| foundling |
a child or infant abandoned by unidentified parents and found by someone else. |
| found object |
any object picked up by chance and treated as a piece of art. |
| foundry |
an establishment where metal is founded. [2 definitions] |
| fount |
a source of water, such as a spring; fountain. [2 definitions] |
| fountain |
a spring or head of a stream. [5 definitions] |
| fountainhead |
a spring in which a stream has its origin. [2 definitions] |
| Fountain of Youth |
a mythical spring believed to give youth and health to anyone who drinks from it. |
| fountain pen |
a pen in which ink is drawn into a pointed nib at one end from a reservoir or cartridge inside. |
| 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. |