Index of English words, starting with "fo"

(1) - Foramen (n.) A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.

(1) - Foraminifera (n. pl.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.

(1) - Foray (v. t.) To pillage; to ravage.
(2) - Foray (n.) A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

(1) - Forayer (n.) One who makes or joins in a foray.

(1) - Forbear (v. t.) To cease from bearing.
(2) - Forbear (v. t.) To treat with consideration or indulgence.
(3) - Forbear (v. t.) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.
(4) - Forbear (v. i.) To control one's self when provoked.
(5) - Forbear (v. i.) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
(6) - Forbear (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
(7) - Forbear (n.) An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.