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facilitate,
facilitated,
facilitating,
facilitates.transitive
verbs
to make easy or easier (political agreements that
facilitated troop withdrawals); to facilitate an action or process means
to make it able to happen and that more easier
facilitative.adjective
facilitator.noun,.plural.facilitators
facility.noun,.plural.facilities
something that facilitates
an action or process;
ease in moving, acting or doing; aptitude;
readiness
to be persuaded;
pliability;
amenity;
something created to serve a particular.function
(boat repair facilities; washroom facilities)
fast,
fasted,
fasting,
fasts.intransitive
verbs
to abstain
from food; to eat very little or abstain from certain foods; the act or
practice of abstaining from or eating very little food; a period
of such abstention
or self-denial
often used for complete renewing
of one's life, both spiritually and physically:.Isaiah
58:3-12; fasting how and for how long is one's individual decision,
perhaps a few hours every so often, perhaps from bedtime to just before
evening the next day, perhaps with or without liquids; the.Bible.on
fasting
fast,
faster,
fastest.adjectives
fixed firmly in place; secure
(shutters that are fast against the rain); firm in loyalty (fast friends);
deep; sound (the kids are fast sleep); resistant,
as to destruction or fading (fast colors); firmly fixed
or fastened (a fast grip); acting,
moving or capable of acting or
moving quickly; swift; accomplished
in relatively little time (a
fast visit; indicating a time
somewhat ahead of the actual time (the clock is fast); adapted to or suitable
for rapid movement (a fast running track); designed for or compatible with
a short exposure time (fast film); wild (ran with a fast crowd)
fast.adverb
in a secure manner;
tightly (hold fast); to a sound.degree;
deeply (fast asleep); in a rapid
manner; quickly; in quick.succession
(ideas followed fast); ahead of the correct or expected time (a watch that
runs fast)
flimsy,
flimsier,
flimsiest.adjective
lacking plausibility;
unconvincing (a flimsy excuse; the flimsy fairy tale of
evolution); light, thin and insubstantial (a flimsy fabric); lacking
solidity or strength (a flimsy table)
flimsy.noun,.plural.flimsies
thin paper usually used to make multiple copies;
something written on this thin paper
flimsily.adverb
flimsiness.noun
fluffy,
fluffier,
fluffiest.adjectives
fuzzy (hazy, fluffy thinking that only confused
the matter);
of, relating to or resembling
fluff; covered with fluff; light and airy; soft (fluffy curls; a fluffy
soufflé);
light or
frivolous-(a
fluffy musical comedy; lacking
depth or precision)
fluffily.adverb
fluffiness.noun
frankenfood a colloquialism.derived
from Frankenstein, the book, the movie (a monster
having the appearance of a man {from the creator of the artificial.monster,
Frankenstein
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley}), meaning a creation that slips from the
control of and ultimately
destroys its creator
fancy.noun,.plural.fancies
an image or a fantastic.invention
created by the mind; the mental faculty
through which whims, visions and fantasies are summoned up; imagination,
especially of a whimsical
or fantastic nature
fanciful,
fancifully.adjective
created in the fancy; unreal
(a fanciful story); tending
to indulge
in fancy (a fanciful mind); showing invention or whimsy in design; imaginative
fancifulness.noun
fatal.adjective
causing.or
capable
of causing death; causing ruin
or destruction;
disastrous
("Such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely
fatal to my theory."....Charles
Darwin); of decisive.importance;
fateful
fateful.adjective
vitally.affecting.subsequent.events;
being of great consequence;
momentous
(a fateful decision it was to get involved with a woman of low
consciousness); fatal; ominously.prophetic;
portentous
(there were fateful signs left unheeded)
fatefully.adverb
fatefulness.noun
fatally.adverb
so as to cause death; mortally
(fatally injured); so as to result in disaster
or ruin;
inevitably.
fatality.noun,.plural.fatalities
a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
(highway fatalities); one that is killed as a result of such an occurrence
(the driver wasn't one of the fatalities; the ability
to cause death or disaster (vaccinations
can be fatal to some); the quality
of being determined
by fate (many believe fate determines life, but it is not so, rather
it is poor quality decisions which can be circumvented
by 1, 2)
fatalism.noun
the doctrine
that all events
are predetermined
by fate and are therefor.unalterable;
acceptance
of the belief
that all events are predetermined and inevitable
fatalist.noun,.plural.fatalists
fatalistic.adjective
fatalistically.adverb
fate.noun,.plural.fates
the supposed.force,
principle
or power
that predetermines events;
one's supposed predetermined.pathway
in life; destiny,
lot,
portion;
the inevitable events predestined
by this force; a final result or consequence;
an outcome;
destiny;
something that is inevitably.destined
for a person, such as...
