Index of English words, starting with "fa"

(1) - Favonian (a.) Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.

(1) - Favor (n.) To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.
(2) - Favor (n.) To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.
(3) - Favor (n.) To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.
(4) - Favor (n.) Love locks.
(5) - Favor (n.) A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
(6) - Favor (n.) Partiality; bias.
(7) - Favor (n.) Appearance; look; countenance; face.
(8) - Favor (n.) A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.
(9) - Favor (n.) The object of regard; person or thing favored.
(10) - Favor (n.) Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
(11) - Favor (n.) A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.
(12) - Favor (n.) The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.
(13) - Favor (n.) Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

(1) - Favorable (n.) Beautiful; well-favored.
(2) - Favorable (n.) Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient.
(3) - Favorable (n.) Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.

(1) - Favorer (n.) One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity.

(1) - Favorite (a.) Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child.
(2) - Favorite (n.) The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.
(3) - Favorite (n.) Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
(4) - Favorite (n.) A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority.