Example Sentences: Words Starting with F
804 words starting with F, each with example sentences that show how it is used.
- fleshThe author added a chapter to flesh out the book's flatter characters.
- fleshyHe was a large fleshy man, weighing at least two hundred pounds, and he quickly became a faithful...
- flexThe board flexes as you step on it.
- flexibilityI had some flexibility in terms of whether to stay in a hotel or in a bed-and-breakfast.
- flexibleYou can't always get what you want: you need to learn to be flexible.
- flexionThe location of this engagement depends on the degree of flexion of the knee while subluxating.
- flickHe removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.
- flickerA strong desire to smash up everything in the room kept flickering in his head.
- flickeringEven after the acrimonious breakup, she still felt flickerings of love for him.
- flightMost birds are capable of flight.
- flimsyHe expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.
- flinchMy eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes.
- flingI had a fling with a girl I met on holiday.
- flintHe used flint to make a fire.
- flipWe'll decide this on a flip of a coin.
- flippantThe conversations had grown more adult over the years—she was less flippant, at least.
- flipperFlippers and hands are homologous structures.
- flirtThey flirt water in each other's faces.
- flirtyA flirty woman in a straw hat slid through the crowd straight to Snyder.
- flitI did a flit, as the landlord was due to arrive to collect the rent.
- floatHelium balloons float in air, while air-filled balloons don't.
- floatingThe outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.
- flockPeople flocked to the cinema to see the new film.
- flogWhat lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet.
- floodPeople flooded into the streets in protest.
- floodedOur phones were flooded with calls after the controversial broadcast.
- floodwaterThe trail is hikeable in summer, but sometimes covered by floodwaters in the winter.
- floorThe room has a wooden floor.
- floorboardShe considered carpeting her bedroom floor to cover the blood stains in the floorboards.
- flooringI'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.
- flopHe flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.
- floppyBuying preformatted floppy disks means that you don't have to waste time formatting them.
- floraThirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
- floralReally, I like the floral pattern on this Chinese vase.
- flossFlosses are soft, and grey from the female and black from the male.
- flotationThis week's SpaceX flotation is just the latest sign: we are facing regime change not just in technology, but...
- flotillaToward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun.
- flotsamThe flotsam and jetsam of society were at the night club.
- flounderHe gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
- flourFlour the surface before rolling out the dough.
- flourishThe barley flourished in the warm weather.
- flourishingMaud took an active part in the drive, and with her cries and flourishings of the broken oar was of...
- floutThe scandal-ridden widget manufacturer, Fix-U-Up, was finally brought to trial, accused of flouting safety...
- flowThe notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.
- flowerWe transplanted the flowers to a larger pot.
- floweryAlthough flowery actions are used in the plays of the 1890s, waving arms, wringing hands, and pleading with...
- fluHe missed work because he caught the flu.
- fluctuationThe cryogenic system will not be affected by temperature fluctuations of a few millidegrees.
- flueBesides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were...
- fluencyShe was surprisingly polyglottal, with native fluency in twelve Asian languages.
- fluentShe's fluent in French.
- fluffThat article was basically a bunch of fluff. It didn't say anything substantive.
- fluffyFluffy bunny rabbits are really nice to stroke.
- fluidIf the mix is too fluid, the ags can sink away from the surface.
- flukeWe've classified by a fluke; actually, the first goal was just a total fluke.
- flunkHe flunked math, again.
- fluorescenceThe antibody staining was semiquantitated by measuring mean fluorescence intensities (MFIs) with NIH Image J...
- fluorescentThe fluorescent plants shimmered in the darkness.
- fluorideWhereas hydrogen fluoride is denoted as HF, hydrofluoric acid is denoted as HF(aq).
- flurryThe day before the wedding was a flurry of preparations.
- flushThe dogs flushed the deer from the woods.
- flushedThere was a blockage in the sewer after an item of clothing was flushed down the toilet.
- flushingWe tried to repair the toilet, but it broke again after two or three flushings.
- flusteredThe speaker became quite flustered when she dropped all her notes.
- fluteThe saxophones typically sit behind the flutes in a concert band.
