Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 55

Formula (n.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound.

Formula (n.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound.

Formularistic (a.) Pertaining to, or exhibiting, formularization.

Formularization (n.) The act of formularizing; a formularized or formulated statement or exhibition.

Formularize (v. t.) To reduce to a forula; to formulate.

Formulary (a.) Stated; prescribed; ritual.

Formularies (pl. ) of Formulary

Formulary (n.) A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulaae, etc.; a book of precedents.

Formulary (n.) Prescribed form or model; formula.

Formulated (imp. & p. p.) of Formulate

Formulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Formulate

Formulate (v. t.) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

Formulation (n.) The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.

Formule (n.) A set or prescribed model; a formula.

Formulization (n.) The act or process of reducing to a formula; the state of being formulized.

Formulized (imp. & p. p.) of Formulize

Formulizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Formulize

Formulize (v. t.) To reduce to a formula; to formulate.

Formyl (n.) A univalent radical, H.C:O, regarded as the essential residue of formic acid and aldehyde.

Formyl (n.) Formerly, the radical methyl, CH3.

Forncast (p. p.) Predestined.

Fornical (a.) Relating to a fornix.

Fornicate (a.) Alt. of Fornicated

Fornicated (a.) Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.

Fornicated (a.) Arching over; overarched.

Fornicate (v. i.) To commit fornication; to have unlawful sexual intercourse.

Fornication (n.) Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery.

Fornication (n.) Adultery.

Fornication (n.) Incest.

Fornication (n.) Idolatry.

Fornicator (n.) An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal intercourse with the other sex; one guilty of fornication.

Fornicatress (n.) A woman guilty of fornication.

Fornices (pl. ) of Fornix

Fornix (n.) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva.

Fornix (n.) Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain.

Forold (a.) Very old.

Forpass (v. t. & i.) To pass by or along; to pass over.

Forpine (v. t.) To waste away completely by suffering or torment.

Forray (v. t.) To foray; to ravage; to pillage.

Forray (n.) The act of ravaging; a ravaging; a predatory excursion. See Foray.

Forrill (n.) Lambskin parchment; vellum; forel.

Forsook (imp.) of Forsake

Forsaken (p. p.) of Forsake

Forsaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forsake

Forsake (v. t.) To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity.

Forsake (v. t.) To renounce; to reject; to refuse.

Forsaker (n.) One who forsakes or deserts.

Forsay (v. t.) To forbid; to renounce; to forsake; to deny.

Forshape (v. t.) To render misshapen.

Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.

Forslouthe (v. t.) To lose by sloth or negligence.

Forslow (v. t.) To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off.

Forslow (v. i.) To loiter.

Forslugge (v. t.) To lsoe by idleness or slotch.

Forsooth (adv.) In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously.

Forsooth (v. t.) To address respectfully with the term forsooth.

Forsooth (n.) A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.

Forspeak (v. t.) To forbid; to prohibit.

Forspeak (v. t.) To bewitch.

Forspent (a.) Wasted in strength; tired; exhausted.

Forstall (v. t.) To forestall.

Forster (n.) A forester.

Forstraught (p. p. & a.) Distracted.

Forswat (a.) Spent with heat; covered with sweat.

Forswore (imp.) of Forswear

Forsworn (p. p.) of Forswear

Forswearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Forswear

Forswear (v. i.) To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.

Forswear (v. i.) To deny upon oath.

Forswear (v. i.) To swear falsely; to commit perjury.

Forswearer (n.) One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.

Forswonk (a.) Overlabored; exhausted; worn out.

Forswore () imp. of Forswear.

Forsworn () p. p. of Forswear.

Forswornness (n.) State of being forsworn.

Forsythia (a.) A shrub of the Olive family, with yellow blossoms.

Fort (n.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification.

Fortalice (n.) A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; -- called also fortelace.

Forte (n.) The strong point; that in which one excels.

Forte (n.) The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible.

Forte (a. & adv.) Loudly; strongly; powerfully.

Forted (a.) Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts.

Forth (adv.) Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth.

Forth (adv.) Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves.

Forth (adv.) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.

Forth (adv.) Throughly; from beginning to end.

Forth (prep.) Forth from; out of.

Forth (n.) A way; a passage or ford.

Forthby (adv.) See Forby.

Forthcoming (a.) Ready or about to appear; making appearance.

Forthgoing (n.) A going forth; an utterance.

Forthgoing (a.) Going forth.

Forthink (v. t.) To repent; to regret; to be sorry for; to cause regret.

Forthputing (a.) Bold; forward; aggressive.

Forthright (adv.) Straight forward; in a straight direction.

Forthright (a.) Direct; straightforward; as, a forthright man.

Forthright (n.) A straight path.

Forthrightness (n.) Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness.

Forthward (adv.) Forward.

Forthwith (adv.) Immediately; without delay; directly.

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