Common Words

eyry

noun

the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)

ezed

noun

the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet

ezo

noun

the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the...

facia

noun

a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or b...

fagus

noun

beeches

faq

noun

a list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given...

fcs

noun

a cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations pr...

fdic

noun

a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in n...

felis

noun

type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats

fes

noun

a city in north central Morocco; religious center

fesse

noun

(heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band...

fha

noun

the federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban De...

fhlmc

noun

a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary...

fijis

noun

a group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the sout...

fisa

noun

an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures fo...

fla.

noun

a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic a...

fletc

noun

a center in the Department of Homeland Security that trains...

flnc

noun

a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican indepe...

fmri

noun

a form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that regis...

fnma

noun

a federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages

fots

noun

a communication system using fiber optic cables

fpd

noun

a type of video display that is thin and flat; commonly used...

fsh

noun

a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pitu...

fthm

noun

a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water dep...

fto

noun

a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve...

fuggy

adjective

(British informal) poorly ventilated

fugo

noun

a bomb carried by a balloon

fulbe

noun

a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa;...

funka

noun

robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racem...

fuqra

noun

an Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to...

fws

noun

an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves a...

g.i.

verb

clean in preparation for inspection

ga.

noun

a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederat...

gaap

noun

a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that de...

gadus

noun

type genus of the Gadidae: the typical codfishes

galan

noun

a mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high)

gamow

noun

United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent...

gansu

noun

a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk...

gavia

noun

type genus of the Gavidae: loons

gbit

noun

a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,...

gca

noun

aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked...

gelly

noun

a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in...

genf

noun

a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lak...

gerea

noun

small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers

germy

adjective

full of germs or pathological microorganisms

gheg

noun

the dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugos...

ghrf

noun

a releasing factor that accelerates the secretion of growth...

ghz

noun

1,000,000,000 periods per second

gibit

noun

a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibits or 2^30 (1,073,...

gidar

noun

a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad