(_Gryllotalpa vulgaris_).
~Fend off~, (_Naut._) Keep off, ward off, keep from collision.
~Fennish~, _a._ FENNY.
~Fenny~, _a._ Marshy, swampy, boggy, fennish.
~Ferine~, _a._ Wild (_as lions, tigers, &c._), untamed, ferocious,
savage, fierce, ravenous, rapacious.
~Ferment~, _n._ ~1.~ Yeast, leaven, harm.
~2.~ Agitation, commotion, tumult, state of excitement.
~Ferment~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Set in motion by ferment.
~2.~ Excite, agitate, heat.
~Ferment~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Work, be fermented.
~2.~ Be excited, be agitated.
~Fern~, _n._ Brake.
~Ferocious~, _a._ ~1.~ Untamed (_like a wild beast_), savage, fierce,
wild, ravenous, rapacious, ferine.
~2.~ Barbarous, cruel, inhuman, brutal, fell, ruthless, relentless,
merciless, pitiless, sanguinary, bloody, Vandalic.
~Ferocity~, _n._ ~1.~ Savageness, fierceness, ferociousness, wildness,
rapacity.
~2.~ Barbarity, cruelty, inhumanity.
~Ferret out~, Search out.
~Ferrocyanate~, _n._ (_Chem._) Ferroprussiate, ferrocyanide.
~Ferrocyanic~, _a._ (_Chem._) Ferroprussic.
~Ferrocyanide~, _n._ (_Chem._) Ferroprussiate, ferrocyanate.
~Ferroprussiate~, _n._ (_Chem._) Ferrocyanate, ferrocyanide.
~Ferroprussic~, _a._ (_Chem._) Ferrocyanic.
~Fertile~, _a._ ~1.~ Prolific, fecund, not barren.
~2.~ Fruitful, productive, rich, plenteous, luxuriant, exuberant,
teeming.
~3.~ (_Bot._) Fruit-bearing.
~Fertility~, _n._ ~1.~ Fecundity, fertileness.
~2.~ Fruitfulness, productiveness, plenteousness, exuberance,
luxuriance, abundance, richness.
~Fertilize~, _v. a._ Enrich, make fertile, make fruitful.
~Fervency~, _n._ Ardor, zeal, FERVOR.
~Fervent~, _a._ Ardent, earnest, eager, zealous, warm, glowing,
animated, impassioned, fervid.
~Fervid~, _a._ ~1.~ Hot, burning, boiling, fiery.
~2.~ Ardent, earnest, glowing, FERVENT.
~Fervor~, _n._ ~1.~ Heat, warmth.
~2.~ Ardor, zeal, earnestness, eagerness, fervency.
~Festal~, _a._ Convivial, FESTIVE.
~Fester~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Rankle, corrupt, suppurate, ulcerate.
~2.~ Become malignant, grow virulent.
~Fester~, _n._ Pustule, sore, abscess, imposthume, gathering.
~Festival~, _n._ Feast, FÊTE, holiday, festive celebration, joyful
anniversary, day of rejoicing.
~Festive~, _a._ Convivial, jovial, joyous, gay, merry, mirthful, festal.
~Festivity~, _n._ Conviviality, gayety, joyousness, joyfulness, merry-
making, social joy.
~Fetch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bring (_when one goes for the purpose of
bringing_), go and bring.
~2.~ Perform, make, effect.
~3.~ Sell for.
~4.~ (_Naut._) Reach, attain, arrive at, come to, get to.
~Fetch~, _n._ Trick, artifice, ruse, stratagem, dodge, sharp practice.
~Fetch a compass~, Make a circuit.
~Fête~, _n._ [Fr.] Feast, FESTIVAL, holiday, festive celebration.
~Fête~, _v. a._ Feast, honor with an entertainment.
~Fête-champêtre~, _n._ [Fr.] Rural festival.
~Fetid~, _a._ Rancid, stinking, offensive, noisome, mephitic, strong-
smelling, rank-smelling.
~Fetor~, _n._ Stench, stink, offensive odor, strong smell.
~Fetter~, _n._ Shackle (_for the feet_), chain, bond, clog, hamper.
~Fetter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shackle (_the feet_), clog, trammel, hamper,
put fetters on.
~2.~ Chain, bind, tie, confine, restrain.
