(obsolete) A ribbon or similar small item that is worn as an adornment, especially in celebration of an event.
(obsolete) Anything worn publicly as a pledge of a woman's favor.
(obsolete) Appearance; look; countenance; face.
A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
A small gift; a party favor.
Goodwill; benevolent regard.
Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
The object of regard; person or thing favoured.
verb
(in dialects, including Southern US and Louisiana) To resemble; especially, to look like (another person).
To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
To encourage, conduce to
To look upon fondly; to prefer.
To treat with care.
To use more often.
favorability
favorability
noun
Something which is favorable
The quality or degree of being viewed favorably
favorable
favorable
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of favourable
favorableness
favorableness
noun
Alternative spelling of favourableness
favorably
favorably
adv
In a favorable manner.
favored
favored
adj
US standard spelling of favoured.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of favor
favoredly
favoredness
favoredness
noun
(obsolete) appearance
favorer
favorer
noun
One who favors.
favorers
favorers
noun
plural of favorer
favoress
favoring
favoring
verb
present participle of favor
favoringly
favoringly
adv
In a favoring way.
favorite
favorite
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of favourite
favorites
favorites
noun
plural of favorite
favoritism
favoritism
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of favouritism
favoritisms
favoritisms
noun
plural of favoritism
favorless
favorless
adj
Alternative form of favourless
favors
favors
noun
plural of favor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of favor
favour
favour
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of favor.
favourable
favourable
adj
Auspicious or lucky.
Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune.
Pleasing, encouraging or approving.
Useful or helpful.
noun
A favourable person
favourableness
favourableness
noun
The state or condition of being favourable.
favourably
favourably
adv
(Britain, Canada) In a favourable manner.
favoured
favoured
adj
(dated) Wearing a favour.
(in combination) Having a certain appearance or physical features.
Treated or regarded with partiality.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of favour
favouredly
favouredly
adv
(obsolete) In a favoured or favourable manner; favourably.
favouredness
favouredness
noun
(chiefly in combination) Quality of being favoured.
favourer
favourer
noun
Alternative form of favorer
favourers
favourers
noun
plural of favourer
favouress
favouring
favouring
verb
present participle of favour
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
favourite
favourite
adj
Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
noun
(Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
(in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
verb
(Internet) To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
(Internet) To bookmark.
To favour.
favouritism
favouritism
noun
(British spelling) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
favourless
favourless
adj
(archaic) unfavoured; having no countenance or support
(archaic) unpropitious; unfavourable
favours
favours
noun
plural of favour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of favour
favrot
fconvert
federative
federative
adj
Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy, a federation; federal.
federatively
federatively
adv
In a federative way.
fermentative
fermentative
adj
Of, pertaining to, causing or undergoing fermentation.
fermentatively
fermentatively
adv
In a fermentative manner
With regard to fermentation
fermentativeness
fermentativeness
noun
The property of being fermentative.
fermentive
ferrivorous
ferrivorous
adj
That eats or consumes iron.
ferroinclave
ferrovanadium
ferrovanadium
noun
An alloy of iron and up to 55% vanadium; used in the manufacture of specialist steel
ferryville
ferv
fervanite
fervanite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and vanadium.
fervence
fervence
noun
Obsolete form of fervency.
fervencies
fervencies
noun
plural of fervency
fervency
fervency
noun
The state of being fervent.
fervent
fervent
adj
Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.
Glowing, burning, very hot.
Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.
fervently
fervently
adv
In a fervent manner.
ferventness
ferventness
noun
The quality of being fervent.
fervescence
fervescence
noun
The quality of being fervescent.
fervescent
fervescent
adj
Growing hot.
fervid
fervid
adj
(figurative) Heated, emotional or zealous.
Intensely hot; radiating with energy.
fervidities
fervidity
fervidity
Noun
The quality of being fervid.
fervidly
fervidly
adv
In a fervid manner.
fervidness
fervidness
noun
The quality of being fervid.
fervidnesses
fervidor
fervor
fervor
noun
(American spelling) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
(American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
(American spelling) Heat.
fervorless
fervorless
adj
Alternative form of fervourless
fervorlessness
fervorlessness
noun
Alternative form of fervourlessness
fervorous
fervorous
adj
With fervour; fervent.
fervors
fervors
noun
plural of fervor
fervour
fervour
noun
A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardour.
Heat.
fervours
fervours
noun
plural of fervour
festivalgoer
festivalgoer
noun
A person attending a festival
fever
fever
noun
(neologism) A group of stingrays.
(usually in combination with one or more preceding words) Any of various diseases.
A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
A state of excitement or anxiety.
verb
To become fevered.
To put into a fever; to affect with fever.
feverberries
feverberry
feverbush
feverbush
noun
Alternative form of fever bush
fevercup
fevered
fevered
adj
Affected by a fever; feverish.
