The Illustrated London Reading Book
Chapter 22
CONTEMPLA'TION, _s._ meditation; studious thought
CONTE'MPLATIVE, _a._ given to thought or study
CONTE'MPORARY, _s._ one who lives at the same time with another
CONTE'MPTIBLE, _a._ worthy of contempt, of scorn; neglected; despicable
CO'NTEST, _s._ dispute; difference; debate
CONTE'ST, _v.a._ to strive; to vie; to contend
CONTI'GUOUS, _a._ meeting so as to touch
CO'NTINENT, _s._ land not disjoined by the sea from other lands; that which contains anything; one of the quarters of the globe
CONTI'NGENCY, _s._ accidental possibility
CONTI'NUE, _v.n._ remain in the same state; last; persevere
CONTRA'CT, _v.a._ to shrink up; to grow short; to bargain
CO'NTRARY, _a._ opposite; contradictory; adverse
CONTRI'VANCE, _s._ the act of contriving; scheme; plan; plot
CONVE'NIENCE, _s._ fitness; ease; cause of ease
CONVE'NIENT, _a._ fit; suitable; proper; well adapted
CO'NVENT, _s._ an assembly of religious persons; a monastery; a nunnery
CO'NVERSE, _s._ conversation; acquaintance; familiarity
CONVE'RSION, _s._ change from one state to another
CONVE'RT, _v.a._ change into another substance; change from one religion to another; turn from a bad to a good life; apply to any use
CONVE'Y, _v.a._ carry; transport from one place to another; bring; transfer
CONVU'LSIVE, _a._ that gives twitches or spasms
CO'PIOUS, _a._ plentiful; abundant
CO'PPICE, _s._ a low wood; a place overrun with brushwood
CO'RDIAL, _a._ reviving; hearty; sincere
CORONA'TION, _s._ the act of crowning a King
CORPORA'TION, _s._ a body politic, constituted by Royal charter
CORPO'REAL, _a._ having a body; material; not spiritual
CORRE'CT, _v.a._ punish; discipline; remark faults; take away fault
CORRESPONDENCE, _s._ intercourse; relation; friendship
CO'UNCILLOR, _s._ one that gives counsel
COU'NTENANCE, _s._ the form of the face; air; look; calmness of look; patronage
CO'UNTRY, _s._ a tract of land; a region; rural parts
CO'URAGE, _s._ bravery; boldness
CO'VERING, _s._ dress; anything spread over another
CRA'FTY, _a._ cunning; knowing; scheming; politic
CRA'TER, _s._ the bowl, opening, or funnel of a volcano
CREA'TION, _s._ the act of creating; universe
CREA'TOR, _s._ the Divine Being that created all things
CRE'ATURE, _s._ a being created; a general term for man
CRE'VICE, _s._ a crack; a cleft; a narrow opening
CRI'MINAL, _s._ a man accused; a man guilty of a crime
CRI'MINA'LITY, _s._ the act of being guilty of a crime
CRI'TIC, _s._ a judge; otherwise a censurer
CRI'TICAL, _a._ relating to criticism
CRO'CODILE, _s._ an amphibious voracious animal, in shape like a lizard
CROO'KED, _a._ bent; winding; perverse
CRU'ELTY, _s._ inhumanity; savageness; act of intentional affliction
CRU'SADE, _s._ an expedition against the infidels; a holy war
CRY'STAL, _s._ crystals are hard, pellucid, and naturally colourless bodies, of regular angular figures
CU'LPABLE, _a._ criminal; guilty; blamable
CU'LTIVATE, _v.a._ forward or improve the product of the earth by manual industry; improve
CULTIVA'TION, _s._ improvement in general
CU'POLA, _s._ a dome
CU'RFEW, _s._ an evening peal, by which the Conqueror willed that every man should rake up his fire and put out his light
CURIO'SITY, _s._ inquisitiveness; nice experiment; an object of curiosity; rarity
CU'RIOUS, _a._ inquisitive; desirous of information; difficult to please; diligent about; elegant; neat; artful
CU'RRENT, _a._ passing from hand to hand; authoritative; common; what is now passing
CU'STOM, _s._ habit; fashion; practice of buying of certain persons
CY'MBAL, _s._ a kind of musical instrument
CY'PRESS, _s._ a tall straight tree. It is the emblem of mourning
DALMA'TIA, _s._ a province of Austria
DALMA'TIAN, _a._ belonging to Dalmatia
DA'MAGE, _s._ mischief; hurt; loss
DA'NGER, _s._ risk; hazard; peril
DA'NGEROUS, _a._ hazardous; perilous
DA'STARDLY, _ad._ cowardly; mean; timorous
DA'UNTED, _a._ discouraged
DECE'PTION, _s._ the act or means of deceiving; cheat; fraud; the state of being deceived
DECLI'NE, _v.a._ shun; avoid; refuse; bring down
DE'CORATE, _v.a._ adorn; embellish; beautify
DECORA'TION, _s._ ornament; added beauty
DE'DICATE, _v.a._ to inscribe
DEFA'CE, _v.a._ destroy; raze; ruin; disfigure
DEFE'CTIVE, _a._ wanting the just quantity; full of defects; imperfect; faulty
DEFE'NCE, _s._ guard; protection; resistance
DEFI'CIENCY, _s._ want; something less than is necessary; imperfection
DEGE'NERACY, _s._ departure from the virtue of our ancestors
DEGE'NERATE, _a._ unworthy; base
DE'ITY, _s._ divinity; the nature and essence of God; fabulous Rod; the supposed divinity of a heathen god
DE'LICACY, _s._ daintiness; softness; feminine beauty; nicety; gentle treatment; smallness
DE'LICATE, _s._ fine; soft; pure; clear; unable to bear hardships; effeminate
DELI'CIOUS, _a._ sweet; delicate; agreeable
DELI'GHT, _v.a._ please; content; satisfy
DELI'NEATE, _v.a._ to paint; to represent; to describe
DELI'VER, _v.a._ set free; release; give; save; surrender
DE'LUGE, _v.a._ flood
DE'LUGE, _v.a._ drown; lay totally under water; overwhelm; cause to sink
DEME'ANOUR, _s._ carriage; behaviour
DEMO'LISH, _v.a._ raze; destroy; swallow up
DEMONSTRA'TION, _s._ the highest degree of argumental evidence
DENO'MINATE, _v.a._ to name anything
DEPA'RTMENT, _s._ separate allotment; province or business assigned to a particular person
DEPO'RTMENT, _s._ carriage; bearing
DEPO'SIT, _s._ a pledge; anything given as a security
DEPO'SIT, _v.a._ lay up; lay aside
DEPRA'VITY, _s._ corruption
DE'PREDA'TION, _s._ a robbing; a spoiling; waste
DEPRI'VE, _v.a._ bereave one of a thing; hinder; debar from
DE'RVISE, _s._ a Turkish priest
DESCE'NDANT, _s._ the offspring of an ancestor
DESCRI'BE, _v.a._ mark out; define
DESCRI'PTION, _s._ the sentence or passage in which anything is described
DESCRY', _v.a._ give notice of anything suddenly discovered; detect; discover
DE'SERT, _s._ a wilderness; solitude; waste country
DESE'RVE, _v.a._ be entitled to reward or punishment
DESI'GN, _s._ an intention; a purpose; a scheme
DESIGNA'TION, _s._ appointment; direction; intention to design
DESI'RE, _v.a._ wish; long for; intreat
DE'SOLATE, _a._ without inhabitants; solitary; laid waste
DESPA'TCH, _s._ to send away hastily; to do business quickly; to put to death
DE'SPERATE, _a._ without hope; rash; mad; furious
DE'SPICABLE, _a._ worthy of scorn; contemptible
DESPI'SE, _v.a._ scorn; condemn; slight; abhor
DE'SPOTISM, _s._ absolute power
DESTINA'TION, _s._ the place where it was our destiny to go; fate; doom
DE'STINE, _v.a._ doom; devote
DE'STINY, _s._ doom; fate
DE'STITUTE, _a._ forsaken; abject; in want of
DESTRO'Y, _v.a._ lay waste; make desolate; put an end to
