An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
festivalgoer
festivalgoer
noun
A person attending a festival
festivally
festivally
adj
(informal, rare) Resembling or characteristic of a festival.
adv
(obsolete, rare) In a festive manner.
festivals
festivals
noun
plural of festival
feudovassalism
fibrovasal
fibrovascular
fibrovascular
adj
Having both fibrous and vascular tissue
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.
filesave
flabellinerved
flabellinerved
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base.
flagellative
flagellative
adj
Pertaining to flagellation; flagellatory.
flagstaves
flammivomous
flammivomous
adj
(poetic) Throwing up flames, as a volcano does.
flannelleaves
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.
flative
flative
adj
(obsolete) Producing wind; flatulent.
flav
flavanilin
flavanilin
noun
Alternative form of flavaniline
flavaniline
flavaniline
noun
(organic chemistry) A synthetic yellow dyestuff, C₁₆H₁₄N₂, a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline.
flavanol
flavanol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of flavonoids that use the 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-ol molecular skeleton
flavanone
flavanone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of flavonoid ketones, many of which occur in nature as glycosides
flavanthrene
flavanthrene
noun
Synonym of flavanthrone
flavanthrone
flavanthrone
noun
A certain yellow dye, Vat Yellow 1.
flavedo
flavedo
noun
(biology) The exocarp in citruses.
(medicine) An obsolete term referring to yellowness or sallowness of the skin or other tissue; it is no longer used in the working medical parlance.
flavedos
flavedos
noun
plural of flavedo
flaveria
flavescence
flavescence
noun
A phytoplasma disease of grapevines
flavescent
flavescent
adj
yellow-ish in colour, or turning yellow
flavia
flavian
flavian
Adjective
of or pertaining to the between the years 69 and 96 AD
Noun
Someone who lived during the Flavian Dynasty.
flavic
flavicant
flavid
flavid
adj
(zoology) yellow
flavin
flavin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of tricyclic heterocyclic compounds derived from riboflavin; found especially as the adenine dinucleotide (FAD)