fated.adjective
condemned to death or destruction; doomed (the
fated city of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.); governed by fate; predetermined
faction.noun,.plural.factions
a group
of individuals forming opinions
to emphasize their stance
apart from others who think differently; a cabal;
conflict
within an organization or
nation (creating conflicts is how the cabal uses its communistic
divide and conquer methods to weaken in order to overtake a nation, a particular
race, split those in families, sexes, etc..1John
3:12); internal dissension.("Our
own beloved country . . . is now afflicted with faction and civil
war" ...Abraham
Lincoln)
factional.adjective
demons are factional
beings, with those influenced by them being the same to the extent of the
amount of their genes
factionally.adverb
factionalism.noun,.plural.factionalisms
factionalize, factionalized,
factionalizing,
factionalizes.transitive
verbs
to split a group into disputatious
factions (Paul and Apollos had to deal with the church in the city of Corinth,
Greece regarding this:.1Corinthians
11:20-29)
factious.adjective
insubordinate
factiously.adverb
factiousness.noun,.plural.factiousnesses
fractious.adjective
inclined
to make trouble; unruly; having a peevish
nature; of, relating to, produced by or characterized by internal dissension;
given to or promoting
internal dissension; cranky
fractiously.adverb
fractiousness.noun,.plural.fractiousnesses
fracture.noun,.plural.fractures
the act
or process
of breaking; the condition
of having been broken or ruptured;
break, rupture or crack, especially in bone or cartilage;
in mineralogy, the characteristic.manner
in which a mineral breaks; a crack or fault in a rock
fracture, fractured,
fracturing,
fractures.verbs
transitive verb use.to
cause to break (fracture a bone; fracking)
intransitive verb use.to
undergo a fracture; break
fledgling also fledgeling.noun,.plural.fledglings
a young bird that has recently acquired
its flight feathers; a young or inexperienced person
fledgling.adjective
a new and untried or inexperienced (a fledgling
enterprise; a fledgling skier)
fledge, fledged,
fledging,
fledges.verbs
transitive verb use.to
take care of a young bird until it is ready to fly; to cover with or as
if with feathers; to provide an arrow with feathers
intransitive verb use.to
grow the plumage necessary for flight
fairy tale.noun,.plural.fairy
tales
a fictitious,
highly fanciful story or explanation
flamboyant.adjective
highly elaborate;
ornate;
richly colored; resplendent;
marked by striking audacity or
verve;
given to ostentatious display;
showy
flamboyant, flamboyance.or.flamboyancy.nouns
flamboyantly.adverb
fuddy-duddy.noun,.plural.fuddy-duddies
an old-fashioned,
fussy
individual
fudge.noun,.plural.fudges
a soft, rich candy made of sugar, milk, butter
and flavoring; nonsense;
rubbish;
worthless material; hogwash
fudge, fudged,
fudging,
fudges.transitive
verbs
to fake or falsify
(fudge account figures); to evade
(an issue, for example); dodge
intransitive use.to
act dishonestly;
cheat;
to go beyond the proper limits of something (fudged on the building code
requirements); to act in an indecisive.manner
(always fudged on the important questions)
fake.adjective
to make something seem real for either
a good or a deceitful purpose;
fake it till you make it (she was unhappy because of her childhood heartaches,
so the psychologist.advised
her to pretend to be the happy
person she wanted to be and in time that would be grounded in her and she
would thereafter be that way; fake
it till you make it); having a false
or misleading
appearance for some good or bad reason (both girls put on makeup to get
dates, one for a passing selfish interest and the other to learn about
guys so she could become a better woman); fraudulent
fake.noun,.plural.fakes
one that is not authentic
or genuine;
a sham;
in sports, a brief.feint
or aborted
change of direction intended
to mislead
one's opponent
or the opposing team
fake, faked,
faking,
fakes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
contrive
and present as genuine; counterfeit;
to simulate;
feign;
pretend
filter.noun,.plural.filters
any of various electric, electronic, acoustic
or optical devices used to reject signals, vibrations or radiations of
certain frequencies while passing others; a porous
material through which a liquid or gas is passed in order to separate the
fluid from suspended particulate
matter; a device
containing such a substance
filter, filtered,
filtering,
filters.transitive
verbs
to pass a liquid or gas through a filter; to remove
by passing through a filter (filter out the sediment)
intransitive verbs.to
pass through or as if through a filter (light filtered through the blinds)
filterer.noun,.plural.filterers
filterless.adjective
filtration.noun,.plural.filtrations
the act or process of filtering
filtrate, filtrated,
filtrating, filtrates.transitive.and.intransitive
verbs
to put or go through a filter
filtrate.noun,.plural.filtrates
filch, filched,
filching,
filches.transitive
verbs
to take (something, especially something of little
value) in a furtive manner; snitch;
steal
filcher.noun,.plural.filchers
flaw.noun,.plural.flaws