DESTRU'CTION, _s._ the act of destroying; the state of being destroyed; ruin
DETA'CH, _v.a._ separate; disengage
DETA'CHMENT, _s._ a body of troops sent out from the main army
DETE'R, _v.a._ fright from anything
DETERMINA'TION, _s._ absolute direction to a certain end; the result of deliberation; judicial decision
DETE'RMINE, _v.a._ fix; settle; resolve; decide
DETE'STABLE, _a._ hateful; abominable; odious
DETRA'CTION, _s._ the withdrawing or taking off from a thing
DETRU'DE, _v.a._ thrust down; force into a lower place
DEVASTA'TION, _s._ waste; havoc; desolation; destruction
DEVE'LOP, _v.a._ to disentangle; to disengage from something that enfolds and conceals
DEVIA'TION, _s._ the act of quitting the right way; wandering
DEVO'TE, _v.a._ dedicate; consecrate
DE'VOTEE, _s._ one erroneously or superstitiously religious; a bigot
DEVO'TION, _s._ piety; prayer; strong affection; power
DE'XTEROUS, _a._ subtle; full of expedients; expert; active; ready
DIABO'LICAL, _a._ devilish
DI'ADEM, _s._ the mark of Royalty worn on the head
DI'AL, _s._ a plate marked with lines, where a hand or shadow shows the hour
DI'ALECT, _s._ subdivision of a language; style; manner of expression
DI'ALOGUE, _s._ a discussion between two persons
DIA'METER, _s._ the straight line which, passing through the centre of a circle, divides it into two equal parts
DI'AMOND, _s._ the most valuable and hardest of all the gems; a brilliant
DI'FFER, _v.n._ be distinguished from; contend; be of a contrary opinion
DI'FFERENT, _a._ distinct; unlike; dissimilar
DIFFICULTY, _s._ hardness; something hard to accomplish; distress; perplexity in affairs
DI'GNITY, _s._ rank of elevation; grandeur of mien; high place
DILA'TE, _v n._ widen; grow wide; speak largely
DI'LIGENCE, _s._ industry; assiduity
DIMI'NISH, _v.a._ to make less
DIMI'NUTIVE, _a._ small; narrow; contracted
DIRE'CT, _v.a._ aim at a straight line; regulate; order; command; adjust; mark out a certain course
DIRE'CTION, _s._ tendency of motion impressed by a certain impulse; order; command; prescription
DIRE'CTLY, _ad._ immediately; apparently; in a straight line
DISAGRE'EABLE, _a._ unpleasing; offensive
DISA'STROUS, _a._ calamitous
DISCI'PLE, _s._ a scholar; one that professes to receive instruction from another
DISCIPLINE, _s._ education; the art of cultivating the mind; a state of subjection
DISCONCE'RT, _v.a._ unsettle the mind; discompose
DISCOU'RAGE, _v.a._ depress; deprive of confidence
DISCO'VER, _v.a._ disclose; bring to light; find out
DISCO'VERY, _s._ the act of finding anything hidden
DISCRI'MINATION, _s._ the state of being distinguished from other persons or things; the mark of distinction
DISHO'NOUR, _s._ reproach; disgrace; ignominy
DISLO'DGE, _v.a._ to go to another place; to drive or remove from a place
DISMA'NTLE, _v.a._ strip; deprive of a dress; strip a town of its outworks; loose
DISMA'Y, _s._ fall of courage; desertion of mind
DISOBE'DIENCE, _s._ the act of disobeying; inattention to the words of those who have right to command
DISO'RDER, _s._ irregularity; tumult; sickness
DISPA'RAGEMENT, _s._ reproach; disgrace; indignity
DISPLA'Y, _v.a._ exhibit; talk without restraint
DISPOSI'TION, _s._ order; method; temper of mind
DISQUI'ETUDE, _s._ uneasiness
DI'SREGARD, _v.a._ to slight; to neglect
DI'SSIPATE, _v.a._ scatter every way; disperse; scatter the attention
DISSO'LVE, _v.n._ be melted; fall to nothing
DISTANCE, _s._ remoteness in place; retraction of kindness; reserve
DISTE'MPER, _s._ disease; malady; bad constitution of the mind
DISTI'NCTION, _s._ the act of discerning one as preferable to the other; note of difference; honourable note of superiority; discernment
DISTINCTLY, _ad._ not confusedly; plainly; clearly
DISTRE'SS, _s._ calamity; misery; misfortune
DISTRI'BUTE, _v.a._ to deal out; to dispensate
DI'STRICT, _s._ region; country; territory
DIVE'RGE, _v.n._ send various ways from one point
DIVE'RSIFY, _v.a._ make different from another
DIVE'RSION, _s._ the act of turning anything off from its course
DIVE'RSITY, _s._ difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness; variety
DIVI'DE, _v.a._ part one whole in different pieces; separate; deal out
DI'VIDEND, _s._ a share
DO'CILE, _a._ teachable; easily instructed; tractable
DOMA'IN, _s._ dominion; possession; estate; empire
DOME'STIC, _a._ belonging to the house; private
DOME'STICATE, _v.a._ make domestic; withdraw from the public
DOMI'NION, _s._ sovereign authority; power; territory
DO'RSAL, _a._ pertaining to the back
DO'UBLE, _a._ two of a sort; in pairs; twice as much
DRAMA'TIC, _a._ representable by action
DRA'MATIST, _s._ author of dramatic compositions
DRAW'INGROOM, _s._ a room to which company withdraw--originally withdrawing-room
DRE'ADFUL, _a._ terrible; frightful
DRE'ARINESS, _s._ gloominess; sorrowfulness
DRE'ARY, _a._ sorrowful; gloomy; dismal; horrid
DU'CAT, _s._ a coin struck by Dukes; in silver valued at about four shillings and sixpence, in gold at nine shillings and sixpence
DURA'TION, _s._ power of continuance; length of continuance
DU'RING, _prep._ for the time of the continuance
EA'RLY, _ad._ soon; betimes
EA'RTHQUAKE, _s._ tremour or convulsion of the earth
EA'STERN, _a._ belonging to the east; lying to the east; oriental
EA'SY, _a._ not difficult; ready; contented; at rest
ECLI'PSE, _s._ an obscuration of the heavenly luminaries; darkness; obscuration
ECO'NOMY, _s._ frugality; discretion of expense; system of matter
E'DIFICE, _s._ a fabric; a building
EDI'TION, _s._ publication of anything, particularly of a book
EDUCA'TION, _s._ formation of manners in youth
EFFE'CT, _s._ that which is produced by an operating cause; success; purpose; meaning; consequence
EFFE'CTUAL, _a._ productive of effects; expressive of facts
EFFE'MINACY, _s._ softness; unmanly delicacy
E'FFLUENCE, _s._ what issues from some other principle
E'FFULGENCE, _s._ lustre; brightness; splendour
EFFU'SE, _v.a._ to pour out; to spill, to shed
EJA'CULATION, _s._ an exclamation
ELA'BORATE, _a._ finished with care
ELE'CTRIC, _a._ relating to electricity
ELE'CTRO-MA'GNETISM, _s._ a branch of electrical science
E'LEGANCE, _s._ beauty, rather soothing than striking; beauty without grandeur
E'LEGY, _s._ a mournful song; short poem without points or turns
E'LEPHANT, _s._ a large quadruped
E'LEVA'TED, _a._ exalted; raised up; progressed in rank
ELEVA'TION, _s._ the act of raising up aloft; exaltation
ELOCU'TION, _s._ the power of fluent speech; the power of expression; eloquence; flow of language
E'LOQUENCE, _s._ the power or speaking with fluency and elegance
ELU'DE, _v.a._ to mock by unexpected escape
E'MANATE, _v.a._ to issue; to flow from something else
