| FESTOLOGY | • festology n. A form of martyrology that lists the feast days. • FESTOLOGY n. a treatise on ecclesiastical festivals, also FESTILOGY. |
| FIELDBOOT | • fieldboot n. A kind of riding boot with lacing at the vamp, traditionally worn by officers ranked "field grade" or higher. • field␣boot n. A type of walking boot. • FIELDBOOT n. a knee-length boot. |
| FLOODGATE | • floodgate n. An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice. • floodgate n. (By extension) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion etc. • floodgate n. (Obsolete) A stream that passes through a floodgate; a torrent. |
| FLOODTIDE | • floodtide n. Alternative form of flood tide. • flood-tide n. Alternative form of flood tide. • flood␣tide n. The period between low tide and the next high tide in which the sea is rising. |
| FLOWERPOT | • flowerpot n. A pot filled with soil in which plants are grown. • FLOWERPOT n. a pot for a flower. |
| FLOWSTONE | • flowstone n. (Geology) A secondary layered mineral deposit of calcite or other mineral, formed by water flowing down… • FLOWSTONE n. a general term for deposits formed by dripping and flowing water on walls and floors of caves. |
| FOLIOLATE | • foliolate adj. Of or pertaining to leaflets of a plant. • FOLIOLATE adj. composed of or relating to leaflets, also FOLIOLOSE. |
| FOLKMOTES | • folkmotes n. Plural of folkmote. • FOLKMOTE n. (Old English) a general assembly of the people in early England, also FOLKMOOT, FOLKMOT. |
| FOOTLOOSE | • footloose adj. Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility. • footloose adj. (Nautical) Of a sail: not properly secured at the bottom. • FOOTLOOSE adj. free or unhampered by (e.g. family) ties. |
| FOOTPLATE | • footplate n. (Rail transport) The metal plate which forms the base platform of a steam locomotive and supports the… • footplate n. The engineer’s cab in any kind of train. • footplate n. (Anatomy) The flat portion at the base of the stapes; pedicel. |
| FOOTRULES | • footrules n. Plural of footrule. • FOOTRULE n. a ruler which is a foot long. |
| FOOTWELLS | • footwells n. Plural of footwell. • FOOTWELL n. the area in front of a car seat where one's feet rest. |
| FORECLOTH | • forecloth n. Antependium. • FORECLOTH n. a cloth that hangs over the front of an altar. |
| FOVEOLATE | • foveolate adj. Having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers. • FOVEOLATE adj. like a foveola, a small depression, also FOVEOLATED. |
| FOVEOLETS | • FOVEOLET n. a small fovea, also FOVEOLA, FOVEOLE. |
| OUTFLOWED | • outflowed v. Simple past tense and past participle of outflow. • OUTFLOW v. to flow out. |
| OUTFOOLED | • outfooled v. Simple past tense and past participle of outfool. • OUTFOOL v. to surpass in fooling. |
| SOOTFLAKE | • sootflake n. A flake of soot. • SOOTFLAKE n. a smut of soot. |
| TOMFOOLED | • tomfooled v. Simple past tense and past participle of tomfool. • TOMFOOL v. to play the fool. |