| four |
the number represented by the Arabic numeral 4 and the Roman numeral IV. [3 definitions] |
| four flush |
in stud poker, a hand containing four visible cards of one suit. |
| four-flush |
in stud poker, to bluff that one has a true flush of five cards on the basis of holding four visible cards of the same suit. [2 definitions] |
| four-flusher |
(informal) one without the means to deliver on a promise; one whose position is weak, but who nonetheless presents it as strong; bluffer. |
| fourfold |
having four parts or elements. [3 definitions] |
| four-footed |
having or walking on four feet; quadruped. |
| four-four time |
a musical meter having four quarter notes or their equivalent in each measure. |
| four-handed |
having four hands; quadrumanous. [3 definitions] |
| Four-H club |
an organization in the U.S. that teaches young people about farming and how to take care of a home. Four-H clubs are so named because they are meant to improve the heads, hearts, hands, and health of their members. |
| four-in-hand |
a necktie knotted in a slipknot, with the ends dangling and overlapping in front. [3 definitions] |
| four-leaf clover |
a clover with four leaflets, regarded as a sign of good luck. |
| four-letter word |
any of several short English words that are considered offensive or obscene. |
| four-o'clock |
any of several common flowering garden plants that bear tubular varicolored blooms that open late in the day. |
| fourposter |
a bed that has four tall corner posts, which may be used to support bed curtains or a canopy. |
| fourscore |
being three times twenty in number; eighty. |
| foursome |
a match between two pairs of partners, as in golf or bridge, or the participants therein. [2 definitions] |
| foursquare |
having four equal sides that meet in four right angles; square. [4 definitions] |
| four-star |
describing a general or admiral whose insignia carries four stars. [2 definitions] |
| fourteen |
the number represented by the Arabic numeral 14 and by the Roman numeral XIV. [3 definitions] |
| Fourteen Points |
the provisions of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's proposed plan for peace in Europe after World War I, first enumerated in a speech to the U.S. Congress in 1918. The 1919 Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended the war, ultimately included only four of the Fourteen Points, including the creation of a League of Nations. |
| fourteenth |
indicating rank or position between thirteenth and fifteenth. [3 definitions] |