Index of English words, starting with "fa"

(1) - Famous (a.) Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate.

(1) - Famously (adv.) In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.

(1) - Fan (n.) To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace.
(2) - Fan (n.) To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat.
(3) - Fan (n.) To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.
(4) - Fan (n.) To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.
(5) - Fan (n.) To move as with a fan.
(6) - Fan (n.) A quintain; -- from its form.
(7) - Fan (n.) That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion.
(8) - Fan (n.) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
(9) - Fan (n.) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc.
(10) - Fan (n.) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
(11) - Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
(12) - Fan (n.) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle.
(13) - Fan (n.) An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface

(1) - Fanatic (n.) A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion.
(2) - Fanatic (a.) Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions.