| extrinsic | adj. | foreign; external | ||
| exuberate | v. | to be exuberant; to abound | ||
| exuviate | v. | to shed or cast off, to molt | ||
| eyas | n. | nestling hawk, esp. one removed from nest for training | ||
| eyetooth | n. | upper canine tooth of men and women | ||
| eyot | n. | small island, particularly in a river | ||
| facetiae | n. | witticisms, humorous remarks or writings, pleasantries | ||
| facetious | adj. | waggish, not meant to be taken seriously; humorous | ||
| facia | n. | dashboard, instrument panel in a car | ||
| factitious | adj. | artificially made; not spontaneous | ||
| factoid | n. | falsehood repeated in media so often it becomes accepted as true; minor or trivial item of information | ||
| factotum | n. | doer of all sorts of work, general handyman, odd-job worker | ||
| facula | n. | bright spot upon the surface of the sun | ||
| fadge | v. | to fit, to be suitable; to put up with | obsolete | |
| faff | v. | to waste or spend time in useless activity; to dither | British | |
| fain | adv. | gladly | ||
| faintified | adj. | feeling faint, evincing propensity towards fainting | idiom | |
| fairy doctor | n. | ‘cunning’ man or woman supposed to have healing power over mystical ailments affecting people and beasts | ||
| faitour | n. | charlatan, cheat, esp. a fortune teller or one feigning illness | archaic | |
| falchion | n. | slightly curved broadsword | ||
| fallal | n. | item of finery or showy dress | ||
| false key | n. | lockpick or skeleton key | ||
| famulus | n. | servant or assistant, esp. of magician or scholar of the occult | ||
| fancy-work | n. | (also fancywork or fancy work) ornamental piece of needlework | ||
| fane | n. | temple | ||
| fanfaronade | n. | braggadocio, boastful talk | ||
| fanlight | n. | small semicircular window over a door or larger window, often decorated so as to resemble a fan | architecture | |
| fanning bee | n. | informal conference, group discussion, gabfest (from the habit of worker bees ‘fanning’ their wings in hot weather to keep the hive cool) | slang | |
| fantail | n. | overhanging deck at stern of a ship | nautical | |
| fantod | n. | (usu. pl. & usu. preceded by the) the willies | ||
| faradism | n. | treatment with AC electricity | ||
| Faravahar | n. | preeminent symbol of Zoroastrianism, consisting of the upper body of a Persian man in a circle from which project wings and tail feathers and streamers; same symbol used generally for Persia or Iran | ||
| farctate | adj. | absolutely full | ||
| fard | v. | to apply makeup, to paint one’s face | ||
| fardel | n. | burden (esp. of sin or sorrow) | archaic | |
| farl | n. | flatbread or cake, typically cut in quadrants | Scots | |
| farouche | adj. | unsociably sullen; fierce | ||
| farrago | n. | confused mixture, hotchpotch, medley | ||
| farrow | v. | 1 | litter of pigs; to give birth to a litter of pigs | |
| farrow | adj. | 2 | (of a cow) not pregnant, barren | |
| farthing | n. | quarter-penny in the old £sd system of British money | ||
| farthingale | n. | hooped petticoat or frame worn beneath a woman’s skirts to extend them | ||
| fascia | n. | automobile dashboard | British | |
| fasciculate | adj. | arranged in bunches or bundles | ||
| fascicule | n. | a part of a printed work published separately | ||
| fathomer | n. | sailor assigned duty of sounding depth | nautical | |
| fatidic | adj. | prophetic | ||
| fatuity | n. | folly; idiocy | ||
| fatuous | adj. | silly, foolish; inane | ||
| fauces | n. | arched cavity at back of mouth leading to the pharynx |
