Four Letter Words Starting with an "F"

Dr. Ravi P. Reddy (India)
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  1. face
    the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin
  2. fact
    a piece of information about events that have occurred
  3. fade
    become less clearly visible or distinguishable
  4. fado
    a sad Portuguese folksong
  5. fail
    be unable
  6. fain
    having made preparations
  7. fair
    free from favoritism, bias, or deception
  8. fake
    something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
  9. fall
    descend freely under the influence of gravity
  10. fame
    the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
  11. fang
    canine tooth of a carnivorous animal
  12. fare
    the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
  13. farm
    workplace or land used for growing crops or raising animals
  14. faro
    a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
  15. fart
    expel intestinal gases through the anus
  16. fast
    acting, moving, or capable of acting or moving quickly
  17. fate
    the ultimate agency predetermining the course of events
  18. faun
    a mythological creature that is half human and half goat
  19. faux
    not genuine or real
  20. fawn
    a young deer
  21. faze
    disturb the composure of
  22. fear
    an emotion in anticipation of some specific pain or danger
  23. feat
    a notable achievement
  24. feed
    provide as food
  25. feel
    be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state
  26. fell
    cause to go down by or as if by delivering a blow
  27. felt
    a fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
  28. fend
    try to manage without help
  29. fern
    a flowerless, seedless plant with fronds that uncurl upward
  30. fess
    (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
  31. fete
    an elaborate party, often outdoors
  32. feud
    a bitter quarrel between two parties
  33. fiat
    a legally binding command or decision
  34. fice
    a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog
  35. fief
    a piece of land held under the feudal system
  36. fife
    a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo
  37. file
    record in a public office or in a court of law
  38. fill
    make full, also in a metaphorical sense
  39. film
    a series of moving pictures that tells a story
  40. fils
    a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar
  41. find
    discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  42. fine
    free from impurities
  43. fink
    someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
  44. fire
    the process of combustion of inflammable materials
  45. firm
    not soft or yielding to pressure
  46. fisc
    a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury
  47. fish
    any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates
  48. fist
    a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm
  49. five
    the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
  50. fizz
    become bubbly or frothy or foaming
  51. flab
    loose or flaccid body fat
  52. flag
    a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
  53. flak
    artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
  54. flan
    an open pastry filled with fruit or custard
  55. flap
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  56. flat
    having a surface without a slope; level
  57. flaw
    an imperfection in an object or machine
  58. flax
    plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem
  59. flay
    strip the skin off
  60. flea
    any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
  61. flee
    run away quickly
  62. flex
    cause something to assume a bent or crooked shape
  63. flip
    turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
  64. flit
    move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
  65. floc
    a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid
  66. floe
    a flat mass of ice drifting at sea
  67. flog
    beat with a whip, rod, or cane
  68. flop
    fall loosely
  69. flow
    move along, of liquids
  70. flub
    blunder; make a mess of something
  71. flue
    a conduit to carry off smoke
  72. flux
    a state of constant change
  73. foal
    a young horse
  74. foam
    a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
  75. fogy
    someone whose style is out of fashion
  76. fohn
    a warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps
  77. foil
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  78. fold
    bend or lay so that one part covers the other
  79. folk
    people in general (often used in the plural)
  80. fond
    having or displaying warmth or affection
  81. font
    a bowl for baptismal water
  82. food
    any substance that can be metabolized by an animal
  83. fool
    a person who lacks good judgment
  84. foot
    the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
  85. ford
    cross a river where it's shallow
  86. fore
    situated at or toward the front
  87. fork
    a pronged tool used for serving and eating food
  88. form
    a perceptual structure
  89. fort
    a defensive structure
  90. foul
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
  91. four
    the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
  92. fowl
    a domesticated bird
  93. foxy
    marked by skill in deception
  94. frap
    make secure by lashing
  95. frat
    a social club for male undergraduates
  96. fray
    wear away by rubbing
  97. free
    able to act at will
  98. fret
    be agitated or irritated
  99. frog
    any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
  100. fuel
    a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
  101. fugu
    a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous
  102. fuji
    shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms
  103. full
    containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
  104. fume
    a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
  105. fund
    a reserve of money set aside for some purpose
  106. funk
    a state of nervous depression
  107. furl
    form into a cylinder by rolling
  108. fury
    the property of being wild or turbulent
  109. fuse
    any igniter used to initiate the burning of a propellant
  110. fuss
    an excited state of agitation
  111. fuze
    any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
  112. fuzz
    filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
Created on Fri Mar 01 10:40:12 EST 2013

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