- flutedThe pedestals are described as having “hand applied ebonized inlay with bell flowers topped by hand carved...
- flutterA bird flutters its wings.
- flutteringI was entranced by the colorful fluttering of the butterfly's wings.
- fluxThe schedule is in flux at the moment.
- flyBirds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter.
- flyerWe embarked on a publicity blitz, putting posters and flyers all around town.
- flyingFlying ferries are the watercraft of the future!
- foalThe stallion got with foal three out of four mares.
- foamHis specialty is a mango foam.
- foamyHe jumped overboard into the foamy waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
- fobThe gym will give you a fob that opens the door.
- focalThe contamination was focal.
- focusThe heat of sunlight at the focus of a magnifying glass can easily set dry leaves on fire.
- focusedThey set accomplishable goals to keep the team motivated and focused.
- fodderInnocent people who are arrested become fodder for the justice system.
- foeI want you as a friend, not a foe.
- fogHe did so many drugs, he was still in a fog three months after going through detox.
- foggyHe was still foggy with sleep.
- foibleTry to look past his foibles and see the friendly fellow underneath.
- foilThey foiled my plans.
- foistBut apart from this, it is difficult for a man like Watt to tell a long story like Watt's without leaving out...
- foldNext, fold the paper over, so the right half is on top of the left half.
- folderI keep all my schoolwork in a yellow folder.
- foldingI idly played with the paper, not even realizing I was folding it into a paper airplane.
- foliageThe foliage is out of control and needs to be cut back.
- foliationWinter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of...
- folioA rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
- folkThere were a lot of folk in the streets.
- folkloreOur folklore has never advanced beyond daintiness, and the greater melodies about our country-side have all...
- follicleWhen a follicle is mature, the egg within it bursts out of the ovary, and the Fallopian tube's fingerlike...
- followFollow that car!
- followerI have over 50 followers on Twitter, but all my tweets only get 10 likes.
- followingSee the following section.
- follyIt would be folly to walk all that way, knowing the shops are probably shut by now.
- fondI am fond of this song!
- fondleMothers fondle their babies.
- fondlyHe looked fondly at the pictures of his high-school friends.
- fondnessThe cloying fondness she displayed was what, in the end, drove me away.
- fontShe dipped her fingers in the font and crossed herself.
- foodThe innkeeper brought them food and drink.
- foodieWe self-professed foodies liked to meet in restaurants and talk like experts about what we were eating.
- foodstuffIn case you’re wondering, my foodstuff was about six pounds of bottarga.
- foolhardySometimes people glibly speak as if the Dead Hand were a thing of the past, but it is foolhardy to assume so.
- foolishThe Three Stooges are known for their lowbrow slapstick humor consisting of foolish action for the masses.
- foolishlyHe dressed foolishly to entertain the children.
- foolishnessIch haven't seen such foolishness before.
- foolproofWe foolproofed the operations.
- footA spider has eight feet.
- footageThe footage we shot at the riot yesterday got ruined.
- footballRoman and medieval football matches were more violent than any modern type of football.
- footballerThe guest for the broadcast was a leading footballer.
- footerThe new boat is a six-footer.
- footfallTown-centre retailers have seen a decline in footfall.
- foothillTwo 4-4-0s were steaming through the scenic foothills, giving rides to tourists.
- footholdBased on status report 16-C, it seems we're no closer to gaining a foothold in any sector.
- footingHe lost his footing and fell down.
- footnoteFor the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced...
- footpathThe solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.
- footprintThis computer has a smaller footprint.
- footstepThe child watched as his footsteps in the sand were washed away by the waves.
- footwearThe next day, the team had to wear special ice climbing footwear while repairing other research devices on...
- footworkThe dancer impressed the crowd with his fancy footwork.
- footySam is a real footy, he's always watching it on TV and talking about it.
- forI had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go.
- forageA garbologist forages through waste paper baskets in search of interesting documents.
- foramenThe skull contains a number of foramina through which arteries, veins, nerves, and other structures enter and...
- forayHis initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.
- forbidSmoking in the restaurant is forbidden.