EMBA'LM, _v.a._ impregnate a body with aromatics, that it may resist putrefaction
EMBA'RK, _v.n._ to go on board a ship; to engage in any affair
EMBROI'DERY, _s._ variegated work; figures raised upon a ground
E'MERALD, _s._ a precious stone of a green colour
EME'RGE, _v.n._ to issue; to proceed; to rise
EME'RGENCY, _s._ the act of rising into view; any sudden occasion; pressing necessity
E'MINENCE, _s._ loftiness; height; summit; distinction
E'MINENT, _a._ celebrated; renowned
EMI'T, _v.a._ to send forth; to let fly; to dart
EMO'LUMENT, _s._ profit; advantage
E'MPEROR, _s._ a monarch of title and dignity superior to a king
EMPLO'Y, _v.a._ busy; keep at work; use as materials; trust with the management of any affairs; use as means
E'MULATE, _v.a._ to vie
EMULA'TION, _s._ rivalry; desire of superiority
ENA'BLE, _v.a._ make able; confer power
ENCA'MPMENT, _s._ the act of encamping or pitching tents; a camp
ENCHA'NTMENT, _s._ magical charms; spells; irresistible influence
ENCI'RCLING, _a._ environing; surrounding
ENCLO'SE, _v.a._ part from things or grounds common by a fence; surround; encompass
ENCOU'NTER, _v.a._ meet face to face; attack
ENCRO'ACHMENT, _s._ an unlawful gathering in upon another man; advance into the territories or rights of another
ENDA'NGER, _v.a._ put in hazard; incur the danger of
ENDU'RANCE, _s._ continuance; lastingness; delay
E'NEMY, _s._ foe; antagonist; any one who regards another with malevolence
ENERGE'TIC, _a._ operative; active; vigorous
E'NERGY, _s._ activity; quickness; vigour
ENGA'GE, _v.a._ employ; stake; unite; enlist; induce; fight
ENGINE'ER, _s._ one who manages engines; one who directs the artillery of an army
ENGRA'VER, _s._ a cutter in wood or other matter
ENGRA'VING, _s._ the work of an engraver
ENGRO'SS, _v.a._ thicken; increase in bulk; fatten; to copy in a large hand
ENJO'Y, _v.a._ feel or perceive with pleasure; please; delight
ENLA'RGEMENT, _s._ increase; copious discourse
ENNO'BLE, _v.a._ to dignify; to exalt; to make famous
ENO'RMOUS, _a._ wicked beyond the common measure; exceeding in bulk the common measure
ENQUI'RY, _s._ interrogation; examination; search
ENRA'GE, _v.a._ irritate; make furious
ENSNA'RE, _v.a._ entrap; entangle in difficulties or perplexities
E'NTERPRISE, _s._ an undertaking of hazard; an arduous attempt
E'NTERPRISING, _a._ fond of enterprise
ENTHU'SIASM, _s._ a vain belief of private revelation; beat of imagination; elevation of fancy
E'NTRAILS, _s._ the intestines; internal parts
ENU'MERATE, _v.a._ reckon up singly; number
ENVE'LOPEMENT, _s._ covering; inwrapment
E'PIC, _a._ narrative
EPI'STLE, _s._ a letter
EPI'STOLARY, _a._ transacted by letters; relating to letters
E'QUAL, _a._ even; uniform; in just proportion
EQUITY, _s._ justice; impartiality
ERE'CT, _a._ upright; bold; confident
ERE'CT, _v.a._ raise; build; elevate; settle
E'RMINE, _s._ an animal found in cold countries, of which the fur is valuable, and used for the adornment of the person. A fur worn by judges in England
ERRO'NEOUS, _a._ wrong; unfounded; false; misled by error
ERU'PTION, _s._ the act of bursting out; sudden excursion of a hostile kind
ESCO'RT, _v.a._ convoy; guard from place to place
ESPE'CIAL, _a._ principal; chief
ESPE'CIALLY, _ad._ principally; chiefly; in an uncommon degree
ESPLANA'DE, _s._ the empty space between a citadel and the outskirts of a town
