English dictionary: words starting with fic

noun

A small, very narrow loaf of french bread.

noun

Short for microfiche.

noun

Short for microfiche.

noun

A small triangular shawl, worn round a woman's shoulders and neck.

Usage examples:

Originally the neckline had shown her chest, but now a thin fichu tried its best to cover the raw m…

noun

A small triangular shawl, worn round a woman's shoulders and neck.

Usage examples:

Originally the neckline had shown her chest, but now a thin fichu tried its best to cover the raw m…

adjective

Changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.

Usage examples:

Celebs trying to appeal to an increasingly fickle public

noun

Changeability, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.

Usage examples:

The fickleness of youth

adjective

Changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.

Usage examples:

Celebs trying to appeal to an increasingly fickle public

adjective

Changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.

Usage examples:

Celebs trying to appeal to an increasingly fickle public

adjective

Made of earth or clay by a potter.

Usage examples:

In the annexed woodcut, the female figure in the middle is copied from a fictile vase.

noun

Literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people.

adjective

Relating to or occurring in fiction; invented for the purposes of fiction.

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Fictional texts

noun

The action of writing about a real event or character, but adding imaginary details and changing some facts, or a story written in this way

Usage examples:

The weekly fictionalization of his adventures, readers of the books are forced to differentiate bet…

verb

Give or create a fictional version of.

Usage examples:

She wrote a scene fictionalizing the execution

verb

Give or create a fictional version of.

Usage examples:

She wrote a scene fictionalizing the execution

adjective

(of a story) based on a real event or character but with imaginary details added or some facts changed

Usage examples:

This is the fictionalized story of the american painter james mcneill whistler.

verb

Give or create a fictional version of.

Usage examples:

She wrote a scene fictionalizing the execution

verb

Give or create a fictional version of.

Usage examples:

She wrote a scene fictionalizing the execution

adverb

In an imaginary way or one related to fiction (= writing about imaginary events)

Usage examples:

The tv series fictionally dramatizes the work of a team of fbi agents., you could call it her ficti…

noun

A writer or inventor of fiction.

Usage examples:

He was a fictioneer of extraordinary invention

noun

Literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people.

adjective

Not real or true; imaginary or fabricated.

Usage examples:

Reports of a deal were dismissed as fictitious by the minister

adverb

In a way that is invented and not true or does not exist

Usage examples:

It is not the case, as has been fictitiously claimed by some journalists, that i claimed for this t…

adjective

Created by the imagination.

Usage examples:

The novel's fictive universe

adverb

In a way that is invented and is not true or does not exist

Usage examples:

The politician rambled on fictively in his attempt to explain himself., the story is set in the fic…

noun

A tree, shrub, or climber of a large genus that includes the figs and the rubber plant, growing in tropical and warm climates.

Usage examples:

The ficus we grow indoors are members of the fig family and capable of fruiting.