Index of English words, starting with "fo"

(1) - Formally (adv.) In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely.

(1) - Formate (n.) A salt of formic acid.

(1) - Formation (n.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.
(2) - Formation (n.) A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.
(3) - Formation (n.) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
(4) - Formation (n.) A substance formed or deposited.
(5) - Formation (n.) The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
(6) - Formation (n.) The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

(1) - Formative (n.) A word formed in accordance with some rule or usage, as from a root.
(2) - Formative (n.) That which serves merely to give form, and is no part of the radical, as the prefix or the termination of a word.
(3) - Formative (a.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter.
(4) - Formative (a.) Serving to form; derivative; not radical; as, a termination merely formative.
(5) - Formative (a.) Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.