General Dictionary
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An alphabetical listing of General terms and items. |
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The 6th letter of the Roman alphabet
The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates
A degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
A nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
A secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justic
32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the great depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H. Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941)
United States novelist (1896-1940)
The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
An agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
Extremely pleasing; "a fabulous vacation"
A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
Russian goldsmith noted for creating a series of jeweled and enameled Easter eggs for European royalty (1846-1920)
A member of the Fabian Society in Britain
Using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy"
Of or relating to Fabianism; "the Fabian society"
Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs
Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic
Socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law Back to top
An association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism
A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
A short moral story (often with animal characters)
A deliberately false or improbable account
Celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James"
Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
The underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society"
Make up something artificial or untrue
Put together out of components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"
Formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story"
The deliberate act of deviating from the truth
The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
The act of making something (a product) from raw materials; "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
Writing in a fictional form
A deliberately false or improbable account
Someone who tells lies
A person who tells or invents fables
Barely credible; "the fabulous endurance of a marathon runner"
Extremely pleasing; "a fabulous vacation"
Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; "mythical centaurs"; "the fabulous unicorn" Back to top
In a fabulous manner; "she was a fabulously gifted player"
The face or front of a building
A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
The act of confronting bravely; "he hated facing the facts"; "he excelled in the face of danger"
A vertical surface of a building or cliff
The side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down"
The striking or working surface of an implement
The general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing"
The expression on a person''s face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"
Impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn''t believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
Status in the eyes of others; "he lost face"
The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"
The part of an animal corresponding to the human face
A specific size and style of type within a type family
A contorted facial expression; "she made a grimace at the prospect"
A surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf"
A part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces"
Deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"
Oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" Back to top
Cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones"
Line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; "face the lapels of the jacket"
Turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now"
Turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card"
Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
Be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other"
A regulated investment company that pays a stated amount to certificate holders on a stated maturity date
Harden steel by adding carbon
Perform cosmetic surgery on someone''s face
(ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players
A hostile disagreement face-to-face
Maintaining dignity or prestige; "a face-saving compromise"
In each other''s presence; "a face-to-face encounter"
Within each other''s presence; "she met the president face-to-face"
Directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table"
Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination; "a neatly faced terrace"
Without a face or identity; "a faceless apparition"; "the faceless accusers of the police state"
A renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building)
Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift"
A protective covering for the front of a machine or device (as a door lock or computer component) Back to top
(a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced
A distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied every facet of the question"
A smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
Having facets; "a faceted diamond"
Cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"
Not seriously; "I meant it facetiously"
Playful humor
The plane of a facet of an object (as of a cube)
The angle formed by two edges of a polyhedral angle
One of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face
Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
A cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin
The hair growing on the lower part of a man''s face
Face mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmets
A renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building)
Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift"
A renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building)
Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift"
Mask that provides a protective covering for the face in such sports as baseball or football or hockey
Start a game by a face-off Back to top
A cream that cleanses and tones the skin
Cosmetic powder for the face
The visual perception of familiar faces
Biometric identification by scanning a person''s face and matching it against a library of known faces; "they used face recognition to spot known terrorists"
An act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)
An act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)
Soap used as a toiletry
Accept the unpleasant consequences of one''s actions
A small towel used to dry the hands or face
Involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke facel to face"
Deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
The apparent worth as opposed to the real worth
The value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value
A piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face
A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc
Care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams
Cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles
Of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object
Of or concerning the face; "a facial massage"; "facial hair"; "facial expression"
With respect to the face Back to top
An artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face
The expression on a person''s face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"
A gesture executed with the facial muscles
A gesture executed with the facial muscles
The ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face
Any of the skeletal muscles of the face
Cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles
Identification of criminals and terrorist by means of videotapes of their faces; "facial profiling is a new form of airport security"
Biometric identification by scanning a person''s face and matching it against a library of known faces; "they used face recognition to spot known terrorists"
Tissue paper suitable for use on the face
Any of several veins draining the face
Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"
Performing adroitly and without effort; "her easy grace"; "a facile hand"
Arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
Make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"
Physiology: increase the likelihood of (a response); "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse"
Be of use; "This will help to prevent accidents"
Freed from difficulty or impediment
Act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
(neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential Back to top
The condition of being made easy (or easier); "social facilitation is an adaptive condition"
Freeing from difficulty or impediment; "facilitative changes in the economic structure"
Someone who makes progress easier
Inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity
A service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you; "a cell phone with internet facility"
Services and space and equipment provided for a particular purpose; "catering facilities"; "toilet facilities"
A building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"
A natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen
Skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer"
The act of confronting bravely; "he hated facing the facts"; "he excelled in the face of danger"
Providing something with a surface of a different material
A protective covering that protects the outside of a building
A lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening
An ornamental coating to a building
Two facing pages of a book or other publication
Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio
An exact copy or reproduction
Send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the report right away?"
Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio
A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" Back to top
A concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts"
A statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"
An event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell"
Designed to find information or ascertain facts; "a fact-finding committee"; "investigative reporting"
A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
A dissenting clique
Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
Not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a factitious demand for stocks"
A brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item
Something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"
An independent variable in statistics
An abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a s
Anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome"
A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
Any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?"
Resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15"
The product of all the integers up to and including a given integer; "1, 2, 6, 24, and 120 are factorials"
Of or relating to factorials Back to top
(mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial
(mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial
Resolve (a polynomial) into factors
(mathematics) the resolution of an integer or polynomial into factors such that when multiplied together they give the integer or polynomial
Resolve (a polynomial) into factors
A plant consisting of buildings with facilities for manufacturing
Produced in quantity at a factory
A large-scale farming enterprise
Price charged for goods picked up at the factory
A whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea
A whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping work
A workman in a mill or factory
To perform a factor analysis of correlational data
Any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors; beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that are regarded as the basic variable that account for the int
Of or relating to or the product of factor analysis
Of or relating to or the product of factor analysis
To perform a factor analysis of correlational data
A protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots
A protein in blood plasma that is the inactive precursor of thrombin
An enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot Back to top
Resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15"
Ion of calcium; a factor in the clotting of blood
Coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B
The constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality
The ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use
Resolve into factors; "a quantum computer can factor the number 15"
A coagulation factor
A coagulation factor formed in the kidney under the influence of vitamin K
A coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A
Coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors
Coagulation factor whose deficiency results in a hemorrhagic tendency
Coagulation factor whose deficiency results in prolongation of clotting time of venous blood
In the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot
A servant employed to do a variety of jobs
The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
Characterized by fact; "the factual aspects of the case"
Existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war"
Of the nature of fact; having actual existence; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
Based on fact; "factual accuracy"; "a factual account"
Of or relating to or characterized by facts; "factual considerations" Back to top
The quality of being actual or based on fact; "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination"
As a fact or based on fact; "they learn much, factually, about the problems of retirement and provision for old age, and, psychologically, in the sharing of their thoughts on retirement"
The quality of being actual or based on fact; "the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination"
A mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
A large bright spot on the sun''s photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
A bright spot on a planet
Not compulsory; "facultative courses in the sciences"
Granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something; "a facultative enactment"
Able to exist under more than one set of conditions; "a facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte"
Of or relating to the mental faculties
One of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
The body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"
An educator who works at a college or university
An interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
In a faddish manner
Intensely fashionable for a short time
In a faddish manner
A person who subscribes to a variety of fads
Intensely fashionable for a short time
Gradually ceasing to be visible Back to top
A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing"
Become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
Disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
Having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
Reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
A slow or gradual disappearance
A gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances
Become weaker; "The sound faded out"
Become weaker; "The sound faded out"
Weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound"
Gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength
A sad Portuguese folksong
A reducing diet that enjoys temporary popularity
A device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which
Foul with waste matter; of or relating to feces
A hard mass of dried feces
Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
A take-home test in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood; used to detect colorectal cancers Back to top
Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
The enchanted realm of fairies
Small, human in form, playful, having magical powers
A group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands
A self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands
A Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands
A group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands
A self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands
The enchanted realm of fairies
Small, human in form, playful, having magical powers
(Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd
Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
Offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
Work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
Act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
Chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea; Castanopsis; Chrysolepis; Fagus; Lithocarpus; Nothofagus; Quercus
An order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae
Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day''s shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out
A bundle of sticks and branches bound together Back to top
Offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
Bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks"
Fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
Ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He fagotted the blouse for his wife"
Bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks"
A villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens; "Fagin was a fence who trained boys as pickpockets"
Buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum
Or member of genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour
A bundle of sticks and branches bound together
Offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
Bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot; "faggot up the sticks"
Fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
Ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch; "He fagotted the blouse for his wife"
Beeches
North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
Variety of European beech with pendulous limbs
Variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves
Large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
Variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves Back to top
Variety of European beech with pendulous limbs
Variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves
The frayed end of a length of cloth or rope
The time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922)
King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922)
German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)
A temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees
A thermometer calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit
Glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors
Get worse; "Her health is declining"
Stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
Prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
Become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year"
Fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"
Fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
Judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"
Be unsuccessful; "Where do today''s public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" Back to top
Fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
Be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"
Eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction; "a fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident"
Guaranteed not to fail; "a fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle"
Unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture"
Failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing the course led to his disqualification"
A flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife''s failings"
Below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"
Unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture"
A ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton
An unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic''s failure to check the brakes"
An act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"
An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure"
A person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
Loss of ability to function normally; "kidney failure"
Lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"
Inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
Having made preparations; "prepared to take risks"
In a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it"
The trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work Back to top
Disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
Lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne''er won fair lady"
Lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
Indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven''t the faintest idea"
Barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "faint colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"
Lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
Weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"
Lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne''er won fair lady"
The trait of lacking boldness and courage
To a faint degree or weakly perceived; "between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly"; "stars shining faintly through the overcast"; "could hear his distant shouts only faintly"; "the rumors weren''t even faintly true"
The quality of being dim
Barely audible
A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
A sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar"
A competitive exhibition of farm products; "she won a blue ribbon for her baking at the county fair"
Gathering of producers to promote business; "world fair"; "trade fair"; "book fair"
Join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
Very pleasing to the eye; "my bonny lass"; "there''s a bonny bay beyond"; "a comely face"; "young fair maidens" Back to top
Visually appealing; "our fair city"
(used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";
Free of clouds or rain; "today will be fair and warm"
(of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"
Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"
(of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"
Not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
Of no exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best"
Showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"
More than adequate in quality; "fair work"
In a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another"
In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly"
Attractively feminine; "the fair sex"
Just and honest
Favorite; "the fair-haired boy of the literary set"
Rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
Of a person; just and impartial; not prejudiced
Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles (1883-1939)
United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks, (1909-2000) Back to top
An open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses
(used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";
Not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"
A pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship''s rigging to avoid chafing
To a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason"
In a fair evenhanded manner; "deal fairly with one another"
In conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly"
The quality of being good looking and attractive
Conformity with rules or standards; "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"
The property of having a naturally light complexion
Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
A commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing views
The area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short
A tract of ground free of obstacles to movement
The usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or costal waters
Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control
Small, human in form, playful, having magical powers
Offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
Mushroom that grows in a fairy ring
Rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf Back to top
The enchanted realm of fairies
Something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)
An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
A story about fairies; told to amuse children
Very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
Tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
Fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies
A ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium
Miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowers
A scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp
A female character is some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine
A generous benefactor
Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
A small colored light used for decoration (especially at Christmas)
A ring of fungi marking the periphery of the perennial underground growth of the mycelium
Small freshwater branchiopod having a transparent body with many appendages; swims on its back
An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
A story about fairies; told to amuse children
Fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet
An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse Back to top
A story about fairies; told to amuse children
(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field
(American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled
A reasonable probability of success
A clean copy of a corrected draft
Fair treatment
A person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"
A hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or los
About average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"
The conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties
Moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975)
City in northeast Pakistan
King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975)
Loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; "keep the faith"; "they broke faith with their investors"
Complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust"
A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
Institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
Any loyal and steadfast following Back to top
Marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the observed facts"
Steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor"
Not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "he remained faithful to his wife"
In a faithful manner; "it always came on, faithfully, like the radio"
The quality of being faithful
Deliberately and abominably disloyal or likely to betray trust or confidence; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist"
In a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"
Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
Care provided through prayer and faith in God
Care provided through prayer and faith in God
An irreversible accomplishment
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player
Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
Talk through one''s hat; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
Make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
Fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn''t fake anything; it''s real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man Back to top
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
The act of faking (or the product of faking)
A fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly
A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
Small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds
Curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon"
Sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia
Small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia
A rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew
A short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point
Curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon"
A ligament that attaches part of the liver to the diaphragm and the abdominal wall
A genus of Falconidae
Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
Hunt with falcons; "The Arabs like to falcon in the desert"
Female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon
Female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon
A person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
A family of birds of the order Falconiformes
Chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures Back to top
Relating to or resembling a falcon
The art of training falcons to hunt and return
Small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry
A widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
Large and rare arctic falcon having white and dark color phases
Small North American falcon
Small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds
Small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind
Ornamental objects of no great value
A group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British crown colony
United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
The act of surrendering (under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
A sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
A lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
A movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides"
A sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
When a wrestler''s shoulders are forced to the mat
The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall" Back to top
A downward slope or bend
The time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
The season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"
Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost he
Decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
Come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
Go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"
Occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
Begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"
Be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
Come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
Be cast down; "his eyes fell"
Assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
Fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
Lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
Slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
Move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward" Back to top
Be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
Fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
Come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
Be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"
To be given by assignment or distribution; "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the yougest student"
To be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
Lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"
Yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"
Lose one''s chastity; "a fallen woman"
Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
Die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"
Be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
Come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
Fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
Deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters
The hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played
Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946)
Based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information; "fallacious hope"
Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" Back to top
Containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"
Result of a fallacy or error in reasoning
A misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
Cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
To break off a military action with an enemy
Killed in battle; "to honor fallen soldiers"
Having lost your chastity; "a fallen woman"
Having fallen in or collapsed; "a fallen building"
Having dropped by the force of gravity; "fallen leaves covered the forest floor"; "sat on a fallen tree trunk"
An instep flattened so the entire sole rests on the ground
A person who falls; "one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller"; "a faller among thieves"
A person who fells trees
The likelihood of making errors
Likely to fail or be inaccurate; "everyone is fallible to some degree"
Having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I''m only human"; "frail humanity"
Coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain"
Suddenly losing an upright position; "they ran from the falling tree"; "a falling wall crushed the car"
Becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling market"; "falling incomes"
Decreasing in amount or degree; "falling temperature"
A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality" Back to top
A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
A noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"
Either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
French physician who described cardiac anomalies including Fallot''s tetralogy (1850-1911)
A congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle
A congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle
Any adverse and unwanted secondary effect; "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal"
The radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
A shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb
Cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
Undeveloped but potentially useful; "a fallow gold market"
Left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland"
Small Eurasian deer
A steep descent of the water of a river
Display excessive love or show excessive gratitude towards; "This student falls all over her former professor when she sees him"
Become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
Break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"
Go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
Lose one''s emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died"
Larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains Back to top
Change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures"
Diminish in size or intensity
Get worse; "My grades are slipping"
Go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
Retreat
Move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"
Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Fall backwards and down
Have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
Retreat
Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
The hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played
Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
Green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria
Fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower; naturalized in the United States
Lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
September 22
Fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
Fall in love with; become infatuated with; "She fell for the man from Brazil"
Be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man''s story" Back to top
Revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior; "The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert"
A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
To take one''s place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!"
Become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man"
Be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric ''various''"
Become clear or enter one''s consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
Agree on (a position, for example)
Begin to experience feelings of love towards; "She fell in love with her former student"
Diminish in size or intensity
Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"
Come off; "This button had fallen off"
(Judeo-Christian mythology) when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, God punished them by driving them out of the Garden and into the world where they would be subject to sickness and pain and eve
Open involuntarily; "His mouth dropped open"; "Her jaw dropped"
Come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
Have a breach in relations; "We fell out over a trivial question"
Leave (a barracks, for example) in order to take a place in a military formation, or leave a military formation; "the soldiers fell out"
Come forth or out; "You stick the coins in, but they come out again"; "His hair and teeth fell out"
Come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely"
Fall forward and down; "The old woman went over without a sound" Back to top
Try very hard to please someone; "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law"
Fail to meet (expectations or standards)
Fail to satisfy, as of expectations, for example
Fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
Be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric ''various''"
Find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
A variety of webworm
(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"
Arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"
Adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
Inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"
Designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"
Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn''t fake anything; it''s real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
Inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
Deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses"
Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"
Erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm"
In a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"
The act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
A false statement Back to top
In an incorrect manner; "to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely"
In an insincerely false manner; "a seduction on my part would land us with the necessity to rise, bathe and dress, chat falsely about this and that, and emerge into the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened"
The quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
The state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity"
A male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
Artificially high; above the normal voice range; "a falsetto voice"
A warning that is given about something that fails to occur
Plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho
A plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
Straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers
Eurasian herb with ample panicles of small white flowers; naturalized in North America
Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys
A misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
Twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
Resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland, Australia
Deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico
Tall perennial of the eastern United States having large basal leaves and white summer flowers
A group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus
Any of various autumn-flowering perennials having white or pink to purple flowers that resemble asters; wild in moist soils from New Jersey to Florida and Texas Back to top
Agaric often confused with the death cup
Evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by native Americans
North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers
North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers
A mask worn as part of a masquerade costume
Multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
Sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
A fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
Pungent Old World wild onion
Crocodile of southeast Asia similar to but smaller than the gavial
The opening between the false vocal folds
North American astilbe with panicles of creamy white flowers
Any of several North American perennial herbs with hairy foliage and small yellowish or greenish flowers
A covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment
North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers
Perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
(law) confinement without legal authority
An erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers
Dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers
Any of several plants of the genus Baptisia Back to top
Painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency
Small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers
Small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan
Western United States bushy herb having yellow pealike flowers
An American plant of the genus Malvastrum
Genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits
Any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons
American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
Stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant
Plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana
Stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant
Plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana
A fungus of the family Helvellaceae
A name that has been assumed temporarily
Any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs
Coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
Weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves
Physiological state in which a woman exhibits symptoms of pregnancy but is not pregnant
(law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation
(law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation Back to top
Tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil is central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever
An incorrect income tax return
Slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue
Slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue
North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon
Thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil
Southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage
Common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America
Small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion
Disease of rice; grains covered by a green powder consisting of conidia
A false statement
Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk
A removable denture
A yellow quartz
Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
Any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle
Any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects
Any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects
A manifestly unjust verdict; not true to the evidence
Either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization Back to top
Either of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved in vocalization
Evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers
A person who deliberately gives false testimony
A breast-shaped mass of padding worn in a brassiere
Capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation
The act of determining that something is false
The act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting
A willful perversion of facts
Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
Someone who falsifies
Insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
Falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"
Prove false; "Falsify a claim"
Make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
Fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
The act of determining that something is false
A false statement
The state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity"
A dissolute character in Shakespeare''s plays
Of or resembling Falstaff Back to top
The act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
Speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
Walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
Be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
The act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
Unsteady in speech or action
In an unsteady manner; "he walked unsteadily toward the exit"; "The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs"
A spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices
Meaningless syllables in the refrain of a part-song
The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
Favorable public reputation
Widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"
Tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
Relating to or having the characteristics of a family; "children of the same familial background"; "familial aggregation"
Congenital disorder characterized by high levels of cholesterol and early development of atherosclerosis
A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
A person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" Back to top
Well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests"
Within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences"
(usually followed by `with'') well informed about or knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads"
The experience of becoming familiar with something
Make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"
Having achieved a comfortable relationship with your environment
Serving to make familiar
An act of undue intimacy
Close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
Usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
A casual manner
Personal knowledge or information about someone or something
The experience of becoming familiar with something
Make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"
Having achieved a comfortable relationship with your environment
Serving to make familiar
In an intimately familiar manner; "Sid, as he was familiarly known by his friends, was one of the most respected and devoted members of the socialist minority group"
A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
Having fair knowledge of; "they were acquainted"; "fully acquainted with the facts"
Primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" Back to top
People descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
A collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"
A social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
An association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"
A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
A person having kinship with another or others; "he''s kin"; "he''s family"
Widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
Alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
Surgeonfishes
Mites
Hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles
A family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples
Sturgeons
Short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
Tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines
Filamentous anaerobic bacteria
Plant lice
Used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)
In some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae Back to top
Coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes
An Old World reptile family of Sauria
Large family including many familiar mushrooms
Chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
Poachers
In some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas
Succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
Bubble shells
Larks
Fungi that produce white sori resembling blisters on certain flowering plants
Bonefish
Kingfishers
Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
Whiteflies
Perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants
One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium
Alligators; caimans
A family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Thresher sharks Back to top
One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae
Cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs
Snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
In some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds
New World salamanders
North American catfishes
Only the bowfins
Sand lances
Lancelets
Worm lizards
Congo snakes
Used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus
Small freshwater spiny-finned fishes of Africa and southern Asia
The cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac
Wolffishes
Swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
Freshwater gastropod
Hookworms
A large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground
Alligator lizards Back to top
Eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn
Screamers
Snakebirds
Legless lizards
Chiefly tropical trees or shrubs
Deathwatch beetles
A family of fish including: flashlight fishes
Saddle oysters
Feather stars
Frogfishes; tropical spiny-finned marine fishes having large nearly vertical mouths; related to toadfishes and anglers
Hornworts
Comprising only the pronghorns
Small soft-bodied plant lice
One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes
Plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill
Honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees
Mountain beavers
Sea hares
Chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
Swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes Back to top
Bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth
Coextensive with the order Apterygiformes
Widely distributed shrubs and trees
Anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
Mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: ginseng; hedera
Tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae
Soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution
Ark shells
Tiger moths
Herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
Soft ticks
Small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts
Orb-weaving spiders; cosmopolitan in distribution
Represented solely by the genus Argonauta
Sea catfishes
Family of birthworts (including wild ginger)
Pill bugs
Wood swallows
Family of one species of frog: tailed frog Back to top
Large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates
Widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
Robber flies
One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus
Family of fungi including some common molds
One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium; Pleurosorus; Schaffneria
Crayfish
Plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
Small spiny-finned fishes of both salt and fresh water
Small motile sulphur bacteria
Alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Scrubbirds
Booklice
Trumpetfishes
Fungi having gelatinous sporophores
Used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia
Used in some classifications for the genus Azolla
Piroplasms and cattle pathogens
Typically rod-shaped usually gram-positive bacteria that produce endospores Back to top
Family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes
Shoebills
Right whales
Rorquals; blue whales
Stalkless barnacles
Triggerfishes
Distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers
A family of protoctista
Mole rats; sand rats
Family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts
Toadfishes; related to anglers and batfishes
Monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America
Family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods
Ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars
Water bugs
A family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
Shrubs or herbs
Monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis)
A large Bible with pages to record marriages and births
Trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales Back to top
A family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera
A family of saprobic fungi of order Blastocladiales
Domestic cockroaches
One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum; Doodia; Sadleria; Stenochlaena; Woodwardia
A family of fish including: combtooth blennies
Boas and pythons
Family of pore-bearing fleshy fungi having the spores easily separating from the cup and often from each other
Tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds
Chinese silkworm moth
A family of birds of the suborder Oscines
Bee flies
A widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
A family of fish of the order Heterosomata
True antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats
True sloths; in some
Deep-bodied percoid fishes of the open seas
Small annelid worms with the posterior end modified into an adhesive sucker; especially formerly regarded as modified leeches
Small family of marine fishes having covered gills
Lancelets
Plants with four-petaled flowers Back to top
Narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide
A family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
Chiefly deep-sea fishes related to the Ophidiidae
Seed beetles
A family of acrocarpous mosses
Whelks
Puffbirds
Hornbills
True toads
Large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews
Family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers
Resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees
A corporation that is entirely owned by the members of a single family
Widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees
Constituting the order Opuntiales
Coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
Coextensive with the order Gymnophiona: legless amphibians
Small marsupials of southern South America
Spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
Dragonets Back to top
Blowflies
Marmosets
Dicot aquatic herbs
A family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales
Shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia
Camels and llamas and vicunas
Family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae
Many of the best known edible crabs
1 genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies
Dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes
2 genera of erect or twining wind-pollinated herbs: genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae
Coextensive with the genus Canna
Barbets
A dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis; Cleome; Crateva; Polanisia
Shrubs and small trees and woody vines
Goatsuckers
Boarfishes
Coypus
Leaf bugs
Ground beetles Back to top
Large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas
Pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae
Largest family of living sharks; found worldwide especially in tropical waters; dorsal fin lacks spines: requiem sharks including tiger sharks and soupfin sharks
Sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae
Somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks
Cranelike South American wading birds
Trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves
Used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus; Ostryopsis; and Ostryopsis
Small genus of tropical South American trees
Large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
Beavers
A family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries
1 genus: Casuarina
Condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures
Suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae
A family of Hystricomorpha
All the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins
Gall midges
In some classifications included in family Moraceae
Trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits Back to top
Sunfish family
Shrimpfishes
A family of fish or the order Perciformes including robolos
A family of Nematoda
A family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus
A family of Cephalotaxaceae
Long-horned beetles
Lungfishes having hornlike ridges on the teeth
Coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts
Biting midges; sand flies
American ceratopsian dinosaurs
Fungi having carbonous perithecia with long necks
1 genus
Froghoppers or spittlebugs
Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey
Creepers
Deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer
Coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body
In some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks
Butterfly fishes Back to top
An arthropod family including: chalcidflies
An arthropod family including: chalcidflies
Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria
Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria
Green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts
Tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America
Former name of the Characidae
Plover family
Green turtles; hawksbills
Green turtles; hawksbills
Snapping turtles
Includes spinach and beets
Jumping plant lice
A family of Holocephali
Small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents
Midges
Gram-negative parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates
Green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome
Small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees
Small family of soft-finned bottom-livers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes Back to top
Golden moles
Leaf beetles
Green lacewings
A family of aquatic fungi of order Chytridiales
Leafhoppers
Cicadas
Cichlids
Tiger beetles
Storks
Wingless flat-bodied blood-sucking insects
Water ouzels
Rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats
Shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean
A family of lichens
Family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns
Fleshy fungi: coral fungi
Beetles that prey on other insects
Coextensive with the genus Clethra
Viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas
Herrings; shad; sardines; etc. Back to top
Widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
Loaches
Scale insects
The ladybugs
The honeycreepers
One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: Colchicum; Gloriosa
Nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species
Doves and pigeons
Former usage synonymous with Antedonidae
A family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales
Large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts
Plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
Marine eels
Mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely related to Leguminosae
One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit
Used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus
Rollers
Chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus
Small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards Back to top
Soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae
Squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs
Water bugs
A rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba; Cornus; Corokia; Curtisia; Griselinia; Helwingia
A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
Crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
Dobsons
Used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus
A large family of mostly gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales
Large active pelagic percoid fish
Cotingas; umbrella birds
Sculpins
A court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children)
Curassows; guans; chachalacas
Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae
Shrimps
Succulent shrubs and herbs
Mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
True crocodiles
New World vipers: pit vipers Back to top
Plants with four-petaled flowers
Large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders
A family of Blattodea
One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Large burrowing spiders
Includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner
A family of herbaceous vines (such cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
Mosquitoes
Trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere
Cypresses and junipers and many cedars
True weevils: snout beetles
New World botflies
Tropical tree ferns
Ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids
Lumpfishes
Tritons
A family of Hymenoptera
A family of Dermoptera
Tonguefishes
Bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant Back to top
Family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries
A family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace
Large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies
Shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia
The honeycreepers
A family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa
Cochineal insects
Flying gurnards
Sand stargazers
Small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies
Sting rays
Armadillos
Agoutis and pacas
Dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils
Dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils
Comprising solely the aye-aye
One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Dolphins
Family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia
Woodhewers or woodcreepers Back to top
One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Carpet beetles
Sea turtles
Unicellular algae
True vampire bats
North temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales
Armored scales
Large and small highly aquatic salamanders
Tree ferns: genera Dicksonia; Cibotium; Culcita; Thyrsopteris
Mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome
Opossums
Chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia; Hibbertia
Moas
Spiny puffers
Albatrosses
Yams
Old World jerboas
Chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads
Chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins
Family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue Back to top
A general practitioner who treats all the family members
Oceanic tunicates
Greatly elongated roundworm
Hawaiian honeycreepers
Swift-running bipedal dinosaurs
A family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs
Fruit flies
Alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
A family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller''s sea cow
Water beetles
Fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon
Fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships
Fishes having a sucking disk on the head for clinging to other fishes and to ships
A family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria
A family of protoctista in the order Coccidia
Shrubs or small trees often armed
Genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae
Cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes
Click beetles and certain fireflies
Small family comprising the electric eels Back to top
Sleepers
Elephants
Tarpons and ladyfishes
Viviparous percoid fishes comprising the surf fishes
Heathlike shrubs
Box and water turtles
A large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract
Anchovies
A large family of gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales
A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
Mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects
Australasian shrubs or small trees
Ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae
Mayflies
Small family comprising the spadefishes
Horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals
Sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
New World arboreal porcupines
Heathers
True hedgehogs Back to top
Chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts
Family of fungi parasitic mostly on leaves; includes powdery mildews
A family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit
Comprising only the gray whales
Pikes; pickerels; muskellunges
Considered green algae
A family of plants of order Geraniales
Coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi
Flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks
A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
Chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea; Castanopsis; Chrysolepis; Fagus; Lithocarpus; Nothofagus; Quercus
A family of birds of the order Falconiformes
A family of Trematoda
Cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
Threadlike roundworms
Marine limpets
Cornetfishes
A family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other
Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs
Typical earwigs Back to top
Antbirds
Ants
Small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States
Frigate birds
Finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
Small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds
Plant hoppers: lantern flies
Erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman''s breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn
One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta
E.g. ovenbirds
Large family of important mostly marine food fishes
Jacamars
Horse botflies
Sticklebacks
Gavials
Loon family
A family of earthstar fungi belonging to the order Lycoperdales
Geckos
Important economic pests
Snake mackerels Back to top
Chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals
A family of fungi belonging to the order Helotiales
Measuring worms
North American pocket gophers
Small extremely elongate earth-living centipedes
Chiefly herbaceous plants
Mojarras
An arthropod family that includes water striders
Mojarras
An arthropod family that includes water striders
Large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales
A family of protoctista
Constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms
Giraffes
Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers
A family of ferns belonging to order Filicales
Dormice and other Old World forms
A family of protoctists
Flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies
Plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as Gnetum Back to top
Clingfishes
Gobies
Elephants extinct since the Pleistocene
Coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus
A family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China
Leaf miners
The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
In some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry
Cranes
Crickets
Widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
Whirligig beetles
Duck-billed dinosaurs; upper Cretaceous
Oystercatchers
Some genera placed in family Liliaceae
Bird parasites
Grunts
A family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture
Abalones Back to top
A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales
A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales
Comprises genera Hamamelis; Corylopsis; Fothergilla; Liquidambar; Parrotia; other small genera
Land snails including the common edible snail and some pests
Only known venomous lizards
A fungus family of order Helotiales
Family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous
Brown lacewings
One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hemerocallis
Tree swifts
Halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide
Small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats
Greenlings
Primitive sharks
Winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies
Trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule
Hippopotami
Old World leafnose bats
A family of Hirudinea
Swallows and martins Back to top
Part of a patient''s medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases
Squirrelfishes and soldierfishes
A family of Holothuroidea
Large-clawed lobsters
Modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man
One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta
One of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Hyenas
Tooth fungi
A family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants
Sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae
Storm petrels
Simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
Simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
Capybara
Sea snakes
Perennial woodland herbs
A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales; the gills of these fungi have a clean waxy appearance
Tree frogs
Used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae Back to top
Terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns
Used in some classification systems for plants usually included among the Guttiferae
Beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae
Family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales
Warble flies
In some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae
Old World porcupines
Ibises
Ichneumon flies
Later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres
American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks
New World lizards
New World lizards
Iguanodons
Honey guides
A family of Lemuroidea
Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees
A family of birds of the suborder Oscines
Large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
Quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes Back to top
Sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins
In some classifications another name for the family Lamnidae
Hard ticks
Family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications
External male sex organs
Trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans
Tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
A family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
Comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales
Primitive termites of warm regions
In some classifications considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos
Mud turtles; musk turtles
Sea chubs
The mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary
Wrasses
Old World lizards
Lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid
Lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid
The mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary
Large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters Back to top
Oceanic sharks
Opahs
Fireflies
Shrikes
Stout-bodied lizards
Thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit
Armored catfish
Gull family: gulls and terns
Tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths
Extinct except for the coelacanth
A family of Lauraceae
A fungus family of the division Lichenes
Large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins
A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
Primitive New Zealand frogs
Coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order
Family of small free-floating thalloid plants
Typical lemurs; of Madagascar
Family of fleshy parasitic herbs lacking green foliage and having heads of small flowers; California and Mexico
Carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia; Pinguicula; Genlisea Back to top
Goose barnacles
Family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa
Fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk
A family of fungi having free gills and a cap that is cleanly separable from the stalk
Firebrats
Comprises the genus Lepisosteus
Hares and rabbits
New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae
Blind snakes
Includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Sm
Slugs
Horseshoe crabs
A widely distributed family of plants
People descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
Primitive New Zealand frogs
Snailfishes
Snailfishes
Deep-sea crabs of cold waters
Periwinkles
Family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia Back to top
Not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae
Tripletails
Short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts
A dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales
Small family of usually scandent ferns
Large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers
Very small family of tree ferns
In some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria
Slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless
Very small family of New Zealand ferns
Stag beetles
Snappers
Louvars
Family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs
A fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs
A family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales
Wolf spiders
Lygaeid bugs
Tussock moths
Herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers Back to top
Jumping bristletails
Kangaroos; wallabies
Bellows fishes
Grenadiers
Grenadiers
Subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron; Magnolia; Manglietia
Spider crabs
Short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored
Tropical shrubs or trees
Herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra
Extinct family: mastodons
A man whose family is of major importance in his life
Coextensive with the order Pholidota
Mantises
Mantises
Mantispids
Tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
Constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds
Liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli
Clover ferns Back to top
In most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae
Extinct family: mastodons
Primitive termites
A monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales
Medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit
Leaf-cutting and mason bees
Old World false vampire bats
Two-toed sloths
Megalosaurs
Megapodes
Extinct ground sloths
Rust fungi
One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum
A family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals
A family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals
Turkeys and some extinct forms
Tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
Honey eaters
Blister beetles
Plant hoppers: treehoppers Back to top
Herbaceous or woody climbers
Lyrebirds
A dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales
Bee-eaters
Spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes
Wormfishes
Narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide
Sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers
Family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
Leaf bugs
Family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae
Large rays lacking venomous spines: mantas
Ocean sunfishes
Mastiff bats; freetail bats
A family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
Family of imperfect fungi having white or brightly colored hyphae and spores that are produced directly on the mycelium and not aggregated in fruiting bodies
Filefishes
Narwhals
Used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes
Trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis Back to top
A family of edible fungi including the true morels
Pipits and wagtails
Large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products
Gray mullets
Goatfishes or red mullets
Marine eels
Originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches
Treelike tropical Asian herbs
Old World (true) flycatchers
Two-winged flies especially the housefly
Touracos
Weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens
A family of wasps
Soft-shell clams
Fungus gnats
A family of bacteria
Pleomorphic gram-negative nonmotile microorganism similar to both viruses and bacteria; parasitic in mammals
Deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes
Eagle rays
Extinct South American edentates Back to top
Constituting the order Myricales
Family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
New World anteaters
Antlions
Family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs; some in Florida
Trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil
Small shrimp-like crustaceans
Marine mussels
Slime-producing marine animals: hagfishes
Bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung
Former terms for Cyanophyceae
Monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers
Monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers
The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member''s given name)
Moonshells
Spiral-shelled cephalopods
Coextensive with the genus Nepenthes
In some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae
Water scorpions
Neritids Back to top
Bird''s-nest fungi
Usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria
Cutworms; armyworms
Blue-green algae
Aquatic carnivorous insects
Pouched moles
A family of fossil protoctists
A family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
Dicot aquatic plants
Large beautifully colored butterflies
A family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
Family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves
Pikas and extinct forms
A family of Octopoda
Walruses and extinct forms
Sand sharks; in some classifications coextensive with family Carcharhinidae
Filamentous green algae
Warble flies
Batfishes: sluggish bottom-dwelling spiny fishes
Trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac Back to top
One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
A large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
A family of Isopoda
Eel-like marine fishes
Fishes closely related to greenlings
A family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution
Comprising the hoatzins
Jawfishes
Beach fleas
Enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
Nurse sharks and carpet sharks
Old World orioles
Platypus
Brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
Aardvarks
Blue green algae
Smelts
Large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas
Boxfishes
Boxfishes Back to top
Oysters
Eared seals: sea lions and fur seals
Bustards
A family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers
Pinworms
Perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America
Hermit crabs
Prawns
Spiny lobsters
Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
Family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus
Ospreys
A family of insects of the order Mecoptera
Herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits
Leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
Birds of paradise
Titmice and chickadees
Coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae
A family of lichens Back to top
New World warblers
True sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds
Tropical woody tendril-climbing vines
Marine limpets
Scallops
The family of plants of order Polemoniales
True lice: human lice and related forms
Pelicans
Diving petrels
Spadefoot toads
Sweepers
Tropical prawns
Sea pens
Bandicoots
Active freshwater fishes; true perches and pike perches
Percoid flatheads
Marine and freshwater dinoflagellates
A family of Onychophora
A family of Onychophora
Parasitic fungi: downy mildews Back to top
A fungus family of division Lichenes
Lampreys
Large family comprising many typical cup fungi
Tropicbirds
Cormorants
Phalangers; koalas
A family of Phalangida
Phalaropes
A family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns
Pheasants; quails; partridges
Stick insects
Stick insects
Leaf insects
Earless seals
Flamingos
Wood hoopoes
A family of Bivalvia
A family of fish of suborder Blennioidea
A family of fish of suborder Blennioidea
Crab lice Back to top
Leaf insects
A family of Phyllocladaceae
New World leaf-nosed bats
New World leaf-nosed bats
Plant lice
Sperm whales
Freshwater snails
Chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca; Agdestis; Ercilla; Rivina; Trichostigma
Woodpeckers
Cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies
A family of Pinaceae
Tiny soft-bodied crabs
Tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets
Tongueless frogs
Manakins
Pittas
Limiting the number of children born
Cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds
Malaria parasites
Family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants Back to top
Spoonbills
Coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees
River dolphins
Scorpaenoid flatheads
Small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults
Sea gooseberries
Righteye flounders
Weaverbirds
Perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in salt-water areas
A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
Frogmouths
Coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes
Gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves
Topminnows
A widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers
Bacteria living mostly in soils and on dung
Trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres
A family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats
Threadfins Back to top
Paddlefishes
Old World tree frogs
Ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae)
Fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees
Damselfishes
Food and game fishes related to pompanos
Usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons
Aquatic or bog plants
Sow bugs
Family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
Swimming crabs
Otter shrews
Plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae
Medical practice that provides health care regardless of age or sex while placing emphasis on the family unit
Small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas
A dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
Large primitive rays with elongated snouts
Includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea
Petrels; fulmars; shearwaters;
Raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas Back to top
Large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales
Mud puppies
Hedge sparrow
Scale-like insects: mealybugs
Rod-shaped gram-negative bacteria; include important plant and animal pathogens
Paleozoic plants
Small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves
Coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
A family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice
Trumpeters
Very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies
Jumping plant lice
One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided
Pearl oysters
Sandgrouses
A reptile family in the order Pterosauria
Bowerbirds
Large important family of rust fungi
Many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals
1 species: pomegranates Back to top
Australian and Tasmanian lizards
Bee moths; corn borers; flour moths
Bee moths; corn borers; flour moths
Evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola; Chimaphila; Moneses; Orthilia
Firebugs
Fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores
In some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas
Family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia
A family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales
Bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates
Rails; crakes; gallinules; coots
Toucans
A family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs
A family of Ranunculaceae
South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae
Extinct dodos and solitaires
A family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies
Long-legged shorebirds
Assassin bugs
Ribbonfishes Back to top
State of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
Mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette
Trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value
A family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes
Small-toothed sharks comprising only one species
Primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies
Rhinoceroses
Old World leaf-nosed bats
Large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions
Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria
A small family of rod-shaped bacteria
Trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts
A family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores
A family of protoctista
Primitive plants of the Paleozoic
Microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates
A fungus family of division Lichenes
A recreation room in a private house
In some classifications included in the family Droseraceae
A large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens Back to top
Widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Used in some classification systems for the genus Russula
A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent
Coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers
Family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates
Secretary birds
Salamanders
Two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus
Salmon and trout
A small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea
A family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals
Water ferns
Chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit
Chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins
Tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit
Small whitish mites
Family of fungi belonging to the order Pezizales
Insectivorous plants
Important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known Back to top
A widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods
Family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus; Anemopsis; Houttuynia
A large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae
Scarab or dung beetles
Parrotfishes
A family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
A family of Trematoda
Small family of mainly tropical ferns
Former terms for Cyanophyceae
A family of fungi belonging to order Endomycetales
Family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae
Warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout
Fungus gnats
Skinks
True squirrels; ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles
A family of fungi or order Sclerodermatales with a single-layered peridium; includes earthballs
A fungus family of order Helotiales
Sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers
Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees
Only sauries Back to top
Only sauries
Marine food fishes: mackerels; chub mackerels; tuna
Scorpionfishes; rockfishes; lionfishes
A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
A family of Chilopoda
Small bottom-dwelling sharks
A family of fungi that have a stalk and cap and a wrinkled mass of tissue (the gleba) where spores are produced; are often dismissed as misshapen forms of other fungi
Lesser clubmosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses
True cuttlefishes
A family of fungi belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
Marine fishes: sea basses; sea perches; groupers; jewfish
An arthropod family including: alderflies
Small family of small food fishes in shallow waters of the Pacific around Indonesia
Old World catfishes
Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit
Blackflies and sand flies
Sirens
An arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies
Nuthatches
Large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum; Atropa; Brugmansia; Capsicum; Datura; Hyoscyamus; Lycopersicon; Nicotiana; Petunia; Physalis; Sola Back to top
Soles
Razor clams
Shrews
Mole rats
Coextensive with the genus Sparganium
Porgies; scups
Parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia
Monotypic family of fungi in which the more or less spherical gleba is forcibly ejected at maturity
Liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales
Mud daubers; some digger wasps
Comprising all existing penguins
Hawkmoths
Monotypic family of large active fishes of tropical and subtropical waters: barracuda
Hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks
Rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria
Large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters
Coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications
Dogfishes having a spine in each dorsal fin
Bottom-dwelling ray-like sharks
Crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore Back to top
A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone
Rove beetles
Oilbirds
Long-horned grasshoppers
Jaegers and skuas:
A large family of plants of order Malvales
Pricklebacks
Cicada killers
Woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae
Higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes
A family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes
Butterfishes: harvest fishes; dollar fishes
The family of conchs
Sometimes included in family Agaricaceae
Tall terrestrial birds: ostriches
Old World starlings
A widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales
Pigs; hogs; boars
Gannets and boobies
In some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers Back to top
A dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales
A fungus family of order Chytridiales
Pipefishes
Soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes
Horseflies
Small family of tropical herbs
Parasites on other insects
Echidnas
A family of Cestoda
Moles
Family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes)
Tapirs and extinct related forms
Coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers
Sometimes classified as member of order Taxales
Peccaries
One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Whiptails; etc.
