f2
+ female, f.
+ to sort out fact from fable
+ a checked fabric
- to make a face
+ a cheerful face
+ a familiar face
- long face
- to lose face
+ to wash my face
+ poker face
+ to save face
- straight face
+ to stare her in the face
- to slap in the face
- a wry face
+ a social networking service, Facebook
+ 2004, Zuckerberg, Saverin, and Facebook
+ sports facilities
+ a maximum security prison, Sing Sing Correctional Facility
+ 1826, the US and the Sing Sing Correctional Facility
+ matter of fact
- based on supposition not on fact
+ rhesus blood factor
+ 1940, Landsteiner and the rhesus blood factor
- wind chill factor
+ extrinsic factors
+ intrinsic factors
+ got a job at the factory
+ bald facts
+ the bare facts
+ junior faculty
- the engine failed
- heart failure
- a power failure
- renal failure
- disappointed at the failure
+ tried to analyze the causes of their failure
+ just and fair
+ world's fair
+ the Christian faith
+ a confession of faith
+ to defend our faith
+ always faithful
+ the faithful
+ free fall
- Adam and Eve, the Fall
- the higher up, the greater the fall
+ Niagara Falls
+ Canada, the US, and Niagara Falls
- true and false
+/- true or false
+ to winnow out the truth from the falsehoods
+ the pinnacle of his fame
+ hall of fame
+ a taste of fame
+ to raise a family
+ my immediate family
+ to have a large family
+ nuclear family
+ to come from a rich family
+ my mother's side of the family
+/- feast or famine
- 1845-1852, Western Ireland and the potato famine
+ folding fan
+ 600-900, Jap. and the folding fan
+ hand fan
+ 400s BC, Greece and the hand fan
+ the artist and the fans
+ by far
+ to go far
+ so far
+ will go that far
+ dairy farm
+ tree farm
+ strip farming
+ high fashion
+ in fashion
+ a leader of fashion
- out of fashion
+ to follow the fashion
+ hard and fast
+/- feasting or fasting
+ foster father
+ the very image of my father
+ the Father
+ land of our fathers
- at fault
+ to locate the electrical fault
- out of favor
+ in our favor
+ hind and fawns
+ 1908, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI
+ never fear
+ without fear
- irrational fears
+ to dispel our fears
+ clean-cut features
- incontinence of feces
+ national anthem of Russia, State Anthem of the Russian Federation
+ 2000, Mikhalkov, Alexandrov, and State Anthem of the Russian Federation
+ a nominal fee
+ a substantial fee
+ gravity feed
- sinking feeling
- bad feelings
+ good feelings
+ no ill feelings
+/- mixed feelings
- to mask my feelings
- to relieve my feelings
+ to consider people's feelings
- to get cold feet
+ to sit at my feet
- to drag my feet
+ to find my feet
+ to sit down and rest my feet
+ to stand on my own feet
- a gross fellow
- Poor fellow!
+ teaching fellowship
+ f., female
+ male and female
+ a report, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
+ 1953, Kinsey and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
+ snow fence
+ to sit on the fence
+ a potent opioid analgesic, fentanyl
+ 1960, P. Janssen and fentanyl
+ nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium; fertilizers
+ 1840, von Liebig and fertilizers
+ Dragon Boat Festival
+ c. 278 BC, Qu and the Dragon Boat Festival
- casting a cloud over the festivities
- hay fever
- associated with childbirth or abortion, puerperal fever
- rheumatic fever
- typhoid fever
- yellow fever
- the few
+ nerve fiber
+ fiberglass
+ 1932, Slayter and fiberglass
+ tibia and fibula
+ science fiction
+ high fidelity
+ track and field
+ ice field
+ landing field
+ magnetic field
+ oil field
+ playing field
- to cut across the field
- withdrew troops from the field
+ one and two and three and four and fifteen
- a dirty fighter
+ fire fighter
+ a full figure
+ to have a good figure
+ a jointed model of the human body, lay figure
+ round figure
+ am good at figures
+ double figures
+ to have a good head for figures
- to manipulate figures
+ the ordinary people of an organization, the rank and file
+ nail file
+ to delete unnecessary files
+ color film
+ 1932, Disney and color film
+ photographic film
+ 1889, Eastman and photographic film
+ talking film
+ 1927, Warner Brothers and the talking film
+ high finance
+ in the area of finance
+ range finder
+ gold finger
