| forceps |
a pair of tongs or pincers used in medical procedures, as to grasp and extract tissue or foreign bodies during surgery. |
| force pump |
a pump with a valveless plunger, used to raise the level of a liquid or convey it through a pipe by the application of pressure. |
| for certain |
unquestionably; positively. |
| forcible |
achieved through force or violence. [3 definitions] |
| ford |
a shallow stretch in a river or other body of water that can be crossed without a boat or raft. [2 definitions] |
| fordable |
combined form of ford. |
| 'fore |
contracted form of "before". |
| fore1 |
at, near, or toward the front. [4 definitions] |
| fore2 |
in golf, used as a warning to alert those who may be in the path of a golf ball that is about to be driven. |
| fore- |
before. [2 definitions] |
| fore-and-aft |
located along or parallel to a line from the bow to the stern of a ship or boat; lengthwise. [2 definitions] |
| forearm1 |
the lower arm in humans, between the elbow and wrist. [2 definitions] |
| forearm2 |
to arm or prepare beforehand. |
| forebear |
an ancestor or forefather. |
| forebode |
to foretell the likelihood of or be an omen of. [4 definitions] |
| foreboding |
a strong feeling or a portent, usu. that something bad is going to happen. [2 definitions] |
| forebrain |
the anterior of the three divisions of the brain of a vertebrate embryo; prosencephalon. [2 definitions] |
| forecast |
to state as likely or certain to happen; predict. [4 definitions] |
| forecastable |
combined form of forecast. |
| forecaster |
a person who forecasts what is likely to happen in the future, esp. one who predicts the weather. |
| forecastle |
the section of the upper deck of a ship at the bow or in front of the foremast. [3 definitions] |