- forbiddenIt's company policy that all mobile phones are forbidden in meetings.
- forbiddingAs we breasted the first summit, the precipitous mass of the Raven's Rock, towering some 250 ft. above the...
- forceTorque is the rotational version of force.
- forcefulShe gave a forceful argument against the proposal.
- forcefullyWord them concisely and forcefully.
- forcepsEndoscopic hemostasis was performed with hemoclips or hemostatic forceps whenever bleeding or exposed vessels...
- fordThe noncommittal Indians would give no counsel as to fording.
- foreThe fore end of the tape is drawn out, and when the indicator points to this number the end is firmly fixed...
- forearmThe arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.
- forebearNow we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our...
- forebodingThe child walked nervously down the dark, foreboding street.
- forecastLet X represent the forecast traffic flow in 20 years’ time.
- forecasterThe forecasters say that we are in for a very cold winter.
- forefatherNot every forefather of mine rests quiet beneath his escutcheoned marble.
- forefingerThe thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
- forefrontThat laboratory researches topics at the forefront of technology.
- foregoingWe declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
- foregroundThe foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
- forehandThat forehand was long. It landed two feet beyond the baseline.
- foreheadThe child’s forehead was burning with fever. Her cheeks burned with shame.
- foreignHe liked visiting foreign cities.
- foreignerHeterography in English makes it difficult for foreigners to learn pronunciation.
- foremanFormally the widow still ranches, but in fact she leaves all ranching to the foreman.
- foremostThe exhibition features works by the country’s foremost artists.
- forensicThe forensic examiners detected tiny traces of the poison on the suspect's gloves.
- foreplayEnough foreplay! You’ve gotten me so hot already!
- forerunnerBakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.
- foreseeCOVID-19 hit the company hard—I foresee it will liquidate within a year.
- foreseeableThis project will not be finished in the foreseeable future.
- foresightHaving the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
- foreskinIn the female genitalia, the clitoral hood is homologous to the foreskin.
- forestBefore we knew it, the forest was on us, and the air grew colder and damper.
- forestryShe studied forestry and environmental management.
- foretellThis was a demise foretold.
- foreverI shall love you forever.
- forfeitHe who murders pays the forfeit of his own life.
- forgeThe politician's recent actions are an effort to forge a relationship with undecided voters.
- forgedForged identification documents were used to enter the building.
- forgeryTo doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.
- forgetI have forgotten most of the things I learned in school.
- forgetfulToday it is used to refer to one in an oblivious or forgetful state.
- forgivePlease forgive me if my phone goes off - I'm expecting an urgent call from my boss.
- forgivenessHe begged for forgiveness after being caught stealing from the shop.
- forgivingI am inclined to take a forgiving attitude, since this is his first offence.
- forgoI've had to forgo my student discount in exchange for taking the job.
- forkLibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice.
- forkedIt's a forked road. Turn left at the fork.
- forlorn"Neon Gravestones" is a forlorn slow burn by Twenty One Pilots.
- formThe team's form has been poor this year.
- formalShe spoke formal English, without any dialect.
- formalismHeisenberg seems to have been motivated by his intense annoyance that Schrödinger's more intuitive version of...
- formalityThe examination for priesthood is no mere formality, so we have to study well.
- formalizeThe Warsaw Pact formalized Moscow's dominance in Europe's east.
- formallyHe was dressed too formally for the occasion.
- formatThe radio station changed the format of its evening program.
- formationIt's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.
- formativeMy formative years were spent in an inner city.
- formerThe former is a good idea but the latter is not.
- formerlyXenia Robertson, formerly known as Xenia Isaamov, is from Ukraine.
- formidableThe person who ran against her in the last election proved to be a formidable opponent.
- formlessIt spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver...
- formulaH₂O is the formula for water.
- formulaicThat TV series has become awfully formulaic in the last couple of seasons.
- formulateHe failed to formulate his ideas more clearly.
- formulationThe formulation with the bare infinitive was somewhat less common.
- forsakeNeither now, nor ever will he forsake his mother.
- fortThe kids built a fort out of chairs and pillows.
- forteHe writes respectably, but poetry is not his forte.