A family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms
Tenrecs and extinct related forms
Sawflies Back to top
Marine burrowing or tube-forming polychete worms usually having long thick bodies
Shipworms
Termites
Land tortoises
Sea hares
Succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
Plant-feeding mites
Puffers
Grouse
Long-horned grasshoppers; katydids
A family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales
Fungi having leathery or membranous sporophores
Genera Thelypteris; Phegopteris; others
Family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae
Large tropical spiders; tarantulas
Any of several therapeutic approaches in which a family is treated as a whole
A family of comb-footed spiders
Free-living coccoid to rod-shaped bacteria that derive energy from oxidizing sulfur or sulfur compounds
Tanagers
Ibises Back to top
Thrips
Family of tough-barked trees and shrubs and herbs especially of Australia and tropical Africa
Chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia; Corchorus; Entelea; Grewia; Sparmannia
A family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster
Babblers
Comprising the tinamous
Clothes moths
Lace bugs
Crane flies
Herbivorous dinosaurs of the Cretaceous
A family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
Electric rays
Leaf rollers and codling moths
Archerfishes
Ribbonfishes
Chevrotains
Family comprising solely the genus Trapa; in some classifications treated as a subfamily or tribe of the family Onagraceae
Successive generations of kin
A family of basidiomycetous fungi of the order Tremellales that have the basidium divided longitudinally
Fruit flies; some leafminers Back to top
Small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic
Small smooth-skinned sharks lacking spines on dorsal fins
Simple filamentous freshwater yellow-green algae
Comprising only the manatees
Cutlassfishes
Two species of elongate compressed scaleless large-eyed fishes that live in sand or mud
A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
Large marine hard-shell clams
In some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)
Small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
Soft-shelled turtles
A family of Notostraca
Hummingbirds
Wrens
Coextensive with the order Trogoniformes
Mites
Mites
Coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum
Fruit flies; some leafminers
Family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple Back to top
Large family of mainly saprophytic imperfect fungi
Stalked puffballs
Stalked puffballs
Tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates
Thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae
Small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail
A family of Nematoda
Perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves
Blind snakes
Comprising only the barn owls
An extinct family of Dinocerata
A dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus; Celtis; Planera; Trema
Thin flat or tubular green algae
Plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill
Freshwater mussels found worldwide
Primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
Hoopoes
Stargazers
Bears and extinct related forms
A family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs Back to top
Fruticose lichens having prostrate or erect or pendulous thalli: genera Usnea; Evernia; Ramalina; Alectoria
A fungus family of loose smuts
Genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor
Monitor lizards
Hard-shell clams
Family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees
The majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world
An arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps
A family of order Parietales including the genera Viola; Hybanthus; Hymenanthera; Melicytus
Old World vipers
Small insectivorous American songbirds
In some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae
A family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales
One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria
Genets; civets; mongooses
Genets; civets; mongooses
A family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
Unicellular or colonial biflagellate free-swimming flagellates
Wombats
In some classifications included in the Gnetaceae Back to top
Small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae
One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
Night lizards
Alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
In some classifications the family of the genus Xenopus which is otherwise included in the family Pipidae
Monotypic family of Mexican lizards
Comprising the common swordfishes
Family of fungi characterized by dark brown to back spores
Plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places
A family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias
Alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species
Jumping mice
A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi
A family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
Beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae
Eelpouts
Used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae
Pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses
Small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum; Tribulus; Guaiacum: Larrea
A severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death Back to top
An acute insufficiency
Die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
Deprive of food; "They starved the prisoners"
Be hungry; go without food; "Let''s eat--I''m starving!"
Extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"
A state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
A histamine blocker (trade name Pepcid) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux
Widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"
In a splendid manner; "he did splendidly in the exam"; "we got along famously"
In a manner or to an extent that is well known; "in his famously anecdotal style"
A widely known person; "he was a baseball celebrity"
A close attendant (as to a scholar)
A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces
An ardent follower and admirer
An enthusiastic devotee of sports
Make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred"
Strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)
Separate from chaff; "She stood there winnowing grain all day in the field"
Agitate the air
Civet of Madagascar Back to top
A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can''t change his mind and won''t change the subject"--Winston Churchill
Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"
Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist"
In a passionately fanatic manner; "he followed the teachings of his guru fanatically"
Excessive intolerance of opposing views
Formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story"
With superficial adornments added; "all gussied up in sequins and feathers"
A person having a strong liking for something
Indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood"
Having a curiously intricate quality; "a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers"
Not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child''s imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself"
In a fanciful manner; "the Christmas tree was fancifully decorated"
A rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow
A rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow
Fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination
Something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
A predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"
Imagine; conceive of; see in one''s mind; "I can''t see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler''s window"
Not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" Back to top
A ball at which guests wear costumes and masks
Having no commitments or responsibilities; carefree; "a fancy-free bachelor"
Decorative needlework
A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
Goods that are chiefly ornamental
A woman''s lover
Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
An adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
A provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets
The fans of a sport or famous person
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
A showy outward display
Hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
Canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
Having fangs
A small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a position
A semicircular window over a door or window; usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan Back to top
A window in a roof to admit daylight
A window above a door and hinged to a transom
Resembling a fan
Especially spread in a fan shape; "the peacock''s fanned tail"; "the spread-out cards"
An expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)
A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages
An expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)
External female sex organs; "in England `fanny'' is vulgar slang for female genitals"
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
Nautical term for tinned meat
Little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery"
A waist pack worn with the pouch in back
United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
Of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"
An overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship
A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as their sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
A Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0 or 1 or 2 or 3) modulo 4
A musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes
Portray in the mind; "he is fantasizing the ideal wife"
Indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company" Back to top
A creator of fantasies
Portray in the mind; "he is fantasizing the ideal wife"
Indulge in fantasies; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company"
Someone who predicts the future
Ludicrously odd; "Hamlet''s assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"
Extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"
Exceedingly or unbelievably great; "the bomb did fantastic damage"; "Samson is supposed to have had fantastic strength"; "phenomenal feats of memory"
Existing in fancy only; "fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; "a fantastic idea of his own importance"
Ludicrously odd; "Hamlet''s assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"
Existing in fancy only; "fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
In a fabulous manner; "she was a fabulously gifted player"
Imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"
Something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
Fiction with a large amount of fantasy in it; "she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies"
An imaginary life lived in a fantasy world
Something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)
An ill-defined state of irritability and distress
Foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America
Common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers Back to top
A belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiator
Blade of a rotating fan
A solo dance in which large fans are manipulated to suggest or reveal nakedness
Large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
A letter that is a piece of fan mail
Mail sent to public figures from their admirers; "he hired someone to answer his fan mail"
Move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"
Palm having palmate or fan-shaped leaves
The carved tracery on fan vaulting
An elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge like fans
The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture
A list of questions that are frequently asked (about a given topic) along with their answers
A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to reinstitute Hutu control; "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"
At a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"
Being of a considerable distance or length; "a far trek"
Beyond a norm in opinion or actions; "the far right"
Being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle; "the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse"
At or to or from a great distance in space; "he traveled far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each other" Back to top
Remote in time; "if we could see far into the future"; "all that happened far in the past"
To a considerable degree; very much; "a far far better thing that I do"; "felt far worse than yesterday"; "eyes far too close together"
At or to a certain point or degree; "I can only go so far before I have to give up"; "how far can we get with this kind of argument?"
To an advanced stage or point; "a young man who will go very far"
Widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"
Remote; "far-flung corners of the Empire"
Distributed over a considerable extent; "far-flung trading operations"; "the West''s far-flung mountain ranges"; "widespread nuclear fallout"
Very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times"
Informal terms; strikingly unconventional
Having broad range or effect; "had extensive press coverage"; "far-reaching changes in the social structure"; "sweeping reforms"
Extremely conservative
The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates
The English physicist nd chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867)
A lively dance from Provence; all the dancers join hands and execute various figures
Very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times"
Far removed mentally; "a faraway (or distant) look in her eyes"
The property of being remote
A powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug traffikers
A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs Back to top
A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair"
In a farcical manner; "a farcically inept bungler"
A burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)
An agenda of things to do; "they worked rapidly down the menu of reports"
The food and drink that are regularly consumed
A paying (taxi) passenger
The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
Eat well
Proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He''s come a long way"
A section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same
State of perfection; the utmost degree; "they polished the furniture to a fare-thee-well"
The act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"
An acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
Increase in the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
Highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse"; "an implausible explanation"
Largest city in North Dakota; located in eastern North Dakota on the Red river
Fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings
Composed of or covered with relatively large particles; "granular sugar"; "gritty sand"
Resembling starch Back to top
Shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries
Named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
Named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
Workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm"
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"
Collect fees or profits
Be a farmer; work as a farmer; "My son is farming in California"
A farm together with its buildings
A person who operates a farm
An expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915)
United States civil rights leader who in 1942 founded the Congress of Racial Equality (born in 1920)
An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year
Mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
Alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay
An open-air marketplace for farm products
A former minor political party in the United States in the early 20th century
A woman working on a farm
A hired hand on a farm
House for a farmer and family
Working the land as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there''s no work on the land any more" Back to top
The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
Relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"
A residential town in central Connecticut
A town in northwestern New Mexico
A rural area where farming is practiced
A rural area where farming is practiced
Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
A farm together with its buildings
A farm together with its buildings
The buildings and adjacent grounds of a farm
An area adjacent to farm buildings
Not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
A statute that would regulate farm production and prices
A boy who has grown up on a farm
A building on a farm
Mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
A minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball)
A cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations providing credit to farmers and related businesses; originally capitalized by the federal government but now owned by its members and borrowers
A girl who has grown up on a farm
A quiet plodding workhorse Back to top
A machine used in farming
Grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook"
Arranged for contracted work to be done by others
A minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball)
A hired hand on a farm
The property of being remote
A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
A group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands
A self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands
A Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands
A group of 21 volcanic islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland and the Shetland Islands
A self-governing colony that is a possession of Denmark in the Faroe Islands
King of Egypt who in 1952 was ousted by a military coup d''etat (1920-1965)
A motley assortment of things
United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870)
United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002)
United States writer remembered for his novels (1904-1979)
A person who shoes horses
The production of a litter of pigs
Give birth; "sows farrow" Back to top
The production of a litter of pigs
Planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
Capable of seeing to a great distance
The language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms
A person of Iranian descent; "many Farsi emigrated to India near Bombay"
Planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
Able to see distant objects clearly
Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Expel intestinal gases through the anus
More distant in especially space or time; "they live in the farther house"
More distant in especially degree; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther from the truth"; "farther from our expectations"
To or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther'' is used more frequently than `further'' in this physical sense); "farther north"; "moved farther away"; "farther down the corridor"; "the practice may go back still farther to the Druids"; "went onl
To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further'' is used more often than `farther'' in this abstract sense); "further complicated by uncertainty about the future"; "let''s not discuss it further"; "nothing could be further from the
(comparatives of `far'') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don''t go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"
(comparatives of `far'') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don''t go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"
Most distant or remote; "man''s farthest goal"
To the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest'' is used more often than `furthest'' in this physical sense); "see who could jump the farthest"; "chose the farthest seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest"
To the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest'' is used more often than `farthest'' in this abstract sense); "went the furthest of all the children in her education"; "furthest removed from reality"; "she goes farthest in helping us"
A former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny Back to top
A hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
A method of athletic training (especially for runners) in which strenuous effort and normal effort alternate in a continuous exercise
King of Egypt who in 1952 was ousted by a military coup d''etat (1920-1965)
By a considerable margin; "she was by far the smartest student"; "it was far and away the best meal he had ever eaten"
Over great areas or distances; everywhere; "he traveled far and wide"; "the news spread far and wide"; "people came from far and near"; "searched for the child far and near"
Over great areas or distances; everywhere; "he traveled far and wide"; "the news spread far and wide"; "people came from far and near"; "searched for the child far and near"
A disappointing disparity; "it was a far cry from what he had expected"
Distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry; "it''s a far cry from here"
A popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia)
Radical or extremely liberal
Bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate''s power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of Fascism
A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc
A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
An installment of a printed work
Muscular twitching of contiguous groups of muscle fibers
An installment of a printed work
A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
Attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men''s hearts"
To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra" Back to top
Cause to be interested or curious
Having your attention fixated as though by a spell
Intensely interested in or attracted by; "I''m very interested in birds; in fact I''m fascinated by them"
Capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman"
Capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story"
In a fascinating manner; "her face became fascinatingly distorted"
The capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations"
A feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
The state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)
A genus of Fasciolidae
Flatworm parasitic in liver and bile ducts of domestic animals and humans
Infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot
A family of Trematoda
Infestation with the large intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski; common in eastern Asia
A genus of Fasciolidae
Fluke that is parasitic on humans and swine; common in eastern Asia
Infestation with the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica; liver damage sometimes occurs; related to liver rot
A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)
An adherent of fascism or other right-wing authoritarian views
Relating to or characteristic of fascism; "fascist propaganda" Back to top
Relating to or characteristic of fascism; "fascist propaganda"
Characteristic or habitual practice
How something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
The latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior
Make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
Being or in accordance with current fashion; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"
Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd"
Patronized by
In a fashionable manner; "his voice had no trace of the drawl that you would expect to find in a fashionably dressed young man"
Planned and made or fashioned artistically; "beautifully fashioned dresses"
The act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making"
Someone who advises you about fashionable clothing
Consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode
Someone who popularizes a new fashion
Makers and sellers of fashionable clothing
Someone who advises you about fashionable clothing
Someone who designs clothing
Makers and sellers of fashionable clothing
A woman who wears clothes to display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin"
A plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress Back to top
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
Abstaining from food
Abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
Abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"
Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"
At a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot"
(used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast"
Securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"
Hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
Unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
Resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors"
Firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured"
(of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay"
Quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form); "how fast can he get here?"; "ran as fast as he could"; "needs medical help fast"; "fast-running rivers"; "fast-breaking news"; "fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters"
Firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"
Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends"
Occurring rapidly as a series of events in rapid succession; "the broadcast was interrupted by a fast-breaking news story about the invasion"
Moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"
Tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor"
Of communication that proceeds rapidly; "a fast-paced talker"; "fast-paced fiction" Back to top
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
Make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"
Attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"
Cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
Become fixed or fastened; "This dress fastens in the back"
Fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle"
Furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike
Firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a fastened seatbelt"
Intent and directed steadily; "had her gaze fastened on the stranger"; "a fixed expresson"
Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
A person who fastens or makes fast; "he found the door fastened and wondered who the fastener was"
The act of fastening things together
Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
Adopt; "take up new ideas"
More quickly
Most quickly
Giving and careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
Having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"
In a fastidious manner; "he writes extremely musical music, of which the sound is fastidiously calculated and yet agreeably spontaneous and imaginative"
In a fastidious and painstaking manner; "it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling" Back to top
The trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style; "neatness and fastidiousness of dress"
Having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)
Abstaining from food
Doughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday
A strongly fortified defensive structure
The quality of being fixed in place
A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"
Sleeping deeply; "lying fast asleep on the sofa"; "it would be cruel to wake him; he''s sound asleep"
(basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball
Quick or easy earnings, "they are traders out to make a fast buck"
A day designated for fasting
Dye with fast colors; "These shirts should be fast-dyed"
Inexpensive food (hamburgers or chicken or milkshakes) prepared and served quickly
The traffic lane for vehicles that are moving rapidly
A hectic and pressured lifestyle often characterized by recklessness or dissipation; "life in fashion''s fast lane has taught her a lot"
(Judaism) a Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
(Judaism) a Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
A cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it"
Nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by fast neutrons because little or no moderator is used
(simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one Back to top
A rapid means of achieving a goal; "they saw independence as the fast track to democracy"; "he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder"; "the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped"
Excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others"
A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
A soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"
Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
A chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"
Having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn''t remembered how fat she was"
Containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
Marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
Lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job"
Having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"
Without fat or fat solids; "nonfat or fat-free milk"
Any vitamin that is soluble in fats
A Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups; "al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international
A Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries; "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group"
A Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries; "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group"
A terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat''s unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership
Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events"
Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived"
Bringing death Back to top
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fata
A philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
Relating to or implying fatalism; "fatalistic thinking"
Believing in or inclined to fatalism; "a fatalist person"
Relating to or implying fatalism; "fatalistic thinking"
Believing in or inclined to fatalism; "a fatalist person"
The quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters
A death resulting from an accident or a disaster; "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities"
The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
With fatal consequences or implications; "he was fatally ill equipped for the climb"
An accident that causes someone to die
A mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)
Salt pork from the back of a hog carcass
An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
The ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the face of Destiny"
Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
Decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"
(usually followed by `to'') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy''s assassination"
Controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined; "a fatal series of events" Back to top
Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance; "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev; "the fatal day of the election finally arrived"
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fata
Of ominous significance
In a prophetically fateful manner; "the nurse whispered fatefully to call the priest"
A group of three goddesses of destiny
A man who is a stupid incompetent fool
Used informally
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the be
The head of an organized crime family
A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
`Father'' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre'' is frequently used in the military
A person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
The founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
A person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
Make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don''t recognize them"
US: third Sunday in June
A man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
The father of your spouse Back to top
The status of a father
The status of a religious leader
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
The kinship relation between an offspring and the father
The country where you were born
Not having a known or legally responsible father
Having no living father
Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective
The benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father; "the gentleness and fatherliness of the strange old man eased her fears"
Showing the affection of a father
Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective
A Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton
The legendary patron saint of children
A man who takes over all the functions of the real father
(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the be
American inventor who in 1775 designed a man-propelled submarine that was ineffectual but subsequently earned him recognition as a submarine pioneer (1742-1824)
A man who takes over all the functions of the real father
(mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line Back to top
Come to understand
(of meaning) capable of being penetrated or comprehended
Of depth; capable of being sounded or measured
Depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves
Susceptibility to fatigue; a tendency to get tired or lose strength
Labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; "he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "po
Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"; "weariness overcame her after twelve h
Used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress; "metal fatigue"
Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
Get tired of something or somebody
Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "the day''s shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out
Military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor
A crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue
Labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
Fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury
A group of soldiers on fatigue duty
The first or opening sura of the Quran which is the central prayer of Islam and is used on all special occasions as well as during the five daily prayers
The first or opening sura of the Quran which is the central prayer of Islam and is used on all special occasions as well as during the five daily prayers
Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali; revered especially by Shiite Muslims (606-632) Back to top
Youngest daughter of the prophet Mohammed and wife of the fourth calif Ali; revered especially by Shiite Muslims (606-632)
Discrimination against people who are overweight
Without fat or fat solids; "nonfat or fat-free milk"
Excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others"
A rotund individual
United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928)
United States jazz musician (1904-1943)
Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
(of market animals) made ready for market
Subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter; "a fattening hog"; "fattening pens"
Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
Having the property of containing fat; "he recommended exercise to reduce my adiposity"
Somewhat fat
Discrimination against people who are overweight
A rotund individual
Containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue"
Any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty acids are simple molecules built around a series of carbon atoms linked together in a chain of 12 to 22 carbon atoms
Yellow discoloration as a result of the accumulation of certain fats (triglycerides) in the liver; can be caused by alcoholic cirrhosis or pregnancy or exposure to certain toxins
Nonvolatile animal or plant oil Back to top
A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold"
A ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown''s behavior"
Complacently or inanely foolish
Vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish
A ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown''s behavior"
A ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority
(Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar; "bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon Muslims to take up arms against the United States"
A wealthy and privileged person
Cells composed of fat
Little or no chance of success
Serious condition in which fat blocks an artery; fat can enter the blood stream after a long bone is fractured or if adipose tissue is injured or as a result of a fatty liver
A health spa that specializes in helping people lose weight
European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb
A metabolic process that breaks down ingested fats into fatty acids and glycerol and then into simpler compounds that can be used by cells of the body
A rotund individual
The pre-Lenten festival of Shrove Tuesday
A New Orleans district lying outside the original city limits; used in combination with the names of various quarters of the city; "in Faubourg Sainte Marie"
Of or relating to the fauces
The passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx
A regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir Back to top
Either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
A piece of armor plate below the breastplate
United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962)
A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area); "he served too many double faults"
Responsibility for a bad situation or event; "it was John''s fault"
The quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own faults much better than she did"
(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"
(geology) a crack in the earth''s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"
An imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
Put or pin the blame on
Someone who is critical of the motives of others
Persistent petty and unjustified criticism
Tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor"
Tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding"
In an inaccurate manner; "these statements were faultily attributed to me"
The state of being defective
Without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record"
Without a fault; in a faultless manner; "he solved all the problems faultlessly"
Characterized by errors; "he submitted a faulty report" Back to top
Having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective"
(geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth''s surface
Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat''s tail; equivalent to Greek satyr
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement
All the animal life in a particular region
An excessively polite and well-dressed boy
(Roman mythology) ancient rural deity; later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan
An alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge
Pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values; "a Faustian pact with the Devil"
Italian theologian who argued against trinitarianism (1539-1604)
An alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge
Italian theologian who argued against trinitarianism (1539-1604)
An upholstered armchair
A member of a group of French painters who followed Fauvism
An art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and non-natural colors and simple forms; influenced the expressionists
A member of a group of French painters who followed Fauvism
Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn''t fake anything; it''s real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
A socially awkward or tactless act
Shell beans cooked as limas
Seed of the broad-bean plant Back to top
Pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb)
Anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency
An act of gracious kindness
Souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
An advantage to the benefit of someone or something; "the outcome was in his favor"
An inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season"
A feeling of favorable regard
Consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored"
Promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"
Bestow a privilege upon
Treat gently or carefully
Granting what has been desired or requested; "a favorable reply"; "a positive answer"
Very favorable or advantageous; "a golden opportunity"
Tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision"
At a convenient or suitable time; "an opportune time to receive guests"
(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"
Encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"
Favorably disposed; not antagonistic; "a government favorable to our interests"
The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
The quality of being a competitive advantage Back to top
Acceptance as satisfactory; "he bought it on approval"
Showing approval; "he reviewed the play favorably"
Supremely favored or fortunate; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"
Preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child"
Blessed with advantages; "she is more advantaged than her cousin"; "born into the favored classes"
Supporting a policy or attitude etc; "an affirmative argument"
Something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites"
A special loved one
A competitor thought likely to win
Appealing to the general public; "a favorite tourist attraction"
Preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child"
A politician favored mainly in his or her home state
Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
An inclination to favor some person or group
An act of gracious kindness
Souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
An advantage to the benefit of someone or something; "the outcome was in his favor"
An inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season"
A feeling of favorable regard
Consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored" Back to top
Promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"
Bestow a privilege upon
Treat gently or carefully
Tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision"
At a convenient or suitable time; "an opportune time to receive guests"
(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"
Encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"
The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
The quality of being a competitive advantage
Acceptance as satisfactory; "he bought it on approval"
Showing approval; "he reviewed the play favorably"
Something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites"
A special loved one
A competitor thought likely to win
Appealing to the general public; "a favorite tourist attraction"
Preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child"
A politician favored mainly in his or her home state
Unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice
An inclination to favor some person or group
A contagious fungal infection of the scalp; occurs mainly in Africa and the Middle East Back to top
English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606)
Young deer
A color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat"
Have fawns; "deer fawn"
Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
Show submission or fear
Someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
California dogtooth violet with creamy white flowers sometimes yellow-tinged
Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio
Send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the report right away?"
A university town in northwestern Arkansas in the Ozarks
A town in south central North Carolina
A town in central West Virginia on the New River
Disturb the composure of
Caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the objections"
Meaningless syllables in the refrain of a part-song
A federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice
A special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
An independent governmeent agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite Back to top
A cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations providing credit to farmers and related businesses; originally capitalized by the federal government but now owned by its members and borrowers
A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products
A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions
32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the great depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
The loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
A profound emotion inspired by a deity; "the fear of God"
An anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
Be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
Be uneasy or apprehensive about; "I fear the results of the final exams"
Be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement; "I fear I won''t make it to your wedding party"
Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event; "I fear she might get aggressive"
Experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism"
Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "
Timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"
Lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley
Extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"; "suffered terrible thirst" Back to top
In fear, "she hurried down the stairs fearfully"
In an alarming manner; "they were fearfully attacked"
The trait of being afraid
An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"
Possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set
Resolute and without fear
Without fear; "fearlessly, he led the troops into combat"
The trait of feeling no fear
Feeling no fear
Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "
In a fearsome manner; "a sabre slammed fearsomely through the thicket in all directions"
The quality of being doable
Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
In a practicable manner; so as to be feasible
The quality of being doable
Something experienced with great delight; "a feast for the eyes"
An elaborate party (often outdoors)
A meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; "a banquet for the graduating seniors"; "the Thanksgiving feast"; "they put out quite a spread" Back to top
A ceremonial dinner party for many people
Gratify; "feed one''s eyes on a gorgeous view"
Partake in a feast or banquet
Provide a feast or banquet for
Eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment)
A day designated for feasting
(Judaism) a Jewish harvest festival
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
Celebration in the Eastern Orthodox church of the Virgin Mary''s being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Assumption in the Roman Catholic church and is also celebrated on August 15th
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
The 10th day of Dhu''l Hijja; all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God''s ransom of Abraham''s son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity
(Judaism) a Jewish harvest festival
(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
(Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
(Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
Look at with great enjoyment; "She feasted her eyes on the Tuscan landscape"
A notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"
Turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds Back to top
Grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"
Turn the oar, while rowing
Turn the paddle; in canoeing
Cover or fit with feathers
Join tongue and groove, in carpentry
A plant of the genus Hottonia
A mattress stuffed with feathers
Hire more workers than are necessary
Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let''s not mollycoddle our students!"
The practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required
Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
Adorned with feathers or plumes
Having or covered with feathers or plumage; "our feathered friends"
A thin tapering edge
Having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade
A plant of the genus Hottonia
A light softness
Turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
Having no feathers; "a featherless biped"; "the unfeathered legs of an Orpington"
Resembling a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees" Back to top
Suggestive of feathers in lightness; "feathery snowflakes"
A variety of reed grass
Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles
Northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles
A professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds
Weighs 126-139 pounds
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds
Of a weight class of 123-126 pounds for prizefighters; "the featherweight class"
Adorned with feathers or plumes
Characterized by a covering of feathers; "the feathery congregaton of jays"
Resembling a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees"
Suggestive of feathers in lightness; "feathery snowflakes"
A low tuberculate cactus with white feathery spines; northeastern Mexico
A mattress stuffed with feathers
A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers; naturalized North America
Enrich oneself by taking advantage of one''s position; "The congressmen feathered his nest through his connection with big business"
Palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves
A variety of reed grass
Free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms Back to top
An article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
The characteristic parts of a person''s face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin; "an expression of pleasure crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular"
A prominent aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics"
A special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine; "they ran a feature on retirement planning"
The principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca''"
Have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"
Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat"
Having facial features as specified; usually used in combination; "a grim-featured man"
Made a feature or highlight; given prominence; "a featured actor"; "a featured item at the sale"
Lacking distinguishing characteristics or features; "the featureless landscape of the steppe"
A special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine; "they ran a feature on retirement planning"
The principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca''"
The month following January and preceding March
A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
Any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever
Of or relating to or characterized by fever; "a febrile reaction caused by an allergen"
A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
The month following January and preceding March
The day on which President Abraham Lincoln is remembered
A day for the exchange of tokens of affection Back to top
If the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter
The day on which George Washington is remembered
The name of the day that is added during a leap year
Small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs
The revolution against the Czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917
Feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
Foul with waste matter; of or relating to feces
A hard mass of dried feces
Accumulation of hardened feces in the rectum or lower colon which the person cannot move
Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
A take-home test in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood; used to detect colorectal cancers
Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
German physicist who founded psychophysics; derived Fechner''s Law on the basis of early work by E. H. Weber (1801-1887)
(psychophysics) the concept that the magnitude of a subjective sensation increases proportional to the logarithm of the stimulus intensity; based on early work by E. H. Weber
Generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
Not fit to assume responsibility
In a feckless manner; irresponsibly and incompetently
With ineptitude; in an incompetent manner; "he performed his functions ineptly"
Worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual
Excreta (especially of insects) Back to top
Foul with waste matter; of or relating to feces
Capable of producing offspring or vegetation
Intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"
Introduce semen into (a female)
Make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"
Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
The quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
The intellectual fruitfulness of a creative imagination
The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state charted commercial banks and some trust companies; "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term
Any federal law-enforcement officer
(plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel
A feared paramilitary unit formed in 1995 by young soldiers to serve Saddam Hussein against domestic opponents
Extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli
Any federal law-enforcement officer
A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
National; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units; "the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property"
Characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities; "a federal system like that of the United States"; "federal governments often evolved out of confederatons"
Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman" Back to top
Of or relating to the central government of a federation; "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"
The act of being put under federal control
The state of being under federal control; "the federalization of postal service"
Unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war"
Enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union"
Put under the control and authority of a federal government
The idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units
An advocate of federalism
A member of a former political party in the United States that favored a strong centralized federal government
A major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; founded by Alexander Hamilton; favored a strong centralized government
The act of being put under federal control
The state of being under federal control; "the federalization of postal service"
Unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war"
Enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union"
Put under the control and authority of a federal government
By federal government; "it''s federally regulated"
An administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
An agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation
A federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice Back to top
The law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationawide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
An independent governmeent agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite
A court establish by the authority of a federal government
An excess of the federal government''s spending over its revenue; "federal deficits can cause inflation"
Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
A department of the federal government of the United States
A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions
A district set apart as the seat of government of a federation
An independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
A government with strong central powers
The central credit system for thrift institutions
A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages
The federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages
A country on the Comoro Islands
A law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment
The judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws
A center in the Department of the Treasury that trains law enforcement professionals for more tha seventy federal agencies
A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages
A department of the federal government of the United States
Any federal law-enforcement officer Back to top
A major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; founded by Alexander Hamilton; favored a strong centralized government
An agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business
A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
A republic in north central Europe on the North Sea; established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990
A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country
A mountainous republic in southeastern Europe
The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state charted commercial banks and some trust companies; "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term
One of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region
The 7-member board governing the Federal Reserve System
A piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state charted commercial banks and some trust companies; "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term
A federally chartered savings bank
The internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB; formerly led by Vladimir Putin
The internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB; formerly led by Vladimir Putin
A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
Lien of the United States on all property of a taxpayer who fails to pay the federal government the taxes for which he or she is liable
An independent agency of the United States fedeal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft
Unite on a federal basis or band together as a league; "The country was federated after the civil war"
Enter into a league for a common purpose; "The republics federated to become the Soviet Union"
United under a central government Back to top
United under a central government
A country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986
The act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs
A union of political organizations
An organization formed by merging several groups or parties
A country on several of the Leeward Islands; located east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983
A federation (as of American Indians)
The largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world''s leading coffee exporter
A Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains
Felt hat with a creased crown
Having a strong distaste from surfeit; "grew more and more disgusted"; "fed up with their complaints"; "sick of it all"; "sick to death of flattery"; "gossip that makes one sick"; "tired of the noise and smoke"
An interest in land capable of being inherited
A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
Give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the agreed-on compensation; "Remember to tip the waiter"; "fee the steward"
Limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
Lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
Lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
Mentally deficient Back to top
Retarded in intellectual development
Severe mental deficiency
The quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
In a halting and feeble manner; "reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win"
In a faint and feeble manner; "the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway"
Food for domestic livestock
Introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
Give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don''t give the child this tough meat"
Take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn''t eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
Serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"
Feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
Provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"
Gratify; "feed one''s eyes on a gorgeous view"
Profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity"
Move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
Support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"
Response to an inquiry or experiment
The process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output Back to top
A circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system
A circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system
A canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head
An animal being fattened or suitable for fattening
A machine that automatically provides a supply of some material; "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock"
A branch that flows into the main stream
Someone who consumes food for nourishment
A branching path off of a main transportation line (especially an airline)
The act of consuming food
The act of supplying food and nourishment
A bottle that holds a baby''s milk; has a rubber teat
A chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray
A building where livestock are fattened for market
Respond to a query or outcome
Submit (information) again to a program or automatic system
A long trough for feeding cattle
Grain grown for cattle feed
Introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
Be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"
Be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor" Back to top
Manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"
A property perceived by touch
An intuitive awareness; "he has a feel for animals" or "it''s easy when you get the feel of it";
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
Seem with respect to a given sensation given; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"
Have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone''s behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"
Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn''t like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
Examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"
Pass one''s hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"
Examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient''s stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse"
Undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"
Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
Undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her"
Grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet"
Produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again"
Find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room"
Be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"
One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste
Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish
Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations" Back to top
A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
The experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
An intuitive understanding of something; "he had a great feeling for music"
A physical sensation that you experience; "he had a queasy feeling"; "I had a strange feeling in my leg"; "he lost all feeling in his arm"
The sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin; "she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"
A vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
With great feeling; "she spoke feelingly of her early childhood"
Emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity); "the remark hurt his feelings"
The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
Share the suffering of
Have an inclination for something or some activity; "I feel like staying in bed all day"; "I feel like a cold beer now"
Be in excellent health and spirits; "he feels like a million after he got the promotion"
Be in excellent health and spirits; "he feels like a million after he got the promotion"
Try to learn someone''s opinions and intentions; "I have to sound out the new professor"
With the feet foremost; "he jumped into the pool feetfirst"
A fee without limitation to any class of heirs; they can sell it or give it away
Payment (usually by doctors or lawyers) of part of the fee in return for the referral
A fee limited to a particular line of heirs; they are not free to sell it or give it away
A liquid solution of copper sulfate and potassium tartrate and sodium hydroxide that is used to test for sugar in the urine; solution turns reddish when sugar is present Back to top
United States cartoonist who created a sarcastic comic strip (born in 1929)
Make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
Make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
Not genuine; "feigned sympathy"
The act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
Pretending with intention to deceive
Dark-green kiwi-sized tropical fruit with white flesh; used chiefly for jellies and preserves
South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit
South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit
Any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
Deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"
A nervous belligerent little mongrel dog
Irritable and looking for trouble; "too touchy to make judicious decisions"
Showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"
Small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds
A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Feldene) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions
Any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium
Genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers
Hairy South African or Australian subshrub with blue-rayed daisylike flowers
Softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays Back to top
Express congratulations
The act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
(usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another; "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage"
Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; "a felicitous speaker"
Marked by good fortune; "a felicitous life"; "a happy outcome"
In a felicitous manner; "a not felicitously chosen word"
Pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
Pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
State of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
Any of various lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals many with retractile claws
Cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
Any of various lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals many with retractile claws
Of or relating to cats; "feline fur"
Type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats
Small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia
Any domesticated member of the genus Felis
Small Asiatic wildcat
Large American feline resembling a lion
Any domesticated member of the genus Felis
Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia and Tibet and Mongolia Back to top
Widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor
A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
Nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
Slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat
Bushy-tailed European wildcat resembling the domestic tabby and regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat
Medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat
Small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil
Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925)
German musician and Romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847)
Port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin
The act of felling something (as a tree)
Seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
Sew a seam by folding the edges
Pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin''s roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
A boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there''s a fellow at the door"; "he''s a likable cuss"
An agricultural laborer in Arab countries Back to top
A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
Oral stimulation of the penis
Oral stimulation of the penis
Made to fall (as by striking or cutting or shooting or by illness or exhaustion); "the felled boxer lay stretched on the canvas"; "felled trees covered the hillside"; "the downed oxen lay panting in the heat"; "a downed deer"
Seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
A boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there''s a fellow at the door"; "he''s a likable cuss"
A person who fells trees
Rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted
A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I''d known he was her boyfriend I wouldn''t have asked"
A boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there''s a fellow at the door"; "he''s a likable cuss"
A person who is member of your class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"
A person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
An informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what''s up?"
An association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"
Money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research
The state of being with someone; "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends"
Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
A traveler who accompanies you
A communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party) Back to top
A traveler who accompanies you
A communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)
An associate you work with
Rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted
An act of deliberate self destruction
A person who kills himself intentionally
Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
A purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
Involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent"
A serious crime (such as murder or arson)
Any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium
A fabric made of compressed matted animal fibers
Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes"
Cover with felt; "felt a cap"
Mat together and make felt-like; "felt the wool"
A pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker)
A pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker)
Made by combining fibers with a binder using heat and pressure; "felt is a felted cloth"
East Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus
Fungus that frequently encircles twigs and branches of various trees especially citrus trees in southern United States Back to top
Felt hat with a creased crown
A pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker)
Change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; "The fabric felted up after several washes"
A fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean
Gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas
An independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
An animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop; "a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries"
For or composed of women or girls; "the female lead in the play"; "a female chorus"
Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"
The properties characteristic of the female sex
A woman who is an aristocrat
The body of a female human being
The formation of a close personal relationship between women
The chest of a woman
A youthful female person; "the baby was a girl"; "the girls were just learning to ride a tricycle"
Excision of the clitoris
External female sex organs; "in England `fanny'' is vulgar slang for female genitals"
External female sex organs; "in England `fanny'' is vulgar slang for female genitals" Back to top
External female sex organs; "in England `fanny'' is vulgar slang for female genitals"
Female equine animal
The reproductive organs of a woman
Animals that nourish their young with milk
A female sovereign ruler
A child who is female
A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
A person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
The reproductive system of females
A person''s sister
A gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
Associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition"
Befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"
Of grammatical gender
(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending"
The properties characteristic of the female sex
The trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women
The process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration
To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man"
Assume (more) feminine characteristics; "feminized language"; "feminized frogs" Back to top
The movement aimed at equal rights for women
A doctrine that advocates equal rights for women
A supporter of feminism
Of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women; "feminist critique"
The movement aimed at equal rights for women
The process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration
To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man"
Assume (more) feminine characteristics; "feminized language"; "feminized frogs"
A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
Of or relating to or near the femur or thigh
The chief artery of the thigh; a continuation of the external iliac artery
The biceps muscle of the thigh; it flexes the knee and rotates the leg laterally
One of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh
Pulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin)
A vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same sheath; a continuation of the popliteal vein; becomes the external iliac vein
The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
The branch of chemistry that studies elementary (often very fast) chemical reactions as they occur; the experimental methods are often based on the use of femtosecond laser pulses
A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
One quadrillionth of a second; one thousandth of a nanosecond Back to top
A unit of potential equal to one quadrillionth of a volt (or one thousandth of a nanosecond)
The longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee
Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England"
100 fen equal 1 yuan
A barrier that serves to enclose an area
A dealer in stolen property
Have an argument about something
Surround with a wall in order to fortify
Fight with fencing swords
Enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard"
Receive stolen goods
A person who won''t take sides in a controversy
Enclosed by a fence
Enclosed by a confining fence
Not fenced in; "unfenced pasture"
Resembling a fence
Someone skilled at fencing
A face mask made of fine mesh that is worn over a fencer''s face
A neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
Surround with a wall in order to fortify Back to top
Enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard"
A boundary line created by a fence
Spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico
Social action to improve poor relations (especially in politics); "they moved forward from a period of fence mending to substantive changes in the country"
A rail that is split from a log
The art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)
A barrier that serves to enclose an area
Material for building fences
A face mask made of fine mesh that is worn over a fencer''s face
Material for building fences
A stick used instead of a sword for fencing
A sword used in the sport of fencing
Withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
Try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"
A cushion-like device that reduces shock due to contact
A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud; "in England they call a fender a wing"
A low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth
An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
A collision between motor vehicles that produces minor damage
Argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike" Back to top
Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let''s avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
Oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault
A small membrane-covered opening (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)
Of or relating to windows
Of or relating to or having a fenestra
Surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis
The arrangement of windows in a building
Fenestra leading into the cochlea
Fenestra leading into the cochlea
Fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it
Fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it
Fenestra leading into the cochlea
Fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it
A city in northeastern China
Rules in Chinese philosophy that govern spatial arrangement and orientation in relation to patterns of yin and yang and the flow of energy (qi); the favorable or unfavorable effects are taken into consideration in designing and siting buildings and graves
Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England"
Leaves used for seasoning
Aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
Any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems
Nigella of Spain and southern France Back to top
Aromatic anis-scented seeds
One of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages; a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian)
A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders
A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Nalfon) used in the treatment of arthritis and other painful inflammatory disorders
(Norse mythology) an enormous wolf that was fathered by Loki and that killed Odin
Trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacit
Aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry
Annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry
Aromatic seeds used as seasoning especially in curry
Birch leaf miner
Small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation
Small terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowers
Small terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowers
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
A piece of land held under the feudal system Back to top
Trade name of a drug rich in iron; used to treat some kinds of anemia
Large extremely venomous pit viper of Central America and South America
Wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"
A person who is not socialized
United States novelist; author of several popular novels (1887-1968)
Joint monarchs of Spain; Ferdinand V and Isabella I
French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)
Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)
King of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065)
Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564)
Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia and Hungary who waged war against Protestant forces (1578-1637)
Holy Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia who signed the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years'' War (1608-1657)
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
German botanist who is generally recognized as founding bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants
Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521)
King of Castile and Leon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella I; his marriage to Isabella I marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain (1452-1516)
King of Castile and Leon who achieved control of the Moorish kings of Saragossa and Seville and Toledo (1016-1065)
King of Castile and Leon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella I; his marriage to Isabella I marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain (1452-1516)
French romantic painter (1798-1863)
Hungarian playwright (1878-1952) Back to top
A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety; can be measured either by recording the electrical resistance of the skin or by recording weak currents generated by the body
Trade name of a drug rich in iron; used to treat some types of anemia
A dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals
(in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair, usually in honor of some patron saint
A weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated; "in the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal number to designate the day of the week, so `secunda feria'' meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by their names, Domin
Of or relating to or being a feria
Wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"
French mathematician who founded number theory; contributed (with Pascal) to the theory of probability (1601-1665)
A chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
A state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced a new leadership"; "social unrest"
A substance capable of bringing about fermentation
Go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
Cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats"
Work up into agitation or excitement; "Islam is fermenting Africa"
Be in an agitated or excited state; "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments"
Capable of being fermented
A chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
A state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced a new leadership"; "social unrest" Back to top
The intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
Having undergone fermentation; "hard cider"
A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
A specialist in wine making
Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954)
A metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter
(physics) law obeyed by a systems of particles whose wave function changes when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion principle applies)
Any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle
A radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955)
Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain; he commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521)
Abounding in or covered with ferns; "the ferny undergrowth"
Devoid of ferns
Resembling ferns especially in leaf shape; "the ferny shadows of locust leaves"
Abounding in or covered with ferns; "the ferny undergrowth"
Resembling ferns especially in leaf shape; "the ferny shadows of locust leaves"
Pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida
Families of ferns and fern allies
Genera of ferns and fern allies Back to top
Southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage
Small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers
The asexual spore of ferns that resembles dust; once thought to be seeds and to make the possessor invisible
Genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti
Marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
In a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely"
The trait of extreme cruelty
The property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm''s violence"
Domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
Ferret of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
Search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth"
Hunt with ferrets
Hound or harry relentlessly
Small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia
Search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth"
Of or relating to or containing iron
A brown unstable acid formed from ferricyanide
Salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a ferrocyanide
A red oxide of iron
A phenomenon in ferrites where there can be incomplete cancellation of antiferromagnetic arranged spins giving a net magnetic moment Back to top
Rotating mechanism consisting of a large upright wheel with suspended seats that remain upright as the wheel turns; provides a ride at an amusement park
A solid solution in which alpha iron is the solvent
A protein containing 20% iron that is found in the intestines and liver and spleen; it is one of the chief forms in which iron is stored in the body
A pyrophoric alloy of iron with cerium; used for lighter flints
Concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses
A white unstable acid formed from ferrocyanide salts
Salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate
Relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism
Phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed
Of or relating to or containing iron
A metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting
Transport by boat or aircraft
A boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
Travel by ferry
Transport by ferry
Transport from one place to another
A boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
Transport by boat or aircraft
A man who operates a ferry
Capable of reproducing Back to top
Marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"
Bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"
Intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"
A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
The time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation)
The time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation)
Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
Introduce semen into (a female)
Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
Make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"
Made pregnant
Any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
The property of producing abundantly and sustaining growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"
The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
A drug used to increase a woman''s fertility
The ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
Capable of being fertilized
Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure Back to top
Creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
The age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization
The membrane that forms around a fertilized ovum and prevents penetration by additional spermatozoon
Introduce semen into (a female)
Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
Make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"
Made pregnant
An animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
The cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a spermatozoon (including the organism that develops from that cell)
Any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
A switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children
Feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
Extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope
Characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
Sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his visitor''s comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"; "a fervent hope"
With passionate fervor; "both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people"; "a fierily opinionated book"
Extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope
Characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
With passionate fervor; "both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people"; "a fierily opinionated book"
Feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" Back to top
Feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"
Feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"
A city in north central Morocco; religious center
Grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
Grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
(heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
(heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield
Offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"
A sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
Ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering"
A fluid product of inflammation
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
Act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it''s late!"
Involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson''s disease)
An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival"
A day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
Offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" Back to top
Any joyous diversion
Flower chains suspended in loops between points
An embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work
A curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful loops
Decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday"
Flower chains suspended in loops between points
A genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae
Grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
Cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass
A transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field
Of or relating to a fetus; "fetal development"
The age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization
A medical condition in which body deformation or facial development or mental ability of a fetus is impaired because the mother drank alcohol while pregnant
The system of blood vessels and structures through which blood moves in a fetus
An abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm
Any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment of respiration or excretion of a developing fetus
An electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother''s uterine contractions during childbirth
Motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy)
Go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"
Take away or remove; "The devil will fetch you!" Back to top
Be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000"; "The old print fetched a high price at the auction"
Very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality"
Finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival"
An elaborate party (often outdoors)
Have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"
A Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains
A party of people assembled for social interaction out of doors
A day designated for feasting
Excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness"
A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
Sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs)
A belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)
The act of destroying a fetus
Offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell"
Bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers
Ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers
Excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness"
A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
Sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs) Back to top
A belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)
One who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature)
Projection behind and above a horse''s hoof
The joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
The joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
The branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus
Measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head)
Any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer
A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
A stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman''s abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat
Prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood
A shackle for the ankles or feet
Restrain with fetters
Showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel
Ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers
Bound by chains fastened around the ankles
The part between the fetlock and the hoof
Showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel
A state of fitness and good health; "in fine fettle"
Pasta in flat strips wider than linguine Back to top
Fettuccine in cream sauce with cheese
Pasta in flat strips wider than linguine
An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
A bitter quarrel between two parties
Carry out a feud; "The two professors have been feuding for years"
Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism
The social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war
Of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism
In a feudal manner; "a feudally organized society"
A man of rank in the ancien regime
The social system that developed in Europe in the 8th C; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war
A person holding a fief
Owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign; "it remained feudatory to India until 1365"
Of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord; "a feudatory relationship"
Intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment"
A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
Highly excited; "a fevered imagination"
Bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
Marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace"
Having or affected by a fever Back to top
Of or relating to or characterized by fever; "a febrile reaction caused by an allergen"
In a feverish manner; "she worked feverishly"
A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
Having or affected by a fever
Coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers
Caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1)
A state of extreme excitement; "the crowd was at fever pitch"
African tree supposed to mark healthful regions
Tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish
Ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
Any of several trees having leaves or barks used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever
A small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few"
An indefinite but relatively small number; "they bought a case of beer and drank a few"
A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a''; a small but indefinite number; "a few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an invalid''s pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses were still blooming"; "few women
Leek producing bulbils instead of flowers; Russia and Iran
(comparative of `few'' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of; "fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains were late"
(superlative of `few'' used with count nouns and usually preceded by `the'') quantifier meaning the smallest in number; "the fewest birds in recent memory"
The quality of being small in number
Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"; "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown
Slightly insane Back to top
United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988)
A felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown
A city in north central Morocco; religious center
The federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages
A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages
A man who is engaged to be married
A woman who is engaged to be married
A sudden and violent collapse
A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
Money that the government declares to be legal tender although it cannot be converted into standard specie
A trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
Tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don''t call it lying"
Someone who tells lies
A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
A leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
A slender and greatly elongated solid substance
Of or relating to fiber optics
A communication system using fiber optic cables
Wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets Back to top
A covering material made of glass fibers in resins
Of or relating to fiber optics
The transmission of light signals via glass fibers
A flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs
A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
The transmission of light signals via glass fibers
A cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light
A number in the Fibonacci sequence
A sequence of numbers in which each number equals the sum of the two [receding numbers
A leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
The inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
A slender and greatly elongated solid substance
Of or relating to fiber optics
A communication system using fiber optic cables
Wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets
A covering material made of glass fibers in resins
Of or relating to fiber optics
The transmission of light signals via glass fibers
A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers)
The transmission of light signals via glass fibers Back to top
A cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light
A very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements; "His heart fibrillated and he died"
Act or process of forming fibrils
Muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination
Covered with fibrils more or less evenly disposed
A white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network that traps red cells and platelets
In the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot
A protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots
An enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots
A normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots; "drugs causing fibrinolysis have been utilized therapeutically"
Peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood
Characterized by the presence of fibrin
Benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast; common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen
A cell from which connective tissue develops
Involving or resulting from calcification of fibrous tissue
Cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue
Of or relating to fibrocartilage
The presence of one or more cysts in a breast
The presence of one or more cysts in a breast Back to top
The most common congenital disease; the child''s lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; there is no cure
Benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus)
Nonmalignant tumor of connective tissue
Local inflammation of muscle and connective tissue
Development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ
Inflammation of white fibrous tissues (especially muscle sheaths)
(of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
Having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
Any of numerous begonias having fibrous rather than tuberous or rhizomatous roots
Star-shaped cells with long processes; found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord
A disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions
An immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
Tissue consisting of or containing fibers in both animals and plants
A unit strand of the vascular system in stems and leaves of higher plants consisting essentially of xylem and phloem
The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Accompany the peroneal arteries; arising in the heel and running up the back of the leg to join the posterior tibial veins of the popliteal vein
A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system
A nervous belligerent little mongrel dog
A lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman
Liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" Back to top
Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt''s volatile affections"
Unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
Capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay"
Susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda"
Of or relating to the craft of pottery; "the fictile art"; "fictile ware"
A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
A deliberately false or improbable account
Formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story"
Related to or involving literary fiction; "clever fictional devices"; "a fictional treatment of the train robbery"
Writing in a fictional form
A literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction
Convert into the form or the style of a novel; "The author novelized the historical event"
Make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel"
Writing in a fictional form
A literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction
Convert into the form or the style of a novel; "The author novelized the historical event"
Make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel"
Animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children''s stories)
An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"
Adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" Back to top
Formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story"
An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"
Capable of imaginative creation; "fictive talent"
Adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
Large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees
A strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas
East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
Wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs
Shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe
Shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe
Large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
Fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists
Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
Thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the Biblical sycamore
Bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
Try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it''s not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend"
Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
Manipulate manually or in one''s mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don''t fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"
Play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely" Back to top
Play the violin or fiddle
Commit fraud and steal from one''s employer; "We found out that she had been fiddling for years"
Avoid (one''s assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
Trivial nonsense
Of a leaf shape
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
New World fern having woolly cinnamon-colored spore-bearing fronds in early spring later surrounded by green fronds; the early uncurling fronds are edible
Hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers
An unskilled person who tries to fix or mend
Someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner
A musician who plays the violin
Burrowing crab of American coastal regions having one claw much enlarged in the male
A bow used in playing the violin
Manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner; "He twiddled her thumbs while waiting for the interview"
(informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over nig
Accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal
The quality of being faithful
Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)
Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927) Back to top
A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he''s got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"
Move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"
A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he''s got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"
Unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child"
Based on trust
Used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or measurement; "a fiducial point"
Relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another); "a fiduciary contract"; "in a fiduciary capacity"; "fiducial power"
A person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain"
Relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another); "a fiduciary contract"; "in a fiduciary capacity"; "fiducial power"
The legal duty of a fiduciary to act in the best interests of the beneficiary
The legal relation that exists when one person justifiably places reliance on another whose aid or protection is sought in some matter
Popular United States conductor (1894-1979)
A piece of land held under the feudal system
An organization that is controlled by a dominat person or group
The domain controlled by a feudal lord
A particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"
A place where planes take off and land
The area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
A branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
All the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event Back to top
All of the horses in a particular horse race
(mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1; "the set of all rational numbers is a field"
(computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
A region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
Somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected; "anthropologists do much of their work in the field"
A piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed; "he planted a field of wheat"
A piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"
A geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found; "the diamond fields of South Africa"
Extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
The space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
A particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he''s out of my orbit"
Select (a team or individual player) for a game; "The Patriots fielded a young new quarterback for the Rose Bowl"
Answer adequately or successfully; "The lawyer fielded all questions from the press"
Play as a fielder
Catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
A transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field
Electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid
An officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
Variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage Back to top
An early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors
An early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors
An early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors
An early form of color TV in which successive fields are scanned in three primary colors
Test something under the conditions under which it will actually be used; "The Army field tested the new tanks"
A member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
A member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
A play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing runner instead of the batter
Medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
A hired hand on a farm
(baseball) handling the ball while playing in the field
English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)
(baseball) the percentage of times a fielder handles a batted ball properly; number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances
Any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
A member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting
Stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material
A temporary fortification built by troops in the field
A researcher who works in the field
Movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops) Back to top
Low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to GB naturalized in United States
Trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta
Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
Weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed
Annual grass of Europe and temperate Asia
The maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold
European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America
Densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone
The electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine
Corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain
Common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings
A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
A time of unusual pleasure and success
A day for outdoor athletic competition
(military) a day for military exercises and display
The emission of electrons that are stripped from parent atoms by a high electric field
A competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track
An outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions
Pungent Old World wild onion
The position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team; "quarterback is the most important position on the team" Back to top
(football) the person who plays quarterback
A small refracting telescope
An optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes
A score in American football; a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents'' goal posts
A score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop
A guidebook describing natural objects of some type that might be encountered in the field; "a field guide to mushrooms"
Movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops)
A hired hand on a farm
Hockey played on a field; two opposing teams use curved sticks to drive a ball into the opponents'' net
Ball used in playing field hockey
Of Eurasia and Greenland and North America
A temporary military hospital near the battle lines
An athletic facility where athletes prepare for sport
A building for indoor sports
Temporary military shelter
The vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field
A football official
The lens that is farthest from the eye in an optical device with morethan one lens
An imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line at any point is the direction of the force at that point
White-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control Back to top
A magnet that provides a magnetic field in a dynamo or electric motor
Shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge
European herb with bright yellow flowers; a common weed in grain fields
An officer holding the highest rank in the army
European mint naturalized in United States
Any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
Any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
Densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone
Common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce
Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields
An officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
The area that a weapon or group of weapons can coverr effectively with gun fire from a given position
The space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
The scene of a duel
A particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field"
A region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
All of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given moment
A branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" Back to top
The area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
All of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given moment
Common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers
Coarse small-seeded pea often used as food when young and tender
Variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage
Seed of the field pea plant
Foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America
Annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated
Security review of news (including all information or material intended for dissemination to the public) subject to the jurisdiction of the armed forces
A variety of pussytoes
Rations issued for United States troops in the field
Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
Perennial having bluish-lilac flowers; introduced in the eastern United States
Seeds used as livestock feed
Large usually black hunting and retrieving spaniel with a dense flat or slightly wavy coat; cross between cocker and Sussex spaniel
Common North American finch of brushy pasturelands
European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks; widely naturalized in America
A sport that is played outdoors
The vector sum of all the forces exerted by an electrical or magnetic field (on a unit mass or unit charge or unit magnetic pole) at a given point in the field
An electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity Back to top
A canvas tent for use in the field
A test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used
(physics) a theory that explains a physical phenomenon in terms of a field and the manner in which it interacts with matter or with other fields
Stout North American thistle with purplish-pink flower heads
A test of young hunting dogs to determine their skill in pointing and retrieving
A test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used
A contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving
A group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination
The electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine
An investigation carried out in the field rather than in a laboratory or headquarters
European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties
One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief
A person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can''t change his mind and won''t change the subject"--Winston Churchill
A cruel wicked and inhuman person
Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish despot"; "hellish torture"; "in
As a devil; in an evil manner; "his writing could be diabolically satiric"
Violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"
Ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage"
Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions"
Marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" Back to top
In a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely"
In an emotionally fierce manner; "she was fiercely proud of her children"
The property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm''s violence"
With passionate fervor; "both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people"; "a fierily opinionated book"
The heat of fire
A writ ordering a levy on the belongings of a debtor to satisfy the debt
Like or suggestive of fire; "the burning sand"; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere"
Very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions"
Characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
An elaborate party (often outdoors)
Straggling California annual herb with deep purple or violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Nemophila
A small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
The railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel
Inventory accounting in which the oldest items (those first acquired) are assumed to be the first sold
The cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
Being one more than fourteen
Position 15 in a countable series of things
Coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position
The musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it
A quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon Back to top
A fifth part
Position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth out of several hundred runners"
Coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position
In the fifth place; "fifthly, we must adhere to the rules set by the local government"
An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government''s prosecution of persons accused of crimes; mandates due process of law and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy; requires just compensation if
An avenue in Manhattan that separates the east side of Manhattan from the west side
A subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst
A member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
The main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
A Crusade under papal control from 1218 to 1221 that achieved military victories but failed when dissension arose over accepting the terms they had been offered
A fifth part
A steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate
An extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
Someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
The time of life between 50 and 60
The decade from 1950 to 1959
Position 50 in a countable series of things
The ordinal number of fifty in counting order
A United States bill worth 50 dollars
The cardinal number that is the product of ten and five Back to top
Being ten more than forty
A United States coin worth half of a dollar
Being eight more than fifty
The ordinal number of fifty-five in counting order
Equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced; "even amounts of butter and sugar"; "on even terms"; "it was a fifty-fifty (or even) split"; "had a fifty-fifty (or even) chance"; "an even fight"
Being five more than fifty
Being four more than fifty
Being nine more than fifty
Being one more than fifty
Being seven more than fifty
Being six more than fifty
Being three more than fifty
Being two more than fifty
A United States bill worth 50 dollars
A half expressed as a percentage
A diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"
Fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
A Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi
Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
Greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits Back to top
Large greenish June beetle of southern United States
A boxing match; "the fight was on television last night"
A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
The act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
An aggressive willingness to compete; "the team was full of fight"
An intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"
Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"
Fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don''t fight it!"
Make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women''s rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his fa
A high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air
Someone who fights for a cause
Someone who fights (or is fighting)
A high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air
A military or naval pilot of fighter planes
The act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
Disposed to loud disagreements and fighting
Engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war"
Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"
A fixed chair from which a salt-water angler can fight a hooked fish Back to top
A cock bred and trained for fighting
A French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic
United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee (1814-1879)
Fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don''t fight it!"
Defend oneself
Fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don''t fight it!"
Force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
A contrived or fantastic idea; "a figment of the imagination"
Consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read
Inability to see shapes and contours
Decorating with a design
Representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory
(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language"
Consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read
In a figurative sense; "figuratively speaking,..."
A predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures"
A decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
A model of a bodily form (especially of a person); "he made a figure of Santa Claus"
The impression produced by a person; "he cut a fine figure"; "a heroic figure"
The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" Back to top
Alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
A unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
A diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"
Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
A well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"
An amount of money expressed numerically; "a figure of $17 was suggested"
One of the elements that collectively form a system of numbers; "0 and 1 are digits"
A combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
Understand; "He didn''t figure her"
Make a mathematical calculation or computation
Judge to be probable
Imagine; conceive of; see in one''s mind; "I can''t see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
Be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"
Of e.g. fabric design; "my dress is richly figured"- Amy Lowell
A loom for weaving figured fabrics
A bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
Figure on the bow of some sailing vessels
A person used as a cover for some questionable activity
An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
A skating figure that carves an 8 in the ice Back to top
A knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose
A loom for weaving figured fabrics
A knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose
Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn''t going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He
Dance on skates
Ice skating where the skates trace outlines of selected figures
A small carved or molded figure
Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
Any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia
A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
A covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful
A leaf from a fig tree
Any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers
Moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored foods
Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
Any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
A hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree
An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands Back to top
The Oceanic language spoken on Fiji
A native or inhabitant of Fiji
Of or relating to Fiji or its people or language or culture; "the Fijian population"; "Fijian folktales"
A group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral
The basic unit of money in Fiji
A group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral
Any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
(literally an undutiful herb) a variety of cotton rose
Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
A thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
A threadlike anatomical structure or chainlike series of cells
The stalk of a stamen
A very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Thin in diameter; resembling a thread
Thin in diameter; resembling a thread
Related to or having filaments especially across a field of view; "afilar eyepiece"
European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
Slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
Related to or infested with of transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria Back to top
A disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels
Of or relating to or belonging to the family Filariidae
Threadlike roundworms
A bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
Small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
Make off with belongings of others
A steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
Office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
A set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
A line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
File a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
Place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please"
Record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
Smooth with a file; "file one''s fingernails"
Proceed in line; "The students filed into the classroom"
Narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine
(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file
A string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one to three letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; "most applications provide extensions for the files they create"; "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"
A clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization Back to top
A party who files a notice with a law court
Lace having a square mesh
A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
Cut into filets; "filet the fish"
Decorate with a lace of geometric designs
Rare-roasted beef tenderloin coated with mushroom paste in puff pastry
Small steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin
The prt of a floppy disk or hard disk where information is stored about the location of each piece of information on the disk (and about the location of unusable areas of the disk)
Place in a container for keeping records; "File these bills, please"
Put into an archive
Office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
A clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization
Folder that holds papers together in a filing cabinet
Enter by marching in a file
(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file
A string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one to three letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; "most applications provide extensions for the files they create"; "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"
March out, in a file
(computer science) a digital computer that provides workstations on a network with controlled access to shared resources
A system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically) Back to top
Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
Relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect"
Designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
Duty of a child to its parents
Fix the paternity of; "The court filiated the child born out of wedlock"
Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
The kinship relation between an individual and the individual''s progenitors
A tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
A legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
Obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation
A legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
True (leptosporangiate) ferns
Ferns
Ferns
Thin in diameter; resembling a thread
Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
Preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.; "I have some filing to do"
The act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object)
The entering of a legal document into the public record; "he filed a complaint"; "he filed his tax return"
A fragment rubbed off by the use of a file Back to top
Office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
A clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization
A system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically)
Official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages
A native or inhabitant of the Philippines
Of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs; "the Philippine President"; "our Filipino cook"
Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504)
Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446)
A quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip"
Any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"
Plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"
Become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"
Make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
Fill or meet a want or need
Fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"
Eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
Appoint someone to (a position or a job)
Assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"
Occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"
Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins" Back to top
Delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
A young woman; "a young lady of 18"
(usually followed by `with'' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with; "theirs was a house filled with laughter"; "a large hall filled with rows of desks"; "fog-filled air"
(of time) taken up; "well-filled hours"
The tobacco used to form the core of a cigar
Anything added to fill out a whole; "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights"
Copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper
100 filler equal 1 forint
Used for filling cracks or holes in a surface
Fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband
A bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
Cut into filets; "filet the fish"
Decorate with a lace of geometric designs
Lean flesh of any of several flatfish
A maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)
The act of filling something
(dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth; "when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth"; "an informal British term for `filling'' is `stopping''" Back to top
The yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
A food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
Flow into something (as a container)
Any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"
A service station that sells gasoline
Anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip"
Elected Vice President and became the 13th President of the United States when Zachary Taylor died in office (1800-1874)
A young female horse under the age of four
Fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please"
Supply with information on a specific topic; "He filled me in on the latest developments"
Write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
Represent the effect of shade or shadow on
Be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
Become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out"
Make bigger or better or more complete
Write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
Line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra"
Supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
Be what is needed or be good enough for what is required; "Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?" Back to top
Become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"
Make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
Eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
Fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?"
A thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust"
Photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
A thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
A medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
Make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
Record in film; "The coronation was filmed"
Make films; be a film maker
(used of a story or literary work) capable of being adapted to motion picture form
Recorded on film; made into a movie; "a filmed documentary"; "the filmed version of the novel"
The act of making a film
A producer of motion pictures
So thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
Any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves
Any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks
A mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector Back to top
A strip of motion picture film used in a telecast
The person who directs the making of a film
The activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
Any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves
A cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year)
Those involved in producing and distributing movies
A producer of motion pictures
Become glassy; lose clear vision; "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep"
A producer of motion pictures
Projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures
A star who plays leading roles in the cinema
Someone who writes screenplays
A family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees)
Animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae
A fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar
100 Yemeni fils are worth one Yemeni rial
Device that removes something from whatever passes through it
An electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it
Pass through; "Water permeates sand easily"
Remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" Back to top
Run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream; "water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose"; "reports began to dribble in"
Of a cigar or cigarette; having a tip designed to filter the smoke; "filter-tipped cigarettes"
A cigarette with a filter tip
Filter consisting of a layer of sand or gravel for filtering water
Remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"
A porous unsized paper used for filtering
An air filter on the end of a cigarette; contains material that filters the smoke
A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
The state of being covered with unclean things
Any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
In a filthy unclean manner; "a dirtily dressed camel driver"
A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
Thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we''re having"
Vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"
The product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter
Remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"
The act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter
The process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium Back to top
A threadlike anatomical structure or chainlike series of cells
Thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
Having a fringe of slender processes
Organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
A stabilizer that resembles the fins of a fish
A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
One of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
One of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Show the fins above the water while swimming; "The sharks were finning near the surface"
Propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
Equip (a car) with fins
Liable to a fine
Achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
A deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods
An examination administered at the end of an academic term
The final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament
Not to be altered or undone; "the judge''s decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"
Occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"
Conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" Back to top
The concluding part of any performance
The closing section of a musical composition
The temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
The act of finalizing
Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let''s finalize the proposal"
A contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition
The quality of being final or definitely settled; "the finality of death"
The act of finalizing
Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let''s finalize the proposal"
As the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately he had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over"
After a long period of time or an especially long delay; "at length they arrived"
The item at the end; "last, I''ll discuss family values"
The final edited version of movie as approved by the director and producer
A judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment
An examination administered at the end of an academic term
An examination administered at the end of an academic term
Injunction issued on completion of a trial
A judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment
The final payment of a debt
The last period of play in a game Back to top
Something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio"
The Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
The concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
The commercial activity of providing funds and capital
The management of money and credit and banking and investments
The branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
Obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
Sell or provide on credit
Supported financially; "a privately financed project"
Assets in the form of money
A committee appointed to consider financial issues
A financial institution (often affiliated with a holding company or manufacturer) that makes loans to individuals or businesses
The minister responsible for state finances
Involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility"
From a financial point of view; "this was financially unattractive"
Assistance given in the form of money
An analyst who studies the financial performance of corporations
An attestation that the client''s financial statement is accurate
Financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment"
The part of a city where financial institutions are centered Back to top
The condition of finances
A law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering
A forecast of the expected financial position and the results of operations and cash flows based on expected conditions
The amount of monetary gain
An institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets
Loss of money or decrease in financial value
The federal agency in the Treasury Department that manages the government''s disbursement and collection systems and provides central accounting and financial reporting
An obligation to pay money to another party
An officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
An institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets
An institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets
A document showing credits and debits
Financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment"
Any accounting period of 12 months
A person skilled in large scale financial transactions
Conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
The act of financing
Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
A law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering Back to top
Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
The act of discovering something
A productive insight
Accept and make use of one''s personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
Receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
Come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn''t like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
Make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
After a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
Decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
Make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
Succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrrow found its mark"
Perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You''ll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "I want to see results"; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see
Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
Perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
Obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"
Get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
Come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
Come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
Optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest Back to top
Someone who is the first to observe something
Someone who comes upon something after searching
A fee that is paid to someone who finds a source of financial backing or to someone who brings people together for business purposes; "the agency got a finder''s fee when their candidate was hired as the new CEO"
The act of determining the properties of something
The decision of a court on issues of fact or law
Something that is found; "the findings in the gastrointestinal tract indicate that he died several hours after dinner"; "an area rich in archaelogical findings"
A collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes
(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
A finding as to the applicability of a rule of law to particular facts
Harass with constant criticism; "Don''t always pick on your little brother"
Accept and make use of one''s personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
Trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks"
After a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"
Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
Money extracted as a penalty
Issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"
Characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master"
(of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun shining; "a fine summer evening"
Minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction" Back to top
; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything''s fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I''d have
Of texture; being small-grained or smooth to the touch or having fine particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust"
Superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade"
Thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"
Being in good health; "he''s feeling all right again"; "I''m fine, how are you?"
Sentence-initial expression of agreement
In a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body"
In a superior and skilled manner; "the soldiers were fighting finely"
Drawn out to extreme thinness; "fine-drawn features"; "fine-drawn wire"
Dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells; "fine-grained birch"
Consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
Common low European shrub with purple-red flowers
Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; "a fine-looking woman"; "a good-looking man"; "better-looking than her sister"; "very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray; "our southern women a
Having fine teeth set close together; "a fine-toothed comb"
Having fine teeth set close together; "a fine-toothed comb"
A method of examining in minute detail; "he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes"
A comb with teeth set close together
A method of examining in minute detail; "he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes"
A comb with teeth set close together Back to top
Make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"
Adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine"
Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one''s style of writing"
Liable to a fine
Punished by the imposition of a penalty
Sew together very finely
In a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body"
In an elegant manner; "finely costumed actors"
In tiny pieces; "the surfaces were finely granular"
In a superior and skilled manner; "the soldiers were fighting finely"
The quality of being very good indeed; "the inn is distinguished by the fineness of its cuisine"
The quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"
Having a very fine texture; "the fineness of the sand on the beach"
The property of being very narrow or thin; "he marvelled at the fineness of her hair"
(comparative of `fine'') greater in quality or excellence; "a finer wine"; "a finer musician"
Elaborate or showy attire and accessories
Developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions"
Developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
Subtly skillful handling of a situation
Surpassing in quality; "top-grade ore" Back to top
A mixture of finely chopped fresh herbs; "an omlet flavored with fines herbes"
The products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"
The study and creation of visual works of art
Material printed in small type; "he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print"
The part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type; "don''t sign a contract without reading the fine print"
Precipitation in very small drops
The presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements; "the fine structure results from slightly different energy levels"
A large cave with basaltic pillars on Staffa Island in Scotland
The part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the fingers
Any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"
The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
Indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
Examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"
Feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book"
Search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
Tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
Apply colors with one''s fingers
Painting by using the fingers to spread the paint
A painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers Back to top
The imputation of blame; "they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop"
A basketball shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basket
Tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
Communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to Sign Language; "The Deaf often fingerspell"
A narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers
A bank of keys on a musical instrument
A guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger
The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
Having or resembling a finger or fingers; often used in combination; "the fingered roots of giant trees"; "rosy-fingered"; "three-fingered cartoon characters"
Tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
Touching something with the fingers
The placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument
Not having or having lost fingers
Resembling a finger; "digitate leaves of the horse chestnut"
A young or small fish
A smudge made by a (dirty) finger
The nail at the end of a finger
Paint that has the consistency of jelly
The imputation of blame; "they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop"
A guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger Back to top
A smudge made by a (dirty) finger
Biometric identification from a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used as evidence in criminal investigations
A generic term for any identifying characteristic; "that tax bill had the senator''s fingerprints all over it"
Take an impression of a person''s fingerprints
The procedure of taking inked impressions of a person''s fingerprints for the purpose of identification
A specialist in identifying fingerprints
A specialist in identifying fingerprints
A specialist in identifying fingerprints
Tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
Communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to Sign Language; "The Deaf often fingerspell"
An alphabet of manual signs
A sheath worn to protect a finger
The end (tip) of a finger
An alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions
Small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table
A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
Food to be eaten with the fingers
Any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils
Grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
A hole for inserting a finger Back to top
One of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it
East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
Paint that has the consistency of jelly
A flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
Biometric identification by automatically scanning a person''s fingerprints electronically
Biometric identification by automatically scanning a person''s fingerprints electronically
An alphabet of manual signs
A wave made with the fingers
An ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis
Exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"
Exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"
The concluding part of any performance
The temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
The act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker''s finishing was greeted with applause"
A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "he applied a coat of a clear finish"; "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly"
(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed); "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish"
Event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show"
The downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict); "booze will be the finish of him"; "it was a fight to the finish"
Designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish"
The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhuasted as their destination came into view" Back to top
A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph
The temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
Cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary"
Finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
Come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master''s Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
Finish eating all the food on one''s plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"
Provide with a finish; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"
Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony end
Brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically"
Ended or brought to an end; "are you finished?"; "gave me the finished manuscript"; "the manuscript is finished"; "almost finished with his studies"
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state; "a finished product"
Having a surface coating or finish applied; "the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones"
(of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected; "a dazzling and finished piece of writing"; "a finished violinist"
A worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process
A painter who applies a finishing coat
(baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
The act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker''s finishing was greeted with applause"
A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "he applied a coat of a clear finish"; "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly"
The final coating of plaster applied to walls and ceilings; "we can''t paint until they put on the finishing coat"
The final coat of paint Back to top
A line indicating the location of the finish of a race
A private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities
A final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination
The final coating of plaster applied to walls and ceilings; "we can''t paint until they put on the finishing coat"
The final coat of paint
A line indicating the location of the finish of a race
Finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"
Fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research"
Finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"
Finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"
Bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
Of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person
With a finite limit; "there are finitely many solutions to this problem"
The quality of being finite
The quality of being finite
Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917
A native or inhabitant of Finland
Haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter
Haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter Back to top
Haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter
Former president of Ireland; first woman to be democratically elected head of state (born in 1930)
One of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages; a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian)
The official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages
Of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland; "Finnish architecture"
The capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center
Monetary unit in Finland
A family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions)
A family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions)
Able to communicate in a Finno-Ugric language
Aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
Relating to or characteristic of the end of a century (especially the end of the 19th century); "fin de siecle art"
A metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stability
Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
A wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder)
A woodwind with a vertical pipe and 8 finger holes and a whistle mouthpiece
A woodwind with a vertical pipe and 8 finger holes and a whistle mouthpiece
Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas Back to top
Nonresinous wood of a fir tree
The act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
A fireplace in which a fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked"
Intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don''t give me any flak"
The event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire"
A severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
Feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors'' first discoveries"
Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
Bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
Destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
Cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
Go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
Start firing a weapon
Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
Drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
Provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"
Terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches on its underside
Densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn Back to top
Evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
A performer who pretends to swallow fire
A belligerent grouch
A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
Poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
Malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term for arson is fire-raising"
Difficult to burn
Difficult to burn
Difficult to burn
Difficult to burn
A performer who pretends to swallow fire
Annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center
Worship of fire
A portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
The luminous center of a nuclear explosion
A ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
A highly energetic and indefatigable person
An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
An artillery base to support advancing troops
Tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage Back to top
Eastern subspecies of northern oriole
The male is bright red with black wings and tail
A boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront
A bomb that is designed to start fires; are most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel)
Attack with incendiary bombs; "The rioters fire-bombed the stores"
A furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
Someone who deliberately foments trouble; "she was the instigator of their quarrel"
A piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
Lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces
A narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
Brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys
A true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain
A criminal who illegally sets fire to property
A heat-resistant clay
Firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
Having lost your job
A mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air
Metal supports for logs in a fireplace; "the andirons were too hot to touch"
A creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires Back to top
Nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
Tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
A metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks)
A narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire
A station housing fire apparatus and firemen
The light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)
(a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire
A muzzle loader having a flintlock type of gunlock
Play in which children take the roles of firemen and pretend to put out a fire
A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
A pitcher who does not start the game
A laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
An ax that has a long handle and a head with one cutting edge and a point on the other side
An ax that has a long handle and a head with one cutting edge and a point on the other side
The act of carrying a person over your shoulder
A city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"
An upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
(military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target
Make resistant to fire Back to top
Impervious to damage by fire
(nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired
Home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"
An area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"
A sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns
A piece of flint that is struck to light a fire
An outburst of controversy; "the incident triggered a political firestorm"
A storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area
Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
A building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire
The application of maximum thrust; "he slammed the throttle to the firewall"
Fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle
(computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet
Any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum)
An American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers
Tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant
Eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers
Wood used for fuel; "they collected and cut their own firewood"
(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.
An alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke Back to top
A shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out
(Old Testament) God''s means of destroying sinners; "his sermons were full of fire and brimstone"
Omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting
Tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
A bell rung to give a fire alarm
A disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple trees
British name for a fire department
A private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
Densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
Evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
The head of a fire department
Set of standards established and enforced by government for fire prevention and safety in case of fire as in fire escapes etc
A private or temporary organization of individuals equipped to fight fires
Preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target
Naval radar that controls the delivery of fire on a military target
Naval weaponry consisting of a system for controlling the delivery of fire on a military target
The department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires
A fire-resistant door that can be closed to stop the spread of a fire
An exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire
Any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire Back to top
A stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits emergency exit in the case of fire
A manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
Fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
A large hose that carries water from a fire hydrant to the site of the fire
An upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire
Insurance against loss due to fire
Metal fireside implements
The head of a fire department
An official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires
An opal with flaming orange and yellow and red colors
Perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals
A pit whose floor is incandescent lava; "the fire pit of the crater"
European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots
A sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
A sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy
A metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks)
A weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships
A station housing fire apparatus and firemen
Any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries Back to top
Tongs for taking hold of burning coals
A watchtower where a lookout is posted to watch for fires
A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
A trench especially constructed for the delivery of small-arms fire
Any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire
Begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
Arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees'' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
Someone who walks barefoot on burning coals
The ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones or a bed of embers
An official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
(during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air
(during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky
Annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center
The act of discharging a gun
The termination of someone''s employment (leaving them free to depart)
The act of setting on fire or catching fire
The act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
Chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge
The most advanced and responsible group in an activity; "the firing line is where the action is"
The line from which soldiers deliver fire Back to top
The action that ignites the charge in a firearm
The act of discharging a gun
A squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
Striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer
A practice range for target practice
A squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
A small wooden keg
A British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons
Members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house"
Make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"
Become taut or tauter; "Yur muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"
Strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"
Unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast friends"
Securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"
Pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed; "crisp carrot and celery sticks"; "a firm apple"; "crunchy lettuce"
Not soft or yielding to pressure; "a firm mattress"; "the snow was firm underfoot"; "solid ground"
Marked by the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue; "firm muscles"
Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
Securely established; "an established reputation"; "holds a firm position as the country''s leading poet"
Not subject to revision or change; "a firm contract"; "a firm offer" Back to top
Not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; "stocks are still firm"
(of especially a person''s physical features) not shaking or trembling; "his voice was firm and confident"; "a firm step"
With resolute determination; "we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm"
The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
Relating to the firmament or upper regions
A chisel with a thin blade for woodworking
Small genus of Asian trees or shrubs
Deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods
With resolute determination; "we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm"
With firmness; "held hard to the railing"
In a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she held the child securely"
The quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place
The trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"
The property of being unyielding to the touch
The firmness and tone of healthy tissue; "his muscle firmness"
(computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory
Eggs beaten with milk or cream and cooked until set
Arrange firmly; "firm up one''s plans"
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base
The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving Back to top
An honours degree of the highest class
The first element in a countable series; "the first of the month"
The first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"
The time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"
Being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills"
Ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
Serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"
Serving to set in motion; "the magazine''s inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner''s maiden voyage"
Preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"
Highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"
Indicating the beginning unit in a series
Before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
The initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
Prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
Before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let''s do this job first"
Kit consisting of a set of bandages and medicines for giving first aid
A station providing emergency care or treatment before regular medical aid can be obtained
Of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"
By first-class conveyance; with first-class accommodations; "we always travel first class"
An honours degree of the highest class Back to top
Mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection
Not accepting reservations
Burn causing redness of the skin surface
Someone habitually a spectator at the openings of theatrical productions
A partial correlation in which the effects of only one variable are removed (held constant)
A finish in first place (as in a race)
Of the highest quality; "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"
Quite well; "she doesn''t feel first-rate today"
One who is first-rate
Of the regular members of a team; not substitutes; "first-string players"
Of members of a team; not substitutes
Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); "a freshman senator"; "freshman year in high school or college"
The offspring who came first in the order of birth
First in order of birth; "the firstborn child"
Received directly from a source; "firsthand information"
At first hand or directly; "I heard this story firsthand"
Before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
Emergency care given before regular medical aid can be obtained
An amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression; includes freedom of assembly and freedom of the press and freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Of greatest importance; "first and foremost, we must feed the refugees" Back to top
Taking everything together; "she was first and last a scientist"
The act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line"
First or lowest balcony
British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963)
British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)
English writer of historical romances (1803-1873)
English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859)
English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947)
British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)
British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)
Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
The initial stage in accomplishing something; "we didn''t get to first base with that approach"
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first base
The base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball
(baseball) the person who plays first base
Battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others
At the first glimpse or impression; "at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails"
A self-caused agent that is the cause of all things; "God is the first cause"
The most expensive accommodations on a ship or train or plane Back to top
The highest rank in a classification
Mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed against inspection
The child of your aunt or uncle
A collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa
A Crusade from 1096 to 1099; captured Jerusalem and created a theocracy there
A degree of one; "all of the terms in a linear equation are of the first degree"
The result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)
British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
British field marshal (1850-1916)
British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)
English statesman who brought the Seven Years'' War to an end (1708-1778)
Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)
British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950)
The first New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle
A New Testament book containing the first epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth
A New Testament book containing Saint Paul''s first epistle to the Thessalonians
A New Testament book containing Saint Paul''s first epistle to Timothy; contains advice on pastoral matters
The first New Testament book traditionally attributed to Saint Peter the Apostle
A New Testament book containing the first epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth Back to top
A New Testament book containing Saint Paul''s first epistle to the Thessalonians
A New Testament book containing Saint Paul''s first epistle to Timothy; contains advice on pastoral matters
The first of the three estates of the realm; the clergy in France and the lords spiritual in Britain
The floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building
The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
Students beginning elementary school
The first of two halves of play
The lowest tone of a harmonic series
Inventory accounting in which the oldest items (those first acquired) are assumed to be the first sold
The wife of a chief executive
The leading woman in an art or profession
One''s native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
A body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force
The fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes
A commissioned officer in the army or air force or marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain
The first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
The British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy
Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown
The officer below the master on a commercial ship
The sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values Back to top
A mortgage that has priority over all mortgages and liens except those imposed by law
The name that precedes the surname
Before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
Someone convicted for the first time
Before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
Observed in the United States to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia in honor of labor
An armed wing of the (illegal) Communist Party of Spain; seeks to overthrow the Spanish government and replace it with a Marxist-Leninist regime; "GRAPO is vehemently opposed to the United States"
The first period of play in a game
Pronouns and verbs used to refer to the speaker or writer of the language in which they occur
The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
The first fourth of the moon''s period of revolution around the Earth
The first presentation of a bill in a legislature
The lands ruled by Charlemagne; a continuation of the Roman Empire in Europe
The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
(baseball) the person who plays first base
A sergeant in the army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeant
A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
The first of a series of actions; "he memorized all the important chess openings"
The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing
The initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons; considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country''s ability to retaliate; "the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India" Back to top
A team representing a college or university
Time period extending from the first day of the last menstrual period through 12 weeks of gestation
Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928)
British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963)
The highest quality gems
A war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918
A long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
A firth on the southwestern coast of Scotland emptying into the North Channel
A large firth on the east coast of Scotland; location of Edinburgh
Of northern Europe and America; resembling a miniature fir
The seed-producing cone of a fir tree
Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
An act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separa
A state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor''s private purse
Involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility"
In financial matters; "fiscally irresponsible"
A government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)
Any accounting period of 12 months
United States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943) Back to top
German chemist noted for work on synthetic sugars and the purines (1852-1919)
German chemist noted for his synthesis of hemin (1881-1945)
A type of slime mushroom
Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the livingroom there was a tank of colorful fish"
The flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"
The twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about February 19 to March 20
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
Catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends"
Seek indirectly; "fish for compliments"
Similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait
Worship of fish
A bone of a fish
A transparent bowl in which small fish are kept
A state of affairs in which you have no privacy; "the president lives in a goldfish bowl"
Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
Someone whose occupation is catching fish
Someone whose occupation is catching fish
A knot for tying a line to a spar or ring
A knot for tying the ends of two lines together
(angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers Back to top
A workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold
Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
Of or relating to a fisheye lens
A camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery
An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
A sharp barbed hook for catching fish
In a questionably unusual manner; "this money had been queerly come by"
The act of someone who fishes as a diversion
The occupation of catching fish for a living
A vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive
Of southeast Europe and central Asia
Gear used in fishing
A license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time
A license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time
A length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker and hook are attached
A net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in
A license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time
A rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line
Gear used in fishing
A rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line Back to top
The season during which it is legal to catch fish
A vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive
Gear used in fishing
A vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive
Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
Resembling a fish; "an extinct fishlike vertebrate"
Someone who sells fish
A net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in
A paste of fish or shellfish
Metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams
Small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young
A freshwater pond with fish
Slow down by moving the tail sideways; "The airplane fishtailed on the runway"
A drilling bit with cutting edges usually hardened against wear
Attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage
Someone who sells fish
Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
Not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
Fried fish and french-fried potatoes
A fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes Back to top
Well-seasoned balls of ground fish and eggs and crushed crumbs simmered in fish stock
A transparent bowl in which small fish are kept
A state of affairs in which you have no privacy; "the president lives in a goldfish bowl"
A fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes
Chowder containing fish
Brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout
Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
Any of various families of fish
A workplace (usually a pond) where fish are raised for food
A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
A longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish
A long fillet of fish breaded and fried
Similar to but smaller than the dobsonfly; larvae are used as fishing bait
A cookout where fried fish is the main course
Small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons
Any of various genus of fish
An upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers
Gelatinous substance obtained by boiling skins fins and bones of fish
Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years Back to top
A punch made of rum and brandy and water or tea sweetened with sugar syrup
A butt joint formed by bolting fish plates to the sides of two rails or beams
A small table knife with a spatula blade used for eating fish
A series of ascending pools providing a passage for salmon to swim upstream past a dam
Flaked fish baked in a loaf with bread crumbs and various seasonings
A kind of copepod
(angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers
Ground dried fish used as fertilizer and as feed for domestic livestock
Mousse made with fish
Oil obtained from fish
Scale of the kind that covers the bodies of fish
A food turner with a broad slitted blade used for turning or serving fish or other food that is cooked in a frying pan
Cross-section slice of a large fish
A stew made with fish
A long fillet of fish breaded and fried
A tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
Capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; "fissile crystals"; "fissile wood"
Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material"
A nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
Reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts Back to top
Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material"
A nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
The tendence to break into parts; "the fissipairty of religious sects"
Reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish
Having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"
Reproducing by fission
Terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons
In some classifications considered a suborder of Carnivora
Terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons
(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
A long narrow opening
A long narrow depression in a surface
Break into fissures or fine cracks
Type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets
Marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex
Marine limpets
A brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes
The deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres
A hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
A fight with bare fists Back to top
Fight with the fists; "The man wanted to fist-fight"
The quantity that can be held in the hand
Fighting with the fists
A fight with bare fists
About seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow)
An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
A chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse
Like a reed or tube
Type genus of the family Fistulariidae
Cornetfishes
Like a reed or tube
Fungi having each pore separate though crowded
A family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other
A popular edible fungus with a cap the color of liver or raw meat; abundant in southeastern United States
Like a reed or tube
Of or pertaining to or attacked by a fistula
A chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse
A sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason); "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning"
The manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat"
A sudden uncontrollable attack; "a paroxysm of giggling"; "a fit of coughing"; "convulsions of laughter" Back to top
A display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene"
Insert or adjust several objects or people; "Can you fit the toy into the box?"; "This man can''t fit himself into our work environment"
Make fit; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"
Make correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater"
Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"
Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don''t agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect''s fingerprints don''t match those on the gun"
Be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won''t fit into the puzzle"
Satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?"
Be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"
Conform to some shape or size; "How does this shirt fit?"
Physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise"
Meeting adequate standards for a purpose; "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to"
(usually followed by `to'' or `for'') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time"
Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
Intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static"
Occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire"
In a fitful manner; "he slept fitfully"
The quality of being spasmodic and irregular
In an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed"
Any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture); "she liked the kitchen fitments" Back to top
The condition of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position"
The quality of being qualified
Good physical condition; being in shape or in condition
Fitness to traverse the seas
Repeated bursts of activity; "they worked in fits and starts"
Furnished with essential equipment for a particular occupation or undertaking occupation; "well-outfitted expedition to the South Pole"
Prepared with proper equipment; "equipped for service in the Arctic"
Furnished with all equipment needed for voyaging
A sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress
Someone who fits a garment to a particular person
Improved in health or physical condition
Trying on clothes to see whether they fit
(usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
A small and often standardized accessory to a larger system
Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
Being precisely fitting and right; "it is only meet that she should be seated first"
In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion; "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field...It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this"
In an appropriate manner; "he was appropriately dressed"
The condition of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position"
United States scat singer (born in 1918) Back to top
United States novelist (1896-1940)
English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883)
Meeting adequate standards for a purpose; "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to"
Go together; "The colors don''t harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"
Provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"
Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"
Be what is needed or be good enough for what is required; "Does this restaurant fit the bill for the celebration?"
Meeting adequate standards for a purpose; "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to"
A team that plays basketball
The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
Being one more than four
Any of a numerous plants grown for their 5-petal flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
Hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes
Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits
The ordinal number of five hundred in counting order
Of a chemical compound having a ring with five members
Small plant with leaves in a basal cluster and tiny greenish flowers in slender racemes; northwestern North America to California and Colorado
A playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
California annual having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal Back to top
A United States bill worth 5 dollars
Having five units or components
A five-cent piece
A United States bill worth 5 dollars
A game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
Five people considered as a unit
The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
A United States bill worth 5 dollars
A card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand
The cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five
Denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
Middle-distance iron
A league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)
Chinese seasoning made by grinding star anise and fennel and pepper and cloves and cinnamon
A determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target"
An exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
The act of putting something in working order again
Something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"
Informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
Make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized" Back to top
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
Kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
Make fixed, stable or stationary; "let''s fix the picture to the frame"
Decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
Take vengeance on or get even; "We''ll get them!"; "That''ll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
Cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
Put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
Set or place definitely; "Let''s fix the date for the party!"
Prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
A shop specializing in repairs and maintenance
Capable of being made ready for service
Become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"
Make fixed, stable or stationary; "let''s fix the picture to the frame"
Pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; "The media are fixating on Princess Diana''s death"
Attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"
(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
The activity of fastening something firmly in position
An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely Back to top
A varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging
A compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study
Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes"
Directed with intense concentration; "a fixed stare"; "an intent gaze"
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
Securely placed or fastened or set; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor"
Specified in advance; "a given number"; "we will meet at a given time and location"
Fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O''Brien; "a face rigid with pain"
Not increasing as the amount taxed increases
Mended or put in working order; "a reconditioned sewing machine"; "a repaired vacuum cleaner"; "the broken lock is now fixed"
Intent and directed steadily; "had her gaze fastened on the stranger"; "a fixed expresson"
Drug containing fixed amounts of two or more ingredients
An operation that is completed in a specified number of regularly timed execution cycles
(financial) of investments that pay a constant rate of return; "fixed-income investments do not protect an investor in times of rising inflation"
A radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention
A number represented in fixed-point notation
The positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the mantissa is .808
A radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention
A typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter)
In a fixed manner; "he stared at me fixedly" Back to top
The quality of being fixed and unchangeable; "the fixedness of his gaze upset her"
The quality of being fixed in place
Remaining in place
A periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)
A periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)
A periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.)
A rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
The intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer
An investment trust that can buy only those securities listed when the trust was organized
Nonvolatile animal or plant oil
A phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc.
Any star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion
(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
Taken care of or made comfortable; "went back to work after she got her scraped arm fixed up"
Synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
Someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
A skilled worker whose job is to repair things
A chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)
A house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price)
The act of putting something in working order again Back to top
(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
The sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"
Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
The accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity); "an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings"; "he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it"
Food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad"
A chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)
The quality of being incapable of mutation; "Darwin challenged the fixity of species"
The quality of being fixed in place
The act of putting something in working order again
A object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
The quality of being fixed in place
A regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture"
Make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"
Find (something or someone) for; "I''ll fix you up with a nice girl"
A firework that fizzes as it moves
An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
An effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)
Form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"
Hissing and bubbling
End weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending" Back to top
End weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"
Hissing and bubbling
A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
Loose or flaccid body fat
Overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!"
As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"
In a flabby manner; "the old man''s muscles were sagging flabbily"
A flabby softness
Lacking firmness or stiffness; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks"
Lacking firmness or stiffness; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks"
Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
A flabby softness
A urinary bladder disorder resulting from interruption of the reflex arc normally associated with voiding urine; absence of bladder sensation and over-filling of the bladder and inability to urinate voluntarily
Weakness or loss of muscle tone resulting from injury or disease of the nerves innervating the muscles
Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
Intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don''t give me any flak"
A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
Often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa Back to top
Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs
Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs
Small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums
A conspicuously marked or shaped tail
Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
A listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
Become less intense
Provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"
Communicate or signal with a flag
Decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday"
Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
An extreme bellicose nationalist
Fanatically patriotic
A person who whips himself as a religious penance
A person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification
Protozoa having flagella Back to top
Usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals
Whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
Having or resembling a flagellum or flagella
Having or resembling a flagellum or flagella
Any cell or one-celled organism equipped with a flagellum
Usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals
Usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some pathogens of humans and other animals
Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
A lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)
A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
A small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes
A French bean variety with light-colored seeds; usually dried
Flagfish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida
Weak from exhaustion
Shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)
A tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
Surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"
In a flagrant manner; "he is flagrantly disregarding the law" Back to top
Perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
The ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag
The chief one of a related group; "it is their flagship newspaper"
A tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
A town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory
Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
Antiprotozoal medication (trade name Flagyl) used to treat trichomoniasis and giardiasis
The captain of a flagship
Commemorating the adoption of the U.S. flag in 1777
Signal to stop; "Let''s flag down a cab--it''s starting to rain"; "The policeman flagged down our car"
A senior naval officer above the rank of captain
Flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce
The rank of a flag officer
Smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses
A smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores
A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
An appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions
An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
Give a thrashing to; beat hard
Move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing" Back to top
Distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
A natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating"
A shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare"
Artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
Intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don''t give me any flak"
A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
A small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
A person with an unusual or odd personality
A crystal of snow
Come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
Cover with flakes or as if with flakes
Form into flakes; "The substances started to flake"
Made of or easily forming flakes
Come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off"
Change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures"
Having or breaking into thin crisp flakes
Informal terms for insanity
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teena
Made of or easily forming flakes
A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer Back to top
A flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
Extravagant elaborateness
Showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
Richly and brilliantly colorful
Elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator''s florid speech"
In a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly"
Tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors'' first discoveries"
Criticize harshly, on the e-mail
Be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset"
Shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"
Plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
A complete or conspicuous failure; "the spectacular flame-out of the company''s stock cost many people their life savings"
The failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion
Resistant to catching fire
A cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters
Plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
A priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome Back to top
A style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet
Guitar music composed for dancing the flamenco
Resistant to catching fire
A weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards
Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers
Organ of excretion in flatworms
South Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers
A cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters
Plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
A plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
Any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
Any of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orange-red flowers; Australia
Purplish-red table grape
Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
South Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers
North Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves
Showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
A terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
Burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"
The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors'' first discoveries" Back to top
Resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze in autumn"; "flaming autumn leaves"
Lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car''s tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming cr
Very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions"
(used of persons) informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
Commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix
Commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix
Commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix
Commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix
California wild poppy with bright red flowers
An ancient Roman road in Italy built by Gaius Flaminius in 220 BC; extends north from Rome to cisalpine Gaul
Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC)
Possible to burn
A genus of agarics
An edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters
Open pastry filled with fruit or custard
A medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands
Annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated
A projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
The side between ribs and hipbone Back to top
A cut from the fleshy part of an animal''s side between the ribs and the leg
The side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy''s right flank"
A subfigure consisting of a side of something
Be located at the sides of something or somebody
A soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
A back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
A back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver
A cut of beef from the flank of the animal
A soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
(usually in the plural) trousers
Bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
Any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers
A cotton fabric imitating flannel
Any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers
A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
Any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
United States writer (1925-1964)
Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope" Back to top
A movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
A movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
The motion made by flapping up and down
An excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
Pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds
Make a fuss; be agitated
Move noisily; "flags flapped in the strong wind"
Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
Move with a flapping motion; "The bird''s wings were flapping"
Move with a thrashing motion; "The bird flapped its wings"; "The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky"
A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
A young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress
The motion made by flapping up and down
A movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
Throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table"
(baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield
A short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines; "he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss"
A device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification
A burst of light used to communicate or illuminate Back to top
A sudden outburst of emotion; "she felt a flare of delight"; "she could not control her flare of rage"
Am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection)
A sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun''s surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference
A sudden burst of flame
A shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare"
A sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms; "a colitis flare"; "infection can cause a lupus flare"
Reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation
Become flared and widen, usually at one end; "The bellbottom pants flare out"
Erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
Burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"
Shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"
A sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"
Having a gradual increase in width; "flared nostrils"; "a skirt flaring from the waist"
Become flared and widen, usually at one end; "The bellbottom pants flare out"
A short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines; "he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss"
An airstrip outline with lights to guide an airplane pilot in landing
A red dwarf star in which luminosity can change several magnitudes in a few minutes
Erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism"
Ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; "the fire flared up and died down once again"
Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "flying banners"; "flags waving in the breeze" Back to top
Having a gradual increase in width; "flared nostrils"; "a skirt flaring from the waist"
A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
A bright patch of color used for decoration or identification; "red flashes adorned the airplane"; "a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to"
A momentary brightness
A sudden brilliant understanding; "he had a flash of intuition"
A short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
A burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
A short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning"
A sudden intense burst of radiant energy
A very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I''d do it in a flash"
Appear briefly; "The headlines flashed on the screen"
Emit a brief burst of light; "A shooting star flashed and was gone"
Make known or cause to appear with great speed; "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"
Protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal; "flash the roof"
Run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
Expose or show briefly; "he flashed a $100 bill"
Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"
Gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story Back to top
Freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors; "quick-freeze the shrimp"
Used of foods; preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods"
A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
An unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
Boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height
Boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height
A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
A card with words or numbers of pictures that are flashed to a class by the teacher
A light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages
An electrical device that automatically turns a lamp on and off (as for an advertising display)
Someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals
A sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
In a fancy colorful manner; "he dresses rather flamboyantly"
In a meretricious manner; "the boat is meretriciously decorated"
Tasteless showiness
Sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing
A short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning"
Emitting light in sudden short or intermittent bursts; "flashing lightning and roaring thunder"
A small portable battery-powered electric lamp Back to top
A small dry battery containing dry cells; used to power flashlights
Fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico
Fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye
An unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator)
The lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air
Point at which something is ready to blow up
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
Return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"
A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
Butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them; used for joining segments of metal pipe
A camera with a photoflash attachment
A card with words or numbers of pictures that are flashed to a class by the teacher
A sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
Someone who enjoys transient success but then fails
A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
Nonvolatile storage that can be electrically erased and programmed anew
The lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air
Point at which something is ready to blow up
Butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them; used for joining segments of metal pipe Back to top
Bottle that has a narrow neck
The quantity a flask will hold
The quantity a flask will hold
A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
A deflated pneumatic tire
A shallow box in which seedlings are started
Freight car without permanent sides or roof
A musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
A level tract of land
Lacking variety in shading; "a flat unshaded painting"
Not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
(of a tire) completely or partially deflated
Having no depth or thickness
Lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting"
Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"
Lacking contrast or shading between tones
Without pleats
Parallel to the ground; "a flat roof"
Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor" Back to top
Not made with leavening; "most flat breads are made from unleavened dough"
Lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"
Not increasing as the amount taxed increases
Not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"
Having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"
Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
Lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Wholly or completely; "He is flat broke"
In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn''t answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"
At full length; "he fell flat on his face"
Against a flat surface; "he lay flat on his back"
Below the proper pitch; "she sang flat last night"
With flat sails; "sail flat against the wind"
Lacking a prominent belly
Having a flat bottom; "a flat-bottomed boat"
Having a flat bottom; "a flat-bottomed boat"
An English breed having a shiny black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water
Without reservation; "a flat-footed refusal"
With feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe Back to top
Having broad flat feet that usually turn outward; "a slow flat-footed walk"
Unprepared and unable to react quickly; "the new product caught their competitors flat-footed"
Fly very close to the ground
A variety of parsley having flat leaves
Having a flat or flattened upper surface
Having a flat or flattened upper surface
A variety of aster
An open truck bed or trailer with no sides; used to carry large heavy objects
Freight car without permanent sides or roof
A printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type
A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
Having a flat bottom; "a flatbottom kettle"; "a flatbottomed boat"
Having a flat bottom; "a flatbottom kettle"; "a flatbottomed boat"
Any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough
Thin wafer-like bread of Scandinavia
Freight car without permanent sides or roof
Any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
Sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
A foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out
A policeman who patrols a given region Back to top
Pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout
Food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
Large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw
An iron that was heated by placing it on a stove
A tiny flat
In an unqualified manner; "he flatly denied the charges"
An associate who shares an apartment with you
The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
The property of having two dimensions
Footwear (shoes or slippers) with no heel (or a flat heel)
Lower the pitch of (musical notes)
Become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened"
Make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises"
Having been flattened
Become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened"
Praise somewhat dishonestly
A person who uses flattery
Tending to reveal or represent favorably
Excessive or insincere praise
A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings Back to top
A closely cropped haircut; usually for men
Pompously embellished language
A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
Suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
Generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal
A reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus
Relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping)
Silverware eating utensils
Tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece
Ironing that can be done mechanically
Parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body
An arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados
A bench on which a weightlifter lies to do exercises
Part of the sirloin next to the wedge bone
A flat woolen cap with a stiff peak
The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
A file with two flat surfaces
A square knot used in a reef line
At top speed; "he ran flat out to catch the bus"; "he was off down the road like blue murder" Back to top
In a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly"
European perennial with mottled purple-pink flowers; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
Evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pealike flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania
A flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
A screwdriver with a flat wedge-shaped tip that fits into a slot in the head of a screw
A deflated pneumatic tire
Ironing that can be done mechanically
French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)
The act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt"
Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"
Inclined to flaunt
Someone who plays the flute
A dynasty of Roman emperors from 69 to 96 including Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian
A ketone that forms the nucleus of certain natural yellow pigments like riboflavin
Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100)
A family of arboviruses carried by arthropods
Animal viruses belonging to the family Flaviviridae
The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
(physics) the kinds of quarks and antiquarks
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" Back to top
Lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"
Having been given flavor (as by seasoning)
Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
Full of flavor
Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
Lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
The property of having no flavor
Full of flavor
Full of flavor
Having an appetizing flavor
The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
(physics) the kinds of quarks and antiquarks
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
Lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"
Having been given flavor (as by seasoning)
Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
Full of flavor
Something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
Lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
The property of having no flavor Back to top
Full of flavor
Full of flavor
Having an appetizing flavor
Defect or weakness in a person''s character; "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless"
An imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
Add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
Having a blemish or flaw; "a flawed diamond"
Without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone"
In an adroit manner; "he bounced it cleanly off the wall"
The state of being without a flaw or defect
Plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem
Fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric
Neuromuscular blocking agent (trade name Flaxedil) used as a muscle relaxant in the administration of anesthesia
Of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; "flaxen locks"
The seed of flax used as a source of oil
A drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints
A widely distributed family of plants
Fungus causing flax rust
Fungus causing flax rust
Strip the skin off Back to top
Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
Worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"
A rundown hotel
Common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
Any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
An old shabby movie theater
Plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative
Any small leaf beetle having enlarged hind legs and capable of jumping
A very minor inconvenience
Sting inflicted by a flea
An open-air street market for inexpensive or secondhand articles
Oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
A small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard''s spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"
A small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
Make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
Having a pattern of dots
Deviation from a straight or normal course
The state of being flexed (as of a joint)
Grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already" Back to top
Decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow"
Feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
(of an arrow) equipped with feathers
(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
(of an arrow) not equipped with feathers; "shot an unfledged arrow"
Young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
Any new participant in some activity
Of a young bird just having acquired its flight feathers; "a fledgling robin"
Young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
Any new participant in some activity
Young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"
Of a young bird just having acquired its flight feathers; "a fledgling robin"
Run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"
Outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
A soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
Tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
The wool of a sheep or similar animal
Shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love" Back to top
(of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing; "a dress of brushed cotton"; "a fleecy lining"; "napped fabrics"
A group of warships organized as a tactical unit
A group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
Group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
Group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
Disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
Moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"
Lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"
The property of lasting for a very short time
In a swift manner; "she moved swiftly"
Rapidity of movement; "fleetness of foot"
An admiral of the highest rank; five-star admiral
A submarine carrying ballistic missiles
British journalism
A street in central London where newspaper offices are situated
A native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian
English bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)
British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)
One of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch Back to top
An ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium
Of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture; "the Flemish population of Belgium"; "Flemish painters"
Able to communicate in Flemish
One of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch
Alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
A soft moist part of a fruit
(of animals) carnivorous
Given substance or detail; completed; "did not spring full-clad from his imagination"; "a plan fleshed out with statistics and details"
More than average fatness
Of the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"
Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
Of or relating to or resembling flesh
Fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals
Become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out"
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
Make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
A wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones
A center in the Department of the Treasury that trains law enforcement professionals for more tha seventy federal agencies
Prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625) Back to top
(heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris
Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
(heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris
The act of flexing; "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies"
Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
Bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"
Form a curve; "The stick does not bend"
Contract; "flex a muscle"
Exhibit the strength of; "The victorious army flexes its invincibility"
Muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury
The quality of being adaptable or variable; "he enjoyed the flexibility of his working arrangement"
The trait of being easily persuaded
The property of being flexible
Bending and snapping back readily without breaking
Able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"
Extended meanings; capable of change; "a flexible character"; "flexible schedules"
Making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet"
Able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract"
The property of being flexible
A joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other Back to top
An endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon
Visual examination (with a sigmoidoscope) of the lower third of the colon in a search for polyps
With flexibility; "`Come whenever you are free,'' he said flexibly"
Able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"
Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
Deviation from a straight or normal course
The state of being flexed (as of a joint)
A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
Having turns or windings; "the flexuous bed of the stream"
Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
An angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
The state of being flexed (as of a joint)
A female fool
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip"
Remove with a flick (of the hand, for example)
Touch or hit with a light, quick blow; "flicked him with his hand"
Cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers"
Throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" Back to top
Twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
Cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic"
Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
Flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off"
Shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered"
A knife with the blade hidden in the handle; the blade springs out when a button is pressed
The act of moving back and forth
North American woodpecker
A momentary flash of light
Move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
Flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off"
Shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered"
Shining unsteadily
Of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada
A pocketknife with a blade that springs open at the press of a button
An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
Someone who operates an aircraft
Someone who travels by air
(theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
The act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt" Back to top
A scheduled trip by plane between designated airports; "I took the noon flight to Chicago"
An instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
A stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
Passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
An air force unit smaller than a squadron
A formation of aircraft in flight
A flock of flying birds
The path followed by an object moving through space
Decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow"
Fly in a flock; "flighting wild geese"
Shoot a bird in flight
Having feathers; "arrows flighted argent"
The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
Incapable of flying
Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
Absent-mindedly irresponsible; "he said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor"
Irresponsibly frivolous; "flighty young girls"
An attendant on an airplane
Control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically
The upper deck of an aircraft carrier; used as a runway Back to top
The flight crewman responsible for mechanical operation while in flight
Any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
A navigational instrument based on a gyroscope; provides an artificial horizon for the pilot
Place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways)
A maneuver executed by an aircraft (as for evasive purposes)
A stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
A stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
A designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
The path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air
Simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane
An airfield without normal airport facilities
A medical officer specializing in aviation medicine
A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
In a weak and flimsy manner; "this car is so flimsily constructed!"
The property of weakness by virtue of careless construction
A thin strong light-weight translucent paper used especially for making carbon copies
Having little substance or significance; "a flimsy excuse"; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"
Lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past"
Resembling cardboard especially in flimsiness; "apartments with cardboard walls"
Very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses" Back to top
A reflex response to sudden pain
Draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
A small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it flew into flinders"
British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814)
Small genus of Australian timber trees
Tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc
Australian timber tree whose bark yields a poison
Tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc
Tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc
The act of flinging
A brief indulgence of your impulses
A usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
Throw with force or recklessness; "fling the frisbee"
Move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto the sofa"
Throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
Indulge oneself; "I splurged on a new TV"
Write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husdband saying she would not be home for supper"
A city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing
A river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
A hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony Back to top
A gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge
A muzzle loader having a flintlock type of gunlock
Pebbles of flint used in masonry construction
Having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"- Marchette Chute
Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child''s misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
Corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm
Optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index
Corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm
A river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"
An acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
The act of flipping a coin
Hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"
Move with a flick or light motion
Cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"
Throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" Back to top
Lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don''t know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!"
Cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic"
Toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
Marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
With repeated strokes and noise; "something going flip-flap in the night"
A backward somersault
An electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states
A backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
A decision to reverse an earlier decision
Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Inappropriate levity
Showing inappropriate levity
In a flippant manner; "he answered the reporters'' questions flippantly"; "this cannot be airily explained to your children"
The flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming
A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
A shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
A chart with several sheets hinged at the top; sheets can be flipped over to present information sequentially
Get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn''t know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
Get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn''t know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic" Back to top
Go mad, go crazy; "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
Turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; "flip over the pork chop"; "turn over the pancakes"
Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
Behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl''s affection"
Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
Like a coquette
In a flirtatious manner; "she smiled coquettishly"
Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
Take into consideration, have in view; "He entertained the notion of moving to South America"
A secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit"
A sudden quick movement
Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
Salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork
Fish steak usually cut from a halibut
Move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
A localized area of diminished vision edged by shimmering colored lights; in many people it indicates the onset of migraine
A terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism
Something that remains on the surface of a liquid Back to top
A hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
An elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
A drink with ice cream floating in it
The number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
The time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
Allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
Make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"
Put into the water; "float a ship"
Move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"
Set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
Be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
Be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink
Circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares
The phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)
An insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
An object that floats or is capable of floating
A swimmer who floats in the water
A voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election Back to top
An employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
A debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
The act of someone who floats on the water
Borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
Inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"
Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
Not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters"
(of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position; "floating ribs are not connected with the sternum"; "a floating kidney"
Free-floating aquatic ferns
A radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; the floating-point representation of 0.0012 is 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
A number represented in floating-point notation
An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
A radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; the floating-point representation of 0.0012 is 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
A temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons
Dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised
Dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised
Small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe
Aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums Back to top
Pantropical aquatic fern
An explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it
An insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
A voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other
A seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water
Tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"
A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid
(of plants) having tufts of soft woolly hairs
A mildly poisonous fungus with a fruiting body shaped like a hollow trumpet
Form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass; "the protoplasms flocculated"
Cause to become a fluffy or lumpy aggregate; "The chemist flocculated the suspended material"
The process of flocculating; forming woolly cloudlike aggregations
A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid
Having a fluffy character or appearance
A group of birds
A group of sheep or goats
A church congregation guided by a pastor
An orderly crowd; "a troop of children"
(often followed by `of'') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
Come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" Back to top
Move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
A battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed
A battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed
A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea
Beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
Beat with a cane
A torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)
Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
A large flow
The act of flooding; filling to overflowing
Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
The inward flow of the tide; "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
An overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
Cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
Become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
Fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
Supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
Covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
Rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work" Back to top
Any of several Australian gum trees growing on moist or alluvial soil
Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
Something that restrains a flood or outpouring; "suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants"
A wall of water rushing ahead of the flood; "we were lucky to be safe when the floodheads hit"
A technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them
Overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks"
Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
Illuminate with floodlights
Illuminated by means of floodlights; "the floodlit courtyard"
Illuminated by means of floodlights; "the floodlit courtyard"
A low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
(engineering) act or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc to minimize occurrence of floods
Arrive in great numbers
Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
Charge someone with too many tasks
A low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
The occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist''s career"; "in the flood tide of his success"
The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"
Structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?" Back to top
A large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader"
The legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor"
The parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"
A lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
The occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"
The bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
The ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"
Knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"
Surprise greatly; knock someone''s socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
A board in the floor
The floor of an automobile
Provided with a floor
The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"
Building material used in laying floors
A series of acts at a night club
An employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems; "a floorwalker is called a shopwalker in England"
A board in the floor
A covering for a floor
A covering for a floor
Joist that supports a floor Back to top
A lamp that stands on the floor
The legislator who organizes his party''s strategy
Scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level; contrasts with elevation
A series of acts at a night club
A preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors
A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
The act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop"
A complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"
Someone who is unsuccessful
An arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
Fall suddenly and abruptly
Fall loosely; "He flopped into a chair"
Fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
Exactly; "he fell flop on his face"
With a flopping sound; "he tumbled flop into the mud"
A cheap lodging house
A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price"
Hanging limply; "a spaniel with floppy ears"
A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price" Back to top
A living organism lacking the power of locomotion
All the plant life in a particular region
Resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers; "an unusual floral design"
Of or relating to the plant life in a particular region; "characteristic alpine floral elements"
Relating to or associated with flowers; "floral organs"
The cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
Collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
A modified leaf that is part of a flower
Eighth month of the Revolutionary calendar (April and May); the month of flowers
A city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
A town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center
Aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
Grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base
English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
Of or relating to or characteristic of the city of Florence; "Florentine art"
German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome
United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932)
The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
Herb derived from Pericallis cruenta and widely cultivated in a variety of profusely flowering forms with florets from white to pink to red or purple or violet or blue; sometimes placed in genus Cineraria
A diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) Back to top
British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
Of or relating to or involving floriculture
The cultivation of flowering plants
Elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator''s florid speech"
A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
Small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot
Annual semi-woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing
North American dark bluish-gray gallinule
A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
Found in coastal waters New England to Brazil except clear waters of West Indies
Occurs widely in Florida
Found from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil
A strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas
Common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay
Of Florida wetlands
Small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves
A resident of Florida
In a florid manner; "floridly figurative prose"
Extravagant elaborateness
An anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. Back to top
Formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
The basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
English lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625)
A shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold
Someone who grows and deals in flowers; "the florist made up an attractive bouquet"
Of China
South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers
Much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
Of China
A shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold
United States chemist who developed methods for studying long-chain molecules (1910-1985)
A soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth
A soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery
Use dental floss to clean; "floss your teeth after every meal"
Like down or as soft as down
Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares
The phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)
Rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning
A fleet of small craft
A United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships Back to top
The floating wreckage of a ship
The act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions
A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
Walk emphatically
Any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
Flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
Walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"
Behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"
Fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
Convert grain into flour
Cover with flour; "flour fish or meat before frying it"
(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
The act of waving
A display of ornamental speech or language
A showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"
An ornamental embellishment in writing
Grow stronger; "The economy was booming"
Move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun"
Gain in wealth
Having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life; "flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer population" Back to top
Very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
Resembling flour in fine powdery texture; "a floury clay"
Infests flour and stored grains
A bin for holding flour
Corn having kernels almost entirely of soft starch
A mill for grinding grain into flour
Infests flour and stored grains
Treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"
Laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
Dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
Any uninterrupted stream or discharge
The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to
Something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"
The amount of fluid that flows in a given time
Undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11"
Cover or swamp with water
Fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back" Back to top
Move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
Move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
Cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"
Be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"
The act of flooding; filling to overflowing
A body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area; "many campsites were located near the flowage"
Gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat); "rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation"
A diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed"
Slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori
Annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
A bed in which flowers are growing
Resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers; "an unusual floral design"
The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
A developmental process; "the flowering of ante-bellum culture"
Bursting into flower; "flowering spring trees"
Woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms Back to top
Deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers
Shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers
Shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers
Southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna
Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms
Small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
Derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms
Any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds
The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
Any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves
European onion with white flowers
Plants having seeds in a closed ovary
Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms
Shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit
Shrub noted primarily for its flowers
Common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts
Any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers
Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary Back to top
Common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals
A container in which plants are cultivated
Annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
Oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment
Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton
A decorative arrangement of flowers
A bed in which flowers are growing
A bud from which only a flower or flowers develop
Flowers strung together in a chain
Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
An inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers
A garden featuring flowering plants
The cultivation of flowering plants
A young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession
A woman who sells flowers in the street
A shortened compact cluster of flowers so arranged that the whole gives the effect of a single flower as in clover or members of the family Compositae
A youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
Part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored
A counterculture of young people in the US during the 1960s and 70s
Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip Back to top
A shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold
The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
(of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian pressure"
Smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose"
(of liquids) moving freely; "a flowing brook"
Moving smoothly and continuously; "crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets"; "fan streaming into the concert hall"
Flow off or away gradually; "The water flowed off from the pipe"
A diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
A diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
Be the result of
Flow off or away gradually; "The water flowed off from the pipe"
The flow of air; "she adjusted the fan so that the airflow was directed right at her"
Flow or spill forth
The amount of fluid that flows in a given time
A diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system
Antineoplastic drug used to treat some cancers; can cause loss of hair
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932)
An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
An embarrassing mistake Back to top
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Be unstable; have ups and downs; "The stock market fluctuates"
Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
Cause to fluctuate or move in a wave-like pattern
Having unpredictable ups and downs; "fluctuating prices"
The quality of being unsteady and subject to fluctuations; "he kept a record of price fluctuations"
An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
A wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea"
A conduit to carry off smoke
Organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
Flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
The quality of being facile in speech and writing
Skillfulness in speaking or writing
Powerful and effective language
Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"
Smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose"
Easy and graceful in shape; "a yacht with long, fluent curves"
In a fluent manner; "she speaks French fluently"
Aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words Back to top
Organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
An organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe
A blunder (especially an actor''s forgetting the lines)
Something of little value or significance
Any light downy material
Ruffle (one''s hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
Erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers"
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
A light softness
Like down or as soft as down
Souffle-like omelet made by beating and adding the whites separately
Make fuller by shaking; "fluff up the pillows"
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
A continuous amorphous substance that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas
A substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
Subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup"
Affording change (especially in social status); "Britain is not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile"
In cash or easily convertible to cash; "liquid (or fluid) assets"
Smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose"
Characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape Back to top
The property of flowing easily
The property of flowing easily
A United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches
A British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches)
A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce
A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters
A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce
A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters
A unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce
A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters
An automotive power coupling
Study of the mechanics of fluids
A United States unit of capacity or volume equal to 1.804 cubic inches
A British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to 8 fluid drams or 28.416 cubic centimeters (1.734 cubic inches)
Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
Either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
Flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor
A barb on a harpoon or arrow
A stroke of luck
Subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition" Back to top
Subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"
Watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs
A narrow gorge with a stream running through it
Meaningless ceremonies and flattery
A bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don''t know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa"
Fall heavily
Fall heavily
A depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia
Fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
A person of unquestioning obedience
A male servant (especially a footman)
A person of unquestioning obedience
A male servant (especially a footman)
A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine
A form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine
Exhibit or undergo fluorescence
A yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative flu
A yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative flu Back to top
A fluorochrome commonly conjugated with antibodies for use in indirect immunofluorescence
A fluorochrome commonly conjugated with antibodies for use in indirect immunofluorescence
Light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
Light microscopy in which the specimen is irradiated at wavelengths that excite fluorochromes
Emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source
Brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light; "fluorescent colors"
A yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative flu
Lamp consisting of a tube coated on the inside with a fluorescent material; mercury vapor in the tube emits ultraviolet radiation that is converted to visible radiation by the fluorescent material
Subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride; "fluorized water"; "fluoridize the teeth of children"
The addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay)
A salt of hydrofluoric acid
The addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay)
Subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride; "fluorized water"; "fluoridize the teeth of children"
The addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay)
Subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride; "fluorized water"; "fluoridize the teeth of children"
A nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine
An acid of fluorine and boron
A salt of fluoroboric acid
A halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols Back to top
A plastic made with fluorocarbon
Any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens
Colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform)
An X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation
Examination of body structures using a fluoroscope
A pathological condition resulting for an excessive intake of fluorine (usually from drinking water)
An antimetabolite used to treat certain cancers
A soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine
Salt of fluosilicic acid
An unstable poisonous corrosive acid know primarily in the form of its salts
A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Prozac)
Tranquilizer used to treat psychotic disorders
Tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia
Tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia
A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally
A rapid bustling commotion
A light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that); "he had to close the window against the flurries"; "there was a flurry of chicken feathers"
Cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"
Move in an agitated or confused manner
Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) Back to top
A sudden rapid flow (as of water); "he heard the flush of a toilet"; "there was a little gush of blood"; "she attacked him with an outpouring of words"
The swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
A poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
Sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by"
Cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"
Flow freely; "The garbage flushed down the river"
Irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
Rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
Polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
Make level or straight; "level the ground"
Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations"
Squarely or solidly; "hit him flush in the face"
In the same plane; "set it flush with the top of the table"
Of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane; "a door flush with the wall"; "the bottom of the window is flush with the floor"
Laid edge-to-edge (not overlapping)
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
Having the pinkish flush of health Back to top
A toilet that relies on bacteria to break down waste matter (instead of using water)
Flow freely; "The body washed down the river"
Fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
A toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it
A disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
Cause to be nervous or upset
Be flustered; behave in a confused manner
Thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled'' is an informal term)
A high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
A groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column
A tall narrow wineglass
Form flutes in
A tall narrow wineglass
Someone who plays the flute
A groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column
Someone who plays the flute
The act of moving back and forth
The motion made by flapping up and down
A disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
Abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block Back to top
Wink briefly; "bat one''s eyelids"
Move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
Beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"
Move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
The motion made by flapping up and down
A swimming kick; the legs are moved rapidly up and down without bending the knees
Least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol); usually taken orally at bedtime
Of or relating to or happening in a river; "fluvial deposits"
In constant change; "his opinions are in flux"; "the newness and flux of the computer industry"
(physics) the number of flux changes per unit area
A flow or discharge
The lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle
A state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor"
Excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
A substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
The rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
Mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
Become liquid or fluid when heated; "the frozen fat liquefied"
Move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"
A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide Back to top
A flow or discharge
Meter that measures magnetic flux by the current it generates in a coil
An applicator for applying flux (as in soldering)
(physics) the number of flux changes per unit area
A measure of the amount of flux per unit of cross sectional area
A measure of the strength of a magnetic field per unit area
(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
Two-winged insects characterized by active flight
An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or buttons concealed by a fold of cloth
Fisherman''s lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
Decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
Change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into a rage"
Hit a fly
Transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"
Be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"
Travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"
Move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"
Travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
Cause to fly or float; "fly a kite" Back to top
Travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"
Fly a plane
Pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
Run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"
Display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."
