Index of English words, starting with "fa"

(1) - Fastness (a.) The state of being fast or swift.
(2) - Fastness (a.) Conciseness of style.
(3) - Fastness (a.) A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains.
(4) - Fastness (a.) The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.

(1) - Fat (v. i.) To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
(2) - Fat (a.) To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
(3) - Fat (n.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.
(4) - Fat (n.) The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
(5) - Fat (n.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.
(6) - Fat (superl.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.
(7) - Fat (superl.) Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
(8) - Fat (superl.) Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
(9) - Fat (superl.) Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
(10) - Fat (superl.) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
(11) - Fat (superl.) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.
(12) - Fat (superl.) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.
(13) - Fat (superl.) Abounding with fat
(14) - Fat (n.) A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.
(15) - Fat (n.) A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

(1) - Fatal (a.) Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.
(2) - Fatal (a.) Foreboding death or great disaster.
(3) - Fatal (a.) Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

(1) - Fatalism (n.) The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.