- forthThe plants in spring put forth leaves.
- forthcomingI shall vote in the forthcoming election.
- forthrightThe witness was considered eminently credible thanks to her forthright answers.
- forthwithThe task was the harder in that the restored service had not only to start forthwith but also to last for...
- fortificationThe concentrated fire from the enemy destroyed our fortifications.
- fortifySoy milk is often fortified with calcium.
- fortnightThe pickers are paid by the fortnight by the American bushel.
- fortressThey had to build up their fortress to protect against attack.
- fortunateIt is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple.
- fortunatelyFortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive.
- fortuneShe read my fortune. Apparently I will have a good love life this week, but I will have a bad week for money.
- fortySocial workers should work on a maximum of forty active cases.
- forumTrish was an admin on three forums, and had no trouble at all when it came to moderating them.
- forwardThe fire was confined to the forward portion of the store.
- forwardsThere's a scramble in front of the net as the forwards are hacking at the bouncing puck.
- fossaThe transducer is placed at the paralumbar fossa and then moved ventrally to the midline.
- fossilThe Burgess Shale contains fossils of very odd organisms that lived during the Acadian.
- fossilizedAll fossilized roots of scale trees are assigned to the form taxon 'Stigmaria'.
- fosterWe are a foster family.
- foulThis cloth is too foul to use as a duster.
- foundationThe foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.
- foundationalRacism courses through Donald Trump’s blood and is one of the foundational principles of his presidency.
- founderThe founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg.
- fountainHis house is right beside that fountain on Street 15.
- fourThere are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.
- fourteenIt was felt desirable that she not leave school before fourteen.
- fourteenthWhatever day of the week February the fourteenth hits is it.
- fourthTheir debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.
- fowlWe took our guns and went fowling.
- foxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
- foxholeWe had to dig out our foxhole while under fire.
- foyerWe had a drink in the foyer waiting for the play to start.
- frackingStill, environmentalists look to the U.S., where drilling with fracking is now a “megatrend” and where...
- fractalA fractal situation emerges in this way then: the consequences of Ulysses' decision to abandon Calypso are...
- fractionGasoline prices show the mill as a fraction, for example $3.59+⁹⁄₁₀.
- fractionalIn English, most ordinals double as fractionals — "third", "fourth", and so on — with the exception of...
- fractureA fracture of the malleus handle is a rare traumatic middle ear lesion.
- fracturedHer fractured family could never agree on anything.
- fragileShe caught the fragile vase before it could shatter on the floor.
- fragmentI heard a small fragment of the conversation.
- fragmentaryFragmentary evidence suggests that he died in a foreign country.
- fragmentationThe initial result of that fragmentation, the nuclear family, didn’t seem so bad.
- fragranceFaced with a mind-boggling selection of special-purpose shampoos, he gave up and simply purchased something...
- fragrantThe freshly picked flowers will wilt in a few days but for now are still fragrant.
- frailAfter losing my job, there's frail hope of affording my world cruise.
- frailtyFor all their frailty at the back, Arsenal possessed genuine menace in attack and they carved through Chelsea...
- frameOnce we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof.
- framedThe way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win.
- frameworkThese ‘three principles of connexion’ compose the framework of principles in Hume's account of the...
- francThe last 50 franc note, released in 1993, features Saint-Exupéry and a depiction of The Little Prince.
- franchiseMcDonald’s has exported its franchise.
- frankMay I be frank with you?
- franklyHe spoke frankly about the economy.
- franticThey returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
- franticallyHe searched frantically for his passport before the flight.
- fratSee you at the frat house.
- fraternalYet, in leaving, Judah removes himself not only from fraternal violence but from familial destiny as well.
- fraternityThe fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement.
- fraudShe sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.
- fraudsterThis guy is a fraudster. I need to stop the cheque I wrote him.
- fraudulentHe tried to pass a fraudulent check.
- fraughtShe looked fraught and close to tears.
- frayThe hectic day ended in her nerves frayed.
- frayedThe rope has frayed where it bears on the rim of the wheel.
- freakThe two-headed calf was a freak.
