 | Term | Definition |
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fixture |
One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position. |
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flag-officer |
The captain of a flag-ship. |
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flagrant |
Openly scandalous. |
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flamboyant |
Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste. |
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flatulence |
Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels. |
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flection |
The act of bending. |
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fledgling |
A young bird. |
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flexible |
Pliable. |
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flimsy |
Thin and weak. |
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flippant |
Having a light, pert, trifling disposition. |
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floe |
A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice. |
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flora |
The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district. |
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floral |
Pertaining to flowers. |
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florid |
Flushed with red. |
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florist |
A dealer in flowers. |
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fluctuate |
To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another. |
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fluctuation |
Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another. |
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flue |
A smoke-duct in a chimney. |
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fluent |
Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas. |
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fluential |
Pertaining to streams. |
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flux |
A state of constant movement, change, or renewal. |
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foggy |
Obscure. |
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foible |
A personal weakness or failing. |
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foist |
To palm off. |
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foliage |
Any growth of leaves. |
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folio |
A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once. |
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folk-lore |
The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people. |
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fondle |
To handle tenderly and lovingly. |
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foolery |
Folly. |
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foot-note |
A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column. |
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foppery |
Dandyism. |
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foppish |
Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners. |
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forbearance |
Patient endurance or toleration of offenses. |
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forby |
Besides. |
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forcible |
Violent. |
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forecourt |
A court opening directly from the street. |
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forejudge |
To judge of before hearing evidence. |
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forepeak |
The extreme forward part of a ship's hold, under the lowest deck. |
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foreshore |
That part of a shore uncovered at low tide. |
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forebode |
To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil. |
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forecast |
To predict. |
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forecastle |
That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds. |
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foreclose |
To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property. |
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forefather |
An ancestor. |
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forego |
To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of. |
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foreground |
That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator. |
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forehead |
The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair. |
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foreign |
Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country. |
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foreigner |
A citizen of a foreign country. |
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foreknowledge |
Prescience. |