Heated; impassioned; enthusiastic to the point of distraction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of fever
feveret
feveret
noun
(obsolete) A slight fever.
feverfew
feverfew
noun
A European aromatic perennial herb, Tanacetum parthenium (or Chrysanthemum parthenium or Pyrethrum parthenium), having daisy-like flowers; valued as a traditional medicine, especially for headaches.
feverfews
feverfews
noun
plural of feverfew
fevergum
fevering
fevering
verb
present participle of fever
feverish
feverish
adj
Filled with excess energy.
Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.
Morbidly eager.
feverishly
feverishly
adv
With excitement and determination.
With speed; rapidly.
feverishness
feverishness
noun
The quality of being feverish.
feverless
feverless
adj
Without a fever.
feverlike
feverlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a fever.
feverous
feverous
adj
(rare) having a tendency to produce fever
affected with fever or ague
having the nature of fever
feverously
feverously
adv
In a feverous way.
feverroot
feverroot
noun
A plant in the genus Triosteum.
The plant Ruellia tuberosa.
fevers
fevers
noun
plural of fever
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fever
fevertrap
fevertwig
fevertwitch
feverweed
feverweed
noun
The plant Eupatorium purpureum.
feverwort
feverwort
noun
A plant of the genus Centaurium.
A plant of the genus Triosteum.
fevery
fevery
adj
(obsolete) feverish
fevre
fevre
noun
Obsolete form of fever.
fevrier
fibrovasal
fibrovascular
fibrovascular
adj
Having both fibrous and vascular tissue
figurative
figurative
adj
(art) representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.
Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
Metaphorically so called.
Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.
With many figures of speech.
figuratively
figuratively
adv
(manner) In a figurative manner.
Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally.
figurativeness
figurativeness
noun
The property of being figurative.
filoviruses
filoviruses
noun
plural of filovirus
fingerville
fishersville
fisherville
fivebar
fiver
fiver
noun
(Islam) A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam.
(colloquial) A clenched fist.
(religion) A person who gives five percent of their income or five hours a week of their time to charity (a reduction of ten percent tithing).
(slang) A banknote with a value of five units of currency.
(slang, by extension) The value in money that this represents.
A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid.
fivers
fivers
noun
plural of fiver
fivescore
fivescore
num
(archaic) hundred
flabellinerved
flabellinerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base.
flashover
flashover
noun
An unintended electric discharge or arc over or around an insulator.
The near simultaneous ignition of all combustible material in an enclosed area.
flavanthrene
flavanthrene
noun
Synonym of flavanthrone
flavanthrone
flavanthrone
noun
A certain yellow dye, Vat Yellow 1.
flaveria
flavobacteria
flavobacteria
noun
plural of flavobacterium
flavobacterium
flavobacterium
noun
Any of many Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, of the class Flavobacteriia ^([sic]), that occur in soil and water, and are mostly pigmented and photosynthetic.
flavoprotein
flavoprotein
noun
(biochemistry) any of a group of enzymes, containing flavin, that act as dehydrogenases
flavopurpurin
flavopurpurin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,2,6-trihydroxyanthraquinone
flavor
flavor
noun
(archaic) The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.
(informal) A kind or type.
(particle physics) One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring.
A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.
The characteristic quality of something.
The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
verb
(American spelling, transitive) To add flavoring to something.
flavored
flavored
adj
US standard spelling of flavoured.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flavor
flavorer
flavorer
noun
One who or that which flavors.
flavorers
flavorers
noun
plural of flavorer
flavorful
flavorful
adj
Full of flavor.
flavorfully
flavorfully
adv
In a flavorful manner.
flavorfulness
flavoriness
flavoring
flavoring
noun
(American spelling) Something that gives flavor, usually a food ingredient.
verb
present participle of flavor
flavorings
flavorings
noun
plural of flavoring
flavorless
flavorless
adj
(physics) Without flavor.
Lacking taste or flavor; without seasoning, spice, or discernible qualities of taste.
flavorlessness
flavorlessness
noun
The state or condition of being flavorless; lack of flavor.
flavorous
flavorous
adj
Having flavour; flavorsome.
flavorousness
flavors
flavors
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flavor
flavorsome
flavorsome
adj
Characterised or marked by flavor(s); flavorful.
flavorsomeness
flavorsomeness
noun
The quality of being flavorsome.
flavory
flavory
adj
Alternative form of flavoury
flavour
flavour
noun
Britain standard spelling of flavor.
flavoured
flavoured
adj
(British spelling) Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of flavour
flavourer
flavourer
noun
One who or that which flavours.
flavourful
flavourful
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorful.
flavourfully
flavourfully
adv
Alternative form of flavorfully
flavouring
flavouring
noun
Britain standard spelling of flavoring.
verb
present participle of flavour
flavourless
flavourless
adj
Britain standard spelling of flavorless.
flavourous
flavourous
adj
Alternative spelling of flavorous
flavours
flavours
noun
plural of flavour
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flavour