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EXTRA'VAGANT, _a._ wasteful; not saving; otherwise, improbable, false
EXTRE'MELY, _ad._ greatly; very much; in the utmost degree
EXTRE'MITY, _s._ the utmost point; highest degree; parts at the greatest distance
FACI'LITY, _s._ ease; dexterity; affability
FA'CTORY, _s._ a house or district inhabited by traders in a distant country; traders embodied in one place
FA'CULTY, _s._ the power of doing anything; ability
FAMI'LIAR, _a._ domestic; free; well known; common; unceremonious
FAMI'LIARITY, _s._ easiness of conversation; acquaintance
FA'MILY, _s._ those who live in the same house; household; race; clans
FA'MOUS, _a._ renowned; celebrated
FANA'TICISM, _s._ madness; frenzy; insanity
FANTA'STIC, _a._ whimsical; fanciful; imaginary
FA'RTHER, _ad._ at a greater distance; beyond this
FA's.h.i.+ON, _v.a._ form; mould; figure; make according to the rule prescribed by custom
FA'TAL, _a._ deadly; mortal; appointed by destiny
FATI'GUE, _s._ weariness
FATI'GUE, _v.a._ tire; weary
FAUN, _s._ a kind of rural deity
FA'VOURITE, _s._ a person or thing beloved; one regarded with favour
FE'ATHER, _s._ plume of birds
FE'ATURE, _s._ the cast or make of the face; any lineament or single part of the face
FE'ELING, _s._ the sense of touch; sensibility; tenderness; perception
FERMENTA'TION, _s._ a slow motion of the particles of a mixed body, arising usually from the operation of some active acid matter; as when leaven or yeast ferments bread or wort
FERO'CITY, _s._ savageness; wildness; fierceness
FE'RTILE, _a._ fruitful; abundant; plenteous
FERTI'LITY, _s._ abundance; fruitfulness
FE'STAL, _a._ festive; joyous; gay
FE'STIVAL, _a._ time of feast; anniversary-day of civil or religious joy
FESTO'ON, _s._ In architecture, an ornament of carved work in the form of a wreath or garland of flowers or leaves twisted together
FEU'DAL, _a._ dependant; held by tenure
FI'BRE, _s._ a small thread or string
FI'CTION, _s._ a fanciful invention; a probable or improbable invention; a falsehood; a lie
FIDE'LITY, _s._ honesty; faithful adherence
FI'GURE, _s._ shape; person; stature; the form of anything as terminated by the outline
FI'LIAL, _a._ pertaining to a son; befitting a son; becoming the relation of a son
FI'RMAMENT, _s._ sky; heavens
FLA'GON, _s._ a vessel with a narrow mouth
FLA'MBEAU, _s._ (p.r.o.nounced _flam-bo_) a lighted torch
FLA'VOUR, _s._ power of pleasing the taste; odour
FLEUR-DE-LIS, _s._ (French for a lily, p.r.o.nounced _flur-de-lee_) a term applied in architecture and heraldry
FLE'XIBLE, _a._ capable of being bent; pliant; not brittle; complying: obsequious; ductile; manageable
FLOAT, _v.n._ to swim on the surface of water; to move without labour in a fluid; to pa.s.s with a light irregular course; _v.a._ to cover with water
FLO'RIDNESS, _s._ freshness of colour
FLO'URISH, _v.a._ and _v.n._ yield; prosper; wield; adorn
FLU'CTUATE, _v.n._ roll to and again, as water in agitation; be in an uncertain state
FLU'ID, _a._ anything not solid
FLU'TTER, _v.n._ move irregularly; take short flights with great agitation of the wines
FO'LIAGE, _s._ leaves; tuft of leaves
FO'LLOWING, _a._ coming after another
