Index of English words, starting with "fo"

(1) - Foliar (a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, leaves; as, foliar appendages.

(1) - Foliate (v. t.) To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.
(2) - Foliate (v. t.) To beat into a leaf, or thin plate.
(3) - Foliate (a.) Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk.

(1) - Foliated (a.) Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver.
(2) - Foliated (a.) Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.
(3) - Foliated (a.) Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.
(4) - Foliated (a.) Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.
(5) - Foliated (a.) Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.
(6) - Foliated (imp. & p. p.) of Foliate

(1) - Foliation (n.) The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it having been produced by pressure.
(2) - Foliation (n.) The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See Tracery.
(3) - Foliation (n.) The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.
(4) - Foliation (n.) The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina.
(5) - Foliation (n.) The manner in which the young leaves are dispo/ed within the bud.
(6) - Foliation (n.) The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.