English Words Starting With F

• farquhar

  nounVery Low
  /ˈfɑːkər/A Scottish surname of Gaelic origin, historically associated with certain clans and families.
• farquhar islands

  plural-nounC1
  /ˈfɑːkər ˈaɪləndz/A group of islands in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
• farrago

  nounC2
  /fəˈrɑːɡəʊ/A confused mixture; a hotchpotch or jumble.
• farragut

  nounLow
  /ˈfærəɡət/A surname of historical significance, referring primarily to David Farragut (1801-1870), a United States Navy admiral in the American Civil War.
• farrakhan

  nounLow
  /ˈfærəkɑːn/A proper noun referring to Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, a religious and political organization in the United States.
• farrar

  nounVery Low
  /ˈfærər/An English surname, occasionally used as a given name or place name.
• farrell

  nounLow
  /ˈfærəl/A common Irish surname of Gaelic origin, often associated with individuals bearing that name.
• farrier

  nounC2
  /ˈfær.i.ər/A person who shoes horses; a blacksmith who specializes in equine hoof care.
• farriery

  nounC2/Rare
  /ˈfær.i.ər.i/The craft or trade of a farrier; the work of shoeing horses.
• farro

  nounLow
  /ˈfærəʊ/A type of ancient wheat grain, typically hulled and used as a cereal, similar to spelt or emmer.
• farrow

  nounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveLow
  /ˈfærəʊ/A litter of piglets.
• farruca

  nounC2/Technical
  /fəˈruːkə/A vigorous, masculine style of flamenco dance and music originating from the Asturias region of Spain.
• fars

  nounVery Low / Dialectal
  N/ARegional American variant of 'father', expressing familiarity, often with rustic or Southern connotations.
• farsi

  nounC1
  /ˈfɑːsi/The Persian language, the official language of Iran and one of the world's oldest living languages.
• fart

  nounverbverb-intransitiveMedium
  /fɑːt/To expel intestinal gas from the anus; an instance of such an expulsion.
• farthing

  nounC1
  /ˈfɑːðɪŋ/A former British coin, the smallest and least valuable unit of currency, equal to a quarter of an old penny.
• farthingale

  nounVery Low / Archaic
  /ˈfɑːðɪŋɡeɪl/A hooped or padded undergarment, typically made of whalebone or cane, worn beneath women's skirts in the 16th and 17th centuries to give them a wide, conical shape.
• farthingale chair

  nounExtremely low (archaic/historical specialist term)
  /ˈfɑːðɪŋɡeɪl ˌtʃeə/A historical type of chair designed without arms to accommodate the wide hoop skirt (farthingale) worn by women in the 16th and 17th centuries.
• fartlek

  nounC1
  /ˈfɑːt.lɛk/A training method in running and other endurance sports alternating periods of fast and slow running over varied terrain, typically unstructured.
• faruk i

  nounVery Low
  /fəˈruːk ðə ˈfɜːst/Proper noun referring to a personal name, specifically Faruk I, a monarch of Egypt and Sudan (1920-1965).

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