(British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
A debtor who flees to avoid paying
Of an impermanent nature; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture"
Of businesses and businessmen; "a fly-by-night operation"
Fish with flies as lures
Angling with an artificial fly as a lure
(of hair or clothing) worn loose; "her flyaway hair"; "a flyaway coat"
Irresponsibly frivolous; "flighty young girls"
Especially of reputation; "the senator''s seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name"
Foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"
Spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots"
The highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house
Large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
Any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing Back to top
An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers"
Someone who operates an aircraft
Someone who travels by air
Fish with flies as lures
An instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
Done swiftly in or as if in the air; used e.g. of a racing start in which runners are already in motion as they cross the starting line; "a flying start"; "crossed the goal line with a flying leap"
Hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
Of or relating to passage through the air especially aviation; "a flying time of three hours between cities"; "unidentified flying objects"
Designed for swift movement or action; "a flying police squad is trained for quick action anywhere in the city"
Moving swiftly; "fast-flying planes"; "played the difficult passage with flying fingers"
Streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "flying banners"; "flags waving in the breeze"
Capable of or engaged in flight; "the bat is a flying animal"
Birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles
A large seaplane that floats on the full rather than on pontoons
A small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
The highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house
A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch
(Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go
East Indian flying squirrel
Arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps Back to top
Complete success; "they passed inspection with flying colors"
Complete success; "they passed inspection with flying colors"
Any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
A simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed
A spectral ship said to be seen in storms, especially off the Cape of Good Hope
A phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
The captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
A place where planes take off and land
Tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight
Large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox
Having membranous expansions along sides of body and limbs and tail
Tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
(Greek mythology) immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of high-flying imagination
The outermost of two or more jibs
Arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps
Any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body
A wrestling maneuver
East Indian flying squirrel
Tiny flying phalanger
Nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body Back to top
Nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body
Extinct flying reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a birdlike beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
Tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins
An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
A school for teaching students to fly airplanes
A mobile group of trained people (police or executives or officials) able to move quickly in the case of emergencies
Nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body
A quick and auspicious beginning
A racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line
A blank leaf in the front of back of a book
A low-altitude flight (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground
Bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels; "an overpass is called a flyover or a flypast in England"
Paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
A low-altitude flight (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground
Bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels; "an overpass is called a flyover or a flypast in England"
A tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly
Very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
An implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects
An implement with a flat part (of mesh or plastic) and a long handle; used to kill insects
A trap for catching flies Back to top
The geographic route along which birds customarily migrate
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds
Weighs no more than 115 pounds
Regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smoothes the operation of a reciprocating engine
Poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet cap with white warts and white gills
Fine solid particles of ash that are carried into the air when fuel is combusted
(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
Fly an airplane solely by relying on instruments
The highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house
Pass by while flying; "An enemy plane flew by"
Move by very quickly
Casting an artificial fly as a lure
Fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference
An opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or buttons concealed by a fold of cloth
Be elated; "He was flying high during the summer months"
Gain in wealth
Erect deciduous North American shrub with red-tinged yellow-white flowers
Go against; "This action flies in the face of the agreement"
An inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something
Go against; "This action flies in the face of the agreement" Back to top
Get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn''t know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
Continue flying
Come open suddenly; "the doors flew open in the stroang gust"
European orchid whose flowers resemble flies
Any of several dwarf creeping orchids with small bizarre insectlike hairy flowers on slender stalks
All parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
A long flexible fishing rod used in fly fishing
Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
A tent with a fly front
Flee; take to one''s heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave
A radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain
A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages
An officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
Living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
A young horse
Give birth to a foal; "the mare foaled"
(used of a horse or related animal) born
A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid Back to top
A lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture
Form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"
A substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice
Stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant
The property of being foamy
Covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being agitated by beating or heating; "the bubbling candy mixture"; "a cup of foaming cocoa"; "frothy milkshakes"; "frothy waves"; "spumy surf"
Producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease; "the rabid animal''s frothing mouth"
Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer"
Covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being agitated by beating or heating; "the bubbling candy mixture"; "a cup of foaming cocoa"; "frothy milkshakes"; "frothy waves"; "spumy surf"
Producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease; "the rabid animal''s frothing mouth"
Relating to or containing gas bubbles
Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer"
Be in a state of uncontrolled anger
Spongy rubber; made by introducing air bubbles before vulcanization
Short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man''s vest
An adornment that hangs from a watch chain
A vest pocket to hold a pocket watch
Deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
Sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive
Having or localized centrally at a focus; "focal point"; "focal infection" Back to top
Of or relating to a focus; "focal length"
The act of bringing into focus
The confinement of an infection to a limited area
Put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
Become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused"
Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
Concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection has localized in the left eye"
The act of bringing into focus
The confinement of an infection to a limited area
Put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
Become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused"
Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
Concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection has localized in the left eye"
In a focal manner; "the submucosa was focally infiltrated"
The distance from a lens to its focus
Epilepsy in which the attack begins with an isolated disturbance of cerebral function (as a twitching of a limb or an illusory sensation or a mental disturbance)
Bacterial infection limited to a specific organ or region especially one causing symptoms elsewhere
The distance from a lens to its focus
A point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
A central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection" Back to top
The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
Transitory disturbance in motor or sensory function resulting from abnormal cortical activity
Maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; "in focus"; "out of focus"
Maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea; "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion"
The concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"
A fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
A point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
A central point or locus of an infection in an organism; "the focus of infection"
Special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
Put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
Become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused"
Direct one''s attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
Cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image"
Of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image
Concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose
(of light rays) converging on a point; "focused light rays can set something afire"
Being in focus or brought into focus
The act of bringing into focus
The concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" Back to top
(of light rays) converging on a point; "focused light rays can set something afire"
Being in focus or brought into focus
The concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"
Center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
Coarse food (especially for cattle and horses) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
Give fodder (to domesticated animals)
An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
A personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"
A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps
An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
Very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers
Grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base
Strongly aromatic with a smell of aniseed; leaves and seeds used for seasoning
Grown especially for its edible aromatic bulbous stem base
Of or relating to a fetus; "fetal development"
The system of blood vessels and structures through which blood moves in a fetus
An abnormal condition of a fetus; usually discovered during pregnancy and characterized by an abnormal heart rhythm
An electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother''s uterine contractions during childbirth
Motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the 16th week of pregnancy)
Offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell" Back to top
Bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers
Deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
The branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus
Measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head)
Any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer
A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
A stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman''s abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat
Prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood
An unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal
Confusion characterized by lack of clarity
Droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
Make less visible or unclear; "The stars are obscured by the clouds"
A large mass of fog on the sea (as seen from a distance)
So enveloped in fog that it is not safe to move about; "a fogbound fleet"; "the fogbound city"
Someone whose style is out of fashion
Obscured by fog; "he could barely see through the fogged window"
The quality of being indistinct
An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
Obscured by fog; "he could barely see through the fogged window" Back to top
Filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning"
Indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"
Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
Terms sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.
A warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone
A loud low warning signal that can be heard by fog-bound ships
Headlight that provides strong beam for use in foggy weather
A loud low warning signal that can be heard by fog-bound ships
Someone whose style is out of fashion
(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; "moss-grown ideas about family life"
Get foggy; "The windshield fogged up"
A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps
The weaker part of a sword''s blade from the forte to the tip
A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
A pate made from goose liver (marinated in cognac) and truffles
A light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
A piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"
Picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
A device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through; "the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils"
Anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing''s good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils" Back to top
Cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"
Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth''s amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
Enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
Disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
An act of hindering someone''s plans or efforts
Insert surreptitiously or without warrant
To force onto another; "He foisted his work on me"
Sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive
A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction
A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction
The act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"
A pen for sheep
A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle)
A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
An angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
Incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
Become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"
Bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
Confine in a fold, like sheep
Intertwine; "fold one''s hands, arms, or legs" Back to top
Cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."
Capable of being folded up and stored; "a foldaway bed"
Capable of being folded up and stored; "a foldaway bed"
Bent over or doubled up so that one part lies on another; "a folded map"; "a folded tophat is collapsed"; "when a bird''s wings are brought close to the body they are spoken of as folded"
Made compact by doubling or bending over; "a folded-up newspaper"
Covering that is folded over to protect the contents
A small book usually having a paper cover
Ornamental objects of no great value
Nonsensical talk or writing
The act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"
The process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape; "understanding protein folding is the next step in deciphering the genetic code"
Capable of being folded up and stored; "a foldaway bed"
A chair that can be folded flat for storage
An interior door that opens by folding back in sections (rather than by swinging on hinges)
Currency issued by a government or central bank and consisting of printed paper that can circulate as a substitute for specie
An oversize page that is folded in to a book or magazine
Become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"
Bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
Bearing numerous leaves Back to top
Of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant
(architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
Bearing numerous leaves
Grow leaves; "the tree foliated in Spring"
Number the pages of a book or manuscript
Coat or back with metal foil; "foliate glass"
Decorate with leaves
Hammer into thin flat foils; "foliate metal"
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
(often used as a combining form) having or resembling a leaf or having a specified kind or number of leaves; "`foliate'' is combined with the prefix `tri'' to form the word `trifoliate''"
Ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
(especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata
Ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
The work of coating glass with metal foil
The production of foil by cutting or beating metal into thin leaves
(architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
(geology) the arrangement of leaflike layers in a rock
(botany) the process of forming leaves
A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction Back to top
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
The simultaneous occurrence of symptoms of a mental disorder (as delusions) in two persons who are closely related (as siblings or man and wife)
A book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages; "the first folio of Shakespeare''s plays"
A sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
The system of numbering pages
(often used as a combining form) having leaflets (compound leaves) or a specified kind or number of leaflets; "`foliolate'' is combined with the prefix `bi'' to form the word `bifoliolate''"
Bearing numerous leaves
A thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock
The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
People in general; "they''re just country folk"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"
People descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
A social division of (usually preliterate) people
The unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
Your parents; "he wrote to his folks every day"
A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
Very informal and familiar; "a folksy radio commentator"; "a folksy style"
Characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys"
A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
Genre of art of unknown origin that reflects traditional values of a society
A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture Back to top
A style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
Perform a folk-dance
Someone who does folk dances
A style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
A popular but erroneous etymology
The traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
A folk writer who composes in verse
A singer of folk songs
A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
A writer of folktales
Any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals
Of or relating to or constituting a follicle
Inflammation of a hair follicle
A revue with elaborate costuming
Keep informed; "He kept up on his country''s foreign policies"
Behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example"
Keep to; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet"
Grasp the meaning; "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow" Back to top
Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student''s progress"
Perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"
Imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything"
Travel along a certain course; "follow the road"; "follow the trail"
To travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"
Follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
Keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing"
Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
Be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"
Follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"
Act in accordance with someone''s rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"
Adhere to or practice; "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion"
Accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of; "Let''s follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years"
To be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"
Be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday"
Come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely"
Come after in time, as a result; "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake"
Be next; "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"
To bring something about at a later time than; "She followed dinner with a brandy"; "He followed his lecture with a question and answer period" Back to top
An immediate second innings forced on a cricket team scoring a prescribed number of runs fewer than it opponents in the first innings
Carrying some project or intention to full completion; "I appreciated his follow-through on his promise"
The act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion; "his follow-through was straight down the line toward the target"; "squash can be dangerous if your opponent has a long follow-through"
A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
An activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
A piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with"
An ordinary person who accepts the leadership of another
Someone who travels behind or pursues another
A group of followers or enthusiasts
The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
A group of followers or enthusiasts
Immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"
Going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction; "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"; "tried to outrun the following footsteps"
About to be mentioned or specified; "the following items"
In the desired direction; "a following wind"
A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
An activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
A piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with"
Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"
Do what someone else is doing Back to top
Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"
Carry a stroke to natural completion after hitting or releasing a ball
Increase the effectiveness or success of by further action; "The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation"
Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"
Carry further or advance; "Can you act on this matter soon?"
Foolish or senseless behavior
A stupid mistake
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly
The quality of being rash and foolish
The Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by a thin finely made flint projectile point having the shape of a leaf
Bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented"
Try to stir up public opinion
Deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
Application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation
One who agitates; a political troublemaker
Genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees
Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
Any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another
One of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature
One of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature Back to top
Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"
Having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "caring parents"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
Absurd or silly because unlikely; "fond hopes of becoming President"; "fond fancies"
(followed by `of'' or `to'') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies"
United States film actor (1905-1982)
United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937)
Candy made of a thick creamy sugar paste
Touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard"
A molester who touches the intimate parts of the victim; "the woman charged that her jailer was a fondler"; "not all fondlers are sexual perverts"
A lover who gently fondles and caresses the loved one; "they are heavy petters"
Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
With fondness; with love; "she spoke to her children fondly"
A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
A predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"
A positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone''s heart"
Hot sauce-like melted cheese or chocolate in which bread or fruits are dipped
Cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces
Hot sauce-like melted cheese or chocolate in which bread or fruits are dipped
Cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces
A feeling of affection for a person or an institution Back to top
Bowl for baptismal water
A specific size and style of type within a type family
Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
United States actress (born in England) who married Alfred Lunt and performed with him in many plays (1887-1983)
A battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland
English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919)
Any font that is contained in a cartridge that can be plugged into a computer printer
Any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue
Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink"
A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
Being without food
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
An additive to food intended to improve its flavor or appearance or shelf-life
Allergic reaction to a substance ingested in food
The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture
The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture
A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products Back to top
A place where food is contributed and made available to those in need; "they set up a food bank for the flood victims"
Food in a secure or hidden storage place
(ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member
A digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes"
A digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes"
A digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes"
A digestible substance used to give color to food; "food color made from vegetable dyes"
A company that processes and sells food
(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
A small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
A person who adheres briefly to different diets
Any fish used for food by human beings
Anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
A hamper for packing and transporting food
A person who manufactures food products
A marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market"
Illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food
A kitchen appliance with interchangeable blades; used for shredding or blending or chopping or slicing food
A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food Back to top
(ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principle predator at the top; each level preys on the level below
A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats)
Government-issued stamps used in exchange for food
Cooking utensil having a flat flexible part and a long handle; used for turning or serving food
Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains
A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
A person who lacks good judgment
A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
Indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let''s get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can''t fool me!"
Spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one''s inheritance"
Make a fool or dupe of
A cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils
A fruitless mission
A common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color
Straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers
An illusory state of wellbeing
European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten
Foolish or senseless behavior Back to top
The trait of giving little thought to danger
Marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb th
Characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
Having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors'' books"
Devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
Without good sense or judgment; "He acted foolishly when he agreed to come"
A stupid mistake
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly
The quality of being rash and foolish
A female fool
Proof against human misuse, error, etc.; "Foolproof this appliance"
Not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an unfailing test"
A size of paper used especially in Britain
Indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let''s get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
Commit adultery; "he plays around a lot"
Spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one''s inheritance"
Travel by foot; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
A foot of a vertebrate other than a human being
Any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
A support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet" Back to top
Lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
The foot of a human being; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot"
A group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
The lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
A member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
Add a column of numbers
Walk; "let''s hoof it to the disco"
Pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"
Acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs
A former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot
A unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot
A unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot
2240 foot-pounds
The amount of film that has been shot
A rate of charging by the linear foot of work done
Any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other''s goal
The inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
An athlete who plays American football Back to top
A coach of football players
The playing field on which football is played
Any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other''s goal
A padded helmet with a face mask to protect the head of football players
A football player who has achieved a reputation for success
A league of football teams
An official who enforces the rules at a football game
(American football) a play by the offensive team
An athlete who plays American football
The score in a football game
The season when football is played
A stadium where football games are held
A team that plays football
Support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
A small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet
A vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead
A narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet
A bridge designed for pedestrians
A unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle
Having feet; "footed creatures"; "a footed sofa" Back to top
The property of favoring one foot over the other (as in kicking a ball)
A printed note placed below the text on a printed page
A person who travels by foot
(used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet; "he is a six-footer"; "the golfer sank a 40-footer"; "his yacht is a 60-footer"
The sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch"
A fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline
Covering for a person''s feet
A relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain
Hilly land on the lower slopes of mountains
An initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments; "the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors"; "they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market"
A place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
An area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies; "an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines"; "the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar"
A place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing
A relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
Status with respect to the relations between people or groups; "on good terms with her in-laws"; "on a friendly footing"
Act foolishly, as by talking nonsense
Be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
Having no feet or analogous appendages
Theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors
Theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors Back to top
(informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over nig
A trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)
Free to go or do as one pleases; "Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on"; "a footloose young man eager to see the big city"
A man employed as a servant in a large establishment (as a palace) to run errands and do chores
A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
A printed note placed below the text on a printed page
Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel"
A highwayman who robs on foot
A trodden path
The platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls
The area taken up by some object; "the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"
A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
A trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important; "the footprints of an earlier civilization"
Evidence in the form of footprints; "there was footprint evidence that he had been at the scene of the crime"
A race run on foot; "she broke the record for the half-mile run"
A low stool to rest the feet of a seated person
Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
Fights on foot with small arms
Having sore or tired feet
An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue) Back to top
The act of taking a step in walking
The sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch"
The distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"
Sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow flowers
A low stool to rest the feet of a seated person
Not liable to stumble or fall; "on surefooted donkeys"
The lower wall of an inclined fault
Covering for a person''s feet
Clothing worn on a person''s feet
Skillful maneuvering or dealing; "she needs some fancy footwork to cover all those lies"
The manner of using the feet
Hydraulic brake operated by pressing on a foot pedal
A specialist in care for the feet
A lever that is operated with the foot
A lever that is operated with the foot
A race run on foot; "she broke the record for the half-mile run"
Contagious degenerative infection of the feet of hoofed animals (especially cattle and sheep)
Plant disease in which the stem or trunk rots at the base
A ruler one foot long
Fights on foot with small arms Back to top
An assistant subject to the authority or control of another
People coming and going on foot
Add a column of numbers
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
Affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner
The act of searching for food and provisions
Animal food for browsing or grazing
Wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"
Collect or look around for (food)
The act of searching for food and provisions
Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
The large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes
The small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere
Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
Foraminifers
An initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists'' forays into politics"
A sudden short attack
Briefly enter enemy territory
Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" Back to top
Enter someone else''s territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
A person from whom you are descended
Not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
A delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting; "his forbearance to reply was alarming"
Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
Showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment; "seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression"; "was longanimous in the face of suffering"
Command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"
Keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents'' forbiddance"
An official prohibition or edict against something
Excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
A walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China
The sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers
The original forbidden fruit was an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality)
An official prohibition or edict against something
Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clo
Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
In an unpleasant or menacing manner; "it was forbiddingly dark in the corridor"
An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"
(of a law) having legal validity; "the law is still in effect" Back to top
Physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
A powerful effect or influence; "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"
A unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"
A group of people having the power of effective action; "he joined forces with a band of adventurers"
Group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration"
Impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
Do forcibly; exert force; "Don''t force it!"
Cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"
Take by force; "Storm the fort"
Urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
Move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
Feed someone who will not or cannot eat
Mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings
Make a forced landing
Lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile" Back to top
Made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing"
Forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor"
Produced by or subjected to forcing; "forced-air heating"; "furnaces of the forced-convection type"; "forced convection in plasma generators"
Feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat
An unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot''s control
A sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court''s writ of execution in order satisfy and unpaid obligation
Forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"
Characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical); "a forceful speaker"; "a forceful personality"; "forceful measures"; "a forceful plan for peace"
With full force; "we are seeing this film too late to feel its original impact forcefully"
Physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
Lacking force; feeble; "a forceless argument"
Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs
An extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies)
Delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal; since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries
A little known Palestinian group responsible for bombings and for killing Israelis; seeks to defeat Israel and liberate southern Lebanon, Palestine, and Golan Heights
Formed in 1972 as a opersonal security force for Arafat and other PLO leaders; became one of PLO''s elite units; has built an extensive infrastructure of terrorist cells and weapon depots in Europe while attacking Israeli targets
Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
Mechanical system of lubricating internal combustion engines in which a pump forces oil into the engine bearings
The space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
A natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events; "he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God" Back to top
Emit with force of effort; "force out the air"
Force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"
Cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
Expel from one''s property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
Force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
Force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
Terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Force to leave (an office)
The force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"
Pump used to force a liquid up and expel it under pressure
A unit of measurement of physical force
Impelled by physical force especially against resistance; "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong-arm tactics"
In a forcible manner; "keep in mind the dangers of imposing our own values and prejudices too forcibly"
The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
Shaped like a forceps; deeply forked
The act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
A shallow area in a stream that can be forded
United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947)
38th President of the United States; appointed Vice President and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-)
English writer and editor (1873-1939) Back to top
Son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)
Grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987)
United States film maker (1896-1973)
Cross a river where it''s shallow
Shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle; "the stream was fordable"
Relatively large lima beans
The act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
English writer and editor (1873-1939)
English writer and editor (1873-1939)
Front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
Located anteriorly
Situated at or toward the bow of a vessel
Parallel with the keel of a ship
Sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig
Rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft
Any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction
A triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast
The topmast next above the foremast
The topsail on a foremast Back to top
The part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist
Arm in advance of a confrontation
A person from whom you are descended
Make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
An unfavorable omen
A feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"
Of ominous significance
The anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube
A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
Judge to be probable
Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
Predict in advance
Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
A statement made about the future
Living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
Subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
Keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
The legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
The outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings
Establish something as being earlier relative to something else Back to top
The deck between the bridge and the forecastle
Doom beforehand
The founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
Person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group; "our forefathers brought forth a great nation"
The finger next to the thumb
A front foot of a quadruped
The position of greatest advancement; the leading position in any movement or field
The part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"
Collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let''s gather in the dining room"
Be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
Especially of writing or speech; going before
Well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era"
Something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"
An inevitable ending
(computer science) a window for an active application
The part of a scene that is near the viewer
Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker''s distinguished career in linguistics"
The execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system
The execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system
(sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) Back to top
(of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke
(of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke
Having provided for the future
(sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
(sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
(sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: the forehead and the upper part of the orbits
The part of the face above the eyes
Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"
Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in; "our large nonnative population"
A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
Someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
The quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner"
A spy for a foreign country
Aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another
A bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another
A journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast Back to top
A joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company
Investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business)
A bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another
The system by which one currency is exchanged for another; enables international transactions to take place
Russia''s intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information; collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and o
An act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separa
A secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justic
A military unit composed of foreign volunteers who serve the state
A government minister for foreign relations
A permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister
An organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
The government department in charge of foreign relations
A policy governing international relations
The part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world
A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
Realize beforehand
Knowledge of an event before it occurs
A woman who is foreperson of a jury
Land forming the forward margin of something
A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) Back to top
The front limb of a quadruped
The front limb (or homologous structure in other animals such as a flipper or wing)
A lock of a horse''s mane that grows forward between the ears
A lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead
A person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
A man who is foreperson of a jury
The position of foreman
The mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts
Milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition
Preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost compartment of the ship"
Ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
Situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of the ship"
Before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
Prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
A woman ancestor
The name that precedes the surname
The time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands"
Used of legal argumentation
The branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge for legal purposes; "forensic pathology provided the evidence that convicted the murderer"
The branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge for legal purposes; "forensic pathology provided the evidence that convicted the murderer" Back to top
Foreordain or determine beforehand
Foreordain by divine will or decree
Established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world"
(theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
The side that is forward or prominent
Front paw; analogous to the human hand
The presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf
Mutual sexual stimulation prior to sexual intercourse
The front half of a side of meat
An indication of the approach of something or someone
A person who goes before or announces the coming of another
Anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
The lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
Realize beforehand
Picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"
Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
Being such as may reasonable be anticipated; "foreseeable costs were well within the budget"
Known beforehand
Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand Back to top
Indistinctly prophetic
A cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg
A tremor preceding an earthquake
The part of the seashore between the high-water mark and the low-water mark
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
Shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth
Foretell by divine inspiration
Providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
Planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
Providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
Planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
Providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
A fold of skin covering the tip of the penis
A fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris
The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
Land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Establish a forest on previously unforested land; "afforest the mountains"
The part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
Keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" Back to top
Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
An adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast
Covered with forest; "efforts to protect forested lands of the northwest"
Someone trained in forestry
English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)
Any plant of the genus Forestiera
Spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits
The science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber
An uncontrolled fire in a wooded area
An official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
Cow-like creature with the glossy coat of a horse and the agility of a goat and the long horns of an antelope; characterized as a cow that lives the life of a goat
One of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns
Tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales and Victoria
Larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees
Turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
Do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
An early limited awareness of something yet to occur
Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
Make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" Back to top
Foreshadow or presage
The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
A statement made about the future
Judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
Planning or plotting in advance of acting
Thoughtful of the future; "careful forethoughtful planning"
An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God"
Known beforehand
A lock of a horse''s mane that grows forward between the ears
A platform at the head of a foremast
Seemingly without interruption; often and repeatedly; "always looking for faults"; "it is always raining"; "he is forever cracking jokes"; "they are forever arguing"
For a limitless time; "no one can live forever"; "brightly beams our Father''s mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss
For a very long or seemingly endless time; "she took forever to write the paper"; "we had to wait forever and a day"
At any future time; in the future; "lead a blameless life evermore"
For a very long or seemingly endless time; "she took forever to write the paper"; "we had to wait forever and a day"
Warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning; "I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if he showed up at his ex-wife''s house"
An early warning about a future event
Either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has 4 wings
A woman in charge of a group of workers
A woman who is foreperson of a jury Back to top
A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
A carpenter''s plane intermediate between a jack plane and a jointer plane
The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time"
Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;
Lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
Surrendered as a penalty
Surrendered as a penalty
The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
A penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something; "the contract specified forfeits if the work was not completed on time"
Something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty;
Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may dev
Type genus of Forficulidae
Sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs
Typical earwigs
Collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let''s gather in the dining room"
A workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
Furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
Make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" Back to top
Make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
Make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the riceballs carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
Create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
Move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead"
Reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"
Someone who makes copies illegally
Someone who operates a forge
Criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
A copy that is represented as the original
Be unable to remember; "I''m drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"
Dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"
Leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"
Forget to do something; "Don''t forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"
Small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers
Failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age"
Not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw
Not retentive
In a forgetful manner; "she is getting old and acts forgetfully"
Tendency to forget Back to top
Unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember; "his forgetfulness increased as he grew older"
A flighty and disorganized person
Easily forgotten
Street names for flunitrazepan
Shaping metal by heating and hammering
Easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error"
In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree; "he was excusably late"
Stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
Absolve from payment; "I forgive you your debt"
The act of excusing a mistake or offense
Compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive
A person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
Providing absolution
Inclined or able to forgive and show mercy; "a kindly forgiving nature"; "a forgiving embrace to the naughty child"
With forgiveness; in a forgiving manner; "`Never mind,'' she said forgivingly"
Tendency to be kind and forgiving
Refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol"
Lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
Do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas"
The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) Back to top
Not noticed inadvertently; "her aching muscles forgotten she danced all night"; "he was scolded for his forgotten chores"
No longer known; irretrievable; "a forgotten art"; "a lost art"; "lost civilizations"
The basic unit of money in Hungary
The act of branching out or dividing into branches
Cutlery used for serving and eating food
An agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
The angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk
A part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"
Shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers"
Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
Place under attack with one''s own pieces, of two enemy pieces
Lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay"
Having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue"
Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may dev
A form of lightning that moves rapidly in a zigzag path with one end divided (fork-like)
The act of branching out or dividing into branches
The place where something divides into branches
A small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can can be inserted under loads to lift and move them
To surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"
To surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" Back to top
To surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"
Pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn"
Marked by or showing hopelessness; "the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"
In a forlorn manner; "a single chicken was scratching forlornly in the yard"
Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
A hopeless or desperate enterprise
The spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
A mold for setting concrete; "they built elaborate forms for pouring the foundation"
A life-size dummy used to display clothes
The visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features"
A particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility"
Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
An ability to perform well; "he was at the top of his form"; "the team was off form last night"
Alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
A perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached"
A printed document with spaces in which to write; "he filled out his tax form"
An arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse; "the essay was in the form of a dialogue"; "he first sketches the plot in outline form"
(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms" Back to top
A body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"
(physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system"
Give a shape or form to; "shape the dough"
Give shape to; "form the clay into a head"
Make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the riceballs carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
Establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our ideas onto our children"
Create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"
To compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
Develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape"
Being a matter of form only; lacking substance; "a form-only requirement that is usually ignored"
Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"
Being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one''s formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English"
Logically deductive; "formal proof"
Characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet"
Represented in simplified or symbolic form
A colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol
A 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens
The act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions)
Declare or make legally valid Back to top
Make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title"
Given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures
Concerned with or characterized by rigorous or adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art); "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot''"
The practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms
The doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications
Concerned with or characterized by rigorous or adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art); "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot''"
A requirement of etiquette or custom
Compliance with formal rules
A manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies
A requirement of etiquette or custom
The act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions)
Declare or make legally valid
Make formal or official; "We formalized the appointment and gave him a title"
Given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures
Concerned with or characterized by rigorous or adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art); "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot''"
In a formal manner; "he was dressed rather formally"
With official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized"
A manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies
Attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening Back to top
A garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs
Any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
The general appearance of a publication
The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
Divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"
Determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science)
Set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"
The act of forming something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
The fabrication of something in a particular shape
Creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"
A particular spatial arrangement
An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
(geology) the geological features of the earth
Natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"
Minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
Forming or capable of forming or molding; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"
Capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone"
Beginning to develop; "inchoative stages"
Susceptible to alteration by development and experience; "formative years"
Relating to or characterized by formative effects or formation; "the formative arts" Back to top
A cell of an embryo
(computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive; the amount of space that is left after the sector headings and boundary definitions and timing information have been added by formatting the disk
The organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)
Clearly defined; "I have no formed opinion about the chances of success"
Fully developed as by discipline or training; "a fully formed literary style"
Having taken on a definite arrangement; "cheerleaders were formed into letters"; "we saw troops formed into columns"
Formed in the mind
Having or given a form or shape
The first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"
Referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several); "the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one"
Of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
Belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"
At a previous time; "once he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"
A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to reinstitute Hutu control; "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"
Of or containing or derived from formic acid
Of or relating to or derived from ants
Type genus of the Formicidae
Any of various plastic laminates containing melamine
Antbirds Back to top
Type genus of the Formicariidae
A mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest
Crawl about like ants
Hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin; a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines
An ant frequently enslaved
Reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands
Slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere
Ants
A colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid HCOOH found naturally in ants and many plants or made catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam; used in finishing textiles and paper and in the manufacture of insecticides and fumigants
Impressive difficulty
Inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high gray wall"
Extremely impressive in strength or excellence; "a formidable opponent"; "the challenge was formidable"; "had a formidable array of compositions to his credit"; "the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister''s disposal"
In a formidable manner; "the constant risk that attends the exchanges of human beings formidably armed"
Having no physical form; "belief in a world filled with...formless but often malevolent beings"
Having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm"
In a formless manner; "the dress hung formlessly on her body"
A 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens
An island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea
The Austronesian languages spoken on Formosa
Of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" Back to top
Something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes'' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"
A group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
A conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle
Directions for making something
A representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
A liquid food for infants
Characterized by or in accordance with some formula
Express as a formula
Express as a formula
(pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation
Of or relating to or of the nature of a formula
Elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
Put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
Prepare according to a formula
Devised; developed according to an orderly plan; "he had well formulated opinions on schooling"
Inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
The style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"
A substance prepared according to a formula Back to top
One of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
An artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure
(biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure
An artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms
(biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure
A letter that is printed in multiple copies and mailed to a list of recipients
The members of a social organization who are in power
A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Cetus and Phoenix
Have sex without being married
Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce"
Voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other
Someone who commits adultery or fornication
A woman adulterer
An arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies
Generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space)
At or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad'' and `forrard'' are dialectal variations)
In a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"
At or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad'' and `forrard'' are dialectal variations)
Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
Left entirely; "forsaken slopes where children once played" Back to top
The act of giving something up
The act of forsaking
God of justice; son of Balder and Nanna
An archaic word originally meaning `in truth'' but now usually used to express disbelief
An antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
Any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers
A fortified defensive structure
A fortified military post where troops are stationed
Station (troops) in a fort
Enclose by or as if by a fortification
Gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
The capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river
A parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections
The stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible
(music) with great loudness
An asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
Used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition"
Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly Back to top
A stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
Chiefly a direction or description in music; loud and strong
Out into view; "came forth from the crowd"; "put my ideas forth"
Forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
From a particular thing or place or position (`forth'' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school";
Available when required or as promised; "federal funds were not forthcoming"
Of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"
At ease in talking to others
The state of being imminent and liable to happen soon
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me wh
Directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely with them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point"
Directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely with them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point"
The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"
The time of life between 40 and 50
The decade from 1940 to 1949
Position 40 in a countable series of things
The ordinal number of forty in counting order
The addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food)
Defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it Back to top
The art or science of strengthening defenses
Secured with bastions or fortifications
Having something added to increase the strength; "fortified wine"
Wine to which alcohol (usually grape brandy) has been added
Make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strenghten the relations between the two countries"
Add alcohol beverages
Add nutrients to; "fortified milk"
Prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqui border"
Enclose by or as if by a fortification
Invigorating physically or mentally
(music) with great loudness
Chiefly a direction or description in music
A direction in music; to be played very loudly
Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
A period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"
Occurring every two weeks
Every two weeks; "he visited his cousins fortnightly"
A high-level programing language for mathematical and scientific purposes; stands for formula translation
A compiler for programs written in Fortran
A program written in FORTRAN Back to top
A fortified defensive structure
Occurring by happy chance; "profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials"
Having no cause or apparent cause; "a causeless miracle"; "fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune"; "we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times"
By good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good"
The quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance
Anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause
(Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche
Presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions"
Supremely favored or fortunate; "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"
Having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice"
By good fortune; "fortunately the weather was good"
An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"
A large amount of wealth or prosperity
Your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
Small genus of shrubs native to south China producing small ovoid fruits resembling oranges: includes kumquats
Shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats
Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats
A person who foretells your personal future
The practice of predicting people''s futures (usually for payment) Back to top
Thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper
A person who seeks wealth through marriage
A person who foretells your personal future
The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
The cardinal number that is the product of ten and four
Being ten more than thirty
Being eight more than forty
The ordinal number of forty-eight in counting order
The ordinal number of forty-five in counting order
The ordinal number of forty-one in counting order
A .45-caliber pistol
Being five more than forty
Being four more than forty
The ordinal number of forty-four in counting order
Being nine more than forty
A miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849
The ordinal number of forty-nine in counting order
Being one more than forty
The ordinal number of forty-two in counting order
Being seven more than forty Back to top
The ordinal number of forty-seven in counting order
Being six more than forty
The ordinal number of forty-six in counting order
The ordinal number of forty-three in counting order
Being three more than forty
Being two more than forty
A short sleep (usually not in bed)
An Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency
An Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency
A city in southeast Florida on the Atlantic coast north of Miami; a favorite place for college students to go on their spring vacations
An Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency
A town in southwest Florida
A town in western Arkansas on the Arkansas River at the Oklahoma border
American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in May 1775
Gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
A city in northeastern Indiana
A city in northeastern Texas (just west of Dallas); a major industrial center
A place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece
A public facility to meet for open discussion
A public meeting or assembly for open discussion Back to top
A position on a basketball team
The person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
Send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail"
Moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events"
Situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"
At or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear"
Used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
Situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the forward part of the ship"
Moving forward
In a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"
At or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad'' and `forrard'' are dialectal variations)
Toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"
Forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
Near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
Ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
Moving forward
The act of sending on to another destination; "the forwarding of mail to a new address is done automatically"; "the forwarding of resumes to the personnel department"
The advancement of some enterprise; "his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career"
Offensive assertiveness Back to top
In a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"
At or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad'' and `forrard'' are dialectal variations)
A commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded
The act of moving forward toward a goal
A pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
(football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
Without stopping; "she worked around the clock"
In every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical purposes useless"
In every practical sense; "to all intents and purposes the case is closed"; "the rest are for all practical purposes useless"
Under any circumstances; "she wouldn''t give up her pets for love or money"
Under any circumstances; "she wouldn''t give up her pets for love or money"
Under any circumstances; "she wouldn''t give up her pets for love or money"
For a relatively small amount of money; "we bought the house for a song"
For a relatively small amount of money; "we bought the house for a song"
For a short time; "sit down and stay awhile"; "they settled awhile in Virginia before moving West"; "the baby was quiet for a while"
Definitely or positively (`sure'' is sometimes used informally for `surely''); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it''s going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been kille
As though your life was at stake; "he was running for dear life"
To or from every one of two or more (considered individually); "they received $10 each"
Per person; "we are spending $5,000 per capita annually for education in this district"
As an example; "take ribbon snakes, for example" Back to top
Without payment; "I''ll give you this gratis"
For a long time without essential change; "he is permanently disabled"
In addition (as to close a deal); "the car salesman threw in the radio, for good measure"
As an example; "take ribbon snakes, for example"
For the winner to keep all; "they played for keeps"
Under any circumstances; "she wouldn''t give up her pets for love or money"
As a particular one of several possibilities; "I for one feel very grateful"; "her mother for one was worried"
For a particular example; "for one thing, you must work harder"
Available for purchase; "purchasable goods"; "many houses in the area are for sale"
As an abbreviation; "call me Bob for short"
For some unspecified reason; "It doesn''t seem fair somehow"; "he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it"; "for some reason they didn''t seem to match"
Not open to doubt; "she wanted to go; that was for sure"
Definitely or positively (`sure'' is sometimes used informally for `surely''); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it''s going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been kille
As far as that is concerned; "for that matter I don''t care either"
On the occasion of a request; "advice was free for the asking"
The initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"
Temporarily; "we''ll stop for the time being"
In large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive"
Temporarily; "we''ll stop for the time being"
A tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause Back to top
United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947)
Jumping over the horizontal bar backwards and head first
Largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
Monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
Largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
Civet of Madagascar
Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
The remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
Someone whose style is out of fashion
Characteristic of a fossil
Bearing or containing fossils; "fossiliferous strata"
Becoming inflexible or out of date
The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone
Become mentally inflexible
Convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"
Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"
A specialist in paleontology
Becoming inflexible or out of date
The process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone Back to top
Become mentally inflexible
Convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"
Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"
The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains
Partly mineralized copal dug from the ground
Fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth''s crust with high carbon and hydrogen content
A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
(of limbs and feet) adapted for digging
Foot adapted for digging as in moles
A burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging
United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
Help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents"
Bring up under fosterage; of children
Promote the growth of; "Foster our children''s well-being and education"
Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father"
Your foster brother is a male who is not a son of your parents but who is raised by your parents
A child who is raised by foster parents
Someone who is raised as a duaghter although not related by birth
A man who is a foster parent
A woman who is a foster parent and raises another''s child Back to top
A nurse who raises another woman''s child as her own
A person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child''s natural parents but without legally adopting the child
Your foster sister is a female who is not a daughter of your parents but who is raised by your parents
Someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth
Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
Encouragement; aiding the development of something
Provided with parental care and nurture especially by a surrogate or surrogates
Encouraged or promoted in growth or development; "dreams of liberty nourished by the blood of patriots cannot easily be given up"
Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
Encouragement; aiding the development of something
A child who is raised by foster parents
Supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home
The family of a fosterling
A household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency)
Any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains
A communication system using fiber optic cables
French physicist who determined the speed of light and showed that it travels slower in water than in air; invented the Foucault pendulum and the gyroscope (1819-1868)
Pendulum with a long wire; can swing in any direction; the change in the swing plane demonstrates the earth''s rotation
An act that violates of the rules of a sport
Become soiled and dirty Back to top
Make unclean; "foul the water"
Spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
Make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
Commit a foul; break the rules
Hit a foul ball
Become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
Especially of a ship''s lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
Thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we''re having"
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
Violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
Offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell"
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
Using foul or obscene language; "noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once"
Offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell"
Using foul or obscene language; "noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once"
An embarrassing mistake
Protective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weather Back to top
A light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design)
Especially of a ship''s lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
Made dirty or foul; "a building befouled with soot"; "breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot"
In a wicked and shameful manner; "two policemen were foully murdered"
In an unfair and insulting manner; "this internationally known writer was foully condemned by the Muslim fundamentalists"
Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
The attribute of having a strong offensive smell
A state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field
Lines through 1st and 3rd base indicating the boundaries of a baseball field
A line across a bowling alley that a bowler must not cross
A line from which basketball players take penalty shots
Baseball: hit a ball such that it is caught from an out in foul territory
Unfair or treacherous behavior (especially involving violence)
An unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
Food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked for $30 and found"
Use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
Set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" Back to top
Set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
Come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"
Lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
A woman''s undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
Education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics"
An institution supported by an endowment
The basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"
A woman''s undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
A stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building
Having a basis; often used as combining terms; "a soundly based argument"; "well-founded suspicions"
A person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
A worker who makes metal castings
Inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
Stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
Break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
Sink below the surface
Fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
(of a ship) sinking Back to top
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"
A person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
A member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
A child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
A hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for
A woman founder
Factory where metal castings are produced
A proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made
A plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
A specific size and style of type within a type family
A plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water
An artificially produced flow of water
A structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises
A natural flow of ground water
An abundant source; "she was a well of information"
The source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"
Tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia
A fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again; "Ponce de Leon discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth"
A pen that is supplied with ink from a reservoir in its barrel
Resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semi-desert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year Back to top
Small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States
Candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
Desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
Being one more than three
A gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of the will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
A low elliptical or pointed arch; usually drawn from four centers
Involving or relating to the fourth dimension or time
A person who tries to bluff other people
Having four feet
Medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
A time signature indicating four beats to the bar
A game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 4 hits
The ordinal number of four hundred in counting order
A carriage pulled by four horses with one driver
A long necktie that is tied in a slipknot with one end hanging in front of the other
Having two lanes for traffic in each direction
Any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
Any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
Yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America Back to top
Yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America
Of a chemical compound having a ring with four members
Someone who has run the mile is less that 4 minutes
A family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
Involving four parties
Harmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic lines
Having a thickness made up of four layers or strands; "four-ply yarns"
A bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains
An artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds
Having four sides
A playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
An internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stro
An internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stro
A bandage consisting of a strip of cloth split in two on both ends; the central part is placed under the chin to restrict motion of the mandible and the tails are tied over the top of the head
Of or relating to vehicles with four wheels; "a four-wheel drive"
Of or relating to vehicles with four wheels; "a four-wheel drive"
A hackney carriage with four wheels
A transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle
A motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system
Having both pectoral and pelvic fins enlarged Back to top
Four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage"
Having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire"
By a factor of four; "the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years"
An index of the relation between any two sets of scores that can both be represented on ordered binary dimensions (e.g., male-female)
(of card games) involving or requiring four players
French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)
French mathematician who developed Fourier analysis and studied the conduction of heat (1768-1830)
Analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components
The sum of a series of trigonometric expressions; used in the analysis of periodic functions
A former English silver coin worth four pennies
Used of nail size; 1 3/8 in or 3.8 cm long
A nail 1.5 inches long
The cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
Being ten more than seventy
Four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m."
