| FACTIVE | • factive adj. (Grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true. • factive adj. (Epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths. • factive n. (Grammar) A factive verb. |
| FAVELAS | • favelas n. Plural of favela. • Favelas prop.n. Plural of Favela. • FAVELA n. (Portuguese) a slum area, also FAVELLA. |
| FAVELLA | • favella n. Alternative form of favela. • FAVELLA n. (Portuguese) a slum area, also FAVELA. |
| FAVORED | • favored adj. US standard spelling of favoured. • favored v. Simple past tense and past participle of favor. • FAVOR v. to regard with goodwill, also FAVOUR. |
| FAVORER | • favorer n. One who favors. • FAVORER n. one that favors, also FAVOURER. |
| FAVRILE | • favrile n. (Art) An iridescent form of Tiffany glass. • FAVRILE n. a type of iridescent glassware developed in America at the turn of the 20th century by L. C. Tiffany. |
| FAVUSES | • FAVUS n. (Latin) a fungal skin disease, chiefly of the scalp. |
| FLAVINE | • flavine n. Alternative spelling of flavin. • FLAVINE n. a yellow dye made from the bark of the dyer's oak, also FLAVIN. |
| FLAVONE | • flavone n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of tricyclic aromatic heterocyclic ketones, especially the naturally… • FLAVONE n. a pigment derived from plants such as primrose. |
| FORGAVE | • forgave v. Simple past tense of forgive. • FORGIVE v. to pardon. |
| FOVEATE | • foveate adj. (Anatomy, of a bone or organ) Having slight depressions or pits. • foveate v. (Transitive) To angle one’s eyes such that the foveae are directed at (an object in one’s field of view)… • FOVEATE adj. pitted, also FOVEATED. |
| FOVEOLA | • foveola n. Alternative form of foveole (“small fovea or depression”). • foveola n. (Anatomy) The center of the fovea in the macula of the eye, approximately 0.35 mm in diameter, containing… • FOVEOLA n. (Latin) a small fovea, also FOVEOLE, FOVEOLET. |
| IVYLEAF | • ivy-leaf n. The leaf of the ivy. • IVYLEAF adj. as in ivyleaf geranium, a geranium plant, with trailing leaves and white, pink, red, or violet flowers. |
| OVERFAR | • overfar adj. Excessively far. • overfar adv. Excessively far. • OVERFAR adj. too far. |
| OVERFAT | • overfat adj. Having too much fat as a proportion of body mass. • OVERFAT adj. too fat. |
| VASEFUL | • vaseful n. As much as a vase will hold. • VASEFUL n. the contents of a vase. |
| WAVEOFF | • waveoff n. An order to a pilot to abort a landing and go around for another attempt. • wave␣off v. (Transitive) To say goodbye to someone with a wave (hand gesture). • wave␣off v. (Basketball) Of a referee, to disallow a field goal with the aforementioned hand gesture. |