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expulsionnoun
Forcible ejection.
1752
extantadjective
Still existing and known.
1753
extemporaneousadjective
Done or made without much or any preparation.
1754
extemporeadverb
Without studied or special preparation.
1755
extensibleadjective
Capable of being thrust out.
1756
extensionnoun
A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.
1757
extensiveadjective
Extended widely in space, time, or scope.
1758
extensornoun
A muscle that causes extension.
1759
extenuateverb
To diminish the gravity or importance of.
1760
exteriornoun
That which is outside.
1761
externalnoun
Anything relating or belonging to the outside.
1762
extinctadjective
Being no longer in existence.
1763
extinguishverb
To render extinct.
1764
extolverb
To praise in the highest terms.
1765
extortverb
To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity.
1766
extortionnoun
The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion.
1767
extraditeverb
To surrender the custody of.
1768
extraditionnoun
The surrender by a government of a person accused of crime to the justice of another government.
1769
extrajudicialadjective
Happening out of court.
1770
extraneousadjective
Having no essential relation to a subject.
1771
extraordinaryadjective
Unusual.
1772
extravagancenoun
Undue expenditure of money.
1773
extravagantadjective
Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.
1774
extremistnoun
One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.
1775
extremitynoun
The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position.
1776
extricateverb
Disentangle.
1777
extrudeverb
To drive out or away.
1778
exuberancenoun
Rich supply.
1779
exuberantadjective
Marked by great plentifulness.
1780
fabricateverb
To invent fancifully or falsely.
1781
fabulousadjective
Incredible.
1782
facetnoun
One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem.
1783
facetiousadjective
Amusing.
1784
facialadjective
Pertaining to the face.
1785
facileadjective
Not difficult to do.
1786
facilitateverb
To make more easy.
1787
facilitynoun
Ease.
1788
facsimilenoun
An exact copy or reproduction.
1789
factionnoun
A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
1790
factiousadjective
Turbulent.
1791
fallaciousadjective
Illogical.
1792
fallacynoun
Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.
1793
fallibleadjective
Capable of erring.
1794
fallownoun
Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.
1795
famishverb
To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst.
1796
fanaticnoun
A religious zealot.
1797
fanciernoun
One having a taste for or interest in special objects.
1798
fancilessadjective
Unimaginative.
1799
fastidiousadjective
Hard to please.
1800
fathomnoun
A measure of length, 6 feet.
1801
fatuousadjective
Idiotic
1802
faultyadjective
Imperfect.
1803
faunnoun
One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet.
1804
fawnnoun
A young deer.
1805
fealtynoun
Loyalty.
1806
feasibleadjective
That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.
1807
federateverb
To league together.
1808
feintnoun
Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement.
1809
felicitateverb
To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.
1810
felicitynoun
A state of well-founded happiness.
1811
felonnoun
A criminal or depraved person.
1812
feloniousadjective
Showing criminal or evil purpose.
1813
felonynoun
One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment.
1814
feminineadjective
Characteristic of woman or womankind.
1815
fernerynoun
A place in which ferns are grown.
1816
ferociousadjective
Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.
1817
ferocitynoun
Savageness.
1818
ferventadjective
Ardent in feeling.
1819
fervidadjective
Intense.
1820
fervornoun
Ardor or intensity of feeling.
1821
festaladjective
Joyous.
1822
festiveadjective
Merry.
1823
fetenoun
A festival or feast.
1824
fetusnoun
The young in the womb or in the egg.
1825
feudaladjective
Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.
1826
feudalismnoun
The feudal system.
1827
feznoun
A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel.
1828
fiasconoun
A complete or humiliating failure.
1829
fickleadjective
Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose.
1830
fictitiousadjective
Created or formed by the imagination.
1831
fidelitynoun
Loyalty.
1832
fiducialadjective
Indicative of faith or trust.
1833
fiefnoun
A landed estate held under feudal tenure.
1834
filibusternoun
One who attempts to obstruct legislation.
1835
finalenoun
Concluding performance.
1836
finalitynoun
The state or quality of being final or complete.
1837
finallyadverb
At last.
1838
financialadjective
Monetary.
1839
financiernoun
One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.
1840
finerynoun
That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
1841
finessenoun
Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.
1842
finiteadjective
Limited.
1843
fiscaladjective
Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government.
1844
fishmongernoun
One who sells fish.
1845
fissurenoun
A crack or crack-like depression.
1846
fitfuladjective
Spasmodic.
1847
fixturenoun
One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position.
1848
flag-officernoun
The captain of a flag-ship.
1849
flagrantadjective
Openly scandalous.
1850
flamboyantadjective
Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
1851
flatulencenoun
Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels.
1852
flectionnoun
The act of bending.
1853
fledglingnoun
A young bird.
1854
flexibleadjective
Pliable.
1855
flimsyadjective
Thin and weak.
1856
flippantadjective
Having a light, pert, trifling disposition.
1857
floenoun
A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice.
1858
floranoun
The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.
1859
floraladjective
Pertaining to flowers.
1860
floridadjective
Flushed with red.
1861
floristnoun
A dealer in flowers.
1862
fluctuateverb
To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.
1863
fluctuationnoun
Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another.
1864
fluenoun
A smoke-duct in a chimney.
1865
fluentadjective
Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.
1866
fluentialadjective
Pertaining to streams.
1867
fluxnoun
A state of constant movement, change, or renewal.
1868
foggyadjective
Obscure.
1869
foiblenoun
A personal weakness or failing.
1870
foistverb
To palm off.
1871
foliagenoun
Any growth of leaves.
1872
folionoun
A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once.
1873
folk-lorenoun
The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people.
1874
fondleverb
To handle tenderly and lovingly.
1875
foolerynoun
Folly.