~Feud~, _n._ ~1.~ Quarrel (_especially between families or clans_),
broil, contention, clashing, dissension, jarring, rupture, bickering,
falling out.
~2.~ Fee, fief.
~Feudalism~, _n._ Feudal system.
~Feu de joie~, [Fr.] ~1.~ Bonfire.
~2.~ Firing of guns (_for holiday sport_).
~Fever~, _n._ Heat, flush, agitation, excitement.
~Fever-root~, _n._ Fever-wort, bastard ipecacuanha.
~Fever-wort~, _n._ ~1.~ Fever-root, bastard ipecacuanha.
~2.~ Thoroughwort, boneset, ague-weed, Indian sage (_Eupatorium
perfoliatum_).
~Few~, _a._ Not many, small in number, hardly any, scarcely any.
~Fewness~, _n._ Paucity, small number.
~Fiasco~, _n._ [It.] Failure, fizzle, abortive attempt.
~Fiat~, _n._ Decree, order, ordinance, command.
~Fib~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Lie, falsehood, intentional untruth.
~Fib~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] Lie, tell a lie.
~Fibre~, _n._ Filament, thread, staple, pile.
~Fibril~, _n._ Small fibre, slender thread.
~Fibrous~, _a._ Filamentous, stringy.
~Fickle~, _a._ Wavering, inconstant, unsteady, unstable, variable,
vacillating, volatile, changeable, fitful, irresolute, unsettled,
capricious, not steady, not steadfast, like a weather-cock.
~Fiction~, _n._ ~1.~ Invention, fable.
~2.~ Novel, romance, work of fiction, feigned story.
~3.~ Fabrication, figment, falsehood, lie.
~4.~ Fictitious literature.
~Fictitious~, _a._ ~1.~ Feigned, invented, imaginary, fanciful,
unreal, not true.
~2.~ False, counterfeit, spurious, supposititious, not genuine.
~Fiddle~, _n._ Violin, KIT.
~Fiddle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Play on a fiddle.
~2.~ Trifle, dawdle, lose time, waste time, idle away time, fritter
away time, fool away time.
~Fiddle-de-dee~, _interj._ Nonsense, stuff, fudge, moonshine.
~Fiddle-faddle~, _n._ [_Low._] Nonsense, trifling, frivolity, cock-and-
bull story, neither rhyme nor reason.
~Fiddle-faddle~, _a._ [_Low._] Foolish, nonsensical, trifling,
frivolous, trivial, idle, fiddling.
~Fiddling~, _a._ Trifling, frivolous, trivial, idle, fiddle-faddle.
~Fidelity~, _n._ ~1.~ Faithfulness, trustworthiness, RELIABLENESS,
RELIABILITY, loyalty, fealty, adherence to duty, observance of good
faith.
~2.~ Accuracy, closeness, exactness.
~Fidget~, _v. n._ Fret, chafe, worry, be uneasy, be restive, be
impatient, worry one's self.
~Fidget~, _n._ Uneasiness, restlessness, impatience, fidgetiness.
~Fidgetiness~, _n._ Uneasiness, restlessness, fidget.
~Fidgety~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Uneasy, restless, impatient.
~Fiducial~, _a._ Confident, trustful, fiduciary.
~Fiduciary~, _n._ Trustee, depositary.
~Fiduciary~, _a._ ~1.~ Confident, undoubting, trustful, fiducial.
~2.~ Trusty, not to be doubted.
~3.~ Held in trust, in the nature of a trust.
~Fief~, _n._ Fee, feud.
~Field~, _n._ ~1.~ Tract of land (_for tillage or for pasture_).
~2.~ Battle-field, field of battle.
~3.~ Scene of military operations, theatre of war.
~4.~ Surface, expanse.
~5.~ Opportunity, room.
~Fieldfare~, _n._ Gray thrush (_Turdus pilaris_).
~Field-sports~, _n. pl._ Diversions of the field (_hunting_,
_shooting_, _&c._).
~Fiend~, _n._ Demon, devil, deadly enemy, infernal being, implacable
foe.
~Fiendish~, _a._ Malevolent, malignant, malicious, infernal,
diabolical, devilish, demoniacal, hellish, very wicked.
~Fierce~, _a._ ~1.~ Savage, ferocious, ravenous, furious, infuriate,
barbarous, fell.
~2.~ Violent, vehement, impetuous, fiery, passionate.