ESSE'NTIAL, _a._ necessary to the constitution or existence of anything; important in the highest degree
ESTA'BLISHMENT, _s._ settlement; fixed state
ESTRA'NGE, _v.a._ keep at a distance; withdraw
ETE'RNAL, _a._ without beginning or end; perpetual; unchanging
ETE'RNALLY, _ad._ incessantly; for evermore
ETE'RNITY, _s._ duration without beginning or end
ETHE'REAL, _a._ belonging to the higher regions
EVA'PORATE, _v.a._ to drive away in fumes
E'VENING, _s._ the close of the day; beginning of night
EVE'NTUALLY, _ad._ in the event; in the last result
E'VIDENT, _a._ plain; notorious
EXA'CT, _a._ nice; not deviating from rule; careful
EXA'MINE, _v.a._ search into; make inquiry into
EXA'MPLE, _s._ copy or pattern
E'XCAVATE, _v.a._ hollow; cut into hollows
EXCE'L, _v.a._ to outgo in good qualities; to surpass
E'XCELLENCE, _s._ the state of abounding in any good quality; dignity; goodness
E'XCELLENT, _a._ eminent in any good quality; of great value
EXCE'PT, _prep._ exclusively of; unless
EXCE'SSIVE, _a._ beyond the common proportion
EXCI'TE, _v.a._ rouse; animate
EXCLU'DE, _v.a._ shut out; debar
EXCLU'SIVE, _a._ having the power of excluding or denying admission
EXCRU'CIATE, _v.a._ torture; torment
EXCU'RSION, _s._ an expedition into some distant part
EXCU'RSIVE, _a._ rambling; deviating
EXECU'TION, _s._ performance; practice; slaughter
EXE'MPLARY, _a._ such as may give warning to others; such as may attract notice and imitation
E'XERCISE, _s._ labour of the mind or body
EXE'RTION, _s._ the act of exerting; effort
EXHI'BIT, _v.a._ to offer to view; show; display
EXHIBI'TION, _s._ the act of exhibiting; display
EXHI'LARATE, _v.a._ make cheerful; cheer; enliven
EXI'STENCE, _s._ state of being
EXPA'ND, _v.a._ to spread; to extend on all sides
EXPA'NSE, _s._ a body widely extended without inequalities
EXPE'DIENT, _s._ that which helps forward as means to an end
EXPEDI'TION, _s._ an excursion
EXPE'L, _v.a._ drive away; banish; eject
EXPE'RIENCE, _s._ knowledge gained by practice
EXPE'RIENCED, _a._ wise by long practice
EXPE'RIMENT, _s._ a trial of anything
EXPI'RE, _v.a._ breathe out; close; bring to an end
EXPLO'SION, _s._ an outburst; a sudden crash
EXPO'RT, _v.a._ carry out of a country
EXPO'SE, _v.a._ lay open; make bare; put in danger
EXPRE'SSION, _s._ the form of language in which any thoughts are uttered; the act of squeezing out anything
E'XQUISITE, _a._ excellent; consummate; complete
EXTE'MPORE, _ad._ without premeditation; suddenly
EXTE'ND, _v.a._ stretch out; diffuse; impart
EXTE'NSIVE, _a._ large; wide; comprehensive
EXTE'RIOR, _a._ outward; external
EXTE'RNAL, _a._ outward
EXTI'NGUISH, _v.a._ put out; destroy; obscure
EXTI'RPATE, _v.a._ root out; eradicate
E'XTRACT, _s._ the chief parts drawn from anything
EXTRAO'RDINARY, _a._ different from common order and method; eminent; remarkable
EXTRA'VAGANT, _a._ wasteful; not saving; otherwise, improbable, false
EXTRE'MELY, _ad._ greatly; very much; in the utmost degree
EXTRE'MITY, _s._ the utmost point; highest degree; parts at the greatest distance
FACI'LITY, _s._ ease; dexterity; affability
FA'CTORY, _s._ a house or district inhabited by traders in a distant country; traders embodied in one place
FA'CULTY, _s._ the power of doing anything; ability
FAMI'LIAR, _a._ domestic; free; well known; common; unceremonious