an imperfection, often concealed,
that impairs soundness (a flaw in the crystal that caused it to shatter);
blemish;
a defect or shortcoming
in something (they share the same character
flaws; the tire is of blemished
quality); a defect in a legal document that can render it invalid
flaw, flawed,
flawing,
flaws.transitive.and.intransitive
verbs
to make or become defective
focus, focused,
focusing,
focuses.verbs
transitive verb use.to
cause (light rays, for example) to converge
on or toward a central point; concentrate;
to render
an object
or image in clear outline or sharp detail by adjustment of one's vision
or an optical device; bring into focus
intransitive verb use.to
converge on or toward a central point of focus; be focused; to adjust one's
vision or an optical device so as to render a clear, distinct image; to
concentrate attention or energy (a campaign that focused on management
issues)
focuser.noun,.plural.focusers
focus.noun,.plural.focuses
a point at which rays of light or other radiation
converge or from which they appear to diverge, as after refraction or reflection
in an optical system (the focus of a lens - also called focal point); the
state of maximum distinctness or clarity of such an image (in focus; out
of focus); a center of interest or activity; close or narrow attention;
concentration
focal.adjective
of or relating to a focus; placed at or measured
from a focus focally.adverb
foretell, foretold,
foretelling,
foretells.transitive
verbs
to tell of or indicate.beforehand;
to predict; on the word prophecy;
on the word cancelled/canceled;
whoever predicted their prophecy class date and time, could not have been
a true prophet, but rather, a falsie
foreteller.noun
forsake, forsook,
forsaken,
forsaking,
forsakes.transitive
verbs
word 'sake'
is 'purpose' (they left God for some other purpose:.Jeremiah
44:16,17);to renounce
(forsook the corporation because of corruption); to leave altogether;
if you forsake someone, you leave them when perhaps,
you should have stayed, continued to help them or looking to them (I still
love them and I would never forsake them; I would have been better off
at home instead of leaving my parents); if you forsake something,
you stop doing it, using it or having it; to give up something formerly
held dear; to abandon
(forsook the barren wilderness to
again be close to others)
fortunate.adjective
being in a state
of having tuned into God (I'm 'for
turning and tuning' to God); bringing into being something good that
is expected but unforeseen at the present time; auspicious;
having unexpected good fortune; happy; different from 'lucky'
fortunate.noun,.plural.fortunates
one who has good fortune
fortunately.adverb
fortunateness.noun
fortune.noun,.plural.fortunes
'fortune' is 'for tuned' such as tuned or aligned
to the good God of all health and prosperity; compare word 'luck'; what
appears to be a chance.happening
of fortunate or adverse.events;
what appears to be luck
(what appears to be luck is the natural working out of the universal principle
of one reaps what has been
sown); the turns of what seems to be luck in the course of one's life;
a large sum of money (won a lottery and spent a fortune on the new car);
a hypothetical,
often.personified
force or power that favorably or unfavorably governs the events of one's
life (many Chinese men and women believe that Fortune is on their side
by using the number eight); fate;
destiny
(told my fortune with tarot cards but Ask
Suby gave me other guidance); a foretelling
of one's destiny
fortune, fortuned,
fortuning,
fortunes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
endow.with
wealth; to ascribe
or give good or bad fortune to
intransitive verb use.to
occur
by chance; happen
fortitude.noun,.plural.fortitudes
strength of mind that allows one to endure adversity
with courage
fortitudinous.adjective
fortuitous.adjective
happening
by a fortunate accident or chance; capricious;
accidental; lucky
fortuitously.adverb
fortuitousness.noun,.plural.fortuitousnesses
fortuity.noun,.plural.fortuities
a chance occurrence.or
event; the quality
or condition of being fortuitous
fortuitous.adjective
feminine.adjective
of or relating to women or girls; female; characterized
by or possessing qualities.generally.attributed
to a woman; effeminate; womanish
(looking feminine with her new flowery dress, goes well with her happy
smile)
feminine.noun,.plural.feminines
the feminine gender
femininely.adverb
feminineness.noun,.plural.femininenesses
femininity.noun,.plural.femininities.(pronounced
'fem uh nin'i tee)
the quality
or condition of being feminine; a characteristic
or trait.traditionally
held to be female; women considered as a group; effeminacy
Grammar: in grammar,
the word feminine is seldom referred to anymore; here the word 'feminine'
denotes
the gender of nouns and adjectives
regarded as female, such nouns being those words
describing
female items, say of women's clothes, etc.;
if a thing is distinctively
used by the female gender, the word labeling
it would be feminine
forasmuch as.conjunction
in view of the fact that;
inasmuch
as; since;
insomuch
as
fen.noun,.plural.fens
low, flat, swampy land;
a bog or marsh
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