- freakingYou're getting on my freaking nerves!
- freckleSteve has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his cheeks and nose.
- freeHe was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.
- freedomHaving recently been released from prison, he didn't know what to do with his newfound freedom.
- freelanceHe was a freelance writer for several magazines.
- freelyWine was flowing freely.
- freestyleIn the world of hip hop, many freestyle artists have been known to speak, “Check one, check two!” into the...
- freewayMy car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.
- freezeThe lake froze solid.
- freezerI'll put all this meat in my freezer, and it'll keep me going for many months.
- freezingYou won't find it hot, but neither will you be freezing cold.
- freightThe freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.
- freighterThe cargo was shipped across the ocean on a large freighter.
- frenchFrench knights at Agincourt were unable to broach the English line.
- freneticAfter a week of working at a frenetic pace, she was ready for Saturday.
- frenziedPreparations for the president's arrival made for a frenzied week.
- frenzyShe went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests.
- frequencyWith growing confidence, the Viking’s raids increased in frequency.
- frequentI take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
- frequentlyThis question arises frequently.
- frescoShe captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.
- freshHe followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.
- freshenWomen spend longer than men at freshening up before going out.
- freshlyThe freshly picked flowers will wilt in a few days but for now are still fragrant.
- freshmanAt the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.
- freshness"You mustn't mind a bit of freshness, so to speak.
- freshwaterThe trout is a freshwater fish.
- fretDon't fret the surface of the lake.
- friableSand has been incorporated to make the soil more friable.
- frictionUsers have reported friction from having to enter their passwords many times a day.
- fridgeMy fridge even restocks itself these days. Glorious AI overlords when?
- friendJohn and I have been friends ever since we were roommates at college.
- friendlinessHe visited the king under the pretense of friendliness.
- friendlyYour cat seems very friendly.
- friendshipThe friendship did not survive the row: they kept each other at a distance.
- frigShe never forgot the day she was caught frigging herself in the library.
- frigateThe frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!
- frightI got stage fright while doing a dance show for my school last year.
- frightenAvery puts a sheet over her head, pretending to be a ghost to frighten Emily.
- frightenedShe looked very much frightened of the storm.
- frighteningRiding the rollercoaster was a frightening experience.
- frightfulYou had a lot of frightful good quotes.
- frightfullyIt all went frightfully quickly.
- frigidA frigid, fine rain was falling.
- frillOne common ceratopsian feature is a frill extending from the back of the skull.
- frillyShe was all got up in the most ridiculous frilly dress.
- fringeHe lives on the fringe of London.
- fringedThe achey way from Aljezur is fringed with fine sand and deep forests of umbrella pines.
- friskyHe had his hands full, with three frisky kittens in the house.
- fritterI was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon.
- frivolousHis legalistic tendencies irritated his neighbors, especially since they had to defend themselves against his...
- froZuckerberg must constantly leap to and fro throughout the centuries in order to duck summonses.
- frockWhy the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their pots and pans and stick to their frocks and gossip and...
- frogInternal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
- frolicWe saw the lambs frolicking in the meadow.
- fromPaul is from New Zealand.
- frondThe trunk is unbranched, often much shortened, and bears a crown of feathery or pinnate fronds.
- frontI'll go out the front, and you go out the back.
- frontageIt looked a house-boat despite its guard of whitewashed stones and luxuriant flowers, its wooden fretwork...
- frontalThe projections to the frontal lobe that are damaged in schizophrenia originate in the ventral tegmental area.
- frontierIt was a wide open frontier town before the railroad came.
- frontlineConcerns have been raised about available luggage space, with Cash remarking: "With the upcoming Christmas...
- frostI think the boss's decision frosted him a bit.
- frostedEiswein is made from frosted grapes.
- frostingThe frosting in his beard was a giveaway that he had been munching the cake.
- frostyThe air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets.
- frothFroth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.
- frothyI like my milkshakes frothy, not flat like this!
- frownShe frowned when I told her the news.
- frozenThe mammoth has been frozen for ten thousand years.
- fruitHis long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
- fruitfulTheir collaboration formed a fruitful junction of ideas.
