fossick (en)

(verb) to search for gold or gemstones typically by picking over abandoned workings / (verb) to search about; rummage / (verb) to search for by or as if by rummaging; ferret out

frabjous (en)

(adjective) delightful; joyous [humorous]

fractious (en)

difficult to control; unruly; irritable and quarrelsome

frangible (en)

(adjective) readily or easily broken

Frankfurt School (en)

a school of social theory and philosophy associated in part with the Institute for Social Research at the Goethe University Frankfurt; consisted of dissidents who felt at home neither in the existent capitalist, fascist, nor communist systems that had formed at the time

free indirect style (en)

a style of third-person narration which uses some of the characteristics of third-person along with the essence of first-person direct speech

Freytag's pyramid (en)

the structure of a dramatic work such as a play or film (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement)

friable (en)

(adjective) easily crumbled or pulverized

frictionless capitalism (en)

a term coined by Bill Gates in 1995 in his book The Road Ahead; describes an extremely efficient market in which buyers and sellers can find each other easily, can interact directly, and can perform transactions with only minimal overhead costs

frippery (en)

(noun) showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language

frisson (en)

(noun) a brief moment of emotional excitement; shudder thrill

fronds (en)

the leaf or leaflike part of a palm, fern, or similar plant

frowsty (en)

(adjective) musty / (adjective) frowsy / having a stale, warm, and stuffy atmosphere.

frowsy (en)

(adjective) having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance [frowsy or frowzy]

frowzy (en)

(adjective) musty stale / (adjective) having a slovenly or uncared-for appearance

fugue state (en)

rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality, and other identifying characteristics of individuality

fulgent (en)

(adjective) dazzlingly bright; radiant (effulgent is a synonym)

fulguration (en)

(noun) the act or process of flashing like lightning / (noun) electrodesiccation

fuliginous (en)

(adjective) sooty / (adjective) obscure murky / (adjective) having a dark or dusky color

fulminate (en)

(verb) to utter or send out with denunciation / (verb) to send forth censures or invectives / (verb) express vehement protest

fulsome (en)

(adjective) characterized by abundance; copious / (adjective) generous in amount, extent, or spirit / (adjective) being full and well developed / (adjective) aesthetically, morally, or generally offensive / (adjective) exceeding the bounds of good taste; overdone / (adjective) excessively complimentary or flattering; effusive

fulvous (en)

(adjective) of a dull brownish yellow; tawny

Fursichsein (en)

German for "Being for oneself"; a concept used by Hegel?

fuscous (en)

(adjective) of any of several colors averaging a brownish gray / dark and somber in color (literary term)

fusillade (en)

(noun) a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession / (noun) something that gives the effect of a fusillade / (noun) a spirited outburst especially of criticism