| feeling |
If you have a pain in your foot, your foot sends a message to your brain that says, "I'm hurting!" That message is called a feeling. If someone's fingers get very, very cold, they sometimes stop sending any message to the brain at all. When that happens, we say that there is no feeling in those fingers or that the fingers have lost feeling. [2 definitions] |
| feet |
Feet is the word we use when we are talking about more than one foot. |
| female |
Girls and women are female. Female humans give birth to babies, and so do many female animals. Some female animals, such as chickens, lay eggs instead. |
| fence |
A fence is something that people often build in a yard or around a house. A fence separates one area of land from another. A fence is often made of wood, stone, or wire, and it is often used to keep animals or people in or out of an area. |
| fern |
Ferns are plants with large green leaves shaped like feathers. Ferns grow well in places that are a little dark, so you can often find them in a forest. Ferns do not make flowers or seeds. |
| ferry |
A ferry is a boat or ship that carries people or things across a river or other body of water. A ferry just goes back and forth between one side of the water and the other. |
| festival |
A festival is an event that celebrates something, and it often happens at a certain time each year. At a festival, there are special things to do and see and often there are interesting foods to eat. |
| fever |
When you have a fever, it means that the temperature of your body is higher than usual. A fever is usually caused by being sick. |
| few |
If there are few trees in your yard, there are only a small number of trees there. There are not very many. |
| fiber |
A fiber is something from a plant or animal that looks like a small hair or little piece of thread. Some fibers you may know are cotton fibers and wool fibers. Fibers from the cotton plant or from sheep's wool are often used to make thread and yarn, and these are used to make things like clothes, curtains, or blankets. Nowadays, people can make fibers from chemicals too. Maybe you have a sweater or socks or a jacket made from these fibers. [2 definitions] |
| field |
A field is an area of land that has no trees but usually has grass or some other plants growing on it. Farmers use fields to grow crops. [2 definitions] |
| field trip |
When students go on a field trip, they go with their teacher out of their classroom and school to another place to learn things. They often go on a bus to get there. |
| fifteen |
Fifteen is the word for the number 15. |
| fifteenth |
If fourteen trees are planted in the field, the next tree will be the fifteenth tree. |
| fifth |
When you live on the fifth floor, it means that you live on the floor that comes after the fourth floor. [2 definitions] |
| fiftieth |
If forty-nine people got onto a train, the next person to get on would be the fiftieth person. |
| fifty |
Fifty is the word for the number 50. |
| fight |
When two people fight, they are acting against each other in some way. They try to win something or hurt each other by using strong words, actions of their body, or a weapon. People are often angry or upset when they fight. When people fight with words, it's called an argument. Animals fight too, often because they want something that another animal wants. |
| figure |
Written numbers are called figures. The number 376 has three figures. The figures are 3, 7, and 6. [6 definitions] |
| figure out |
If you have a question or a problem and you figure it out, it means that you find the answer to it. You use your mind when you figure out something. |
| Fiji |
Fiji is an island country in the Pacific Ocean. Fiji is made up of many islands. These islands were made by volcanoes under the sea. Fiji is a country of many mountains. The mountains are covered with tropical forest. People in Fiji sell a lot of sugar, vegetables, fish, and seafood to people in other countries. |