Words that start with F

Fis forFeast

A feast is similar to a banquet but is less formal. A feast is a very large, extravagant meal for any number of people. You can prepare a feast just for yourself if you want to.

Meals & snacks

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Fis forFeather

While people and animals are covered in hair, birds are covered in feathers. Feathers are very light and the feathers in a bird's wings are especially designed so the bird can fly.

Body parts

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A feather duster is a bundle of soft feathers at the end of a stick, or handle. They are used for cleaning very fragile things, or just for general dusting around the house. The feathers are usually from an ostrich. Today you can get very similar dusters that are made from a tuft of nylon fibres rather than feathers.

Tools

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Fis forFebruary

February is the second month of the year. It has 28 days, except in leap years when it has 29. The next month of the year is March. In the northern hemisphere February is part of winter, and in the southern hemisphere it is part of summer.

Months

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Fis forFed

Fed is the past tense of feed. For example, "I fed the cat before I left for work today."

Past

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Fis forFeed

You feed someone or something when you give them food. The girl in the picture is feeding a goat. You do not need to feed someone else, you can feed yourself too.

Verbs

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Fis forFeet

Feet is the plural of foot. One foot, two feet. Most people have two feet, and most animals have four feet.

Plural

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Fis forFeldspar

Feldspar is a group of minerals, composed of aluminium silicates mixed with either potassium, sodium, and calcium. Feldspar is a crystalline rock and makes up around 60% of the Earth's crust.

Stones

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Fis forFell

Fell is the past tense of fall.

Past

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Fis forFelt

Felt is a fabric that predates weaving and knitting. Felt is made by rubbing wet fibres until they stick together in a thin, matted layer. Felt is often made from wool or hairs from an animal like a rabbit or beaver.

Fabrics