6-letter words containing f
- fermor — Sir Patrick (Michael) Leigh. 1915–2011, British traveller and author, noted esp for the travel books A Time of Gifts (1977) and Between the Woods and the Water (1986)
- fernet — A particular type of Italian amaro.
- ferous — Wild; savage.
- ferrar — Nicholas. 1592–1637, English mystic. He founded (1625) an Anglican religious community at Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire
- ferret — a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
- ferri- — indicating the presence of iron, esp in the trivalent state
- ferric — of or containing iron, especially in the trivalent state.
- ferro- — indicating a property of iron or the presence of iron
- ferrol — a seaport in NW Spain: naval arsenal and dockyard.
- ferula — Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- ferule — a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
- fervid — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- fervor — great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.
- fescue — Also called fescue grass. any grass of the genus Festuca, some species of which are cultivated for pasture or lawns.
- fessed — Simple past tense and past participle of fess.
- fesses — a teacher.
- fessor — a teacher.
- festal — pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- fester — to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate.
- fetcht — (archaic) Alternative form of fetched.
- fether — Archaic form of feather.
- fetial — concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace: fetial law.
- fetich — an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency.
- feting — a day of celebration; holiday: The Fourth of July is a great American fete.
- fetish — an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency.
- fetors — Plural form of fetor.
- fetter — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- fettle — state; condition: in fine fettle.
- feuars — Plural form of feuar.
- feudal — of, relating to, or like the feudal system, or its political, military, social, and economic structure.
- feuded — Simple past tense and past participle of feud.
- feutre — a rest for a lance or spear, attached to a knight's saddle
- fevers — Plural form of fever.
- fewest — not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- fezzan — a former province in SW Libya: part of the Sahara with numerous oases. 220,000 sq. mi. (570,000 sq. km).
- fezzed — Wearing a fez.
- fezzes — a felt cap, usually of a red color, having the shape of a truncated cone, and ornamented with a long black tassel, worn by men in Egypt and North Africa: formerly the national headdress of the Turks.
- fgraal — Fortran extended GRAph Algorithmic Language. A Fortran extension for handling sets and graphs. "On a Programming Language for Graph Algorithms", W.C. Rheinboldt et al, BIT 12(2) 1972.
- fiacre — a small horse-drawn carriage.
- fiance — a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- fianna — a legendary band of Irish warriors noted for their heroic exploits, attributed to the 2nd and 3rd centuries ad
- fiasci — (hypercorrect) Plural form of fiasco.
- fiasco — a complete and ignominious failure.
- fiaunt — a warrant issued to the Court of Chancery in Ireland in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
- fibbed — Simple past tense and past participle of fib.
- fibber — a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
- fibers — Plural form of fiber.
- fibred — (especially in combination) Having (a specified form of) fibres.
- fibres — Plural form of fibre.
- fibril — a small or fine fiber or filament.