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 foxess A female fox. foxface A rabbitfish with prominent facial stripes. Foxfield A village in Broughton West parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2185). foxfire Bioluminescence created by some types of fungus, particularly those growing on rotting wood. foxfish A fox shark or sea fox. Foxford A village in County Mayo, Ireland. foxgirl A girl or woman who wears a fox costume and plays the role of a fox. foxglove Any member of the genus Digitalis of about twenty species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant. Foxground A locality in the Kiama council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. Foxhall A townland west of Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. Foxheart A surname. foxhole The burrow in the ground where a fox lives. foxhood The state, condition, or quality of a fox foxhound Any of several medium-sized breeds of dog developed for hunting. Foxhoven A surname from German. Foxhow A locality in the Shire of Corangamite, south western Victoria, Australia foxhunt A hunt for foxes, usually with dogs. foxhunter One who hunts foxes. Foxian A follower of George Fox, especially one who believed strictly in the theology of the inward light. foxie A fox terrier. Foxification The process of mass media, particularly television news, adopting the format, practices, and perceived political leanings of Fox News. foxily In a foxy manner. foxiness The characteristic or quality of being foxy. foxing The discoloration of printed material with brown marks. foxish Like or characteristic of a fox; foxlike; (by extension) sly. foxishly In a foxish way. Foxite A Whig following the political philosophy of Charles James Fox. Foxitis A notional disease caused by overconsumption of right-wing media. foxless Without foxes. foxlet A young fox. Foxley A hamlet in Yazor parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4146). foxlike Resembling or characteristic of a fox. foxling A little or young fox; kit; a fox whelp. Foxlove A surname. foxly Sly like a fox; foxlike. foxnut A seed of Euryale ferox, a flowering plant related to the water lily foxproof Resistant to the predations of foxes. Foxrock A southern suburb of Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2125). foxship The character or qualities of a fox; foxiness; craftiness; cunning. foxshit The excrement of a fox. foxskin The pelt of a fox. foxsnake Common name of three North American rat snakes of genus Pantherophis. foxsona A fursona that is a fox. foxtail The tail of a fox. foxtaur A taur with the lower body of a fox. Foxton A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4148). Foxtrap A neighbourhood of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. foxtress A physically attractive woman. foxtrot A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm. foxtrotter A kind of horse, the Missouri Fox Trotter. Foxwell A surname. Foxworth A surname. Foxworthy A surname from Old English. Foxx A surname. foxxo A fox. foxy The recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT). foy Faith, allegiance. foyaite A K-feldspar-nepheline syenite mineral containing a proportion of ferromagnesian minerals, usually pyroxene, hornblende, and biotite. foyaitic Of or relating to the mineral foyaite. foyalite A fine-grained Plutonic syenite made up of orthoclase, nepheline, hornblende, and accessory mica, sodalite, zircon, noselite, and pyroxene. foyboat A small workboat primarily used to assist the mooring and servicing of a larger vessel, especially on the rivers of north-east England. foyboatman The operator of a foyboat. Foye A surname. foyer Such a space used in a hotel, theater, etc. foyered Furnished with a foyer. foyerlike Resembling or characteristic of a foyer. foyers A village on the east side of Loch Ness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH4920). foyim Foids; women. foyle A river in Ireland which forms part of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, before flowing through Derry (Londonderry) and into Lough Foyle and the Atlantic Ocean. Foyleside The conurbation surrounding Derry/Londonderry. Foynes A small town and major port in County Limerick, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 2551). Foz A barangay of Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Foza A town in Vicenza, Italy. foziness The state of being fozy; lack of spirit; dullness. Fozizhuang A township in Fangshan district, Beijing, China. fozy spongy; soft; fat and puffy fpoon Synonym of spork. fra A title of a friar or monk: brother. frab To scold, nag, or harass. frabbit crabbed; peevish frabjous Fabulous, joyous; great, wonderful. frabjously In a frabjous manner; wonderfully, fabulously. Frable A surname. frac To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing) fracas A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap. fraccent A pronunciation of English associated with frat boys, said to be similar to the valley girl accent and to include vocal fry. fracedinous Producing heat through putrefaction. fracid Rotten from being too ripe; overripe. frack To employ hydraulic fracturing (fracking). frackable Suitable for hydraulic fracturing. fracker A person or organization employed in fracking. fracking Hydraulic fracturing. fracktivist An activist who opposes fracking. fract To break; to violate. fractable A decorative coping on a gable wall that rises up to obscure the roof line. fractal A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at arbitrarily small scales and thus has infinite complexity. fractalated Composed of fractal-based patterns. fractalesque Reminiscent of fractal patterns. fractalist One who studies fractals. fractality The state or condition of being fractal. fractalization The act or process of fractalizing. fractalize To make fractal. fractalkine The human form of the chemokine protein fractally In a fractal manner. fractalness The state or condition of being fractal. fractalysis fractal analysis or analytics fractance fractional-order impedance (that has a constant phase angle) fracted Having a part displaced or broken; said of an ordinary or other charge. fractile The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below. fraction A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part. fractionable Able to be fractioned fractional Pertaining to a fraction. fractionalism The division of a political party into groups that may have differing ideologies. fractionalist A proponent of fractionalism. fractionality The condition of being fractional fractionalization Separation into parts by fractionalizing. fractionalize To separate into parts or fractions; to fractionate. fractionally In a fractional manner fractionary fractional fractionate To separate (a mixture) into its individual constituents by exploiting differences in some chemical or physical property, such as boiling point, particle size, solubility etc. fractionatedly Following fractionation fractionation A separation process in which a certain quantity of a mixture is divided up into smaller quantities (fractions) in which the composition changes according to a gradient; an instance of this process. fractionator A piece of chemical engineering or laboratory apparatus that is used to separate the components of a mixture by fractionation, especially by fractional distillation or by chromatography. fractioned separated into fractions by fractionation; fractionated fractioning A division or breaking into fractions. fractionization The process of separating into fractions. fractionize To separate into fractions fractious Given to troublemaking. fractiously In a fractious manner. fractiousness The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness. fractitious See Citations:fractitious fractoemission The generation of charge through the breakup of rock particles. fractogram A graph of a detection signal vs. time, derived from a field-flow fractionation process, in which various substances present in a fluid get separated based on their flow velocities under some applied external influence, such as an electric field. fractograph The graphical result of fractography fractographic Of or pertaining to fractography. fractographical Of or pertaining to fractography. fractographically In terms of, or by means of, fractography. fractography The study of fracture surfaces of materials. fractoluminescence The emission of light from fractured crystals; a form of triboluminescence. fractoluminescent Exhibiting or relating to fractoluminescence. fractomorpheme A productive morpheme (one which readily forms new words) which originates as a shortened form of another word. fracton A collective quantized vibration on a substrate with a fractal structure; the fractal analogue of a phonon. fractone A structure, in the brain, associated with neurogenesis, gliogenesis, and angiogenesis fractonic Of or relating to fractons. FRACTRAN A Turing-complete esoteric programming language based on the processing of fractions. fractuosity The state of being fractured; superficial fracture fracturability The condition of being fracturable fracturable Capable of being fractured fractural Of or pertaining to a fracture. fracture An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.