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FOME'NT, _v.a._ cherish with heat; encourage
FO'REFATHER, _s._ ancestor
FO'REIGN, _a._ not in this country; not domestic; remote; not belonging to
FO'REPART, _s._ anterior part
FO'REST, _s._ a wild uncultivated tract of ground, with wood
FO'RMER, _a._ before another in time; the first of two
FO'RMIDABLE, _a._ terrible; dreadful; tremendous
FORTIFICA'TION, _s._ the science of military architecture; a place built for strength
FO'Rt.i.tUDE, _s._ courage; bravery; strength
FO'RWARD, _v.a._ hasten; quicken; advance
FO'RWARD, _a._ warm; earnest; quick; ready
FO'RWARD, _ad._ onward; straight before
FO'RWARDNESS, _s._ eagerness; ardour; quickness; confidence
FOSSE, _s._ a ditch; a moat
FOUNDA'TION, _s._ the basis or lower parts of an edifice; the act of fixing the basis; original; rise
FRA'GMENT, _s._ a part broken from the whole; an imperfect piece
FRA'NTIC, _a._ mad; deprived of understanding
FREE'STONE, _s._ stone commonly used in building, so called because it can be cut freely in all directions
FREIGHT, _s._ anything with which a s.h.i.+p is loaded; the money due for transportation of goods
FRE'QUENT, _a._ often done; often seen; often occurring
FRE'SCO, _s._ coolness; shade; duskiness; a picture not drawn in glaring light, but in dusk
FRI'CTION, _s._ the act of rubbing two bodies together
FRI'VOLOUS, _a._ trifling; wasteful; dawdling
FRO'NTIER, _s._ the limit; the utmost verge of any territory
FU'RNACE, _s._ a large fire
FU'RNISH, _v.a._ supply with what is necessary; fit up; equip; decorate
GA'BLE, _s._ the sloping roof of a building
GA'LAXY, _s._ the Milky Way
GA'LLANT, _a._ brave; daring; n.o.ble
G'ALLEY, _a._ a vessel used in the Mediterranean
GA'RDEN, _s._ piece of ground enclosed and cultivated
GA'RMENT, _s._ anything by which the body is covered
GA'RRISON, _s._ fortified place, stored with soldiers
GAUGE, _s._ a measure; a standard
GENEA'LOGY, _s._ history of the succession of families
GE'NERAL, _a._ common; usual; extensive, though not universal; public
GENERA'TION, _s._ a family; a race; an age
GE'NEROUS, _a._ n.o.ble of mind; magnanimous; open of heart
GE'NIAL, _a._ that gives cheerfulness, or supports life; natural; native
GE'NTLE, _a._ soft; mild; tame; meek; peaceable
GEOGRA'PHICAL, _a._ that which relates to geography
GEO'GRAPHY, _s._ knowledge of the earth
GE'STURE, _s._ action or posture expressive of sentiment
GI'ANT, _s._ a man of size above the ordinary rate of men; a man unnaturally large
GIGA'NTIC, _a._ suitable to a giant; enormous
GLA'CIER, _s._ a mountain of ice
GLA'NDULAR, _a._ having glands
GLI'STER, _v.n._ s.h.i.+ne; to be bright
GLO'BULE, _s._ a small particle of matter of a round figure, as the red particles of the blood