+ the pointing finger, index finger
+ little finger
+ ring finger
- caused by tendonitis of the finger, trigger finger
- characterized by the inability to straighten the finger without help, trigger finger
+ fingerprinting
+ 1858, W. J. Herschel and fingerprinting
+ to snap my fingers
+ sensitive fingers
- loss of sensation in the fingers
+ strong to the finish
+ from start to finish
+ quite finished
+ a novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
+ 1884, Twain and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
+ insured against fire
- caught fire
- forest fire
- to hang fire
- on fire
- ball of fire
- in case of fire
- to open fire
+ fought the fire
- out of the frying pan and into the fire
+ stamped out the fire
+ to poke the fire
+/- to fire, to fire, to fire
- under fire
+ to fight fire with fire
- to play with fire
+ a web browser, Firefox
+ 2002, Mozilla Foundation and Firefox
+ a network security system, firewall
+ 1988, Digital Equipment Corp. and the firewall
+ fireworks
+ 600s, China and fireworks
+ brokerage firm
+ to stand firm
- never heard of this firm
+ a policy, "America First"
+ 2017, President Trump and "America First"
+ at first
+ ladies first
- always to put self first
+ the first
+ must finish this work first
- a deep water fish, devil fish
- Mediterranean Sea and devil fish
+ flying fish
+ freshwater fish
+ game fish
+ an aquarium fish, pink kissing fish
+ Java and pink kissing fish
+ saltwater fish
+ sport fish
+ a sign of the zodiac, the Fish
- the submarine and the fish
+ deep-sea fishing
+ ice fishing
+ the fissure between the temporal lobe and the parietal lobe, lateral fissure
+ central sulcus and lateral fissure
- to shake my fist
+ to keep fit
+ physical fitness
+ survival of the fittest
+ one and two and three and four and five
+ a hand gesture, high five
+ 1977, D. Baker, Burke, and the high five
+ five-fingers
+ the flag of the US, American flag
+ 1960, Heft and the American flag
- the flag of the LGBT, rainbow flag
+ 1978, G. Baker and the rainbow flag
- red flag
+ the flag of China, Five-star Red Flag
+ 1801, superimposed crosses of St. Andrew, St. George, and St. Patrick; Union Flag
+ the flag of the UK, Union Flag
- a symbol of surrender, a white flag
+ decked with flags
+ Corn Flakes
+ 1894, Kellogg and Corn Flakes
+ blue flame
- burst into flame
- yellow flame
+ a dance, flamenco
+ 1774, Spain and flamenco
+ the crow flaps
- solar flare
- hot flash
+ conical flask
+ 1861, Erlenmeyer and the conical flask
+ vacuum flask
- to fall flat
+ the Flemish
+ the bird flies
+ time flies
- Africa and tsetse flies
+ charter flight
- free flight
+/- a defense, fight or flight
+ a transatlantic flight
+ domestic flights
+ the bee flits(motion)
+ the curlew flits(motion)
+ the owl flits(motion)
+ the parrot flits(motion)
+ the sparrow flits(motion)
- the Flood
+ first floor
+ on the first floor
+ please to lay it on the floor
- sat on the floor
+ dental floss
+ powder made from grain, flour
+/- cash flow
+ the sex organ of a plant, flower
+ corpse flower
- wild flower
+ to arrange flowers
+/- artificial flowers
+ Western Sumatra and corpse flowers
+ to keep the traffic flowing
- a viral infection, bird flu
- H5N1, H7N3, H7N7, H7N9, and H9N2; human bird flu
- an attack of flu
- am down with flu
+ to absorb fluid
+ brake fluid
+ correction fluid
+ 1956, Graham and correction fluid
+ the pigeon flutters(motion)
+ magnetic flux
+ in a state of flux
- fruit fly
- an aphrodisiac, Spanish fly
- an emerald-green beetle, Spanish fly
+ on the fly
- tsetse fly
+ high flyer
+ instrument flying
+ a brain scan used to detect changes associated with blood flow, fMRI
+ functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, fMRI
+ 1990, Seiji and fMRI
+ in foal
+ mare and foals
+ in focus
- out of focus
+ in sharp focus
- friend and foe
+/- friend or foe
- dense fog
- a blanket of fog
- patches of fog
- thick fog
+ aluminium foil
+ tin foil
+ to return to the fold
+ country folk
+ the following
+ as follows
- picky about food
+ to absorb food
+ cat food
+ comfort food
+ dog food
+ fine food
+ finger food
- desperate for food
+ good food
- junk food
- deprived of food
+ produced without the use of artificial fertilizers and pesticides, organic food
+ plant food
