Word origins

• fermentateTo cause to ferment
• ferouswild; savage; feral
• ferrandineA kind of cloth made of silk and wool.
• ferraryThe art of ironworking.
• ferreousSynonym of ferrous, of or related to iron.
• ferro-ferrous
• ferrocarpholiteAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.
• ferroequinologistA student of ferroequinology; a person who studies trains as a hobby.
• ferroequinologyThe study of railways in general, but especially locomotives.
• ferrugorust (plant disease).
• ferruminateTo solder, fuse together, merge or unite, as if metals.
• ferruminationThe soldering or uniting of metals.
• ferulaA ferule.
• ferulaceousPertaining to reeds and canes.
• fervescentGrowing hotter.
• fescennineObscene or scurrilous.
• festinateTo become involuntarily quicker, such as when walking or speaking, due to certain disorders.
• festucineOf a straw colour; greenish-yellow.
• festucousFormed of, consisting of, or similar to, straw.
• fetialA member of the Roman college of priests who acted as representatives in disputes with foreign nations.
• fetialisA fetial.
• fetiferousProducing young; fruitful, productive.
• fetorAn unpleasant smell.
• fetus deletusUsed to call for or reference the act of getting an abortion (hence destroying the fetus).
• fetus in fetuA fetus growing inside the body of another fetus, either from an unsuccessful twin pregnancy, or as a tumorlike growth.
• feudatoryRelating to feudalism, feudal.
• ff.and the following (pages, paragraphs etc.)
• fiat luxLet there be light, especially in the context of light being a metaphor for wisdom.
• fibrillaSynonym of fibril (“a fine fibre or filament”).
• fibulinAny of a family of calcium-binding glycoproteins found in the extracellular matrix and in plasma.
• ficiformFig-shaped.
• fictileCapable of being molded into the shape of an artifact or art work
• fictorAn artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any malleable material.
• ficulneanWorthless.
• -fidSplit, cleft
• fideicommissumA benefit bequeathed to a beneficiary who inherits the benefit, subject to the obligation of bequeathing it to another.
• fidejussionsuretyship.
• fidejussorA surety or guarantor.
• fidepromissorOne who pledges himself as security for another; bail, surety
• fidibusA piece of paper used for lighting a pipe, etc.
• fidicinalstringed (of or pertaining to a stringed instrument).
• fientivedesignating a durative and dynamic action performed by the subject
• figulateMade of potter's clay.
• figulineA piece of pottery decorated with representations of natural objects.
• filaceousComposed of threads, stringy.
• filarHaving a thread across the field of view.
• filatoryA machine for forming threads.
• filicicDerived from ferns
• filicideThe killing of one's own child.
• filiciformShaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.
• filicoidAny fern-like plant.
• filicologyThe botanical study of ferns.
• filiferousProducing or constituting threads.
• filius philosophorumThe philosopher's stone.
• filoplumeA hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
• filoseTerminating in a thread-like process, or threadlike
• filuma filamentous anatomical structure
• fimbriateTo fringe; to hem.
• fimetariousGrowing on dung.
• fimeticOf or pertaining to dung
• fimicolousInhabiting dung.
• fingentGiven to fashioning or molding.
• fini flightThe final pilot-in-command, pilot-flying flight of a pilot during a stage of life, such as on a particular aircraft, aircraft type, airline, professional life, military life, career at a company, assignment in a unit, as an active duty pilot, etc. Typically a celebratory flight, with congratulatory accoutrements; it may be a regular duty flight, or an additional special flight.
• fire philosopherSynonym of alchemist.
• firmitudestrength; stability
• firmitystrength; firmness; stability
• first among equalsA person or position that is formally of equal rank to others in a group, but nonetheless takes a leading role within that group.
• first personForms of pronouns or verbs used for the speaker or writer of the sentence in which they occur.
• fiscalityAll matters concerning taxation
• fissi-cleft, split, cloven
• fissilingualHaving a forked tongue.
• fissipedHaving the toes separated from each other.
• fissipedalBeing or relating to a fissiped.
• fissula ante fenestramA small, connective tissue-filled cleft in the temporal bone, located just anterior to the oval window in the inner ear, that acts as a permanent, narrow pathway between the middle ear and the vestibule.
• fistucaA kind of pile driver.
• fistularioidResembling the genus Fistularia (cornetfishes); having a long, tubular body.
• fistularyOf or pertaining to a fistula.
• fistulo-Fistula.
• fistuloenterostomyAn operation to create a surgical connection between a fistula and the intestine.
• fistuloseFormed like a fistula; hollow; reed-like.
• fistulousOf or pertaining to a fistula.
• -fixForming nouns denoting a morpheme used in word formation joined to a word in the specified way
• fixureFixed position; stable condition; firmness.
• flabelA fan or flabellum.
• flabellationThe act of keeping cool by use of a fan or fan-like instrument.
• flabellinervedHaving many nerves diverging radiately from the base.
• flabellumA large fan used for religious ceremonies.
• flabileLiable to be blown about; pertaining to wind or breath.
• flagellanta person who whips themselves or others either as part of a religious penance or for sexual gratification.
• flagelliformshaped like a whip
• flagellistOne who administers punishment by whipping.
• flagellomaniaA penchant for whipping, or being whipped.
• flagitateTo importune; to demand fiercely or with passion.
• flagitationbegging; passionate asking
• flagrateTo burn.
• flamenA priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.
• flaminicalPertaining to a flamen.
• flammagenitusA dense cumuliform cloud associated with fire or volcanic eruptions.
• flammeousPertaining to, consisting of, or resembling fire; fiery.
• flammiferousProducing flame; blazing.