6-letter words containing on
- end on — with the end pointing towards one
- enzone — to enclose in a zone
- eonian — Of or pertaining to an eon.
- eonism — the adoption of female dress and behaviour by a male
- eponym — A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.
- etalon — A device consisting of two reflecting plates for producing interfering light beams.
- ethion — a type of liquid pesticide
- etymon — A word or morpheme from which a later word is derived.
- euonym — (rare) A name well suited to a person, place or thing so named.
- euphon — a glass harmonica
- evzone — An infantryman of a select corps of the Greek army.
- ex-con — a former prisoner
- exaton — A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many quintillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- exonic — Of or pertaining to an exon.
- exonym — A name given to a group or category of people by a secondary person or persons other than the people it refers to.
- fablon — a brand of adhesive-backed plastic material used to cover and decorate shelves, worktops, etc, and for handicraft purposes
- falcon — any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- fanion — a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- felons — A person who has been convicted of a felony.
- felony — an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
- fenton — James (Martin). born 1949, British poet, journalist, and critic. His poetry includes the collections A German Requiem (1980) and Out of Danger (1993)
- fix on — If you fix on a particular thing, you decide that it is the one you want and will have.
- flacon — a small bottle or flask with a stopper, especially one used for perfume.
- flagon — a large bottle for wine, liquors, etc.
- flongs — Plural form of flong.
- foison — abundance; plenty.
- fonder — having a liking or affection for (usually followed by of): to be fond of animals.
- fondle — to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress: to fondle a precious object; to fondle a child.
- fondly — in a fond manner; lovingly or affectionately: He looked fondly at his child.
- fondue — a saucelike dish of Swiss origin made with melted cheese and seasonings together with dry white wine, usually flavored with kirsch: served as a hot dip for pieces of bread.
- fondus — fondue (def 4).
- fonner — Comparative of fon.
- fontal — pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- foonly — 1. The PDP-10 successor that was to have been built by the Super Foonly project at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory along with a new operating system. The intention was to leapfrog from the old DEC time-sharing system SAIL was then running to a new generation, bypassing TENEX which at that time was the ARPANET standard. ARPA funding for both the Super Foonly and the new operating system was cut in 1974. Most of the design team went to DEC and contributed greatly to the design of the PDP-10 model KL10. 2. The name of the company formed by Dave Poole, one of the principal Super Foonly designers, and one of hackerdom's more colourful personalities. Many people remember the parrot which sat on Poole's shoulder and was a regular companion. 3. Any of the machines built by Poole's company. The first was the F-1 (a.k.a. Super Foonly), which was the computational engine used to create the graphics in the movie "TRON". The F-1 was the fastest PDP-10 ever built, but only one was ever made. The effort drained Foonly of its financial resources, and the company turned toward building smaller, slower, and much less expensive machines. Unfortunately, these ran not the popular TOPS-20 but a TENEX variant called Foonex; this seriously limited their market. Also, the machines shipped were actually wire-wrapped engineering prototypes requiring individual attention from more than usually competent site personnel, and thus had significant reliability problems. Poole's legendary temper and unwillingness to suffer fools gladly did not help matters. By the time of the Jupiter project cancellation in 1983, Foonly's proposal to build another F-1 was eclipsed by the Mars, and the company never quite recovered. See the Mars entry for the continuation and moral of this story.
- fripon — a knave; a rogue
- fronde — either of two rebellious movements against the ministry of Cardinal Mazarin in the reign of Louis XIV, the first led by the parlement of Paris (1648–49) and the second by the princes (1650–53)
- fronds — Plural form of frond.
- fronts — Plural form of front.
- fulton — Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
- fusion — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- futons — Plural form of futon.
- gabaon — Gibeon.
- gabion — a cylinder of wickerwork filled with earth, used as a military defense.
- gaboon — Also called gaboon mahogany. the soft, reddish-brown wood of an African tree, Aucoumea klaineana, used for making furniture.
- galion — a city in N central Ohio.
- gallon — a common unit of capacity in English-speaking countries, equal to four quarts, the U.S. standard gallon being equal to 231 cubic inches (3.7853 liters), and the British imperial gallon to 277.42 cubic inches (4.546 liters). Abbreviation: gal.
- galton — Sir Francis, 1822–1911, English scientist and writer.
- gammon — deceitful nonsense; bosh.
- gamone — any chemical substance secreted by a gamete that attracts another gamete during sexual reproduction
- garcon — (usually in direct address) a waiter in a restaurant.