FOUNDATIONLESS
FOUNDA'TIONLESS, adjective Having no foundation.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FOUNDED
FOUND'ED, participle passive Set; fixed; established on a basis; begun and built.
FOUNDER
FOUND'ER, n1. One that founds, establishes and erects; one that lays a foundation; as the founder of a temple or city.2. One who begins; an author; one from whom any thing origi...
FOUNDERED
FOUND'ERED, participle passive Made lame in the feet by inflammation and extreme tenderness.
FOUNDEROUS
FOUND'EROUS, adjective Failing; liable to perish; ruinous. [Not in use.]
FOUNDERY
FOUND'ERY, noun1. The art of casting metals into various forms for use; the casting of statues.2. The house and works occupied in casting metals; as a foundery of bells, of holl...
FOUNDLING
FOUND'LING, noun [from found, find.] A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner. A hospital for such children is called a foundling hospital.
FOUNDRESS
FOUND'RESS, noun A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.
FOUNT
FOUNT',FOUNT'AIN, noun [Latin fons.]1. A spring, or source of water; properly, a spring or issuing of water from the earth. This word accords in sense with well, in our mother t...
FOUNTAIN-HEAD
FOUNT'AIN-HEAD, noun Primary source; original; first principle.
FOUNTAIN-TREE
FOUNT'AIN-TREE, noun In the Canary isles, a tree which distills water from its leaves, in sufficient abundance for the inhabitants near it.
FOUNTAINLESS
FOUNT'AINLESS, adjective Having no fountain; wanting a spring.A barren desert fountainless and dry.
FOUNTFUL
FOUNT'FUL, adjective Full of springs; as fountful Ida.
FOUR
FOUR, adjective [Latin petoritum, petorritum, a carriage with four wheels, petor-rota.]Twice two; denoting the sum or two and two.
FOURBE
FOURBE, noun A tricking fellow; a cheat. [Not English.]
FOURFOLD
FOURFOLD, adjective Four double; quadruple; four times told; as a fourfold division.He shall restore the lamb fourfold 2 Samuel 12:6.FOURFOLD, noun Four times as much.
FOURFOOTED
FOURFOOTED, adjective Quadruped; having four feet; as the horse and the ox.
FOURRIER
FOURRIER, noun A harbinger. [Not English.]
FOURSCORE
FOURSCORE, adjective [See Score.] Four times twenty; eighty. It is used elliptically for fourscore years; as a man of fourscore
FOURSQUARE
FOURSQUARE, adjective Having four sides and four angles equal; quadrangular.
FOURTEEN
FOURTEEN, adjective [four and ten.] Four and ten; twice seven.
FOURTEENTH
FOURTEENTH, adjective The ordinal of fourteen; the fourth after the tenth.
FOURTH
FOURTH, adjective The ordinal of four; the next after the third.FOURTH, noun In music, an interval composed of two tones and a semitone. Three full tones compose a triton, or fo...
FOURTHLY
FOURTHLY, adverb In the fourth place.
FOURWHEELED
FOURWHEELED, adjective Having or running on four wheels.
FOVILLA
FOVIL'LA, noun [Latin foveo.] A fine substance, imperceptible to the naked eye, emitted from the pollen of flowers.
FOWL
FOWL, noun [Latin fugio, fugo, Gr. and signifying the flying animal.]A flying or winged animal; the generic name of certain animals that move through the air by the aid of wings...