Words starting with fig
3 letter words starting with fig
- fig — dress or array: to appear at a party in full fig.
- fig leaf — the leaf of a fig tree.
- fig marigold — any of various plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having showy flowers of white, yellow, or pink.
- fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.
5 letter words starting with fig
- figgy — containing figs: a figgy cake.
- fight — a battle or combat.
- fight a rearguard action/ mount a rearguard action — If someone is fighting a rearguard action or mounting a rearguard action, they are trying very hard to prevent something from happening, even though it is probably too late for them to succeed.
- fight back — retaliate
- fight city hall — to take up the apparently futile fight against petty or impersonal bureaucratic authority
6 letter words starting with fig
7 letter words starting with fig
- figgery — adornments of dress
- figging — The insertion of ginger root into the anus, vagina or urethra, originally applied to horses as a form of deception as to the horse's condition and later used in BDSM practices.
- fighted — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of fight.
- fighter — a boxer; pugilist.
- figleaf — Alternative spelling of fig leaf.
8 letter words starting with fig
9 letter words starting with fig
- fightable — able or ready to fight
- fightback — A fightback is an effort made by a person or group of people to get back into a strong position when they seem likely to lose something such as an election or an important sports match.
- fightings — Plural form of fighting.
- figpecker — A bird, the Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis.
- figurable — Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
10 letter words starting with fig
- figurantes — Plural form of figurante.
- figuration — the act of shaping into a particular figure.
- figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- figurehead — a person who is head of a group, company, etc., in title but actually has no real authority or responsibility: Most modern kings and queens are figureheads.
- figurework — work with figures or numbers
11 letter words starting with fig
- fight-o-net — (messaging) A distortion of FidoNet, often applied after a flurry of flamage in a particular echo, especially the SYSOP echo or Fidonews.
- figurations — Plural form of figuration.
- figureheads — Plural form of figurehead.
12 letter words starting with fig
- figurability — the quality of being figurable
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- figure-eight knot — a kind of knot
13 letter words starting with fig
- figure-ground — a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background.
- figure-ground phenomenon — the division of the perceptual field into background and objects that appear to stand out against it. The concept was evolved by the Gestalt psychologists, who invented ambiguous figures in which the same part could be seen either as figure or ground
14 letter words starting with fig
- fighter-bomber — an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.
- figurativeness — The property of being figurative.
- figure-hugging — Figure-hugging clothes fit very close to the body of the person who is wearing them. Figure-hugging is usually used to describe clothes worn by women.
15 letter words starting with fig
- fight-or-flight — denoting instinctive response
- fight-or-flight reaction — the response of the sympathetic nervous system to a stressful event, preparing the body to fight or flee, associated with the adrenal secretion of epinephrine and characterized by increased heart rate, increased blood flow to the brain and muscles, raised sugar levels, sweaty palms and soles, dilated pupils, and erect hairs.
- fight-or-flight response — the response of the sympathetic nervous system to a stressful event, preparing the body to fight or flee, associated with the adrenal secretion of epinephrine and characterized by increased heart rate, increased blood flow to the brain and muscles, raised sugar levels, sweaty palms and soles, dilated pupils, and erect hairs.
16 letter words starting with fig
- figure-conscious — concerned to keep an attractively slim body shape
19 letter words starting with fig
- fighter-interceptor — a fighter plane used for the defense of a region against air attack, especially by attacking bombers.
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