| fife |
a small wind instrument that looks like a flute and has a high pitch. The fife usually plays along with drums in marching music. |
| fjord |
a long, narrow ocean inlet that passes between high and rocky banks or steep cliffs. |
| flute |
a woodwind instrument with a high pitch. It is a long tube with finger holes or keys along it and is played by blowing into a hole near one end. |
| fly1 |
a batted baseball or softball that rises high in the air; fly ball. [1/9 definitions] |
| flying |
traveling at a high speed. [1/4 definitions] |
| freeway |
a highway with more than two lanes and no stop signs or traffic lights, allowing traffic to move at high speeds. |
| freshman |
a student in the first year of high school, college, or university. |
| gallows |
a high wooden frame to which one or more ropes for hanging criminals are attached. Only two states in the United States still use hanging as a form of execution. |
| general |
an officer of high military rank in the U.S. and other armed forces. [1/4 definitions] |
| gentleman |
a man of noble birth or high social position. [1/3 definitions] |
| gentlewoman |
a woman of noble birth or high social position. [1/2 definitions] |
| gondola |
a long, narrow boat with a flat bottom and high curved ends, propelled by a person standing at the stern using a long pole. Gondolas are used for carrying passengers on the canals of Venice, Italy. [1/2 definitions] |
| graduate |
a person who has finished studying at high school or college. A diploma is given to a graduate to show that all the necessary work has been done. [1/2 definitions] |
| grant |
that which is given, often by a ruler, a government, or other institution, for a purpose considered to be of high value. [1/4 definitions] |
| headland |
a high piece of land that sticks out into a body of water. |
| heel1 |
(often plural) a women's shoe with a somewhat or rather high heel. [1/6 definitions] |
| height |
(often plural) a high place from which one can look out. [1/5 definitions] |
| high |
in or to a high position or place. [2/8 definitions] |
| highly |
at a high cost. [1/3 definitions] |
| high-tech |
technology that requires or involves sophisticated techniques or equipment, such as microelectronics or genetic engineering; high technology. [1/2 definitions] |
| highway |
a major public road on which one can drive at high speeds, especially between cities. |