- fruitionAfter six years of hard work, the engineers had brought the project to fruition.
- fruitlessThe unskilled man’s attempt at fixing his car engine was fruitless.
- fruityThat moist and fruity dish is simply delectable.
- frustrateIt frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.
- frustratingIf you’ve had to battle a stuck zipper, you know how frustrating it can be.
- frustrationThere was no question of his blaming me for his frustration.
- fryI am frying the eggs.
- fryerHe learned to work the fryer as part of becoming a competent cook for a commercial kitchen.
- fuchsiaShe tilted a hand topped with long rectangular nails in furious fuchsia towards her cheeks and fluttered the...
- fudgeHave you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!
- fuelHis books were fuel for the revolution.
- fugMade one quite thankful to get back to the fug, though as a rule I think the way these trains are overheated...
- fugitiveThe detective wired ahead, hoping that the fugitive would be caught at the railway station.
- fulfillYou made a promise, son, and now you must fulfill it.
- fulfilledShe felt fulfilled in her new career as a teacher.
- fulfillingThis is the most fulfilling work I've ever done.
- fullThe jugs were full to the point of overflowing.
- fullnessThe actor enjoyed the fullness of his success.
- fullyHe is fully capable of meeting his responsibilities.
- fumbleWaiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.
- fumeDon't stand around in there breathing the fumes while the adhesive cures.
- funWe had a fun time at the party.
- functionOur hotel is hosting a function for all the warehouse workers on the night of April 18.
- functionalThat sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional: it can be used as a hatrack.
- functionalityOne reason to use software libraries is that the authors have had time to add ilities in addition to the...
- functionallyIn the present study, the aporous sensillum (A5) embedded in a cavity is functionally classified as...
- functorBy a group functor we mean a functor from small k-algebras to groups.
- fundSeveral major funds were declared insolvent recently.
- fundamentalA need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.
- fundamentalistFor a Roman Catholic teacher, he sure is a diehard fundamentalist.
- fundamentallyWhat the science shows, he says, is that the brain of an addict is fundamentally different from that of a...
- fundraiserThis year’s fundraiser will be a walkathon.
- fundraisingMy mom pimped me out, for my fundraising skills, to the United Way for a fundraiser.
- funeralMany mourners turned up at the local artist's funeral to pay homage.
- fungalDoctors determined that the cause of the itchy rash was fungal rather than bacterial.
- fungiWhile the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.
- fungusThis wood has the ability to fight off insects, fungus, and mold for a considerable time.
- funkThe foulest stench is in the air; the funk of 40,000 years and grisly ghouls from every tomb are closing in...
- funkyI love it when he drops his funky beats.
- funnelExpect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.
- funnyI know you'll enjoy chatting with her — she's really funny and smart.
- furDuring the colonial period, Britain used Canada as a major source of furs.
- furiousShe was furious and let fly at him with a string of obscenities.
- furiouslyHe glared furiously at the offender.
- furnacePlans for the next phase include furnaces capable of inert atmospheres and partial vacuums.
- furnishThe street outside my window furnishes meager entertainment.
- furnitureThe woman does not even have one stick of furniture moved in yet.
- furorThe verdict of not guilty created a true furor in the courtroom.
- furrowDon't walk across that deep furrow in the field.
- furryHis treatment of our furry friends was nothing short of appalling.
- furtherFurther the economy.
- furthermoreHe skillfully took charge of the event, and furthermore, he stayed late after it to clean up.
- furthestThe furthest known galaxy is about 13 billion light years from Earth.
- furtiveBut that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not...
- furyShe tore her ex-boyfriend’s clothes apart in fury.
- fuseWhen talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.
- fuselageAt high angles of attack, the shuttle’s rudder is blanked by the fuselage and wings, forcing it to use its...
- fusionThat crank next door thinks he’s created cold fusion in his garage.
- fussThey made a big fuss about the wedding plans.
- fussyI put SpongeBob on when the kid gets fussy.
- futileThe Nimrods shot an amazingly futile 2-for-45 from behind the arc.
- futilityHis taking the bar exam for a third time was pure futility.
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