| franchise |
a right or privilege conferred by a government, esp. the right to vote or the rights and powers of incorporation. [5 definitions] |
| franchisee |
one to whom a franchise has been granted. |
| franchiser |
one that grants a franchise. |
| Franciscan |
of or pertaining to one of the Roman Catholic orders founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209. [2 definitions] |
| francium |
a highly radioactive chemical element of the alkali metal group that has eighty-seven protons in each nucleus. (symbol: Fr) |
| Franco- |
French. |
| francolin |
any of various African and Asian partridges. |
| Francophile |
one who is a great admirer of France and of most things that are French. |
| Francophobe |
one who dislikes or fears France, its people or customs, or the like. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| frangipani |
a tropical American shrub or tree that bears large and very fragrant flowers. [3 definitions] |
| frank1 |
sincere and straightforward. [7 definitions] |
| frank2 |
(informal) frankfurter; hot dog. |
| Frankenfood |
(slang) genetically modified food. |
| Frankenstein |
the title character of Mary W. Shelley's early nineteenth-century novel, who creates a monster that destroys him. [3 definitions] |
| Frankfort |
the capital of Kentucky. |
| frankfurter |
a thin smoked sausage, usu. made from beef or a mixture of beef and pork. |
| frankincense |
a sweet-smelling gum resin obtained from various Asian and African trees and used mainly in incense. |
| franklin |
in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century England, a freeborn but not nobly born landowner. |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
the 32nd President of the United States, who served four terms (1933-1945). Roosevelt initiated sweeping social and economic programs to tackle the Great Depression, was leader of the Allied Powers during World War II, and worked to establish Social Security (b.1882--d.1945). |
| Franklin stove |
a cast-iron stove that is enclosed at the top, bottom, and sides but that can be opened in front to resemble a hearth. |