A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
A piece of turf cut from grassland.
verb
(archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
(archaic) To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
(archaic) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
(intransitive) Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
(obsolete) To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
(obsolete) To perish; to die; used of a person.
(transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one’s expectations.
(transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
(transitive) To neglect.
(transitive, intransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
(transitive, obsolete) To miss attaining; to lose.
To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
fain
fain
adj
(archaic) Eager, willing or inclined to.
(archaic) Obliged or compelled to.
(archaic) Satisfied, contented.
(archaic) Well-pleased, glad.
adv
(archaic) By will or choice.
(archaic) With joy; gladly.
verb
(archaic) To be delighted or glad; to rejoice.
(archaic) To gladden.
fair
fair
adj
(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.
fait
fait
noun
Misspelling of fate.
faki
fari
favi
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.
fiat
fiat
noun
(English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
(English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
(attributive) (Pertaining to) fiat currency.
An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.
verb
(transitive, used in academic debate and role-playing games) To make (something) happen.
fica
fifa
fila
fila
noun
plural of filum
fima
fina
fina
abbrev
African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.
foia
fria
ifla
iraf
kaif
naif
naif
adj
Alternative spelling of naïf.
piaf
rafi
safi
taif
waif
waif
noun
(Britain, law, archaic) Often in the form waif and stray, waifs and strays: an article of movable property found of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
(by extension) A very thin person.
(by extension, botany) A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but is not persistently naturalized.
(nautical, chiefly whaling, historical) A small flag used as a signal.
A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.
Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind.
Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.
verb
(transitive) To cast aside or reject, and thus make a waif.