| fug | n. | stale, close air | ||
| fulgent | adj. | shining brightly | ||
| fulgor | n. | lashing and brilliant light, splendor | ||
| fulgurant | adj. | flashing like lightning | ||
| full | v. | to clean and thicken cloth | ||
| fuller’s earth | n. | absorbent clay (traditionally a hydrous aluminum silicate) used for removing stains or cleaning oil from cloth or skin, along with many other uses | ||
| fulminant | adj. | developing suddenly | ||
| fulminate | v. | to flash like lightning; to explode; to thunder forth condemnation(s); to inveigh violently | ||
| fulminatory | adj. | thundering, booming; censorious | ||
| fulsome | adj. | offensive to good taste; loathsome; excessive; (obsolete) abundant, full | ||
| fulvous | adj. | dull yellowish-brown, tawny | ||
| fumid | adj. | vaporous, having or emitting fumes | ||
| functor | n. | mapping of one category to another in category theory; thingies serving a similar purpose in language (function words) or programming (function objects) | ||
| fungible | adj. | essentially interchangeable, said of products for which any exemplar may be replaced by another of the same good (economics) | ||
| fungo | n. | soft fly ball hit for fielding practice (baseball) | ||
| furbelow | n. | flounce, pleated border of petticoat or skirt; showy trimming | ||
| furfur | n. | dandruff, scurf | ||
| furlong | n. | 220 yards, 1/8 of a mile | ||
| furore | n. | clamorous outbreak or uprising, commotion, to-do, outburst of public excitement or rage | ||
| fussation | n. | act or practice of fussing | ||
| fust | v. | to grow moldy or stale-smelling | ||
| fustian | n. | 1 | bombast, inappropriately lofty language | |
| fustian | n. | 2 | coarse fabric of cotton and flax | |
| futilitarian | n. | someone who believes that hope is useless | ||
| futtock shroud | n. | lines securing platform attached to mast by running below the top to the mast itself | nautical | |
| futurity | n. | horse competition in which contestant horses must be nominated to the event long before it is held | ||
| fylfot | n. | swastika | ||
| gaberdine | n. | loose cloak or gown of coarse fabric, worn in medieval ages by Jews and beggars | ||
| gaff | v. | to grab with a long handled hook | ||
| gaffer | n. | chief electrician in film or TV production; oldster; [British] foreman | ||
| gaiter | n. | lower leg covering worn over boot; covering for ankle and instep | ||
| galipot | n. | unrefined turpentine found on some European pines | ||
| gall | v. | to chafe, to make sore by rubbing; to vex, to harass | ||
| galley-west | adv. | into disarray or confused upset (usu. in phrase ‘to knock galley-west’) | ||
| galligaskins | n. | loose breeches or hose | ||
| gallimaufry | n. | ragout or hash of odd bits of food; hodgepodge, ridiculous jumble | ||
| gallimaufry | n. | dish made from odds and ends of available food; hodgepodge | ||
| gallinaceous | adj. | of the order of common poultry and game birds | ||
| gallipot | n. | small glazed jar used by an apothecary | ||
| gallivant | v. | to wander about purely for pleasure, to gad | ||
| galloon | n. | close-woven braid often used in military uniforms | ||
| galloway | n. | small horse originally bred in Galloway, Scotland | ||
| gallows | adv. | very, extremely | slang | |
| gallows tree | n. | metal support to hold pot over kitchen fire | ||
| gambado | n. | large boot-like coverings attached to saddle in lieu of stirrups | ||
| gammon | n. | lying nonsense, bosh | ||
| Gamsbart | n. | traditional hat decoration of German and Austrian alps made from chamois hair | ||
| gandy dancer | n. | member of a railroad work gang tasked with laying or maintaining track | ||
| gangly | adj. | awkwardly tall or thin | ||
| gangrel | n. | tramp, vagabond; gangling person | Scots |
