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fascinatingly

adverb · in a fascinating manner

Example: her face became fascinatingly distorted

fasciolosis

noun · infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot

fascistic

adjective · relating to or characteristic of fascism

Example: fascist propaganda

fashionably

adverb · in a fashionable manner

Example: his voice had no trace of the drawl that you would expect to find in a fashionably dressed young man

fast

adjective · (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time

Example: a fast lens

fast-flying

adjective · moving swiftly

Example: fast-flying planes

fasten on

verb · adopt

Example: take up new ideas

faster

adverb · more quickly

fastest

adverb · most quickly

fastidiously

adverb · in a fastidious manner

Example: he writes extremely musical music, of which the sound is fastidiously calculated and yet agreeably spontaneous and imaginative

fat

adjective · having an (over)abundance of flesh

Example: he hadn't remembered how fat she was

fat-free

adjective · without fat or fat solids

Example: nonfat or fat-free milk

fat-soluble

adjective · soluble in fats

Example: fat-soluble vitamin A

fatalistic

adjective · of or relating to fatalism

Example: a fatalist person

fatefully

adverb · in a prophetically fateful manner

Example: the nurse whispered fatefully to call the priest

fats domino

noun · United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928)

fatuously

adverb · vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish

faultily

adverb · in an inaccurate manner

Example: these statements were faultily attributed to me

faultlessly

adverb · without a fault; in a faultless manner

Example: he solved all the problems faultlessly

favourably

adverb · showing approval

Example: he reviewed the play favorably

favourite

adjective · preferred above all others and treated with partiality

Example: the favored child

fearlessly

adverb · without fear

Example: fearlessly, he led the troops into combat

feasible

adjective · capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

feasibly

adverb · in a practicable manner; so as to be feasible

feat

noun · a notable achievement

Example: he performed a great feat

feather one's nest

verb · enrich oneself by taking advantage of one's position

Example: The congressmen feathered his nest through his connection with big business

feature of speech

noun · (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind

featured

adjective · having facial features as specified; usually used in combination

Example: a grim-featured man

febrile

adjective · of or relating to or characterized by fever

Example: a febrile reaction caused by an allergen

federalise

verb · unite on a federal basis or band together as a league

Example: The country was federated after the civil war

federalize

verb · unite on a federal basis or band together as a league

Example: The country was federated after the civil war

federally

adverb · by federal government

Example: it's federally regulated

federated

adjective · united under a central government

fee-tail

verb · limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs

feed in

verb · introduce continuously

Example: feed carrots into a food processor

feel like

verb · have an inclination for something or some activity

Example: I feel like staying in bed all day

feel out

verb · try to learn someone's opinions and intentions

Example: I have to sound out the new professor

feelingly

adverb · with great feeling

Example: she spoke feelingly of her early childhood

feetfirst

adverb · with the feet foremost

Example: he jumped into the pool feetfirst

feign

verb · make believe with the intent to deceive

Example: He feigned that he was ill

felicitate

verb · express congratulations

felicitously

adverb · in a felicitous manner

Example: a not felicitously chosen word

fellate

verb · provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

fellowship

noun · an association of people who share common beliefs or activities

Example: the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family

felt up

verb · change texture so as to become matted and felt-like

Example: The fabric felted up after several washes

fend off

verb · prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening

Example: Let's avoid a confrontation

ferociously

adverb · in a physically fierce manner

Example: silence broken by dogs barking ferociously

fervently

adverb · with passionate fervor

Example: both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people

fervidly

adverb · with passionate fervor

Example: both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people

fescue

noun · grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns

fess up

verb · admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error

Example: the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting

fetich

noun · excessive or irrational devotion to some activity

Example: made a fetish of cleanliness

feudally

adverb · in a feudal manner

Example: a feudally organized society

feverish

adjective · marked by intense agitation or emotion

Example: worked at a feverish pace

feverishly

adverb · in a feverish manner

Example: she worked feverishly

fiance

noun · a man who is engaged to be married

fiancee

noun · a woman who is engaged to be married

fiat

noun · a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

Example: a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there

fiber

noun · a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

fibreoptic

adjective · of or relating to fiber optics