Word origins

• fotmalAn old English unit of weight of 70 pounds, used particularly for lead
• foulderTo flash like lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.
• foulsomeCharacterised or marked by foulness or filth; filthy; (by extension) wretched.
• foumartA European polecat; a member of the Mustelidae family.
• foundatorSynonym of founder.
• fouseTo tumble, disarrange, rumple.
• fowerOne who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.
• foxerycunning behavior; trickery; deceit
• foxishLike or characteristic of a fox; foxlike; (by extension) sly.
• foxlySly like a fox; foxlike.
• fox's footA type of bur-reed (Sparganium simplex) native to North America and Eurasia.
• fraistTo try; test; prove; put to the proof; make trial (of).
• frakedBad; vile; shameful.
• frakelFraked.
• fratchA dispute, a quarrel; a fight or brawl.
• fraudfulfraudulent.
• freckSynonym of freckle (“a small brownish or reddish pigmentation spot on the surface of the skin; any small spot which has a different colour from its background”).
• -freeFree from; devoid of; without.
• freeheartedliberal; unrestrained
• freelagePrivilege; immunity; franchise; the freedom or privilege of a burgess in a corporation.
• free willVoluntary choice; (the power of) unforced, uncoerced choice.
• freezinglyIn a way that is freezing; with intense cold.
• fremedlyAs a fremd or stranger.
• fremishTo shiver or shudder.
• frequentativeServing to express repetition of an action.
• frettenMarked.
• fretterOne who or that which frets.
• friaressA female friar.
• friendessA female friend.
• friendfulFull of friendlihood; friendly.
• friendliheadFriendliness; friendship.
• friendsomeIndicating or characterised by friendship; in manner, like or befitting a friend; friendlike; friendly.
• friendsomenessThe state, quality, or condition of being friendsome; friendliness.
• Friern BarnetA suburb in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, historically in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ2792).
• frightyAfraid.
• fristingA delay; suspension; postponement.
• froggeA surname from Middle English.
• froiseA kind of large thick pancake or omelette, often with slices of bacon.
• from homeAway from home, not at home; away, out.
• fromwardTurned away; averse.
• froreExtremely cold; frozen.
• frornFrozen; intensely cold; frosty.
• froskA frog.
• frounceA canker in the mouth of a hawk.
• froverTo comfort; solace.
• frowA woman; a wife, especially a Dutch or German one.
• frowardlyin a froward manner
• frowardnessThe quality of being froward.
• fructivefructuous; fruitful
• fruit-bearingThe act or process of bearing or producing fruit.
• fruitererOne who sells fruit.
• frumentyA porridge made by boiling hulled wheat, typically with additional ingredients such as milk, egg yolks, and/or almond milk, traditionally served with venison or porpoise.
• frumpleTo wrinkle; crumple; ruffle; disorder.
• frying panA long-handled, shallow pan used for frying food.
• -fulUsed to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun.
• FulbeckA village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9450).
• FulbrookA village in Buckinghamshire, England.
• fulgentShining brilliantly; radiant.
• fullbringTo accomplish; bring about completely; complete; finish; achieve.
• fulldoTo accomplish; fulfill; complete.
• fulldrivenFully driven or clenched; completed; made up.
• full-grownFully developed; adult.
• fullheadFullness.
• fullmadeComplete; fully made; perfected.
• full moonThe phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun and its full disc is therefore visible.
• full wellVery well
• fulsomelyIn a fulsome manner
• fulsomenessThe state or quality of being fulsome or showing overdone and insincere flattery.
• fulthFullness; abundance; plenty.
• fumitoryAny plant of the taxonomic genus Fumaria of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.
• fumosityThe quality of being fumous.
• fumousOf or resembling fumes or smoke.
• fumouslyIn a fumous manner, in fumes; (by extension) angrily
• FuntleyA village in Fareham borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU5608).
• furbisherSomeone who furbishes.
• furialFurious; raging; tormenting.
• furiosityfuriousness; fury
• furtheroverIn addition; moreover; furthermore; additionally.
• furtherwardForward, onward.
• fusomeHandy, deft-handed, workmanlike.
• fustianOriginally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, which is chiefly prepared for menswear.
• fusticA tropical American tree (Maclura tinctoria), whose wood produces a yellow dye.
• futtockAny of the curved rib-like timbers that form the frame of a wooden ship.
• fylfotA swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.
• gaffleA lever used to bend a crossbow.
• gain-Prefix meaning "against", "contrary to", "in opposition to", "counter-".
• gainandAppropriate; becoming; fit; suitable; convenient.
• gaincopeTo catch up with, intercept, or encounter (a person) by taking a short-cut.
• gainlySuitably; fitly; conveniently; readily.
• gainsawGainsaying; contradiction.
• gainsayerOne who contradicts or denies what is alleged; an opposer.
• gainsetTo set over against; oppose.
• gainstandTo stand against; resist, oppose; withstand.
• gainstanderOne who stands in opposition to (a belief, cause, etc.); an opposer
• galingaleOne of several species of Cyperus sedges with aromatic rhizomes.
• gallantnessThe quality of being gallant.
• gallowapony, or a small horse.
• gallows treeA tree used as a gallows, a tree from which people are hanged (killed by hanging).
• galoshA waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.
• galpTo gape; yawn.