fettle (en)

(noun) state or condition of health, fitness, wholeness, spirit, or form / (verb) to cover or line the hearth of (as a reverberatory furnace) with loose material (as sand or gravel)

feuilleton (fr)

kind of supplement attached to the political portion of French newspapers, consisting chiefly of non-political news and gossip, literature and art criticism, a chronicle of the latest fashions, and epigrams, charades and other literary trifles

fey (en)

(adjective) fated to die; doomed / (adjective) marked by a foreboding of death or calamity / (adjective) able to see into the future; visionary / (adjective) marked by an otherworldly air or attitude / (adjective) crazy touched / (adjective) excessively refined; precious / (adjective) quaintly unconventional; campy

fiat (en)

(noun) an authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree

fideism (en)

(noun) reliance on faith rather than reason in pursuit of religious truth

fideist (en)

(noun) reliance on faith rather than reason in pursuit of religious truth

figurant (en)

an originally French word that means extra (as in a theatrical production); related words "unfiguranted" and "figurantless" mean "without anonymous extras" (where everyone is a protagonist of sorts)

filiation (en)

the fact of being or of being designated the child of a particular parent or parents

fillip (en)

(noun) a movement made by bending the last joint of the finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing it; a flick of the finger OR something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity

finagle (en)

(verb) obtain (something) by devious or dishonest means

financial repression (en)

(from the FT so, grain of salt) measures by governments to boost their coffers and/or reduce debt, including holding down interest rates to below inflation (representing a tax on savers and a transfer of benefits from lenders to borrowers), imposing capital controls, etc. China gets accused of this a lot

financialization (en)

the process whereby the financial industry becomes more prominent

finial (en)

(noun) a usually foliated ornament forming an upper extremity especially in Gothic architecture / (noun) a crowning ornament or detail (as a decorative knob)

fissiparous (en)

(adjective) tending to break up into parts; divisive

fixism (en)

the non-scientific theory that the species alive today are identical to those of the past and that evolution does not happen

flagitious (en)

(adjective) marked by scandalous crime or vice; villainous

flatus vocis (la)

(from Medieval Latin: breath of the voice) a term used by French philosopher Roscellinus (1050-1125), founder of nominalism; means a mere name, word, or sound without a corresponding objective reality

flitches (en)

(noun) a side of cured meat / (noun) a side of bacon / (noun) a longitudinal section of a log

flocculence (en)

flakiness; containing or made up of small particles that have been aggregated

florid (en)

(adjective) very flowery in style; ornate / tinged with red; ruddy / marked by emotional or sexual fervor / elaborately or excessively intricate or complicated

flummery (en)

(noun) a soft jelly or porridge made with flour or meal / (noun) any of several sweet desserts / (noun) mummery mumbo jumbo

foible (en)

a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character

fomenting (en)

(verb) to promote the growth or development of; rouse incite

Fordism (en)

the use in manufacturing industry of the methods pioneered by Henry Ford, typified by large-scale mechanized mass production

forfend (en)

(verb) forbid / (verb) to ward off; prevent / (verb) protect preserve