FAMI'LIARITY, _s._ easiness of conversation; acquaintance
FA'MILY, _s._ those who live in the same house; household; race; clans
FA'MOUS, _a._ renowned; celebrated
FANA'TICISM, _s._ madness; frenzy; insanity
FANTA'STIC, _a._ whimsical; fanciful; imaginary
FA'RTHER, _ad._ at a greater distance; beyond this
FA'SHION, _v.a._ form; mould; figure; make according to the rule prescribed by custom
FA'TAL, _a._ deadly; mortal; appointed by destiny
FATI'GUE, _s._ weariness
FATI'GUE, _v.a._ tire; weary
FAUN, _s._ a kind of rural deity
FA'VOURITE, _s._ a person or thing beloved; one regarded with favour
FE'ATHER, _s._ plume of birds
FE'ATURE, _s._ the cast or make of the face; any lineament or single part of the face
FE'ELING, _s._ the sense of touch; sensibility; tenderness; perception
FERMENTA'TION, _s._ a slow motion of the particles of a mixed body, arising usually from the operation of some active acid matter; as when leaven or yeast ferments bread or wort
FERO'CITY, _s._ savageness; wildness; fierceness
FE'RTILE, _a._ fruitful; abundant; plenteous
FERTI'LITY, _s._ abundance; fruitfulness
FE'STAL, _a._ festive; joyous; gay
FE'STIVAL, _a._ time of feast; anniversary-day of civil or religious joy
FESTO'ON, _s._ In architecture, an ornament of carved work in the form of a wreath or garland of flowers or leaves twisted together
FEU'DAL, _a._ dependant; held by tenure
FI'BRE, _s._ a small thread or string
FI'CTION, _s._ a fanciful invention; a probable or improbable invention; a falsehood; a lie
FIDE'LITY, _s._ honesty; faithful adherence
FI'GURE, _s._ shape; person; stature; the form of anything as terminated by the outline
FI'LIAL, _a._ pertaining to a son; befitting a son; becoming the relation of a son
FI'RMAMENT, _s._ sky; heavens
FLA'GON, _s._ a vessel with a narrow mouth
FLA'MBEAU, _s._ (pronounced _flam-bo_) a lighted torch
FLA'VOUR, _s._ power of pleasing the taste; odour
FLEUR-DE-LIS, _s._ (French for a lily, pronounced _flúr-de-lee_) a term applied in architecture and heraldry
FLE'XIBLE, _a._ capable of being bent; pliant; not brittle; complying: obsequious; ductile; manageable
FLOAT, _v.n._ to swim on the surface of water; to move without labour in a fluid; to pass with a light irregular course; _v.a._ to cover with water
FLO'RIDNESS, _s._ freshness of colour
FLO'URISH, _v.a._ and _v.n._ yield; prosper; wield; adorn
FLU'CTUATE, _v.n._ roll to and again, as water in agitation; be in an uncertain state
FLU'ID, _a._ anything not solid
FLU'TTER, _v.n._ move irregularly; take short flights with great agitation of the wines
FO'LIAGE, _s._ leaves; tuft of leaves
FO'LLOWING, _a._ coming after another
FOME'NT, _v.a._ cherish with heat; encourage
FO'REFATHER, _s._ ancestor
FO'REIGN, _a._ not in this country; not domestic; remote; not belonging to
FO'REPART, _s._ anterior part
FO'REST, _s._ a wild uncultivated tract of ground, with wood
FO'RMER, _a._ before another in time; the first of two
FO'RMIDABLE, _a._ terrible; dreadful; tremendous
FORTIFICA'TION, _s._ the science of military architecture; a place built for strength
FO'RTITUDE, _s._ courage; bravery; strength
FO'RWARD, _v.a._ hasten; quicken; advance
FO'RWARD, _a._ warm; earnest; quick; ready
FO'RWARD, _ad._ onward; straight before
FO'RWARDNESS, _s._ eagerness; ardour; quickness; confidence
FOSSE, _s._ a ditch; a moat