Index of English words, starting with "fa"

(1) - Familiarize (v. t.) To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science.
(2) - Familiarize (v. t.) To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress.

(1) - Family (v. t.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.
(2) - Family (v. t.) A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
(3) - Family (v. t.) Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.
(4) - Family (v. t.) Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
(5) - Family (v. t.) Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.
(6) - Family (v. t.) The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.
(7) - Family (v. t.) The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

(1) - Famine (n.) General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.

(1) - Famish (a.) Smoky; hot; choleric.
(2) - Famish (v. i.) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
(3) - Famish (v. i.) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.
(4) - Famish (v. i.) To die of hunger; to starve.
(5) - Famish (v. t.) To force or constrain by famine.
(6) - Famish (v. t.) To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.
(7) - Famish (v. t.) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.
(8) - Famish (v. t.) To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.

(1) - Famished (imp. & p. p.) of Famish