All English words - page 1393

Meanings of Fibulae:

noun

The outer and usually smaller of the two bones between the knee and the ankle (or the equivalent joints in other terrestrial vertebrates), parallel with the tibia.

Usage examples:

The lower end of the femur articulates at the knee joint with the tibia (shin bone); the fibula lie…

Plural of fibula specialized

Meanings of Ficelle:

noun

A small, very narrow loaf of french bread.

Meanings of Fiche:

noun

Short for microfiche.

Meanings of Fichu:

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…

Meanings of Fickle:

adjective

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

Usage examples:

Celebs trying to appeal to an increasingly fickle public

Meanings of Fickleness:

noun

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

Usage examples:

The fickleness of youth

Meanings of Fictional:

adjective

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

Usage examples:

Fictional texts

Meanings of Fictionalization:

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…

Meanings of Fictionalizes:

verb

Give or create a fictional version of.

Usage examples:

She wrote a scene fictionalizing the execution

Meanings of Fictionally:

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…

Meanings of Fictioneer:

noun

A writer or inventor of fiction.

Usage examples:

He was a fictioneer of extraordinary invention

Meanings of Fictions:

noun

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

Meanings of Fictitious:

adjective

Not real or true; imaginary or fabricated.

Usage examples:

Reports of a deal were dismissed as fictitious by the minister

Meanings of Fictive:

adjective

Created by the imagination.

Usage examples:

The novel's fictive universe

Meanings of Fictively:

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…

Meanings of Fid:

noun

A square wooden or iron bar which takes the weight of a topmast stepped to a lower mast by being passed through holes in both masts.

Usage examples:

The fid, therefore, must be withdrawn every time the top-mast is lowered.

Meanings of Fiddle-faddle:

exclamation

Used to express disagreement or to say that something is nonsense

Meanings of Fiddle-with:

phrasal verb

To make small changes to something to try to make it work

Usage examples:

Stop fiddling about with your hair - it looks fine., someone's been fiddling around with my compute…

Meanings of Fiddleback:

noun

A thing shaped like the back of a violin, with the sides deeply curved inwards, especially the back of a chair or the front of a chasuble.

Usage examples:

Vaguely queen anne in style, the oval dining table and the front of the fiddleback chairs had ‘turn…

Meanings of Fiddled:

verb

Touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way.

Usage examples:

Lena fiddled with her cup

noun

A violin.

Usage examples:

This tradition is still at the heart of their music, with the female voices front-lining the instru…

Meanings of Fiddlehead:

noun

The young, curled, edible frond of certain ferns.

Usage examples:

For some lake superior ojibwe tribal members, this season means the preparation of meals using wild…

Meanings of Fiddleheaded:

noun

The young, curled, edible frond of certain ferns.

Usage examples:

For some lake superior ojibwe tribal members, this season means the preparation of meals using wild…

Meanings of Fiddler:

noun

A person who plays the violin, especially one who plays folk music.

Usage examples:

The band will be joined by a guest fiddler

Meanings of Fiddles:

noun

A violin.

Usage examples:

This tradition is still at the heart of their music, with the female voices front-lining the instru…

verb

Touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way.

Usage examples:

Lena fiddled with her cup

Meanings of Fiddlestick:

exclamation

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

I suppose one could still say, ‘oh fiddlesticks.’

noun

A violin bow.

Usage examples:

Here's my fiddlestick; here's that shall make you dance.