The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides"
Characterized by firm and unwavering conviction; "a foursquare refusal to yield"
With firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues"
In a square position; "the building stood foursquare" Back to top
The cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one
Being one more than thirteen
Position 14 in a countable series of things
Coming next after the thirteenth in position
An amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868; extends the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as to the federal government
The musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it
One of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"
Following the third position; number four in a countable series
Coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude; "the quaternary period of geologic time extends from the end of the tertiary period to the present"
In the fourth place; "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month"
Used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom"
In the fourth place; "fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month"
Either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes
A Crusade from 1202 to 1204 that was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem
The fourth or lowest deck
The fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
Suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)
English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
Newspapers and magazines collectively
Newspaper writers and photographers Back to top
A legal holiday in the United States
One of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound"
An algebraic equation of the fourth degree
The fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place
An irregular ventricle between the third ventricle and the central canal of the spinal cord
The act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
(New Testament) the four evils that will come at the end of the world: conquest rides a white horse; war a red horse; famine a black horse; plague a pale horse
The exclusive social set of a city
Being one hundred more than three hundred
Any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon
By a factor of four; "the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years"
Area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute
Vision with the fovea
Area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute
A domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from the red jungle fowl
The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
Hunt fowl in the forest
Hunt fowl
Someone who hunts wild birds for food
English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933) Back to top
A light shotgun used for fowling
An acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia
An acute viral disease of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to each and high temperature and discoloration of the comb
An enclosed yard for keeping poultry
Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
The Algonquian language of the Fox people
A member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
A shifty deceptive person
English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)
The gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox
Become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
Deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
A ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis
A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
A small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
Medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes Back to top
Mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
Hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs
In an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced"; "had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?"
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
Barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia
Grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
Ground pine thickly covered with bristly leaves; widely distributed in barren sandy or peaty moist coastal regions of eastern and southeastern United States
Coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States
Any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme
A ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences
Dance the foxtrot
Marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dik"; "a wily old attorney"
Purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh; cultivated in many varieties
Native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes
A small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire
A mounted hunter who follows the hounds in pursuit of a fox
Mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
A river in Wisconsin that flows into Lake Michigan
Large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed Back to top
Exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States
English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877)
Small lively black-and-white terriers formerly used to dig out foxes
A large entrance or reception room or area
An agency in the General Services Administration that is a security organization to provide a safe environment where Federal agencies can conduct their business
A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium
Noisy quarrel
(mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry
The geometry of fractals; "Benoit Mandelbrot pioneered fractal geometry"
A small part or item forming a piece of a whole
The quotient of two rational numbers
A component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process
Perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
Constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety; "a fractional share of the vote"; "a partial dose"
Paper currency in denominations less than the basic monetary unit
Fractionation of a liquid by distillation
A monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit
A process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components
Obtain by a fractional process
Separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents Back to top
Separation into portions
A process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components
Unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thigkly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
Stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child"
In a fractious manner; "the horse was behaving fractiously and refused to jump"
In a peevish manner
The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
The act of cracking something
(geology) a crack in the earth''s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"
Breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
Fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
Break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
Become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
Violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"
Break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
Interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"
Used of a break or crack or tear in bone or cartilage; "serious injuries such as broken bones and fractured skulls"
An antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery
Strawberries Back to top
Widely cultivated
Wild strawberry of western United States and South America; source of many varieties of cultivated strawberries
Europe
North American wild strawberry with sweet scarlet fruit; a source of many cultivated strawberries
Vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"
Easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
Lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past"
Delicate fern widely distributed in North America and European having thin pinnatifid fronds with brittle stems
Lack of physical strength
Quality of being easily damaged or destroyed
A broken piece of a brittle artifact
An incomplete piece; "fragments of a play"
A piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock"
Break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
Consisting of small disconnected parts; "fragmentary remains"
Consisting of small disconnected parts; "fragmentary remains"
Separating something into fine particles
The scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
(computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk; "fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file"
The disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships Back to top
A bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles
Broken into small fragments; "crumbled cookies"
Having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"
Break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
Break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
French artist whose rococo paintings typified the frivolity of life in the royal court of France in the 18th century (1732-1806)
A pleasingly sweet olfactory property
A distinctive odor that is pleasant
Pleasant-smelling
Fragrant European perennial herb found at woodland margins on moist soils
Old World fragrant stoloniferous perennial having small white flowers and narrow leaves used as flavoring and in sachets; widely cultivated as a ground cover; in some classifications placed in genus Asperula
Fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds
European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs
Fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds
Sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits
A water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions
A common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate fronds
Fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds
A basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
The weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds Back to top
Easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
Having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I''m only human"; "frail humanity"
Physically weak; "an invalid''s frail body"
The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Moral weakness
The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
A ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
An infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions
The common European raspberry; fruit red or orange
One of a series of still transparent photographs on a strip of film used in making movies
A structure supporting or containing something
The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
Alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
A period of play in baseball during which each team has a turn at bat
Draw up the plans or basic details for; "frame a policy"
Formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn''t put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
Enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" Back to top
Construct by fitting or uniting parts together
Take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"
Enclose in a frame, as of a picture
An act that incriminates someone on a false charge
Provided with a frame; "there were framed snapshots of family and friends on her desk"
Someone who writes a new law or plan; "the framers of the Constitution"
Someone who makes frames (as for pictures)
A structure supporting or containing something
The underlying structure; "restoring the framework of the bombed building"; "it is part of the fabric of society"
A simplified description of a complex entity or process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems"
(computer science) a buffer that stores the contents of an image pixel by pixel
Enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture"
A temporary psychological state
A system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
A system that uses coordinates to establish position
Construct by fitting or uniting parts together
Formulation of the plans and important details; "the framing of judicial decrees"
A structure supporting or containing something
The basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes
A sharpshooter (in the French army) Back to top
A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)
An Italian poet famous for love lyrics (1304-1374)
United States advocate of temperance and women''s suffrage (1839-1898)
United States writer (born in England) remembered for her novels for children (1849-1924)
United States writer (born in England) remembered for her novels for children (1849-1924)
United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852)
A former province of eastern France
A statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
An authorization to sell a company''s goods or services in a particular place
A business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company''s goods or services in a particular area
Grant a franchise to
A tax that is imposed by states on corporations; it depends both on the net worth of the corporation and on its net income attributable to activities within the state
A Roman Catholic friar wearing the gray habit of the Franciscan order
Of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him; "Franciscan monks"
A Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century
Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828)
Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526)
Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526)
Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975) Back to top
Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828)
Prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)
Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828)
Spanish painter well known for his portraits and for his satires (1746-1828)
Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)
Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923)
A genus of gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occus as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans)
The type species of the genus Francisella and the causal agent of tularemia in humans; can be used as a bioweapon
United States singer and film actor (1915-1998)
English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher (1584-1616)
English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1916)
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960)
Archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914)
United States filmmaker (born in 1939)
English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields: heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911)
English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1916)
American Revolutionary leader and patriot; a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1791) Back to top
The last Holy Roman Emperor (1768-1835)
Emperor of Austria and king of Hungary; was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916)
Emperor of Austria and king of Hungary; was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916)
(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226)
United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970)
French composer (1899-1963)
United States writer (1834-1902)
United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner'' (1779-1843)
United States novelist (1896-1940)
A type of hydroelectric turbine
English poet (1824-1897)
A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium
United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964)
French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)
Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 and who ruled as a dictator until his death (1892-1975)
An American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French
A war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of the German empire; 1870-1871
Perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers; Chile
Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers
French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778) Back to top
French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707)
French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719)
French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917)
French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970)
French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733)
French writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680)
Oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971)
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
French architect who introduced the mansard roof (1598-1666)
French sociologist and reformer who hoped to achieve universal harmony by reorganizing society (1772-1837)
French novelist who wrote about the conflict between desire and religious belief (1885-1970)
French statesman and president of France from 1981 to 1985 (1916-1996)
French statesman and president of France from 1981 to 1985 (1916-1996)
Author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553)
French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848)
French filmmaker (1932-1984)
French poet (flourished around 1460)
An admirer of France and everything French
An admirer of France and everything French
A person who hates France and everything French Back to top
Capable of being broken; "the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases"
Pastry with a creamy almond-flavored filling
Any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers
Any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers
A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
A member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
Exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks
Stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me wh
Clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment"
The fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses
The monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator''s name is commonly used to refer to his creation)
An agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
The monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator''s name is commonly used to refer to his creation)
A German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center
The capital of Kentucky; located in northern Kentucky
A German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center
A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
A long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter
A German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center Back to top
An aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
Tall spreading 3-needled pine of southeastern United States having reddish-brown fissured bark and a full bushy upper head
A machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge
Of or relating to the Franks
A landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth
Printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is
United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
Tobacco thrips
Injurious to growing tobacco and peanuts
32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the great depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
14th President of the United States (1804-1869)
32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the great depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker''s attitude) it is sincerely the case that; "honestly, I don''t believe it"; "candidly, I think she doesn''t have a conscience"; "frankly, my dear, I don''t give a damn"
The trait of being blunt and outspoken
The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
United States writer of children''s books (1856-1919)
Position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet
Position of a fetus in which the buttocks are present at the maternal pelvic outlet
United States film maker (1897-1991)
United States film actor noted for his portrayals of strong silent heroes (1901-1961) Back to top
Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)
Influential United States architect (1869-1959)
United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918)
United States writer (1870-1902)
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
United States singer and film actor (1915-1998)
United States minimalist painter (born in 1936)
United States writer (1834-1902)
United States businessman who opened a shop in 1879 selling low-priced goods and built it into a national chain of stores (1852-1919)
Excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye"
Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"
In an uncontrolled manner; "they searched frantically for their child"
Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)
Archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914)
Emperor of Austria and king of Hungary; was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916)
Emperor of Austria and king of Hungary; was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916)
Prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809)
United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962)
Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)
United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962) Back to top
Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948)
Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886)
Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)
Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)
Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)
United States writer (1890-1945)
Take up the slack of; "frap a rope"
Make secure by lashing; "frap a sail"
A frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
Thick milkshake containing ice cream
Liqueur poured over shaved ice
Genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertia
Tall herb with panicles of white flowers flushed with green; northwestern United States; sometimes placed in genus Swertia
Small fast-growing but short-lived fir of southern Alleghenies similar to balsam fir but with very short leaves
A social club for male undergraduates
Puffins
Common puffin of the northern Atlantic
Northern Pacific puffin
Like or characteristic of or befitting a brother; "brotherly feelings"; "close fraternal ties"
(of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova; "fraternal twins are biovular" Back to top
Of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men; "a fraternal order"
In a brotherly manner
Either of two twins who developed from two separate fertilized eggs
Associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy
Be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy
People engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"
A social club for male undergraduates
A house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity
Associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy
Be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy
Fire that injures or kills an ally
The act of murdering your own brother or sister
A person who murders their brother or sister
A house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity
A married German woman; used as a title equivalent to Mrs. in English
Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
The quality of being fraudulent Back to top
A fraudulent or duplicitous representation
Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
In a dishonest and fraudulent manner; "this money was fraudulently obtained"
An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
Actual deceit; concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another
Fraud that is presumed from the circumstances although the one who commits it need not have had any evil intent
Fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract
Fraud which intentionally causes a person to execute and instrument or make an agreement or render a judgment; e.g., misleading someone about the true facts
Marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"
Filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense"
Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather
Ash
Spreading American ash with leaves pale green or silvery beneath and having hard brownish wood
Small ash of swampy areas of southeastern United States
Shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers
Shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers
Tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath
Timber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood; closely related to the red ash
Vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn
Timber tree of western North America yielding hard light wood; closely related to the red ash Back to top
Southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna
Smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces
A variety of red ash having glossy branchlets and lower leaf surfaces
Ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood
Low-growing ash of Texas
Timber tree of central and southeastern United States having hairy branchlets and a swollen trunk base
Small shrubby ash of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico
A noisy fight
Cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
Wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve"
Worn away or tattered along the edges; "frayed cuffs"
English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941)
A state of extreme exhaustion; "he was worn to a frazzle"
Exhaust physically or emotionally; "She was frazzled after the visit of her in-laws"
Wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve"
Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style (1406-1469)
Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a news junkie"
A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
Lose one''s nerve; "When he saw the accident, he freaked out"
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teena Back to top
Characteristic of a freak; "a freakish extra toe"
Changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"
Unpredictably; "the weather has been freakishly variable"
Marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teena
Strange and somewhat frightening; "the whole experience was really freaky"
A wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
Lose one''s nerve; "When he saw the accident, he freaked out"
A small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin
Mark with freckles
Become freckled; "I freckle easily"
Relating to or covered with or resembling freckles
A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages
A town in northern Maryland west of Baltimore
An important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union''s army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee
Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)
United States athlete who won gold medals at the Olympics for his skill in sprinting and jumping (born in 1961)
United States painter noted for brilliant colors and bold brushwork (1859-1935)
English composer of orchestral works (1862-1934)
United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became an influential writer and lecturer in the North (1817-1895) Back to top
Holy Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190)
Son of Frederick William who in 1701 became the first king of Prussia (1657-1713)
The Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (1194-1250)
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years'' War (1712-1786)
United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951)
English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910)
United States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903)
United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987)
United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953)
British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
English biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918)
English chemist whose work on radioactive disintegration led to the discovery of isotopes (1877-1956)
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786; brought Prussia military prestige by winning the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years'' War (1712-1786)
The Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years'' War (1620-1688)
Son of Frederick I who became king of Prussia in 1713; reformed and strengthened the Prussian army (1688-1740)
King of Prussia who became involved in a costly war with France (1744-1797)
King of Prussia who became involved in the Napoleonic Wars (1770-1840)
King of Prussia who violently suppressed democratic movements (1795-1865)
Spanish poet and dramatist who was shot dead by Franco''s soldiers soon after the start of the Spanish Civil War (1898-1936)
The provincial capital of New Brunswick Back to top
French sculptor best known for creating the Statue of Liberty now in New York harbor
French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849)
English historian noted for his works on the history of English law (1850-1906)
United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987)
An English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)
English biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918)
United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990)
United States filmmaker (born in Austria) (1907-1997)
People who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
Make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator''s bank account"
Let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
Free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
Remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"
Part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
Relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests"
Grant freedom to; free from confinement
Free from obligations or duties
Make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
Not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" Back to top
Unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"
Not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
Able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"
Not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"
Not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
Not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
Costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"
Without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
Natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style"
Associate freely; "Let''s associate freely to bring up old memories"
Use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
Subscribing to capitalistic competition
A noisy fight in a crowd
Work on a free-lance basis
Someone who gratifies physical appetites (especially for food and drink) with more than the usual freedom
Not parasitic on another organism
Of livestock and domestic poultry; permitted to graze or forage rather than being confined to a feedlot
A reed that does not fit closely over the aperture
A wind instrument with a free reed
Where slavery was prohibited; "a free-soil state" Back to top
Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me wh
(of animals) able to swim about; not attached
Small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions
Unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion)
Something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme); "the road map was a freebie"
Something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme); "the road map was a freebie"
The uppermost watertight deck
Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
Born free of free parents
Having become freed from entanglement; disengaged
Freed from bondage
A person who has been freed from slavery
The condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
Immunity from an obligation or duty
A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
A right guaranteed by the 8th amendment to the US constitution
Freedom from discrimination on the basis of race or sex or nationality or religion or age; guaranteed by federal laws of the United States
A civil right guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution
A civil right guaranteed by the 13th amendment to the US constitution
A right guaranteed by the 4th amendment to the US constitution Back to top
The civil right (guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourself
The right peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances; guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
A civil right guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
A civil right guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
A right guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
The right of merchant ships to travel freely in international waters
The right to hold unpopular ideas
The most popular and feared Islamic extremist group in central Asia; advocates `pure'' Islam and the creatioon of a worldwide Islamic state
One of an interracial group of civil rights activists who rode buses through parts of the South in order to protest racial segregation
A right guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the US constitution
A person who has been freed from slavery
Done by hand without mechanical aids or devices; "a freehand drawing"
Given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday''s child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and
Done by hand without mechanical aids or devices; "a freehand drawing"
Generous in providing aid to others
Tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life
An estate held in fee simple or for life
The owner of a freehold
The act of liberating someone or something
A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them Back to top
Working for yourself
Used of soldiers hired by a foreign army
Live off somebody''s generosity; "This young man refuses to work and is freeloading"
Someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others
In a free manner; "the painting featured freely brushed strokes"
A service providing free email delivery in exchange for exposure to advertising
A person who is not a serf or a slave
A member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love
Freemasons collectively
A natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests; "he enjoyed the freemasonry of the Press"
Any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers
Standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage"
Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit
A race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use
Small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions
Small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail; common in warm regions
A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it
The doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
Port city and the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone
Software that is provided without charge Back to top
A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
A clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting)
Coast in a vehicle using the freewheel
Live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"
Someone acting freely or even irresponsibly
Cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth"
Free of restraints or rules; "freewheeling foolishness"; "the versatility of his poetic freewheeling style"
Done of your own accord; "a freewill offering"
A person who is not a serf or a slave
Fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring"
An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
Weather cold enough to cause freezing
The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
Suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
Anesthetize by cold
Be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
Change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"
Cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food" Back to top
Change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
Stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"
Be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"
Preserved by freezing and drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dried coffee"
Used of tissue or blood or serum or other biological substances; dried by freezing in a high vacuum
Preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum; "freeze-dry the strawberries"
A method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes
Electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time
Change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
Change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
A mixture of substances (usually salt and ice) to obtain a temperature below the freezing point of water
The temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid
(sports) the state of a professional athlete who is free to negotiate a contract to play for any team
Someone acting freely or even irresponsibly
(sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team
A thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence
(of an electric arc) continuous; "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs"
Where ovules develop on a central column in a compound ovary lacking septa or with septa at base only Back to top
Electron that is not attached to an atom or ion or molecule but is free to move under the influence of an electric field
An economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices
A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
The ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field
A morpheme that can occur alone
A French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic
(Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God; "God''s grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners"; "there but for the grace of God go I"
Freedom to do as you see fit; "many have doubts about giving him a free hand to attack"
A public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale
(soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team
A list of commodities that are not subject to tariffs
A lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites
Sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another
Something acquired without effort or payment or obligation; "there is no free lunch in politics or Hollywood"
A morpheme that can occur alone
Microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor
Not held in check or subject to control; "unhampered dissemination of news"; "this would give black people the opportunity to live unhampered by racism"
Without payment; "I''ll give you this gratis"
The formal act of liberating someone
People who are free; "the home of the free and the brave" Back to top
A phagocyte that circulates in the blood
A port open on equal terms to all commercial vessels
An area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties
A press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology
An atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule than has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule; "in the body free radicals are high-energy part
The removal of constraints; "he gave free rein to his impulses"; "they gave full play to the artist''s talent"
A former political party in the United States; formed in 1848 to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories; merged with the Liberty Party in 1848
Someone acting freely or even irresponsibly
A province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997
Any state prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War
A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
The form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation
An unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul
A lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to 15 feet in front of the backboard; players may not enter this lane during a free throw
To that is free for leisure activities
Time when you are free to do things that you enjoy
International trade free of government interference
An advocate of unrestricted international trade
Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern
Sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; a weight that is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms Back to top
The power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies
Anti-Communist countries collectively
An area adjoining a port where goods that are intended for reshipment can be received and stored without payment of duties
Type genus of the Fregatidae
Frigate birds
Transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
Goods carried by a large vehicle
The charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper"
Load with goods for transportation
Transport commercially as cargo
Transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
The charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper"
A cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"
An employee of a freight carrier who directs the receipt and delivery of goods
A railway car that carries freight
An elevator designed for carrying freight
A long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods
The charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper"
A railroad train consisting of freight cars
United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and northwest (1813-1890) Back to top
Flannelbush
Flannelbush
The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
The people of France
United States sculptor who created the seated marble figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1850-1931)
Of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French cooking"; "a gallic shrug"
Strips of potato fried in deep fat
Cook by immersing in fat; "french-fry the potatoes"
Able to communicate in French
Become French in appearance or character; "This restaurant has Frenchified"
Make French in appearance or character; "let''s Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money"
A person of French nationality
A person of French nationality
An honorary group of French writers and thinkers supported by the French government; "the French Academy sets standards for the use of the French language"
A war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by indian tribes); 1755-1760
Very small and slender green bean
Ultramarine pigment prepared artificially
Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
A crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes
Small stocky version of the bulldog having a sleek coat and square head Back to top
A Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French
The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce
A soft white compact talc used to mark cloth or to remove grease stains
A republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960
A light door with transparent or glazed panels extending the full length
Oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic
Made with lemon or grapefruit juice instead of vinegar
Young broad-leaved endive plant deprived of light to form a narrow whitish head
A former foreign legion in the French army that was used for military duties outside of France
The French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris
Formerly the basic unit of money in France
Strips of potato fried in deep fat
Very rich drop friedcake dusted with confectioners'' sugar and served with lemon sauce or preserves
A republic in eastern Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958
A fairly high narrow heel on women''s shoes
Perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop
European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers
A brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
The French colonies of Cambodia and Laos and Vietnam were formerly organized as French Indochina
An open-mouthed kiss in which your tongue is inserted into the other''s mouth Back to top
Stitch made by looping the thread several times around the needle before inserting it into the fabric
Shrubby grayish lavender of southwestern Europe having usually reddish-purple flowers
Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil
An abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell)
Instruction in the French language
A loaf of French bread
Strong-scented bushy annual with orange or yellow flower heads marked with red; Mexico and Guatemala
A French overseas possession in the South Pacific
Omelet cooked quickly and slid onto a plate
Small very thin pancake
Sweet filled pastry made of especially puff paste
The people of France
A person of French nationality
A varnish for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol
The glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac
A French overseas possession in the South Pacific
A geographical subdivision of France
A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
The revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799
The French part of the Riviera Back to top
A mansard roof with sides that are nearly perpendicular
Coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
Small tart oval to spearpoint-shaped leaves; preferred to common sorrel for salads
Low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
Common Eurasian weed; naturalized in United States
A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years
Someone who teaches French
Telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle
Bread slice dipped in egg and milk and fried; topped with sugar or fruit or syrup
Ultramarine pigment prepared artificially
Ultramarine pigment prepared artificially
Dry pale amber variety
Foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America
The islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France
A French door situated in an exterior wall of a building
Excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye"
In a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit
Excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion; "frantic with anger and frustration"; "frenetic screams followed the accident"; "a frenzied look in his eye"
Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason; "a frenzied attack"; "a frenzied mob"; "the prosecutor''s frenzied denunciation of the accused"- H.W.Carter; "outbursts of drunken violence and manic activity and creativity"
In a frenzied manner; "we rehearsed frenziedly the last few days before the premiere" Back to top
State of violent mental agitation
The number of occurrences within a given time period (usually 1 second); "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"
The number of observations in a given statistical category
The ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
The number of occurrences within a given time period (usually 1 second); "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"
(electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency
(electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency
A band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals)
A distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable
Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave
(electronics) a response depicting the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of frequency
(electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency
Be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet"
Do one''s shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay'' for the intransitive `lie''";
Coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints"
A regular customer
Many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee"
A durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
A mural done with watercolors on wet plaster Back to top
Paint onto wet plaster on a wall
Improperly forward or bold; "don''t be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"
Not yet used or soiled; "a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet of paper"; "an unused envelope"
Not stale or old; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"
Not canned or otherwise preserved; "fresh vegetables"
Not containing or composed of salt water; "fresh water"
Imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
(of a cycle) beginning or occurring again; "a fresh start"; "fresh ideas"
Of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
Free from impurities; "clean water"; "fresh air"
Not soured or preserved; "sweet milk"
With restored energy
Having recently calved and therefore able to give milk; "the cow is fresh"
Very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes"
Not artificial; "fresh cut flowers"
Cut recently; "fresh-cut flowers"
Make fresh again
Become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"
Make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us"
Anything that freshens Back to top
Become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"
Make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"
A first-year undergraduate
The occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
Very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes"
In an impudent or impertinent manner; "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently"
A first-year undergraduate
Any new participant in some activity
Used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); "a freshman senator"; "freshman year in high school or college"
The first class in college or high school
Originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
The trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
The property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated; "she loved the freshness of newly baked bread"; "the freshness of the air revived him"
Originality by virtue of being new and surprising
An alert and refreshed state
Relating to or living in or consisting of water that is not salty; "freshwater fish"; "freshwater lakes"
North American food and game fish
Any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
Any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
Flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe Back to top
Bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States
North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns
Eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to sea to spawn; found in Europe and America; marketed both fresh and smoked
Flesh of fish from fresh water used as food
Minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants
Bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States
Beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried
Wind moving 19-24 knots; 5 on the Beaufort scale
Soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
Food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking
Food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking
Wind moving 39-46 knots; 8 on the Beaufort scale
An opportunity to start over without prejudice
Water that is not salty
French physicist who invented polarized light and invented the Fresnel lens (1788-1827)
Lens composed of a number of small lenses arranged to make a lightweight lens of large diameter and short focal length
A city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley; center of an important agricultural area and gateway to the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Eat a lot and without restraint
A small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizonal lines (often in relief); "there was a simple fret at the top of the walls" Back to top
A spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
Agitation resulting from active worry; "don''t get in a stew"; "he''s in a sweat about exams"
Wear away or erode
Remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
Cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
Be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"
Decorate with an interlaced design
Carve a pattern into
Be agitated or irritated; "don''t fret over these small details"
Gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
Cause annoyance in
Worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don''t fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
Become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
Provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"
Habitually complaining; "a whining child"
Unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child"
In a fretful manner; "fretfully, the baby tossed in his crib"
An irritable petulant feeling
Fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines
Having a pattern of fretwork or latticework Back to top
Having frets
Framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal
Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939)
Of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his psychoanalytic ideas; "Freudian theories"
The psychological theories of Sigmund Freud
A slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals
God of earth''s fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir
Goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey
Goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey
God of earth''s fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir
A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
The sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
Excessive breakableness
(used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light sandy soil"
Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder; "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue"; "friable curds formed in the stomach"
A male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms
Tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores
A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
A monastery of friars
A Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order Back to top
Larded veal braised and glazed in its own juices
Pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings
Make a fricassee of by cooking; "fricassee meats"
A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f'', `s'', `z'', or `th'' in both `thin'' and `then'')
A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry (1849-1919)
Effort expended in rubbing one object against another
The resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another
A state of conflict between persons
Pertaining to or worked or produced by friction; "frictional electricity"; "frictional heat"; "frictional gearing"
Lacking all friction; "a perpetual motion machine would have to be frictionless"
A clutch in which one part turns the other by the friction between them
Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction; "he always carries matches to light his pipe"
A water-resistant adhesive tape used to insulate exposed electrical conductors
The sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
A refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor
Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930)
Cooked by frying in fat
United States feminist who founded a national organization for women (born in 1921) Back to top
Small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat
United States economist noted as a proponent of monetarism and for his opposition to government intervention in the economy (born 1912)
Pregnancy test that involves injecting some of the woman''s urine into an unmated female rabbit and later examining the ovaries of the rabbit; presence of corpora lutea indicates that the woman is pregnant
Sclerosis of the posterior and lateral columns of the spinal cord; characterized by muscular weakness and abnormal gait; occurs in children
Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815)
German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896)
German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896)
English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the optimum allocation of resources (1899-1992)
German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)
Socialist who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx in 1848 (1820-1895)
German educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852)
German poet (1724-1803)
German dramatist (1813-1863)
German industrialist who manufactured steel in Essen (1787-1826)
British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900)
German educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852)
German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846)
Influential German philosopher remembered for his concept of the superman and for his rejection of Christian values (1844-1900)
Eggs cooked by sauteing in oil or butter; sometimes turned and cooked on both sides
Boiled rice mixed with scallions and minced pork or shrimp and quickly scrambled with eggs Back to top
A member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
A person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"
An associate who provides assistance; "he''s a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers"
A person you know well and regard with affection and trust; "he was my best friend at the university"
A person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"
Excluded from a society
Being without friends
A friendly disposition
A feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company
Characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess"
Of or belonging to your own country''s forces or those of an ally; "in friendly territory"; "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire"
Easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"
Favorably disposed; not antagonistic or hostile; "a government friendly to our interests"; "an amicable agreement"
Fire that injures or kills an ally
A monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
The state of being friends
A takeover that is welcomed by the management of the target company
The state of being friends
Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers
An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest Back to top
Flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
Strips of potato fried in deep fat
A breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland
One of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands
The western part of the ancient region of Frisia in northern Europe on the North Sea between the Scheldt river and the Weser river; part of this region is now a province in the Netherlands
A heavy woolen fabric with a long nap
An architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
A United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser
A medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries
Long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail
Goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin
Goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin
An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
Cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
Drive out by frightening
Made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move"
Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation; "became panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted"
To inspire with fear
Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; " Back to top
In an alarming manner; "the disturbing thing about the Minister''s behavior is that far from being artificial, it too often rings frighteningly true"
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
Provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"
Extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"; "suffered terrible thirst"
Extreme in degree; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
Used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I''m awful sorry"
The quality of being frightful
Extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"
Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
Sexually unresponsive; "was cold to his advances"; "a frigid woman"
A lack of affection or enthusiasm
Sexual unresponsiveness (especially of women) and inability to achieve orgasm during intercourse
Without warmth or enthusiasm; "`Come in if you have to,'' he said frostily"
The part of the Earth''s surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate
Causing cold; cooling or chilling
Be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
The common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
Mexican bean; usually dried
The common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans) Back to top
Dried beans cooked and mashed and then fried in lard with various seasonings
Shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
Shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
Having decorative ruffles or frills
Large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck
Ornamental objects of no great value
Having decorative ruffles or frills
Third month of the Revolutionary calendar (November and December); the frosty month
Edging consisting of hanging threads or tassels
A social group holding marginal or extreme views; "members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times"
A part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"
The outside boundary or surface of something
Decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; "fur fringed the hem of the dress"
Adorn with a fringe; "The weaver fringed the scarf"
With long pointed scales around toes; of deserts of United States and Mexico
Having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips
Surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in combination; "a large suburban community...fringed by an industrial area"; "a grass-fringed stream"
Having edges irregularly and finely slashed; "a laciniate leaf"
Having membranous expansions along sides of body and limbs and tail Back to top
Any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed; sometimes included in genus Gentiana
Bog plant with broadly heart-shaped basal leaves and cream or white saucer-shaped flowers with fringed petals; west of Rocky Mountains from Alaska to New Mexico
Of North America
Any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip
Any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip
Eurasian perennial pink having fragrant lilac or rose flowers with deeply fringed margins
Low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers
Common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals
Perennial poppy mallow of United States southern plains states having rose-red or rose-purple flowers
Annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles
An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right); "a limousine is one of the fringe benefits of the job"
Small bushy tree of southeastern United States having profuse clusters of white flowers
Plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho
Any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus
Type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling
Small European finch with a cheerful song
Eurasian finch
Finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
At or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach"
Something of little value or significance Back to top
A light plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; sailed with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition
Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)
Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973)
British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)
An ancient region of northwestern Europe including the Frisian Islands
A West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English
A native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia
Of or relating to the people or culture or language of Friesland or Frisia
A chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland
The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
Search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police frisked everyone at the airport"
Play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
In a playfully frisky manner; "he moves about friskily despite his age"
Lively high-spirited playfulness
The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs
Playful like a lively kitten
An almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
Fritillary
Herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers
A malodorous California herb with bell-shaped flowers; a common weed in grainfields Back to top
Herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green
Eurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
Herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers
California herb with white conic or bell-shaped flowers usually green-tinged
Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental
California herb with brownish-purple or greenish bell-shaped flowers
Herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers
California herb with brownish-purple or greenish bell-shaped flowers
California herb with pinkish purple flowers
Western United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowers
Butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
Any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
Italian omelet with diced vegetables and meats; cooked until bottom is set then inverted into another pan to cook the top
Small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables
Spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one''s inheritance"
Spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one''s inheritance"
Batter for making fritters
United States biochemist (born in Germany) noted for his studies of metabolic processes (1899-1986)
German chemist noted for the synthetic production of ammonia from the nitrogen in air (1868-1934)
United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962) Back to top
German physicist (1882-1974)
A Rhaeto-Romance dialect spoken in northeastern Italy
A region in northeastern Italy
A Rhaeto-Romance dialect spoken in northeastern Italy
Act frivolously
Acting like a clown or buffoon
Something of little value or significance
The trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
Not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"
In a frivolous manner; "she spends her time frivolously enjoying the easy life of a rich and spoiled girl"
The trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible
Spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one''s inheritance"
Curl tightly; "crimp hair"
Fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
Curl tightly; "crimp hair"
In small tight curls
In small tight curls
English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)
A one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
Put a frock on Back to top
A man''s coat having knee-length skirts front and back; worn in the 19th century
German educator who founded the kindergarten system (1782-1852)
Genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed
Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
A decorative loop of braid or cord
A person of French descent
European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
Simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
Very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe
European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
Simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
Fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout
A variety of spittlebug
Someone who works underwater
Carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person
March a person against his will by any method
Insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth
A decorative loop of braid or cord
A swimming kick; knees are drawn upward and outward so the legs can be brought together when fully extended
Hind legs of frogs used as food; resemble chicken and cooked as chicken Back to top
Orchid having hooded long-bracted green to yellow-green flowers suffused with purple
Any of several green orchids of the genus Habenaria
Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"
Play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
Given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
Given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
Lively high-spirited playfulness
French operatic composer (1799-1862)
To or from every one of two or more (considered individually); "they received $10 each"
At all points from head to foot; "he was armed cap-a-pie"
Without warning; "your cousin arrived out of thin air"
From one place or situation to another; "we were driven from pillar to post"
From the beginning; "he baked the torte from scratch"
Completely
Very sincerely; "he spoke from the heart"
Now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us
Since long ago; "she knows him from way back"
Compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
The side that is seen or that goes first
The outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front" Back to top
A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"
The side that is forward or prominent
The line along which opposing armies face each other
The part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage"
The immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"
A person used as a cover for some questionable activity
(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
A sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"
Confront bodily; "breast the storm"
Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
Located anteriorly
Relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch"
A campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel; "William McKinley''s dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896"; "her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign"
A campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel; "William McKinley''s dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896"; "her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign"
A competitor thought likely to win
Medieval plate armor to protect a horse''s head
The face or front of a building
The extent of the front of shop or plot of land (as along a street or river etc)
The direction in which something (such as a building) faces
A local road that runs parallele to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property Back to top
The face or front of a building
A drapery that covers the front of an altar
An adornment worn on the forehead
Belonging to the front part; "a frontal appendage"
Of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone; "the frontal lobes"
Meeting front to front; "a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision"
Of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air; "frontal rainfall"
In, at, or toward the front
The cortex of the frontal lobe
The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: the forehead and the upper part of the orbits
The cortex of the frontal lobe
Either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
Any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum
That part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead
Surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes
One of a pair of cavities in the frontal bone
The suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6)
A member of the House of Commons who is a minister or an ex-minister
An undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science"
An international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary Back to top
A wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson''s day"
A man who lives on the frontier
A woman who lives on the frontier
A settlement on the frontier of civilization
Front illustration facing the title page of a book
An ornamental facade
An adornment worn on the forehead
Preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost compartment of the ship"
Medieval plate armor to protect a horse''s head
At or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad'' and `forrard'' are dialectal variations)
At or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad'' and `forrard'' are dialectal variations)
Any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers
Top priority; "the work was moved to the front burner in order to meet deadlines"
A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
Exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building
The side that is forward or prominent
Exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building
The line along which opposing armies face each other
A person used as a cover for some questionable activity
Written matter preceding the main text of a book Back to top
A porch for the front door
A projector for digital input
A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
A tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors"
The yard in front of a house; between the house and the street
Very cold; "whatever the evenings be--frosty and frore or warm and wet"
United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)
Weather cold enough to cause freezing
The formation of frost or ice on a surface
Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
Damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and athey turned brown"
Cover with frost; "ice crystals frosted the glass"
Provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair"
Decorate with frosting; "frost a cake"
A fungus with a red cap and a red coarsely reticulate stalk
(of the ground) made hard by frost
Tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States
Perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts
Destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene
Injured by freezing or partial freezing; "frostbitten fingers"; "frostbitten grapes unsalable as fresh fruit" Back to top
(of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost; "frosted glass"
Common Eurasian bat with white-tipped hairs in its coat
Of or relating to or in the manner of Robert Frost
Without warmth or enthusiasm; "`Come in if you have to,'' he said frostily"
A silvery-white color
Coldness as evidenced by frost
A flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
Tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States
Perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts
Perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts
Pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"; (`parky'' is a British term)
Covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner
Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
Long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
Upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil
Upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil
Small crystals of ice
Become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window; "When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane"
Small crystals of ice
A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid Back to top
Make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed"
Form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"
In a frothy manner; "the champagne poured frothily into the glasses"
The property of giving off bubbles
Covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being agitated by beating or heating; "the bubbling candy mixture"; "a cup of foaming cocoa"; "frothy milkshakes"; "frothy waves"; "spumy surf"
Producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease; "the rabid animal''s frothing mouth"
Relating to or containing gas bubbles
Emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer"
Be in a state of uncontrolled anger
Masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd)
Someone who masturbates by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd)
Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
A facial expression of dislike or displeasure
Look angry or sullen, wrinkle one''s forehead, as if to signal disapproval
Showing displeasure or anger
With a frown; while frowning; "he looked at her frowningly"
A facial wrinkle associated with frowning
Look disapprovingly upon
Look disapprovingly upon
Stale and unclean smelling Back to top
Negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt; "filled the door with her frowzy bulk"; "frowzy white hair"; "slovenly appearance"
In disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers
Negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt; "filled the door with her frowzy bulk"; "frowzy white hair"; "slovenly appearance"
Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes"
Not convertible to cash; "frozen assets"
Used of foods; preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods"
Turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes"; "children skating on a frozen brook"
Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile"
Not thawed
Absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in astonishment"
Dessert resembling ice cream but with a boiled custard base
Any of various desserts prepared by freezing
Food preserved by freezing
Food preserved by freezing
A metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake'' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake'')
Orange juice that has been concentrated and frozen
A chilled dessert consisting of a mixture of custard and nuts and (sometimes) liquor
A soft frozen dessert of sweetened flavored yogurt
The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state charted commercial banks and some trust companies; "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term
Twelfth month of the Revolutionary calendar (August and September); the month of fruit Back to top
Organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses)
The bearing of fruit
Bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify"
Make productive or fruitful; "The earth that he fructified"
Become productive or fruitful; "The seeds fructified"
A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
The presence of levulose is the urine; "fructosuria is a harmless condition"
Avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great De
Prudence in avoiding waste
In a frugal manner; "in villages, the new pipeline marks the end of water as a precious liquid, to be dispensed frugally, weighed out drop by drop"
Prudence in avoiding waste
An amount of a product
The consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"
The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
Bear fruit; "the trees fruited early this year"
Cause to bear fruit
Feeding on fruit
The yield of fruit; "a tree highly recommended for its fruitage"
A rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on
A whimsically eccentric person Back to top
A person who sells fruit
Productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"
Productive of profit; "a profitable enterprise"; "a fruitful meeting"
In a productive way; "they worked together productively for two years"
The quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
The intellectual fruitfulness of a creative imagination
Capable of bearing fruit
An organ specialized for producing spores
Something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the realization of a whole year''s work"
Enjoyment derived from use or possession
The condition of bearing fruit
Unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
In an unproductive manner
A condition yielding nothing of value
A lack of creative imagination
A diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit
Wood of various fruit trees (as apple or cherry or pear) used especially in cabinetwork
Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
Tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit
Cookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in bars Back to top
Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit
A mixture of sliced or diced fruits
Dessert of stewed or baked fruit
Drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit
A custard containing fruit
A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice
Any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits
Someone who grows fruit commercially
Drink produced by squeezing or crushing fruit
A coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials; certain combinations win money for the player
A rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used
A punch made of fruit juices mixed with water or soda water (with or without alcohol)
Salad composed of fruits
A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
Tree bearing edible fruit
Sweet spiced porridge made from hulled wheat
A dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; "she got a reputation as a frump"; "she''s a real dog"
In a dowdy unfashionable manner; "she dresses dowdily"
Primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year''s gambling game"
In a dowdy unfashionable manner; "she dresses dowdily" Back to top
Primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year''s gambling game"
The capital of Kyrgyzstan (known as Frunze 1926-1991)
Treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth''s amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
Disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
Discouraging by hindering
Preventing realization or attainment of a desire
An act of hindering someone''s plans or efforts
A feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized; "her constant complaints were the main source of his frustration"
The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
Preventing realization or attainment of a desire
A truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed
Of or relating to or resembling a shrub
Of or relating to or resembling a shrub
A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they''re just kids"; "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngsters"
English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)
English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
Cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes"
Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted"
Be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they''ll be fried" Back to top
Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991)
Flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
Cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle
A pan used for frying foods
A pan used for frying foods
Usually cooked in a skillet over an open fire: especially cornbread with ham bits and sometimes Irish soda bread
A cook who specializes in fried foods
A federally chartered savings bank
The internal counterintelligence agency of the Russian Federation and successor to the Soviet KGB; formerly led by Vladimir Putin
A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals
A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall"
A former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot
An independent agency of the United States fedeal government that maintains fair and free competition; enforces federal antitrust laws; educates the public about identity theft
(mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
Use the File Transfer Protocol to transfer data from one computer to another; "You can FTP these data"
Small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds
Coextensive with the family Fucaceae Back to top
British physicist who was born in Germany and fled Nazi persecution; in the 1940s he passed secret information to the USSR about the development of the atom bomb in the United States (1911-1988)
A dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
Any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti
Erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers
Erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon-flushed flowers; New Zealand
Slang terms for sexual intercourse
Have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
Snarled or stalled in complete confusion; "situation normal--all fucked-up"
A stupid despised man
Someone who engages in sexual intercourse
These words are used to express a low opinion of someone''s intelligence
Slang terms for sexual intercourse
Intensifier, very colloquial; "what took you so fucking long?"
(used of persons) informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
An embarrassing mistake
Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
Little or nothing at all; "I asked for a raise and they gave me bugger-all"; "I know sweet Fanny Adams about surgery"
Get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!"
Be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" Back to top
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Any of various algae of the family Fucaceae
A fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales
Any of various algae of the family Fucaceae
Any member of the genus Fucus
Brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
Common black rockweed used in preparing kelp and as manure
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
Consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"
Make stupid with alcohol
Very drunk
A bore
Soft creamy candy
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
Fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
Thick chocolate sauce served hot
Produce shoddily, without much attention to detail
A volcano in south central Guatemala
A substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft" Back to top
Stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"
Take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain"
Provide with a combustible substance that provides emergy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"
Provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"
A bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive; "a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb"
A device consisting of a container of fuel and two explosive charges; the first charge bursts open the fuel container at a predetermined height and spreads the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen; the second charge detonates the cloud which
Supplied with or powered by fuel
The activity of supplying or taking on fuel
Cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel (hydrogen and oxygen or zinc and air); for use in electric cars
The ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned
A filter in the fuel line that screens out dirt and rust particles from the fuel
An indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle
An indicator of the amount of fuel remaining in a vehicle
Mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine; avoids the need for a carburetor
Mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine; avoids the need for a carburetor
The amount of fuel remaining
A pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine; "the car wouldn''t start because dirt clogged the gas line"
A petroleum product used for fuel
A detachable container of fuel on an airplane
Equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine Back to top
Mexican novelist (born in 1928)
A powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug traffikers
(British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere
Enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth''s transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
The lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts)
The lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts)
The tendency of a gas to expand or escape
Of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue
In a fugal style
South African playwright whose plays feature the racial tensions in South Africa during apartheid (born in 1932)
(British informal) poorly ventilated
Someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the sweatshops"
Lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance"; "fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse"
Someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
A leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader); "a fugleman for the radical right"
A bomb carried by a balloon; "In World War II the Japanese launched balloon bombs against North America"
Delicacy highly prized in Japan but highly dangerous
A musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
A dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days Back to top
Dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state
An extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages
Shrubby Japanese tree having pale pink blossoms
An extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages
An extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages
An extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages
Shrubby Japanese tree having pale pink blossoms
Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
A city in southern Japan on Kyushu
A family of languages of the Fulani people of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages
A family of languages of the Fulani people of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages
A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
A family of languages of the Fulani people of West Africa and used as a lingua franca in the sub-Saharan regions from Senegal to Chad; the best known of the West African languages
A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
A member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith
United States senator who is remembered for his creation of grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students between the United States and other countries (1905-1995)
The pivot about which a lever turns
Fill or meet a want or need Back to top
Put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
Fulfil the requirements or expectations of
Fill or meet a want or need
Put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
Fulfil the requirements or expectations of
Completed to perfection
The act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc)
A feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires
The act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc)
A feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires
Shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"
Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mi
Plant hoppers: lantern flies
Amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; "the skater''s dazzling virtuosic leaps"; "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet Fl
Sharp and piercing
Amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning; "the skater''s dazzling virtuosic leaps"; "these great best canvases still look as astonishing and as invitingly new as they did...when...his fulgurant popularity was in full growth"- Janet Fl
Coots
North American coot
Eurasian coot
Increase in phase; "the moon is waxing" Back to top
Make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
Beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening; "full the cloth"
Having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here"
Having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"
Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure"
Not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit; "an undivided interest in the property"; "a full share"
Complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster"
Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"
(of sound) having marked depth and body; "full tones"; "a full voice"
Filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach"
To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full'' in this sense is used as a combining form); "fully grown"; "he didn''t fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged"
Being at a peak or culminating point; "broad day"; "full summer"; "high noon"
Of unmixed ancestry; "full-blooded Native American"; "blooded Jersies"
Endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; "a hearty glow of health"
Of unmixed ancestry; "full-blooded Native American"; "blooded Jersies"
Having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness; "a full-blown financial crisis"
Fully ripe; at the height of bloom; "a full-blown rose"
Marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee"
(of a woman''s body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress"
Given substance or detail; completed; "did not spring full-clad from his imagination"; "a plan fleshed out with statistics and details" Back to top
Complete in every respect; "a full-dress debate"; "a full-dress investigation"
(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; "a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony"
Suitable for formal occasions; "formal wear"; "a full-dress uniform"; "dress shoes"
The naval or military uniform that is specified by regulations to be worn on ceremonial occasions
Looking forward
Knitted to fit the shape of the body; "full-fashioned hosiery"
(of persons e.g.) having gained full status; "a full-fledged lawyer"; "by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist"; "sees itself as a fully fledged rival party"
(of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly
(of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman"
Complete; "the full-length play"
Representing the full height of the human figure; "a full-length portrait"
Accommodating the full height of the human figure; "a full-length mirror"
The time when the moon is fully illuminated
Occupying an entire page in a book or paper; "a full-page ad"
Using all available resources; "all-out war"; "a full-scale campaign against nuclear power plants"
Being of the same size as an original; "a life-size sculpture"
Without water; "took his whiskey neat"
Gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy; "a healthy full-term baby"
For the entire time appropriate to an activity; "a full-time job"
For the standard number of hours; "she works full-time" Back to top
Rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave
The position of a back on a football team
(football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team
Play the fullback
A workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living
United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)
An absorbent soil resembling clay; used in fulling (shrinking and thickening) woolen cloth and as an adsorbent
Similar to the common teasel and similarly used; widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia; naturalized in United States
A form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms
The property of a sound that has a rich and pleasing timbre
Greatness of volume
The condition of being filled to capacity
Completeness over a broad scope
To the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full'' in this sense is used as a combining form); "fully grown"; "he didn''t fully understand"; "knew full well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged"
Sufficiently; more than adequately; "the evidence amply (or fully) confirms our suspicions"; "they were fully (or amply) fed"
Referring to a quantity; "the amount was paid in full"
Knitted to fit the shape of the body; "full-fashioned hosiery"
(of persons e.g.) having gained full status; "a full-fledged lawyer"; "by the age of seventeen I was a full-fledged atheist"; "sees itself as a fully fledged rival party"
(of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly
(of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" Back to top
The supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
Descent from parents both of one pure breed
Number needed to make up whole force; "a full complement of workers"
The child of your aunt or uncle
Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
The economic condition when everyone who wishes to work at the going wage-rate for their type of labor is employed
A dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board
A general officer of the highest rank
A poker hand with 3 of a kind and a pair
A lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (sually copper)
The time when the moon is fully illuminated
Leaves deeply incised and bright red in autumn; Japan
A wrestling hold in which the holder puts both arms under the opponent''s arms and exerts pressure on the back of the neck (illegal in amateur wrestling)
Full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"
Something that covers an entire page; "the ad took up a full page"
The time when the moon is fully illuminated
A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
A professor of the highest rank
A hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it; "a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium"
A financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public Back to top
A long skirt gathered at the waist
A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
The end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"
Everything available; usually preceded by `the''; "we saw the whole shebang"; "a hotdog with the works"; "we took on the whole caboodle"; "for $10 you get the full treatment"
Heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
Fulmars
Heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
Heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
Sudden and severe; "fulminant pain"; "fulminant fever"
A salt or ester of fulminic acid
Cause to explode violently and with loud noise
Come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated"
Criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans'' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
A fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps
A fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps
The act of exploding with noise and violence; "his fulminations frightened the horses"
Thunderous verbal attack
(CNOH) an unstable acid occurring mainly in the form of explosive salts and esters that is isomeric with cyanic acid
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"
In an unctuous manner Back to top
Smug self-serving earnestness
Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm
American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
A kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium
A yellow to yellow-brown humic substance that is soluble in water under all pH conditions; "they measured the fluvial fulvic acid"
Annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base
Erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman''s breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn
Annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers
Vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria
Delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally
Glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria
A colorless crystalline acid with a fruity taste; used in making polyester resins
(sports) dropping the ball
Drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"
Handle clumsily
Feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
Make one''s way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
Showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" Back to top
A cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one''s face
Be mad, angry, or furious
Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
Emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming"
(of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes; "fumed oak"
Oak given a weathered appearance by exposure to fumes of ammonia; used for cabinetwork
Herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers
Delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally
Gases ejected from an engine as waste products
Herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers
Delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally
A chemical substance used in fumigation
Treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
The application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it
Japanese statesman who set Japan''s expansionist policies and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy (1891-1945)
Japanese statesman who set Japan''s expansionist policies and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy (1891-1945)
Delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally
Erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman''s breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn
Activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" Back to top
Violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun"
A disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with"
Verbal wit (often at another''s expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"
Providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"; "a fun thing to do"
Capital of Tuvalu
An acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope
The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
What something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?"
A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
A vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
A formal or official social gathering or ceremony; "it was a black-tie function"
A relation such that one thing is dependent on another; "height is a function of age"; "price is a function of supply and demand"
A mathematical relation such that each element of one set is associated with at least one element of another set
Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary"
Perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won''t go unless it''s plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn''t work anymore"
Serve a purpose, role, or function; "The tree stump serves as a table"; "The female students served as a control group"; "This table would serve very well"; "His freedom served him well"; "The table functions as a desk"
Designed for or capable of a particular function or use; "a style of writing in which every word is functional"; "functional architecture"
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
Involving or affecting function rather than physiology; "functional deafness"
Designed for or adapted to a function or use; "functional education selects knowledge that is concrete and usable rather than abstract and theoretical"; "functional architecture" Back to top
Fit or ready for use or service; "the toaster was still functional even after being dropped"; "the lawnmower is a bit rusty but still usable"; "an operational aircraft"; "the dishwasher is now in working order"
Relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure; "the problem now is not a constitutional one; it is a functional one"; "delegates elected on a functional rather than a geographical basis"
Any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose
A psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment
An adherent of functionalism
Capable of serving a purpose well; "software with greater functionality"
With respect to function; "the two units are functionally interdependent"
Having reading and writing skills insufficient for ordinary practical needs
The study of anatomy in its relation to function
A system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions)
Disorder showing symptoms for which no physiological or anatomical cause can be identified
The branch of genomics that determines the biological function of the genes and their products
A person with some ability to read and write but not enough for daily practical needs
A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain
A worker who holds or is invested with an office
Process or manner of functioning or operating; "the power of its engine determine its operation"; "the plane''s operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet''s performance conformed to high standards"
Performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight"
A call that passes control to a subroutine; after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program
A word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
A financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies Back to top
A reserve of money set aside for some purpose
A supply of something available for future use; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars"
Furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"
Accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
Invest money in government securities
Provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest
Place or store up in a fund for accumulation
Convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
Raise money for a cause or project; "We are fundraising for AIDS research"
A campaign to raise money for some cause
A campaign to raise money for some cause
A campaign to raise money for some cause
Lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
The lowest tone of a harmonic series
Serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"
Being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"
Far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravaga
The interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth Back to top
A supporter of fundamentalism
Of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism
Of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism
At bottom or by one''s (or its) very nature; "He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is in essence a shy person"
Principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let''s get down to basics"
The lowest tone of a harmonic series
(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
One of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
A particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter
Principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you must learn the fundamentals"; "let''s get down to basics"
One of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
Furnished with funds; "well-funded research"
The act of financing
Financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment"
Raise money for a cause or project; "We are fundraising for AIDS research"
A social function that is held for the purpose of raising money
Someone who solicits financial contributions
Assets in the form of money
Killifish Back to top
Silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the Atlantic coast of the United States
Black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States
(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part farthest from its opening; "the uterine fundus"
Raise money for a cause or project; "We are fundraising for AIDS research"
A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"
A mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
A mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
A mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
One whose business is the management of funerals
A mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
A slow march to be played for funeral processions
A mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
A mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
One whose business is the management of funerals
Of or for or relating to a funeral; "funerary urn"
Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones"
A traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
A commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
Of or relating to fungi Back to top
An inflammatory condition caused by a fungus
(pun) the one who buys the drinks
The taxonomic kingdom of lower plants
Mushroom corals
The quality of being capable of exchange or interchange
A commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation
Of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation
Capable of destroying fungi
Any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi
Large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known
Resembling fungi
Of or relating to fungi
A parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores
Resembling fungi
Includes lichen families
Includes lichen genera
Mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation
Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
The taxonomic kingdom of lower plants
The order of fungi Back to top
The stalk of a plant ovule or seed
A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
Relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway"
A railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
Inflammation of a funiculus (especially an inflammation of the spermatic cord)
Any of several body structure resembling a cord
The stalk of a plant ovule or seed
United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin'' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)
A state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"
Draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
Robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae
One of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta
In a state of cowardly fright
(of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
Offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell"
Dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk)
(nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
A conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth
A conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
Move or pour through a funnel; "funnel the liquid into the small bottle" Back to top
Orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
A conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
A funnel-shaped spider web; the funnel-web spider perches in the center of the web
In a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"; "he acted kind of funny"
Curious (or funny or interesting or odd or strange) though it may seem; "curiously enough, he didn''t recognize his old friend"; "interestingly enough, America is now dependent on Africa for a large part of its oil"; "funnily enough, the ones I thought so
A comic incident or series of incidents
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "wh
Arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughab
Not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
Experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"
In a comical manner; "she acted comically"
In a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"; "he acted kind of funny"
A point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone; "the funny bone is not humerus"
Pejorative terms for an insane asylum
Pejorative terms for an insane asylum
An account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
An ambulance used to transport patients to a mental hospital
A footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity)
A footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity)
An Islamic terrorist group organized in the 1980s; seeks to purify Islam through violence; the cells in North American and the Caribbean insulate themselves from Western culture and will even attack other Muslims who they regard as heretics Back to top
Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)
A garment made of fur
The dressed hairy coat of a mammal
A neckpiece made of fur
A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon
A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon
A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
Polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
The place where something divides into branches
A forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds
A liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corn cobs; used in making furan and as a solvent
A liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corn cobs; used in making furan and as a solvent
A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon
Marked by extreme anger; "the enraged bull attached"; "furious about the accident"; "a furious scowl"; "infuriated onlookers charged the police who were beating the boy"; "could not control the maddened crowd"
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"
Marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
(of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner; "winds were blowing furiously"
In an impassioned or very angry manner; "she screamed furiously at her tormentors" Back to top
In a manner marked by extreme or violent energy; "the boys fought furiously"; "she went peddling furiously up the narrow street"
The property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm''s violence"
Form into a cylinder by rolling; "Roll up the cloth"
Rolled up and secured; "furled sails bound securely to the spar"; "a furled flag"; "his rolled umbrella hanging on his arm"
Resembling fur
A unit of length equal to 220 yards
A temporary leave of absence from military duty
Grant a leave to; "The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children"
Dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
An enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
Lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace
A room (usually in the basement of a building) that contains a furnace for heating the building
E.g. ovenbirds
Type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds
Provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
Provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"
Provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority); "a furnished apartment"; "a completely furnished toolbox"
Having a supply of
The instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable
Accessory wearing apparel Back to top
Furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"
A company that sells furniture
A woodworker who specializes in making furniture
English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910)
A sudden outburst (as of protest)
An interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
A sudden outburst (as of protest)
An interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
Commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema
Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs; "furred animals"; "a furry teddy bear"
Someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments
Strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard
A furlike coating of matter as on the tongue
Strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard
A long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)
A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
Cut a furrow into a columns
Make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one''s brow"
Having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile" Back to top
Covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs; "furred animals"; "a furry teddy bear"
A benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue
Promote the growth of; "Foster our children''s well-being and education"
Contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
More distant in especially degree; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther from the truth"; "farther from our expectations"
To or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther'' is used more frequently than `further'' in this physical sense); "farther north"; "moved farther away"; "farther down the corridor"; "the practice may go back still farther to the Druids"; "went onl
To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further'' is used more often than `farther'' in this abstract sense); "further complicated by uncertainty about the future"; "let''s not discuss it further"; "nothing could be further from the
In addition or furthermore; "if we further suppose"; "stated further that he would not cooperate with them"; "they are definitely coming; further, they should be here already"
Existing or coming by way of addition; "an additional problem"; "further information"; "there will be further delays"; "took more time"
The advancement of some enterprise; "his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career"
Encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
In addition; "computer chess games are getting cheaper all the time; furthermore, their quality is improving"; "the cellar was dark; moreover, mice nested there"; "what is more, there''s no sign of a change"
(comparatives of `far'') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don''t go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"
(comparatives of `far'') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don''t go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"
To the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest'' is used more often than `furthest'' in this physical sense); "see who could jump the farthest"; "chose the farthest seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest"
To the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest'' is used more often than `farthest'' in this abstract sense); "went the furthest of all the children in her education"; "furthest removed from reality"; "she goes farthest in helping us"
Secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior"
Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in the shadows"
In a furtive manner; "the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night"
A disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously Back to top
A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core
Acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles
The property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm''s violence"
A feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage"
(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
State of violent mental agitation
Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
A coat made of fur
A hat made of fur
Eared seal of the southern hemisphere; the thick soft underfur is the source of sealskin
Fur seal of the northern Pacific
A stick of black carbon material used for drawing
Quandong trees
Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
Caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium
A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae
An edible fungus with a pinkish purple cap and stalk and a pore surface that is yellow with large angular pores that become like gills in maturity
An edible fungus with a broadly convex brown cap and a whitish pore surface and stalk
Having a dusky brownish gray color
Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant Back to top
Electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
Mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
Make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the electric mains"
Become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The substances fused at a very high temperature"
Equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse
Joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school"
Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
A friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind
A colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains
A spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
A spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
The central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
A mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors
Capable of being melted and fused
An alloy with a low melting point and used as solder and in safety plugs and sprinkler fuses
Tapering at each end
A light flintlock musket
(formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
Rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
Attack with fusillade Back to top
The act of fusing (or melting) together
Correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization
The combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept
An occurrence that involves the production of a union
A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
The merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
The state of being combined into one body
A nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium
Cooking that combines ingredients and techniques and seasonings from different cuisines
A nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fusion to generate energy
A rapid bustling commotion
A quarrel about petty points
An angry disturbance; "he didn''t want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
An excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
Worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don''t fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
Care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband"
Thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
In a fussy manner; "he spoke to her fussily"
Unnecessary elaborateness in details
An irritable petulant feeling Back to top
Thinks about unfortunate things that might happen
Exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"
Perversely irritable
Overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
A strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
Pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Old-fashioned and out of date
Stale and unclean smelling
Unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
Producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt"
In a futile and unproductive manner
Uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
Mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame
Shroud that is part of a ship''s rigging
Bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
The time yet to come
Yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"
Effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"
A verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary" Back to top
Coming at a subsequent time or stage; "the future president entered college at the age of 16"; "awaiting future actions on the bill"; "later developments"; "without ulterior argument"
(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"
Having no prospect or hope of a future
An agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated future date; the contract can be sold before the settlement date
A commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded
A commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded
Yet to come; "coming generations"; "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay"
A perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "`I will have finished'' is an example of the future perfect"
A perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "`I will have finished'' is an example of the future perfect"
A progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future; "`I will be running'' is an example of the future progressive"
A progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future; "`I will be running'' is an example of the future progressive"
A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
The position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future
An artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age
Someone who predicts the future
A theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) will be fulfilled in the future
Of or relating to futurism; "futurist art"
Of or relating to futurism; "futurist art"
The study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions
The quality of being in or of the future Back to top
The time yet to come
The study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions
Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
A friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind
A colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains
The first beard of an adolescent boy
A hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"
Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
Covering with fine light hairs; "his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed"
The quality of being indistinct
Covering with fine light hairs; "his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed"
Confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out; "a vague and fuzzy idea of the world of finance"
Indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"
A form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between 0 and 1
An agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife andtheir habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881) Back to top
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)
A clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
The highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) that contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission
The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
The highest region of the ionosphere (from 90 to 600 miles up) that contains the highest concentration of free electrons and is most useful for long-range radio transmission Back to top |