Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z falsificate To falsify or counterfeit. falsification The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not. falsificationism A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted, then it is not a scientific claim. falsificationist Of a philosophy, using experiment and observation to attempt to show that a scientific theory is false, rather than attempting to verify it. falsificator A falsifier; a person who falsifies or forges something. falsificatory Relating to falsification falsified Demonstrated to be false. falsifier One that falsifies. falsify To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive. falsifying falsification falsiness The property of being falsy, i.e. evaluating to false in a Boolean context. falsing False decoding (by a telecommunications decoder). falsish Somewhat false. falsism A claim that is self-evidently false, commonly used a rhetorical device. falsity Something that is false; an untrue assertion. Falstaff A fat and jolly knight. Falstaffian Having the traits of the comic character Falstaff: especially, corpulent and jolly. falstatin A cysteine protease inhibitor of the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Falster An island in south-east Denmark. Falsterbo A town on a peninsula south of Malmö in Skåne county, south-west Sweden. falsterite A rare pegmatitic phosphate mineral with the formula Ca₂MgMn²⁺₂(Fe²⁺_(0.5)Fe³⁺_(0.5))₄Zn₄(PO₄)₈(OH)₄(H₂O)₁₄. Falstone A village and civil parish in western Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY7287). falsum An arbitrary contradiction, denoted ⊥. falsy Evaluating to false in a Boolean context. falt An old English measure of wheat in London containing 9 bushels. Falta A village in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India. faltboat A kind of collapsible canoe. faltche A Moldavian unit of measure for area. falter An unsteadiness. falterer One who falters. faltering hesitant, halting falteringly In a faltering manner; hesitantly, making pauses faltu Useless; unnecessary; of no value or purpose. faluche A type of beret, decorated with ribbons and badges, traditionally worn by some French students. Falun A city and municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden. Falvey A surname from Irish. Falvo A surname from Italian. Falwell A surname. Falwellian Of or relating to Jerry Falwell (1933–2007), American Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist associated with the Moral Majority. falx A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle. Falzarano A surname. Falzone A surname from Italian. fam A term of endearment between friends; derived from "family" but not used between relatives. Fama The Roman equivalent of the Greek Pheme, a personification of fame and renown. famacide A slanderer or person who destroys another's reputation famadihana A Madagascan ceremony in which a corpse is exhumed, wrapped in fresh cloth, and reburied, to the accompaniment of dancing. Famagusta A city in Northern Cyprus. famatinite A tetragonal-scalenohedral pale brownish pink mineral containing antimony, copper, and sulfur. famble A hand. fambly A family. Fambridge North Fambridge Fambro A surname. Fambrough A surname. famciclovir A prodrug form C₁₄H₁₉N₅O₄ of the antiviral agent penciclovir that after oral administration is converted to penciclovir by cellular kinases and that is used for the treatment of shingles and herpes genitalis. fame Something said or reported; gossip, rumour. famed Having fame; famous or noted. fameflower Any of several flowering plants in different families within the order Caryophyllales. fameless Without fame. famelessly Without fame. famelessness Lack of fame; obscurity. famelic Of or pertaining to hunger. Famennian A subdivision of the Devonian period. fames A goddess who is a personification of famine and hunger. She is the Roman counterpart of Limos. famesque famous for being famous. Fameuse A kind of sweet red apple originating in Canada. Famiclone Any electronic hardware designed to replicate the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. Famicom A Family Computer (chiefly those available within Japan). famigerate To report or carry news from abroad. Famiglietti A surname from Italian. famil A free or low cost trip for travel agents or consultants, provided by a travel wholesaler or airline as a means of promoting their service. familect The language variant used by a family when speaking among themselves. familia A household or religious community under one head, regarded as a unit. familial Of or pertaining to a human family. familialism An ideology that prioritizes the family by advocating a welfare system that assumes that households, not the state, take responsibility for the care of their members. familiality The quality of being familial. familialize To give familial character to familially Within a family; among blood relatives familiar Known to one, or generally known; commonplace. familiarism The quality of being intimate or friendly. familiarity The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy. familiarization The act, process or result of familiarizing. familiarize To make or become familiar with something or someone. familiarizer One who, or that which, familiarizes. familiarly In a casual or informal manner, as with a close acquaintance; especially when such behavior may be considered inappropriate. familiarness Quality of being familiar. familiary Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic. familicidal Of or pertaining to familicide. familicide The murder of an entire family by a family member. familied That has, or is part of, a family. familiocracy A system where people are ruled by a family or by their own family groupings. familiocratic Pertaining to a familiocracy. familiolect A language variety spoken within a single family. familism The beliefs or practice of the Family of Love religious sect, active in sixteenth century England. familist A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England. familistic Pertaining to familism. familistically In a familistical manner. familon A hypothetical Nambu–Goldstone boson arising from the spontaneous breaking of a global family symmetry that distinguishes between generations of quarks and leptons. family A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family. familygram A message sent by family members to one serving in the navy. familyhood The state of being a family. familying Taking part in activities together as a family. familyish Suitable for, or characteristic of, family. familyism The study or promotion of familial relations. familyist A proponent of familyism familyless Without a family. familylessness The state or condition of being familyless. familylike Resembling a family familymaxx Synonym of babymaxx. familymoon A honeymoon in which the newlywed couple bring along their children. familywise In terms of a family of related inferences. famine Extreme shortage of food in a region. faminee One who is suffering from or has suffered from famine. famineless Without famines. faminelike Resembling or characteristic of famine. famish To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger. famished Extremely hungry. famishedly In a famished way; very hungrily. famishment The state or process of being famished. famisign Synonym of legisign. famm A hand. Fammenian An epoch forming part of the Late Devonian. famosity The state or quality of being famous. famotidine An H₂ antagonist C₈H₁₅N₇O₂S₃ (trademark Pepcid) used to inhibit gastric acid secretion especially in the short-term treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease and in the treatment of disorders (as Zollinger–Ellison syndrome) involving gastric acid hypersecretion. famotine An antiviral isoquinoline drug. famous Well known. famoused famed; renowned famousish Slightly or somewhat famous; well-known but not a celebrity. famously In a celebrated manner. famousness The condition of being famous; fame famoxadone A particular fungicide. fampool A carpool composed of members of the same family. fampridine The drug dalfampridine. famprofazone A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug of the pyrazolone series. FAMUan A student or alum of Florida A&M University. Famularo A surname from Italian. famulary Of or relating to servants. famulus A close attendant or assistant, especially of a magician or occult scholar. Famy A municipality of Laguna, Philippines. fan A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself. fana A surname from Spanish. fanac The activity of fans, particularly of science fiction. fanackapan A term of endearment, used especially when addressing a child. Fanagalo A pidgin language based primarily on Zulu, spoken in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. fanal A lighthouse fanaloka A Malagasy carnivoran (euplerid) of species (Fossa fossana), also known as a Malagasy civet. fanam A former currency in southern India. fananserin A drug with sedative and antipsychotic effects. fanapanel A quinoxalinedione drug that acts as a competitive antagonist of the AMPA receptor. Fanara A surname from Italian. fanarchist A fan who rejects organized fandom, often as being motivated by anarchist thought.