Index of letter F
| -facient | Producing a specified action or state. |
| faci(o)- | The face. |
| -faction | Nouns of action or associated state. |
| falc- | Sickle-shaped. |
| fasci(o)- | A bundle. |
| -fashion | In some specified manner. |
| febr(i)- | Fever. |
| femor(o)- | The thigh or thigh bone. |
| femto- | In units of measurement, a factor of 10-15. |
| -fer | Bearing or carrying. |
| -fera | Animal orders or phyla. |
| -ferous | Having, bearing or containing something. |
| ferri- | See ferro- |
| ferr(o)- | Iron. |
| -fest | A festival, gathering, or activity. |
| feto- | The fetus. |
| fibrino- | Fibrin. |
| fibr(o)- | Fibres. |
| -fic | Forming adjectives of action. |
| -fication | Nouns of action. |
| -fid | Divided in a specified way or into a specified number of parts. |
| Finno- | Finland, the Finns or the Finnic languages. |
| -flation | Economic inflation, especially in a particular field. |
| -flationary | See -flation |
| flav(o)- | Yellow or yellow-tinted. |
| -flop | Measures of computing speed. |
| flor(i)- | A flower or flowers. |
| -florous | Having flowers of a certain type. |
| fluor(o)- | Fluorine; fluorescence. |
| fluvi(o)- | River. |
| foeto- | SEE feto- |
| -fold | A number of parts or facets; multiplied by such a number; relating to folding or to a folded object. |
| for- | Forming verbs and adjectives. |
| fore- | Before, beforehand, going before, in front of, leading. |
| -form | Having a specified form or number of forms. |
| -formes | Orders of animals. |
| Franco- | France or French. |
| franken- | Genetically modified. |
| -free | Free of or from something indicated by the first element. |
| fronto- | The forehead or front part of something. |
| fruct(i)- | Fruit; fructose. |
| -fuge | An agent that dispels, drives away or eliminates something. |
| -ful | Full of; having given qualities. |
| fung(i)- | Fungus. |
| -fy | Make or produce; transform into; become. |
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