~Fiery~, _a._ ~1.~ Igneous, of fire.
~2.~ Hot, heated.
~3.~ Ardent, impetuous, vehement, fierce, passionate, impassioned,
fervent, fervid, glowing.
~Fig-eater~, _n._ (_Ornith._) Becafico, fig-pecker, greater pettychaps
(_Sylvia hortensis_).
~Fight~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Combat, war, contend (_in arms_), draw the
sword, unsheath the sword, measure swords, join battle, give battle,
take up the cudgels, couch one's lance, go to war, let slip the dogs
of war, take up the hatchet.
~2.~ Contend, contest, struggle, strive, make resistance.
~Fight~, _v. a._ ~1.~ War against, combat against, contend against,
join battle with, break a lance with, come to close quarters with.
~2.~ Carry through (_by fighting_).
~Fight~, _n._ Combat, battle, conflict, contest, struggle, engagement,
encounter, action, affair, brush, fray, affray.
~Fighter~, _n._ Combatant, warrior, CHAMPION.
~Fighting~, _n._ Contention, strife, quarrel, warfare.
~Figment~, _n._ Invention, fiction, fabrication, fable.
~Fig-pecker~, _n._ (_Ornith._) FIG-EATER.
~Figurative~, _a._ ~1.~ Typical, representative, emblematical.
~2.~ Tropical, metaphorical, not literal.
~3.~ Flowery, florid, ornate.
~Figure~, _n._ ~1.~ Form, shape, conformation, configuration, outline,
TOURNURE.
~2.~ Image, likeness, effigy, representation.
~3.~ Appearance (_as respects action or conduct_).
~4.~ Distinguished appearance.
~5.~ Design (_on cloth, paper, &c._), pattern.
~6.~ (_Geom._) Diagram, drawing.
~7.~ (_Rhet._) Metaphor, trope, metaphorical term or expression.
~8.~ (_Com._) Price.
~9.~ (_Theol._) Type, emblem, symbol.
~10.~ (_Arith._) Digit, number, numeral, character.
~Figure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Adorn (_with figures_), diversify, variegate.
~2.~ Represent, symbolize, signify, typify, be typical of, shadow forth.
~3.~ Imagine, image, conceive, picture, have an idea of.
~4.~ Make a drawing of, make a representation of.
~Figure~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make a figure, make a distinguished appearance,
be distinguished, be conspicuous.
~2.~ Show off, cut a dash, make a great show, cut a figure.
~Figure up~, [_Colloquial._] ~1.~ Add, sum up, find the amount of.
~2.~ Calculate, reckon.
~Filament~, _n._ ~1.~ Fibre, thread, pile, staple.
~2.~ (_Bot._) Tendril, cirrus.
~Filamentous~, _a._ ~1.~ Filiform, thread-shaped.
~2.~ Consisting of filaments.
~Filch~, _v. a._ Pilfer, purloin, steal.
~File~, _n._ ~1.~ RASP.
~2.~ (_Mil._) Row (_of soldiers ranged one behind another_), line,
column.
~3.~ Bundle of papers.
~File~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rasp.
~2.~ Place on file.
~3.~ Smooth, polish.
~File~, _v. n._ March in a file.
~Filibuster~, _n._ [_Modern._] Pirate, freebooter, buccaneer, sea-
robber, sea-rover, lawless adventurer.
~Filiciform~, _a._ Fern-shaped.
~Filicoid~, _a._ (_Bot._) Fern-like.
~File-leader~, _n._ Fugleman, flugelman, leader, director.
~Filiform~, _a._ Filamentous, thread-shaped, long and slender.
~Fill~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make full, fill up.
~2.~ Store, supply, furnish, replenish, stock.
~3.~ Satisfy, content, GLUT.
~4.~ Occupy (_as a place of trust_), hold.
~Fill~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fill a glass or cup.
~2.~ Become full, be filled, fill up.
~Fill~, _n._ Full supply.
~Fill out~, Extend or enlarge (_to the full size or limit_).
~Fill up~, (_Active._) ~1.~ Fill, make full.
~2.~ Occupy, employ, use.
~Fill up~, (_Neuter._) Become full, be filled, be filled up.
~Fillet~, _n._ Band, bandage.
~Fillibeg~, _n._ [Written also _Philibeg_.] Kilt.
~Filly~, _n._ Female colt, young mare.
