(archaic or literary) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
(baseball) Between the baselines.
(cricket, of a ball delivered by the bowler) Not a no ball.
(nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
(rugby, of a catch) Taken direct from an opponent's foot, without the ball touching the ground or another player.
(shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.
(statistics) Of a coin or die, having equal chance of landing on any side, unbiased.
Adequate, reasonable, or decent, but not excellent.
Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage, etc.
Just, equitable.
Light in color, pale, particularly with regard to skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
(obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
(obsolete) Fairness, beauty.
(obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.
A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
A fair woman; a sweetheart.
A travelling amusement park (called a funfair in British English and a (travelling) carnival in US English).
An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
verb
(transitive) To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
(transitive) To construct or design with the aim of producing a smooth outline or reducing air drag or water resistance.
(transitive) To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
(transitive, art) To make an animation smooth, removing any jerkiness.
(transitive, obsolete) To make fair or beautiful.
fari
fiar
fiar
noun
(Scotland, law) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter.
The price of grain in the counties of Scotland, as legally fixed on an annual basis.
fire
fire
adj
(slang) Amazing; excellent.
noun
(astronautics) An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
(countable) A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
(countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
(countable, Britain) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
(uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
(uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
Red coloration in a piece of opal.
Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
verb
(astronautics) To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
(intransitive) To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
(intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
(intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
(intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
(transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
(transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
(transitive) To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
(transitive) To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
(transitive) To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
(transitive) To set (something, often a building) on fire.
(transitive) To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
(transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
(transitive, by extension) To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
(transitive, farriery) To cauterize.
(transitive, intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
(transitive, mining) To set off an explosive in a mine.
(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
To animate; to give life or spirit to.
To feed or serve the fire of.
firk
firk
noun
(UK dialectal) A freak; trick; quirk.
A stroke; lash.
verb
(intransitive) To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
(transitive) To carry away or about; carry; move.
(transitive) To drive away.
(transitive) To rouse; raise up.
firm
firm
adj
Durable, rigid (material state)
Fixed (in opinion).
Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
adv
(now rare) firmly, steadily
noun
(UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
(business, economics) A business enterprise, however organized.
(slang) A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
verb
(intransitive) To become firm; stabilise.
(intransitive) To improve after decline.
(intransitive, Australia) To shorten (of betting odds).
(transitive) To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
(transitive) To make firm or strong; fix securely.
(transitive, UK, slang) To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.
firn
firn
noun
A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.
firs
firs
noun
plural of fir
firy
firy
adj
Obsolete form of fiery.
frei
fria
frib
frig
frig
noun
(euphemistic) A fuck.
A temporary modification to a piece of equipment to change the way it operates (usually away from as originally designed).
An act of frigging.
Dated spelling of fridge.
verb
(intransitive) to mess or muck (about, around etc.)
(intransitive, obsolete) to fidget, wriggle around
(transitive, intransitive) to make a temporary alteration to something, to fudge, to manipulate
(transitive, intransitive) to masturbate
(transitive, intransitive, euphemistic) to fuck (misapplied euphemism)
frim
frim
adj
(Judaism) Alternative form of frum
(UK dialectal) Alternative form of fremd
(dialectal, archaic or obsolete) Flourishing, thriving
(dialectal, archaic or obsolete) Fresh; luxuriant
(dialectal, archaic or obsolete) Vigorous
fris
frit
frit
adj
(UK, regional) Frightened.
noun
(archaeology) A similar material used in the manufacture of ceramic beads and small ornaments. (eastern Mediterranean; Bronze and Iron Age)
A frit fly.
A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.
verb
To add frit to a glass or ceramic mixture
To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially.
friz
friz
noun
Dated form of frizz.
iraf
irtf
rafi
reif
reif
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Robbery.
rife
rife
adj
(obsolete) Having power; active; nimble.
Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.
Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things).
Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
adv
Plentifully, abundantly.
riff
riff
noun
(anatomy, archaic) The belly; the bowels.
A clever or witty remark.
A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
A spoof.
A variation on something.
Listen to one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time!
verb
To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.
To riffle.
rifi
rifs
rifs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rif
rift
rift
noun
A break in the clouds, fog, mist etc., which allows light through.
A chasm or fissure.
A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
verb
(intransitive) To form a rift; to split open.
(obsolete outside Scotland and northern UK) To belch.