finishing school |
a private school at the secondary or junior college level for the training of young women, esp. in the social graces and accomplishments appropriate to polite society. |
finish line |
a line or other marker indicating the end of a race. |
finite |
limited in number, quantity, or duration; capable of being measured. (Cf. infinite.) [3 definitions] |
finitude |
the quality or state of being finite. |
Finland |
a Scandinavian country between Russia and Sweden. |
Finn |
a native or citizen of Finland, or a descendant thereof. [2 definitions] |
finnan haddie |
smoked haddock. |
Finnic |
of or belonging to the group of languages that includes Finnish, Estonian, and Lapp. [2 definitions] |
Finnish |
the main language of Finland. [2 definitions] |
Finno- |
Finnish. |
Finno-Ugric |
a subfamily of the Uralic family of languages including Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian, spoken in eastern Europe, western Siberia, and the Ural mountains. [2 definitions] |
finny |
possessing or resembling a fin or fins. [2 definitions] |
fiord |
variant of fjord. |
fipple |
a wedgelike slitted plug that stops the upper end of certain musical instruments, such as the recorder, and through which the player blows air. |
fipple flute |
a recorder or other vertical flute that has a slitted wedgelike plug, or fipple, in the mouthpiece. |
fir |
any of numerous cone-bearing evergreen trees related to the pines. [2 definitions] |
fire |
the effects, such as heat, light, and flames, produced by burning. [14 definitions] |
fireable |
combined form of fire. |
fire alarm |
a device that gives off a noise to signal that a fire is occurring. [2 definitions] |
fire ant |
any of various ants that can inflict a burning sting, found esp. in South America and the southern United States. |
firearm |
a small weapon, such as a pistol or rifle, from which a shot is fired using exploding gunpowder. |