~Film~, _n._ Pellicle, thin skin or coating.
~Filter~, _v. a._ Strain, pass through a strainer.
~Filter~, _v. n._ Percolate, transude, exude, strain, ooze.
~Filter~, _n._ Strainer.
~Filth~, _n._ ~1.~ Dirt, foul matter.
~2.~ Grossness, corruption, pollution, impurity, nastiness.
~Filthy~, _a._ ~1.~ Dirty, nasty, foul, unclean, squalid.
~2.~ Impure, gross, corrupt.
~Filtration~, _n._ Filtering, straining.
~Fimbriate~, _a._ Fringed.
~Fimbriated~, _a._ Fringed.
~Final~, _a._ ~1.~ Last, latest, ultimate, eventual.
~2.~ Decisive, conclusive, definitive.
~Final cause~, End, aim, object, purpose, design, intent, intention.
~Finale~, _n._ [It.] End, termination, conclusion, closing part (_of
an opera or a concert_).
~Finality~, _n._ Final settlement, final arrangement.
~Finally~, _ad._ ~1.~ Lastly, in conclusion.
~2.~ Ultimately, at last, in the long-run.
~3.~ For good, for good and all, as the final move.
~Finance~, _n._ Revenue, money, money matters.
~Finances~, _n. pl._ Revenues, public funds, public resources.
~Financial~, _a._ Monetary, pecuniary, fiscal.
~Financialist~, _n._ Financier.
~Financier~, _n._ Financialist, adept in matters of finance.
~Find~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Discover, fall upon, light upon, meet with, fall
in with.
~2.~ Obtain, get, procure, gain, arrive at, attain to.
~3.~ Observe, remark, notice, perceive.
~4.~ Detect, catch.
~5.~ Supply, furnish, contribute, provide.
~6.~ Supply with food.
~7.~ (_Law._) Determine judicially, declare by verdict.
~Find~, _v. n._ (_Law._) Declare a verdict, determine an issue.
~Find in~, Provide with, supply with.
~Find fault~, Complain, grumble.
~Find fault with~, Blame, censure, reprove.
~Find one's self~, Be, fare (_as to health_).
~Find out~, ~1.~ Discover, detect, bring to light.
~2.~ Ascertain, decipher, solve, unriddle, make out, get at.
~Finding~, _n._ ~1.~ Discovery.
~2.~ (_Law._) Verdict.
~Findings~, _n. pl._ Shoemaker's tools and materials.
~Finding-store~, _n._ [_U. S._] Grindery-warehouse.
~Fine~, _a._ ~1.~ Minute, small, little, comminuted.
~2.~ Slender, delicate, CAPILLARY, not coarse.
~3.~ Light, of delicate material, of fine texture.
~4.~ Keen, sharp.
~5.~ Thin, subtile, tenuous, not gross.
~6.~ Exquisite, nice, refined.
~7.~ Excellent, superior, very good.
~8.~ Brilliant, accomplished.
~9.~ Beautiful, handsome, splendid, elegant.
~10.~ Clear, pure, unadulterated.
~11.~ [_As a term of slight contempt._] Showy, gairish, gay, flashy,
airy, sparkish.
~Fine~, _n._ Mulct, amercement, forfeit, forfeiture, pecuniary penalty.
~Fine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Defecate, purify, refine.
~2.~ Amerce, mulct, impose a fine upon, punish by a fine.
~Finery~, _n._ Gewgaws, trinkets, fine things, showy dress, tinsel
trappings.
~Finesse~, _n._ Trick, stratagem, artifice, ruse, fraud, deception,
cheat, wile, manœuvre.
~Finesse~, _v. n._ Use stratagem, practise tricks.
~Finger~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Handle, touch.
~2.~ Play on (_an instrument_).
~Finger~, _v. n._ Use the fingers (_in playing on an instrument_).
~Fingered~, _a._ (_Bot._) Digitate.
~Finger-post~, _n._ Guide-post.
~Finical~, _a._ Spruce, JEMMY, over-nice, nice over-much, affectedly
elegant.
~Finish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Accomplish, complete, execute, perform,
achieve, do.
~2.~ Perfect, polish, elaborate, make perfect.
~3.~ End, terminate, close, conclude, bring to an end, put an end to.
~Finish~, _n._ Polish, elaboration, final touch, last touch.
