English Words Starting With F

• fever therapy

  nounLow
  /ˈfiːvə ˈθɛrəpi/A historical or unconventional medical treatment that deliberately induces a high body temperature to treat certain diseases, based on the observation that some illnesses improve after a fever.
• fever tree

  nounC1
  /ˈfiːvə triː/A tropical tree (genus Cinchona), the bark of which is the source of quinine, used historically to treat malaria and fevers.
• fever twig

  nounHigh (B1)
  /ˈfiːvə(r)/A body temperature higher than normal, often a sign of illness.
• feverfew

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈfiːvəfjuː/a small, white-flowered plant of the daisy family, traditionally used to treat fevers and headaches.
• feverroot

  nounVery low
  /ˈfiːvəruːt/A North American plant, specifically the horse gentian or wild coffee, historically used in herbal medicine to treat fevers.
• feverweed

  nounLow/Very rare (obsolete in medicinal contexts; occasional in descriptive literary or colloquial use).
  /ˈfiːvəwiːd/A type of plant historically believed to have medicinal properties to reduce fever or treat various ailments.
• feverwort

  nounC2
  /ˈfiːvəwəːt/Any of various plants, particularly of the genus Triosteum or the former genus Chironia, historically used to treat fevers.
• few

  adjectivedeterminernounpronounA1
  /fjuː/A small number of; not many.
• fewness

  nounLow
  /ˈfjuːnəs/The quality or state of being few in number; a small number.
• feydeau

  nounVery Low
  /ˈfeɪdəʊ/A surname, specifically referring to the French playwright Georges Feydeau (1862–1921), famous for his farces.
• feynman

  nounLow
  /ˈfaɪnmən/A proper noun referring to the influential 20th-century American physicist Richard Feynman.
• feynman diagram

  nounVery Low
  /ˈfaɪnmən ˈdaɪəɡræm/A pictorial representation of the mathematical expressions describing the behavior and interaction of subatomic particles in quantum field theory.
• fez

  nounC2
  /fɛz/A man's felt hat in the shape of a flat-topped cone, typically red with a black tassel attached to the crown.
• fezzan

  nounLow (Specialist/Geographical)
  /fɛˈzan/A historical region in southwestern Libya, forming part of the Sahara Desert.
• feˌliciˈtations

  plural-nounC2 (Low frequency, formal/archaic)
  /fəˌlɪs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃənz/A formal or polite expression of congratulations, often used in written or ceremonial contexts.
• ffestiniog

  nounLow
  /fɛˈstɪnjɒɡ/A proper noun referring to a place in North Wales, specifically a town (Blaenau Ffestiniog) and the surrounding historic district.
• fi

  abbreviationnounVery Low
  /fiː/The musical note F in the fixed-do solfège system.
• fiacre

  nounVery Low
  /ˈfiː.ə.krə/A small, four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage for hire, popular in Paris.
• fianarantsoa

  nounVery Low
  /fiˌænərænˈtsuːə/The name of a city in Madagascar, the capital of the Haute Matsiatra region.
• fiance

  nounMedium
  /fiˈɒnseɪ/A person engaged to be married.

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