Words that start with F

Fis forFracture

A fracture is a break in a bone or other hard part of the body. The picture is an x-ray of a cat who has a fractured leg.

Damage

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Fis forFragile

Something is fragile if it is delicate and easily broken. Small things made of glass are very fragile.

Adjectives

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A frame is a rigid structure that is built to go around the edge of something. Picture frames are a pretty way of surrounding a picture. Frames for a building are put in place to mark out where the walls and other structures go, and to support the structure as the spaces are filled in with bricks or other materials.

List of structures, Boundaries

Alonvy / CC BY-SA

Fis forFrangipani

Scientific name: genus: plumeria

A frangipani is a tropical deciduous flowering shrub. It is related to the oleander, and both have milky, poisonous sap. Its flowers are usually white with a yellow centre, but some varieties have pink flowers. They are fragrant at night to attract moths. You can grow your own frangipani easily by taking a cutting without leaves in spring, letting it dry out a little and then putting it into some soil.

Plants

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Fis forFray

Fabric frays when it starts to come undone, and starts to turn back into the individual strands it was made from. A fray is also a battle or fight, and is often used as a turn of phrase when you are about to go into the middle of some activity, eg "he stepped into the fray".

List of sewing items

Sean Winters / CC BY-SA

Fis forFrayed

Frayed is the past tense of fray, or is used to describe something that is frayed.

Adjectives

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Fis forFreckles

Freckles are brown spots that you usually get on your nose and cheeks but can appear anywhere that sunshine can reach. Freckles are most common in people with very pale skin, especially people with ginger hair.

Body parts

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Fis forFree

Something is free if it is being given away, without any kind of cost attached to it. See also: freedom.

States

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Fis forFreedom

Freedom is the state of being free. You are free if you can do as you please and go where you please. Freedom means there are no restrictions on you, either physical ones or ones enforced by rules and laws. A similar word to freedom is liberty, release or loose. The opposite of free might be restrained, captive or contained. See also: free, something you don't need to pay for.

States