Index of English words, starting with "fo"

(1) - Fortuitous (a.) Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
(2) - Fortuitous (a.) Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance; as, the fortuitous concourse of atoms.

(1) - Fortuity (n.) Accident; chance; casualty.

(1) - Fortunate (n.) Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky.
(2) - Fortunate (n.) Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment.

(1) - Fortunately (adv.) In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily.

(1) - Fortune (v. i.) To fall out; to happen.
(2) - Fortune (n.) To presage; to tell the fortune of.
(3) - Fortune (n.) To provide with a fortune.
(4) - Fortune (n.) To make fortunate; to give either good or bad fortune to.
(5) - Fortune (n.) Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a gentleman of fortune.
(6) - Fortune (n.) That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a course of action; good or ill success; especially, favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as reached partly by chance and partly by effort.
(7) - Fortune (n.) That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to tell one's fortune.
(8) - Fortune (n.) The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determining human success, apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life.