| folic acid |
folacin. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. [6 definitions] |
| folk |
(used with a pl. verb) (often pl.) a specific group of people, distinguished by common nationality, background, or style of life. [6 definitions] |
| folk dance |
a dance or type of dance originated, performed, and handed down by the common folk of a region or country. [2 definitions] |
| folk dancing |
the activity of dancing to the traditional music of a particular region using steps that have been established by custom. |
| folk etymology |
a change made in a word or phrase according to a false notion as to its origin or derivation. |
| folklore |
the legends, traditions, customs, beliefs, and the like, of a racial, geographical, or national group, handed down through the generations. [3 definitions] |
| folk medicine |
the treatment of illness by people without formal medical training, based on common sense, tradition, or superstition, and often using herbs and other natural remedies. |
| folk music |
music originated, handed down, and played or sung by the common folk of a region or country, often fairly simple and repetitive in structure. [2 definitions] |
| folk-rock |
popular music that combines characteristic elements of folk music and rock-'n'-roll, often using lyrics similar to the former, with rhythm from the latter, as in songs of social protest. |
| folks |
(informal) parents or family members. [2 definitions] |
| folk singer |
someone who sings folk music, esp. professionally. |
| folk song |
a piece of vocal folk music. [2 definitions] |
| folksy |
casually sociable; informal; neighborly; unceremonious. |
| folk tale |
a story of anonymous authorship, passed on orally by the common people of a region or country, and often incorporating the myths and legends of that people, or including a moral. |
| folkway |
(often pl.) a pattern of life or mode of thought or action shared by a people as part of their traditional culture. |
| follicle |
a small cavity or sac with a narrow mouth, such as that surrounding the root of each hair. [3 definitions] |
| follow |
to come or go after or behind. [15 definitions] |
| follower |
a student, disciple, or adherent of the teachings or ideas of another. [4 definitions] |
| following |
a group of followers, supporters, or adherents. [5 definitions] |
| follow in someone's footsteps |
to pursue a course of action very similar to that of someone else. |