5-letter words containing f
- fanon — Frantz (Omar) [frants oh-mahr;; French frahnts aw-mar] /frænts ˈoʊ mɑr;; French frɑ̃ts ɔˈmar/ (Show IPA), 1925–61, West Indian psychiatrist and political theorist, born in Martinique; in Algeria after 1953.
- fanos — a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fanti — a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- fanum — a temple or sacred place
- faqih — an Islamic religious lawyer.
- faqir — fakir.
- farad — the standard unit of capacitance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the capacitance of a capacitor between the plates of which there appears a potential difference of one volt when it is charged by a quantity of electricity equal to one coulomb. Symbol: F.
- farah — Sir Mo(hamed). born 1983, British long-distance runner, born in Somalia: winner of the 5000 metres and the 10,000 metres at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics
- farce — a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- farci — filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- farcy — a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- fared — the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- farer — the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- fares — Plural form of fare.
- fargo — William George, 1818–81, U.S. businessman: pioneered in express shipping and banking.
- farhi — Nicole. born 1946, French fashion designer based in Britain: married to Sir David Hare
- farik — young wheat that has been fire-roasted, then threshed and dried: usually cooked by boiling.
- farle — a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- farls — Plural form of farl.
- farms — Plural form of farm.
- farro — emmer.
- farry — (obsolete) A farrow.
- farse — A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.
- farsi — the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- farts — Plural form of fart.
- farty — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a fart; flatulent.
- fassa — Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
- fasti — The calendar in Ancient Rome, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.
- fasts — Plural form of fast.
- fat32 — File Allocation Table
- fatah — a militant nationalist Palestinian political faction opposed to Israel
- fatal — causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.
- fated — subject to, guided by, or predetermined by fate; destined.
- fates — something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind.
- fath. — fathom
- fatly — in the manner of a fat person; ponderously.
- fatso — a fat person (used as a term of address).
- fatty — consisting of, containing, or resembling fat: fatty tissue.
- fatwa — an Islamic religious decree issued by the ʿulama.
- faugh — Expressing disgust.
- fauld — a piece below the breastplate, composed of lames and corresponding to the culet in back.
- fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- fauna — the animals of a given region or period considered as a whole.
- fauns — one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- faurd — favoured
- faure — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- faust — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- fauve — (sometimes lowercase) any of a group of French artists of the early 20th century whose works are characterized chiefly by the use of vivid colors in immediate juxtaposition and contours usually in marked contrast to the color of the area defined.
- favel — a fallow-coloured horse
- faves — Plural form of fave.