English Words Starting With F

• felon

  adjectivenounC1
  /ˈfelən/a person who has been convicted of a serious crime; a criminal.
• felonry

  nounVery Rare / Archaic
  /ˈfɛlənri/The collective term for felons; felons as a body or group.
• felony

  nounC1
  /ˈfɛləni/A serious crime, typically one punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death.
• felony murder

  nounLow (Technical Legal Term)
  /ˈfɛləni ˈmɜːdə(r)/A criminal homicide that occurs during the commission or attempted commission of a dangerous felony (such as robbery, arson, rape, or burglary), for which the perpetrator can be charged with murder even without the specific intent to kill.
• felsite

  nounVery Low
  /ˈfɛlsaɪt/A fine-grained, light-coloured, igneous rock composed primarily of feldspar and quartz.
• felspar

  nounVery Low
  /ˈfɛl.spɑː/A crystalline mineral, a type of rock-forming tectosilicate, composed of aluminum silicates combined with potassium, sodium, or calcium.
• felt

  nounverbA1 for verb form; B1 for noun.
  /fɛlt/Past tense and past participle of the verb 'feel'. Also a type of non-woven textile material made by matting, condensing, and pressing fibres together.
• felt marker

  nounC1
  /ˌfelt ˈmɑːkə(r)/A writing or drawing instrument with a porous felt or fibre tip that dispenses coloured ink.
• felt side

  nounLow/C2 (Highly specialized technical term)
  /ˌfelt ˈsaɪd/The side of a piece of paper or leather that was in contact with the mesh or fabric during its manufacture, resulting in a textured, softer surface; the side opposite the wire side.
• felt-tip pen

  nounB1
  /ˌfelt tɪp ˈpen/A pen with a porous tip made of pressed fibres (felt) through which ink is drawn by capillary action.
• felting

  nounC2
  /ˈfɛltɪŋ/The process or craft of making felt, a dense non-woven fabric, by matting, condensing, and pressing fibres together, typically wool.
• felucca

  nounC2
  /fəˈlʌk.ə/A small, traditional wooden sailing boat with a lateen (triangular) sail, used chiefly in the eastern Mediterranean and along the River Nile.
• felwort

  nounC1/C2 (Very Rare/Literary/Specialist)
  /ˈfɛlwəːt/A rare, old-fashioned name for a specific European flowering plant (Swertia perennis), also known as star gentian.
• fem

  abbreviationadjectivenounC1/C2
  /fɛm/(noun) A lesbian woman whose gender expression is considered traditionally feminine.
• fem lib

  nounLow. It is a dated, informal abbreviation mostly used in historical/cultural contexts.
  /ˌfem ˈlɪb/An abbreviation, short form, or slang term for "feminist liberation" or "feminist movement". Refers specifically to the second-wave feminist movement of the 1960s–1980s.
• fema

  acronymnounC2
  /ˈfiː.mə/An acronym for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a U.S. government agency responsible for disaster response and preparedness.
• female

  adjectivenounC1
  /ˈfiːmeɪl/Belonging to or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs; of, relating to, or characteristic of women, girls, or female animals.
• female chauvinist

  nounLow
  /ˌfiːmeɪl ˈʃəʊvɪnɪst/A woman who believes that women are superior to men.
• female circumcision

  nounC1/C2 (Low frequency, high specificity)
  /ˌfiː.meɪl ˈsɜː.kəmˌsɪʒ.ən/A traditional cultural practice involving the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
• female impersonator

  nounC2
  /ˈfiːmeɪl ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪtə/A performer, typically male, who impersonates a woman as a form of entertainment.

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