+ soul food
+ spicy food
- without food
+ cannot exist without food
- bland foods
+ convenience foods
+ fast foods
+ frozen foods
+ 1929, Birdseye and frozen foods
+ health foods
- to act the fool
+ a defense, to play the fool
- felt foolish
- penny wise and pound foolish
+ hand and foot
- athlete's foot
- stamped my foot
+ on foot
+ left foot and right foot
+ to play football
+ the football team representing the school, varsity football
- lost my footing
+ to follow in his footsteps
+ heels ranging from 2 to 5 inches or more, high-heeled footwear
+ 1500s, de Medici, Mary I of England, and high-heeled footwear
+ got more than I bargained for
+ God forbid
- brute force
+ centrifugal force
+ in force
+ the labor force
+ task force
+ work force
+ to join forces
+ distributed my forces
+ to the fore
+ Black Forest
+ Germany and the Black Forest
+ national forest
+ rain forest
- living in the depths of the forest
+ the edge of the forest
+ a thick forest
+ tropical forest
- I forget
+ to remember only the gist and forget the details; Remembering and Forgetting
+ 1932, F. Bartlett, and Remembering and Forgetting
- no forgetting, no forgiving
+ knife and fork
+ tuning fork
+ 1711, Shore and the tuning fork
+ am in good form
+ order form
+ date format
+ used by the majority of the world's countries, DMY date format
+ used by the Philippines, the US and Canada; MDY date format
+ used by Kazakhstan and Nepal; YDM date format
+ used by China, Iran, Japan, S. Korea, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden; YMD date format
+ PDF, Portable Document Format
+ GIF, Graphic Interchange Format
- a primitive defense mechanism, reaction formation
- converting unwanted memories into their opposites, reaction formation
+ the former
+/- back and forth
+ from this day forth
+ and so forth
+ left him a fortune
+ amassed a large fortune
+ to seek my fortune
+ an American television game show, Wheel of Fortune
+ 1975, Griffin and Wheel of Fortune
+ to tell fortunes
+ to carry forward
+ inched forward
+ to look forward
+ do not forward
+ to step forward
+ to know it backwards and forwards
- committed a foul
+ lost and found
- to lack a solid foundation
+ soda fountain
+ to multiply four by four
+ four-eyes
+ four-legs
- on all fours
+ four-wheels
+ July 4th, the Fourth
+ a ballroom dance, foxtrot
+ 1914, Fox and the foxtrot
- compound fracture
- hairline fracture
- simple fracture
+ a small frame
+ a man of square frame
+ 1970, A. Smith and the walking frame
+ the practice of the right to use a firm's business model and brand, franchising
+ 1886, Pemberton and franchising
+ a novel, Frankenstein
+ 1818, Shelley and Frankenstein
- telemarketing fraud
+ born free
+ to set them free
+ to taste the joys of freedom
+ the French
- deep freeze
+ refrigerator and freezer
+ the language of romance, French
- had no occasion to speak French
+ high frequency
+ very high frequency
+ low frequency
- very low frequency
+ Friday, Fri.
+ Fri., Friday
- the busiest shopping day after Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday
+ commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus, Good Friday
+ Monday through Friday
+ not foe, friend
+ always ready to help a friend
+ a close friend
+ to make friends
+ to communicate the news to my friends
- a narrow circle of friends
+ a gesture of friendship
+ a long-standing friendship
- exploited him under the guise of friendship
+ did it all in the name of friendship
+ to promote friendship
+ French fries
+ 1789, France and French fries
- stage fright
+ a flying disc, Frisbee
+ 1957, F. Morrison and the Frisbee
+ the lamb frisks(motion)
+ to and fro
+ tree frog
- cold front
+ made my way to the front
- wearing a frown
- canned fruit
+ citrus fruit
- never come to fruition
+ trout and fry
- to have other fish to fry
+ an unarmed combat, kung fu
+ 500 BC, China and kung fu
+ to use less fuel
+ to save fuel
+ smokeless fuel
+ to have my hands full
+ in full
+ paid in full
+ do not talk with your mouth full
+ to the fullest
+ cerebellum function
+ 1809, Rolando and cerebellum function
+ vital functions
+ mutual fund
+ trust fund
+ reserve funds
+ shall inquire further
+ the foreseeable future
+ in future
+ in the near future
+ a rosy future