Fossette (n.) A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea.
Fosseway (n.) One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry.
Fossil (a.) Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
Fossil (a.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells.
Fossil (n.) A substance dug from the earth.
Fossil (n.) The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living.
Fossil (n.) A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present.
Fossiliferous (a.) Containing or composed of fossils.
Fossilification (n.) The process of becoming fossil.
Fossilism (n.) The science or state of fossils.
Fossilism (n.) The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.
Fossilist (n.) One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.
Fossilization (n.) The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
Fossilized (imp. & p. p.) of Fossilize
Fossilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fossilize
Fossilize (v. t.) To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
Fossilize (v. t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
Fossilize (v. i.) To become fossil.
Fossilize (v. i.) To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.
Fossilized (a.) Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions.
Fossores (n. pl.) A group of hymenopterous insects including the sand wasps. They excavate cells in earth, where they deposit their eggs, with the bodies of other insects for the food of the young when hatched.
Fossoria (n. pl.) See Fossores.
Fossorial (a.) Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal.
Fossorious (a.) Adapted for digging; -- said of the legs of certain insects.
Fossulate (a.) Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows.
Fostered (imp. & p. p.) of Foster
Fostering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foster
Foster (v. t.) To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.
Foster (v. t.) To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.
Foster (v. i.) To be nourished or trained up together.
Foster (v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood.
Foster (n.) A forester.
Fosterage (n.) The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.
Foster (n.) One who, or that which, fosters.
Fosterling (n.) A foster child.
Fosterment (n.) Food; nourishment.
Fostress (n.) A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse.
Fother (n.) A wagonload; a load of any sort.
Fother (n.) See Fodder, a unit of weight.
Fothered (imp. & p. p.) of Fother
Fothering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fother
Fother (v. t.) To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack.
Fotive (a.) Nourishing.
Fotmal (n.) Seventy pounds of lead.
Fougade (n.) Alt. of Fougasse
Fougasse (n.) A small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. It is made in a position likely to be occupied by the enemy.
Fought () imp. & p. p. of Fight.
Foughten () p. p. of Fight.
Foul (n.) A bird.
Foul (superl.) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water.
Foul (superl.) Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.
Foul (superl.) Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.
Foul (superl.) Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
Foul (superl.) Ugly; homely; poor.
Foul (superl.) Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc.
Foul (superl.) Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
Foul (superl.) Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out.
Fouled (imp. & p. p.) of Foul
Fouling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foul
Foul (v. t.) To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.
Foul (v. t.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.
Foul (v. t.) To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.
Foul (v. t.) To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race.
Foul (v. i.) To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.
Foul (v. i.) To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.
Foul (n.) An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
Foul (n.) See Foul ball, under Foul, a.
Foulard (n.) A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere.
Foulder (v. i.) To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.
Foule (adv.) Foully.
Foully (v.) In a foul manner; filthily; nastily; shamefully; unfairly; dishonorably.
Foul-mouthed (a.) Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive.
Foulness (n.) The quality or condition of being foul.
Foul-spoken (a.) Using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language.
Foumart (a.) The European polecat; -- called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat.
Found () imp. & p. p. of Find.
Founded (imp. & p. p.) of Found
Founding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Found
Found (v. t.) To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.
Found (n.) A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
Founded (imp. & p. p.) of Found
Founding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Found
Found (v. i.) To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
Found (v. i.) To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family.
Foundation (n.) The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
Foundation (n.) That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.
Foundation (n.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
Foundation (n.) A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
Foundation (n.) That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
Foundationer (n.) One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
Foundationless (a.) Having no foundation.
Founder (n.) One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
Founder (n.) One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
Foundered (imp. & p. p.) of Founder
Foundering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Founder
Founder (v. i.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
Founder (v. i.) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
Founder (v. i.) To fail; to miscarry.
Founder (v. t.) To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
Founder (n.) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.