1876
foot-notenoun
A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column.
1877
fopperynoun
Dandyism.
1878
foppishadjective
Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners.
1879
forbearancenoun
Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
1880
forbyadverb
Besides.
1881
forcibleadjective
Violent.
1882
forecourtnoun
A court opening directly from the street.
1883
forejudgeverb
To judge of before hearing evidence.
1884
forepeaknoun
The extreme forward part of a ship’s hold, under the lowest deck.
1885
foreshorenoun
That part of a shore uncovered at low tide.
1886
forebodeverb
To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil.
1887
forecastverb
To predict.
1888
forecastlenoun
That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.
1889
forecloseverb
To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.
1890
forefathernoun
An ancestor.
1891
foregoverb
To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of.
1892
foregroundnoun
That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator.
1893
foreheadnoun
The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair.
1894
foreignadjective
Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country.
1895
foreignernoun
A citizen of a foreign country.
1896
foreknowledgenoun
Prescience.
1897
foremannoun
The head man.
1898
foreordainverb
To predetermine.
1899
foreordinationnoun
Predestination.
1900
forerunverb
To go before as introducing or ushering in.
1901
foresailnoun
A square sail.
1902
foreseeverb
To discern beforehand.
1903
foresightnoun
Provision against harm or need.
1904
foretellverb
To predict.
1905
forethoughtnoun
Premeditation.
1906
forfeitverb
To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation.
1907
forfendverb
To ward off.
1908
forgerynoun
Counterfeiting.
1909
forgoverb
To deny oneself.
1910
formationnoun
Relative disposition of parts.
1911
formidableadjective
Difficult to accomplish.
1912
formulanoun
Fixed rule or set form.
1913
forswearverb
To renounce upon oath.
1914
fortenoun
A strong point.
1915
forthadverb
Into notice or view.
1916
forthrightadverb
With directness.
1917
fortifyverb
To provide with defensive works.
1918
fortitudenoun
Patient courage.
1919
foursomeadjective
Consisting of four.
1920
fracturenoun
A break.
1921
fragileadjective
Easily broken.
1922
frailtynoun
Liability to be broken or destroyed.
1923
fragileadjective
Capable of being broken.
1924
frankincensenoun
A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes.
1925
franticadjective
Frenzied.
1926
fraternaladjective
Brotherly.
1927
fraudulencenoun
Deceitfulness.
1928
fraudulentadjective
Counterfeit.
1929
frayverb
To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads.
1930
freemasonnoun
A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans.
1931
freethinkernoun
One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.
1932
free tradenoun
Commerce unrestricted by tariff or customs.
1933
frequencynoun
The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space.
1934
fresconoun
The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.
1935
freshnessnoun
The state, quality, or degree of being fresh.
1936
fretfuladjective
Disposed to peevishness.
1937
frightfuladjective
Apt to induce terror or alarm.
1938
frigidadjective
Lacking warmth.
1939
frigidariumnoun
A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc.
1940
frivolitynoun
A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice.
1941
frivolousadjective
Trivial.
1942
frizzverb
To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to.
1943
frizzleverb
To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair.
1944
frolicsomeadjective
Prankish.
1945
frontiernoun
The part of a nation’s territory that abuts upon another country.
1946
frowzyadjective
Slovenly in appearance.
1947
frugaladjective
Economical.
1948
fruitionnoun
Fulfillment.
1949
fugaciousadjective
Fleeting.
1950
fulcrumnoun
The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.
1951
fulminateverb
To cause to explode.
1952
fulsomeadjective
Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
1953
fumigateverb
To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection.
1954
functionarynoun
An official.
1955
fundamentaladjective
Basal.
1956
fungibleadjective
That may be measured, counted, or weighed.
1957
fungousadjective
Spongy.
1958
fungusnoun
A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom.
1959
furbishverb
To restore brightness or beauty to.
1960
furlongnoun
A measure, one-eighth of a mile.
1961
furloughnoun
A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.
1962
furriernoun
A dealer in or maker of fur goods.
1963
furtheradjective
More distant or advanced.
1964
furtherancenoun
Advancement.
1965
furtiveadjective
Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.
1966
fuseverb
To unite or blend as by melting together.
1967
fusibleadjective
Capable of being melted by heat.
1968
futileadjective
Of no avail or effect.
1969
futuristnoun
A person of expectant temperament.
1970
gaugenoun
An instrument for measuring.
1971
gaietynoun
Festivity.
1972
gailyadverb
Merrily.
1973
gaitnoun
Carriage of the body in going.
1974
gallantadjective
Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.
1975
galoreadjective
Abundant.
1976
galvanicadjective
Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action.
1977
galvanismnoun
Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action.
1978
galvanizeverb
To imbue with life or animation.
1979
gambleverb
To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency.
1980
gambolnoun
Playful leaping or frisking.
1981
gamesternoun
A gambler.
1982
gamutnoun
The whole range or sequence.
1983
garnishverb
In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment.
1984
garrisonnoun
The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other place for its defense.
1985
garroteverb
To execute by strangling.
1986
garrulousadjective
Given to constant trivial talking.
1987
gaseousadjective
Light and unsubstantial.
1988
gastricadjective
Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach.
1989
gastritisnoun
Inflammation of the stomach.
1990
gastronomynoun
The art of preparing and serving appetizing food.
1991
gendarmenoun
In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer.
1992
genealogynoun
A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants.
1993
genealogistnoun
A tracer of pedigrees.
1994
generalitynoun
The principal portion.
1995
generalizeverb
To draw general inferences.
1996
generallyadverb
Ordinarily.
1997
generateverb
To produce or cause to be.
1998
genericadjective
Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.
1999
generositynoun
A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily.
2000
genesisnoun