Definition of f

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F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.;

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Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.
Rictal :: Rictal (a.) Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles..
Form :: Form (n.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms..
Jest :: Jest (v. i.) To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.
Restiffness :: Restiffness (n.) Restiveness.
Tiffing :: Tiffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tif.
Strutted :: Struse (n.) A Russian river craft used for transporting freight.
Snake :: Snake (v. t.) To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out..
Differentiation :: Differentiation (n.) The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes..
Fishy :: Fishy (a.) Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul..
-ant :: -ant () A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent..
Postgeniture :: Postgeniture (n.) The condition of being born after another in the same family; -- distinguished from primogeniture.
Sombre :: Sombre (a.) Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections..
Diluviate :: Diluviate (v. i.) To run as a flood.
Reclination :: Reclination (n.) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
Bevilled :: Bevilled (a.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.
Smearing :: Smearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smea.
Scudi :: Scudi (pl. ) of Scud.
Profaner :: Profaner (n.) One who treats sacred things with irreverence, or defiles what is holy; one who uses profane language..
Wreathy :: Wreathy (a.) Wreathed; twisted; curled; spiral; also, full of wreaths..
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