~Finished~, _a._ ~1.~ Completed, complete, perfect.
~2.~ Polished, perfected, elegant, highly-wrought.
~3.~ Experienced, practised, qualified, accomplished, thorough-bred,
able, proficient.
~Finite~, _a._ Bounded, limited, terminable.
~Finlander~, _n._ Finn.
~Finn~, _n._ Finlander.
~Fire~, _n._ ~1.~ Conflagration.
~2.~ Heat, ardor, fervor.
~3.~ [_Poetical._] Light, lustre, radiance.
~Fire~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Kindle, set on fire.
~2.~ Animate, excite, inspirit, rouse, inflame, stir up.
~3.~ Discharge, fire off.
~Fire~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Take fire, be kindled.
~2.~ Discharge a gun, discharge firearms.
~Fire-arm~, _n._ Gun.
~Fire-brand~, _n._ ~1.~ Brand.
~2.~ Incendiary, political agitator.
~Fire-cracker~, _n._ Cracker.
~Fire-damp~, _n._ Carburetted hydrogen (_in coal-mines_).
~Fire-dog~, _n._ Andiron, dog.
~Fire-eater~, _n._ Blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, Hector, Hotspur,
mock hero.
~Fire-fly~, _n._ ~1.~ Elater (_of South America_).
~2.~ Glow-worm (_Lampyris noctilucus_).
~Fire off~, Discharge, fire.
~Fire-new~, _a._ Brand-new, quite new, spick and span new, span new.
~Fireplace~, _n._ Hearth.
~Fireproof~, _a._ Incombustible.
~Fireside~, _n._ ~1.~ Hearth, chimney-corner, place near the fire.
~2.~ Home, domestic life.
~Fireside~, _a._ Domestic.
~Fire up~, ~1.~ Kindle the fire.
~2.~ Fly into a passion, get angry, get mad, FLARE UP.
~Firing~, _n._ ~1.~ Kindling, setting on fire.
~2.~ Discharge (_of guns_), firing off.
~3.~ Fuel, something to burn.
~4.~ Cautery.
~Firm~, _a._ ~1.~ Compact, compressed, solid, dense, hard, not soft,
not fluid.
~2.~ Fixed, fast, rooted, established, settled, confirmed, stable,
secure, immovable.
~3.~ Steady, steadfast, unshaken, resolute, stanch, constant.
~4.~ Strong, robust, sinewy, sturdy.
~Firm~, _n._ Concern, house, company, partnership.
~Firmament~, _n._ Sky, the heavens, canopy of heaven, celestial expanse.
~Firmness~, _n._ ~1.~ Solidity, compactness, hardness.
~2.~ Stability, strength.
~3.~ Constancy, steadfastness, steadiness.
~First~, _a._ ~1.~ Foremost, leading.
~2.~ Chief, highest, principal, capital.
~3.~ Earliest.
~4.~ Primary.
~5.~ Primitive, primeval, pristine.
~First~, _ad._ In the first place, at the outset, in the beginning,
first and foremost, before any thing else.
~First-born~, _a._ Eldest.
~First-born~, _n._ Eldest child.
~First-class~, _a._ FIRST-RATE.
~First cousin~, Cousin-german.
~First or last~, At one time or another, sooner or later, at some time.
~First-rate~, _n._ Ship of the first class, three-decker.
~First-rate~, _a._ Superior, excellent, capital, CRACK, prime, pre-
eminent, of the first class, of the best, of the highest excellence,
first-class.
~Fiscal~, _a._ Financial.
~Fish~, _v. n._ ANGLE, BOB, try to catch fish.
~Fisher~, _n._ ~1.~ Fisherman, angler.
~2.~ Pecan, wood-shock (_Mustela canadensis_).
~Fisherman~, _n._ Fisher, angler.
~Fish for~, Angle for, try to get (_by artifice_).
~Fish-glue~, _n._ Isinglass, icthyocol, ichthyocolla, CARLOCK.
~Fish-hawk~, _n._ Osprey, fishing-eagle, bald buzzard (_Falco
haliætus_).
~Fishing-hawk~, _n._ Osprey, fishing-eagle, bald buzzard (_Falco
haliætus_).
~Fishing-eagle~, _n._ FISH-HAWK.
~Fishing-frog~, _n._ Angler (_Lophius piscatorius_).
~Fish in the air~, Beat the air, make vain efforts, try in vain, lash
the waves, milk the ram.
~Fish-soup~, _n._ Chowder.
~Fissure~, _n._ Cleft, crevice, chink, crack, cranny, break, breach,
gap, interstice, opening, chasm, rift, fracture.
~Fistular~, _a._ Hollow, pipe-like.
~Fistulous~, _a._ Hollow, pipe-like.
~Fit~, _n._ ~1.~ Paroxysm, spasm, sudden attack, stroke of disease.
~2.~ Humor, whim, fancy, temporary affection.
~3.~ Interval, turn, period, spell.
~Fit~, _a._ ~1.~ Qualified, competent, fitted.
~2.~ Suitable, appropriate, apt, apposite, meet, seemly, becoming,
fitting, befitting, proper, convenient, good.
~Fit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Suit, adapt, adjust, make suitable.
~2.~ Become, be adapted to, be suitable for, be becoming to.
~3.~ Accommodate, provide, qualify, equip, prepare, get ready.
~Fit~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be proper, be becoming.
~2.~ Be suited, be adapted.
~Fitful~, _a._ Variable, irregular, spasmodic, impulsive, unstable,
fickle, whimsical, fanciful, capricious, fantastic, humorsome, odd.
~Fitfully~, _ad._ Irregularly, capriciously, in a fitful manner, by
fits, by fits and starts.
~Fit out~, Equip, furnish, supply with necessaries.
~Fit up~, Prepare, make ready.
~Fitchew~, _n._ Fitchet, pole-cat, foumart (_Mustela putorius_).
~Fitness~, _n._ Suitableness, adaptation, aptness, aptitude,
appropriateness, pertinence, propriety.
~Fix~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Set, place, establish, plant, fasten, make firm or
stable.
~2.~ Attach, tie, make fast.
~3.~ Determine, define, limit, appoint, settle.
~4.~ Rivet, direct steadily.
~5.~ Solidify, consolidate.
~6.~ [_Vulgarly so used in the U. S._] Arrange, adjust, set in order,
put in order, put to rights, set to rights.
~Fix~, _n._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Predicament, dilemma, plight, PICKLE.
~Fix on~, Settle on, determine upon.
~Fix upon~, Settle on, determine upon.
~Fizzle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hiss, make a hissing noise.
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Fail, make a failure of it, fizzle out.
~Fizzle~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Failure, fiasco, abortive attempt.
~Fizzle out~, Fail, FIZZLE.
~Flabbergasted~, _a._ [_Low._] Confounded, confused, abashed, ashamed,
disconcerted, nonplussed, taken aback, thrown off one's balance.
~Flabby~, _a._ Soft, yielding, FLACCID.
~Flaccid~, _a._ Soft, limber, flabby, yielding, lax, drooping, hungry,
loose, not firm, not stiff, not tense.
~Flaccidity~, _n._ Limberness, softness, laxity.
~Flaccidness~, _n._ Limberness, softness, laxity.
~Flag~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Hang loose.
~2.~ Languish, droop, faint, decline, pine, become weak, grow languid,
lose vigor.
~Flag~, _n._ ~1.~ Flag-stone, flat paving stone.
~2.~ Banner, streamer, colors, standard, pennon, pennant, ensign.
~Flagellate~, _v. a._ Whip, scourge, flog, thrash, beat, cudgel, drub.
~Flagellation~, _n._ Whipping, scourging, beating, flogging,
thrashing, drubbing.
~Flagitious~, _a._ Atrocious, heinous, villanous, infamous,
scandalous, nefarious, very wicked.
~Flagrancy~, _n._ Notoriety, enormity.
~Flagrant~, _a._ ~1.~ Flaming, glowing, burning, raging.
~2.~ Notorious, glaring, enormous, crying.
~Flag-stone~, _n._ Flag, flat paving stone.
~Flake~, _n._ Scale, lamina, layer.
~Flake~, _v. n._ Scale off, come off in flakes.
~Flambeau~, _n._ Torch.
~Flame~, _n._ ~1.~ Blaze, burning vapor.
~2.~ Fire.
~3.~ Ardor, fervor, fervency, warmth, enthusiasm.
~4.~ [_Colloquial._] Love, sweetheart.
~Flame~, _v. n._ Blaze.
~Flaming~, _a._ ~1.~ Blazing.
~2.~ Bright red, of a bright color.
~3.~ Violent, vehement, exciting.
~Flank~, _n._ Side.
~Flank~, _v. a._ ~1.~ (_Mil._) Attack on the side, approach on the
side, turn the flank of.
~2.~ Secure on the side.
3~.~ Border upon, stand at the side of.
~Flap-dragon~, _n._ Snap-dragon.
~Flare~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Glare, dazzle.
~2.~ Widen outward, spread outward.
~Flare~, _n._ Glare, unsteady light.
~Flare up~, Fly into a passion, get angry, get mad, fire up, lose
one's temper, boil over with rage.
~Flash~, _n._ ~1.~ Momentary blaze, sudden burst of light.
~2.~ Slang (_of thieves and gypsies_), cant language.
~Flash~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Emit a sudden light.
~2.~ Break forth suddenly.
~Flashy~, _a._ ~1.~ Showy, ostentatious, flaunting, gaudy, tawdry,
jaunty, gay, gairish, airy.
~2.~ Insipid, tasteless, mawkish, flat, vapid, stale.
~Flat~, _a._ ~1.~ Level, horizontal, CHAMPAIGN.
~2.~ Even, plane, smooth, CAMOUS, without prominences.
~3.~ Low, prostrate, level with the ground, laid low.
~4.~ Dull, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, frigid, tame, prosaic,
uninteresting, pointless.
~5.~ Vapid, tasteless, insipid, stale, dead, flashy, mawkish.
~6.~ Peremptory, absolute, positive, downright.
~7.~ (_Mus._) Not sharp, not shrill, not acute, lower by a semitone,
below true pitch.
~Flat~, _n._ ~1.~ Shoal, shallow, strand, bar, sand-bank.
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Simpleton, ninny, DUNCE.
~3.~ [_Scotland._] Floor, loft, story.
~Flat-iron~, _n._ Sad-iron.
~Flatten~, _v. a._ Make flat.
~Flatten~, _v. n._ Become flat.
~Flatter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compliment, gratify by praise.
~2.~ Cajole, wheedle, humor, coax, court, STUFF, coddle, pay court to,
fawn upon, curry favor with, try to win by adulation, make much of.
~3.~ Encourage by plausible representations, inspire with false hopes.
~Flatterer~, _n._ Sycophant, fawner, parasite, wheedler, toady,
flunkey, spaniel, lick-spittle, pick-thank, toad-eater.
~Flattery~, _n._ ~1.~ Compliment, insincere commendation, false praise.
~2.~ Obsequiousness, sycophancy, servility, cajolery, fawning,
adulation, blarney, SOFT SAWDER, SOFT SOAP.
~Flatulence~, _n._ Windiness (_in the bowels_).
~Flatulency~, _n._ Windiness (_in the bowels_).
~Flatulent~, _a._ Windy.
~Flaunt~, _v. n._ Flutter, make a show, make a parade, cut a dash, be
ostentatious.
~Flaunting~, _a._ Ostentatious, showy, flashy, gairish, dashing,
fluttering, jaunty, tawdry, gay, airy, gaudy.
~Flavor~, _n._ ~1.~ Odor, smell, fragrance.
~2.~ Taste, savor, smack, relish, zest, gust, gusto.
~Flaw~, _n._ ~1.~ Break, crack, breach, cleft, fissure, rift,
fracture, rent.
~2.~ Blemish, spot, speck, fault, defect, imperfection.
~3.~ (_Naut._) Gust of wind.
~Flawy~, _a._ Faulty, defective, full of flaws or cracks.
~Flax-comb~, _n._ Hatchel.
~Flax-seed~, _n._ Linseed.
~Flay~, _v. a._ Skin, excoriate, strip the skin from.
~Fleck~, _v. a._ Spot, streak, dapple, speckle, variegate.
~Flecked~, _a._ Spotted, streaked, striped, dappled, mottled,
variegated, piebald.
~Fledgling~, _n._ Young bird.
~Flee~, _v. n._ Fly, run, decamp, escape, abscond, hasten away, run
away, make off, TURN TAIL, cut and run.
~Fleece~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clip, shear.
~2.~ Strip, rob, plunder, despoil, rifle, steal from.
~Fleecy~, _a._ Woolly.
~Fleer~, _v. n._ Gibe, scoff, mock, jeer.