F
F, the sixth letter of the English Alphabet., is a labial articulation, formed by placing the upper teeth on the under lip, and accompanied with an emission of breath. Its kindr...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FABACEOUS
FABACEOUS, adjective [Low Latin, a bean.] Having the nature of a bean; like a bean. [Little used.]
FABIAN
FABIAN, adjective Delaying; dilatory; avoiding battle, in imitation of Q. Fabius Maximus, a Roman general who conducted military operations against Hannibal, by declining to ris...
FABLE
FABLE, noun [Latin, Gr. The radical sense is that which is spoken or told.]1. A feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce ...
FABLED
FABLED, participle passive1. Feigned; invented, as stories.2.adjective Told or celebrated in fables.Hail, fabled grotto.
FABLER
FABLER, noun A writer of fables or fictions; a dealer in feigned stories.
FABLING
FABLING, participle present tense Feigning; devising, as stories; writing or uttering false stories.
FABRIC
FABRIC, noun [Latin, a frame, a workman.]1. The structure of any thing; the manner in which the parts of a thing are untied by art and labor; workmanship; texture. This is cloth...
FABRICATE
FABRICATE, verb transitive [Latin, to frame, supra.]1. To frame; to build; to construct; to form a whole by connecting its parts; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.2. To form by...
FABRICATED
FABRICATED, participle passive Framed; constructed; built; manufactured; invented; devised falsely; forged.
FABRICATING
FABRICATING, participle present tense Framing; constructing; manufacturing; devising falsely; forging.
FABRICATION
FABRICATION, noun1. The act of framing or constructing construction; as the fabrication of a bridge or of a church.2. The act of manufacturing.3. The act of devising falsely; fo...
FABRICATOR
FABRICATOR, noun One that constructs or makes.
FABRILE
FABRILE, adjective [Latin] Pertaining to handicrafts. [Not used.]
FABULIST
FABULIST, noun [from fable.] The inventor or writer of fables.
FABULIZE
FABULIZE, verb transitive To invent, compose or relate fables.
FABULOSITY
FABULOSITY, noun Fabulousness; fullness of fables. [Little used.]
FABULOUS
FABULOUS, adjective1. Feigned, as a story; devised; fictitious; as a fabulous story; a fabulous description.2. Related in fable; described or celebrated in fables; invented; not...
FABULOUSLY
FABULOUSLY, adverb In a fable or fiction; in a fabulous manner.
FABULOUSNESS
FABULOUSNESS, noun The quality of being fabulous or feigned.
FACADE
FACADE, noun Front.
FACE
FACE, noun [Latin, to make.]1. In a general sense, the surface of a thing, or the side which presents itself to the view of a spectator; as the face of the earth; the face of th...
FACECLOTH
FA'CECLOTH, noun [face and cloth.] A cloth laid over the face of a corpse.
FACED
FA'CED, participle passive Covered in front. In composition, denoting the kind of face; as full-faced.
FACELESS
FA'CELESS, adjective Without a face.
FACEPAINTER
FA'CEPAINTER, noun A painter of portraits; one who draws the likeness of the face.
FACEPAINTING
FA'CEPAINTING, noun The act or art of painting portraits.