frumpy, middle aged matron. |
frustrated | Disappointingly unsuccessful. The ship escaped him, and his frustrated crew became restive. |
frustrating | Preventing realization or attainment of a desire. I find the image uploading process on wikipedia frustrating and unrewarding. |
frustrative | Preventing realization or attainment of a desire. |
fruticose | Of or relating to or resembling a shrub. Foliose and fruticose lichen stage. |
fruticulose | Of or relating to or resembling a shrub. |
Adjectives That Start with FU (71 Words)
fuddled | Very drunk. I tend to get this fuddled up a lot though, so perhaps i am mistaken. |
fueled | Heated, driven, or produced by burning fuel. Each plantation fueled the wheels of british mercantilism. |
fugacious | Lasting a very short time. |
fugal | Of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue. In an almost fugal style the three obsess over the affair. |
fuggy | Poorly ventilated. |
fugitive | Lasting for a markedly brief time. The episode follows the fbi’s search for a pedophilic polygamist fugitive. |
fugly | Extremely ugly. I knew it was fugly but hadn’t gotten around to fixing it. |
fulgent | Shining intensely. |
fulgid | Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light. |
fulgurant | Amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning. |
fulgurating | Sharp and piercing. |
fulgurous | Amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning. |
full | Being at a peak or culminating point. The jungle is full of surprises. |
full-blooded | Endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health. This river is full of wildlife and full of water moccasin. |
full-blown | Fully ripe; at the height of bloom. He was apparently blown up in the first salvo. |
full-bodied | Marked by richness and fullness of flavor. It has a full bodice and a synched waistline that falls into a full skirt. |
full-fledged | Having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly. In 2003, the first nestling fledged in the wild since 1981. |
full-grown | Fully developed. Apparently it makes grown ups insipid and insane. |
full-length | Representing or accommodating the entire length. The depth describes the full length of the fin that enters the water. |
full-page | Occupying an entire page in a book or paper. The party is full of verve. |
full-scale | Using all available resources. I’ve been procrastinating the implementation of scale. |
full-size | Being of the same size as an original. The sizing in canada is the us size, not the uk size. |
full-time | For the entire time appropriate to an activity. In the event that the bout goes the full time, the bout is ruled a draw. |
fuller | Complete in extent or degree and in every particular. This river is full of wildlife and full of water moccasin. |
fullest | Having the normally expected amount. The entire article is full of misinformation and bull dung. |
fulminant | Sudden and severe. The fulminant syndrome presents early with encephalopathy and ascites. |
fulsome | Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech;. For additional information, i am willing to write you a more fulsome reply. |
functional | Fit or ready for use or service. Adenomere is the functional unit in salivary glands. |
fundamental | Far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something. The fundamental theorem of the arithmetic is flawed. |
fundamentalist | Of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism. Also fundamentalist is a hard word. |
fundamentalistic | Of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism. I feel you are making yourself fundamentalistic. |
funerary | Of or for or relating to a funeral. Shakespeare’s funerary monument. |
funereal | Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial. But bush’s non attendance at the funereal is not. |
fungal | Of or relating to fungi. Such as fungal and bacterial lipases. |
fungible | Of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation. Any distinction between war horses and packhorses can be fungible. |
fungicidal | Capable of destroying fungi. They have fungicidal and plant growth regulating activity. |
fungoid | Resembling fungi. |
fungous | Of or relating to fungi. Some fungous diseases of the sweet potato. |
funguslike | Resembling fungi. |
funicular | Relating to or operated by a cable. The station is the lower terminal of the funicular. |
funky | Having the soulful feeling of early blues. But she was funky fresh that way. |
funnier | Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. Your jape is not funny at all. |
funniest | Not as expected. Your jape is not funny at all. |
funny | Not as expected. He is a waggish and funny boy. |
furious | Marked by extreme anger. Yudi is furious at the audacious arrogance of this stranger. |
furled | Rolled up and secured. Traditionally these are furled lines the same length as the tenkara rod. |
furlike | Resembling fur. |
furnished | Provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority). The buildings were still furnished at the time. |
furred | Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs. Hyraxes are well furred rotund creatures with a short tail. |
furriest | Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs. These long furry hairs also determine the colour of the flower. |
furry | Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs. Furry stories convey the idea of furry characters with the written word. |
further | More distant in especially degree. I have to ruminate that further. |
furthermost | Most remote in space or time or order. The success in battle of bitlis set the furthermost position into the anatolia. |
furthest | Most remote in space or time or order. That article probably goes the furthest. |
furtive | Secret and sly or sordid- a.l.guerard. Is there a furtive effort to alter the ethics of our children |
fuscous | Of something having a dusky brownish grey color. Hind wing white suffused with fuscous the cilia pure white. |
fusible | Capable of being melted and fused. A fusible material is located within the housing. |
fusiform | Tapering at each end. Fusiform dolichoectatic aneurysms are another type of brain aneurysm. |
fussier | Exacting especially about details. He is seen in several occasions to be extremely fussy and obnoxious. |
fussiest | Exacting especially about details. He is seen in several occasions to be extremely fussy and obnoxious. |
fussy | Exacting especially about details. The bridge is relatively unadorned and devoid of fussy detail. |
fusty | Stale and unclean smelling. A kind of antithesis to what they perceive as fusty old stuff. |
futile | Producing no result or effect. The futile death of almost everyone at the end also sent the wrong message. |
future | Elected but not yet serving. Take the time to rewrite the stuff in the future. |
futureless | Having no prospect or hope of a future. Because of aimless education, our country becomes futureless. |
futurist | Of or relating to futurism. In 1912, he joined the first futurist group in umbria. |
futuristic | Of or relating to futurism. No futuristic super gizmo required. |
fuzzed | Covering with fine light hairs. I also fuzzed out question of origin of earliest settlers. |
fuzzier | Covering with fine light hairs. However, the use of the term terrorism is rather fuzzy. |
fuzziest | Indistinct or hazy in outline. That’s why the rocks looked perfect but the guppy was fuzzy. |
fuzzy | Confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out. That’s why the rocks looked perfect but the guppy was fuzzy. |
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