| fording | (noun) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse | Synonyms: ford |
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| fore | (noun) front part of a vessel or aircraft | Synonyms: bow, prow, stem |
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| forearm | (noun) the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist | - |
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| forebear | (noun) a person from whom you are descended | Synonyms: forbear |
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| foreboding | (noun) an unfavorable omen | - |
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| (noun) a feeling of evil to come | Synonyms: boding, premonition, presentiment |
| forebrain | (noun) the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube | Synonyms: prosencephalon |
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| forecarriage | (noun) a small wheeled carriage attached under the front end of a plow beam. | Synonyms: fore carriage, wheeled forecarriage |
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| forecast | (noun) a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop | Synonyms: prognosis |
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| forecaster | (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | Synonyms: predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer |
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| forecasting | (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: foretelling, prediction, prognostication |
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| forecastle | (noun) living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed | Synonyms: fo'c'sle |
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| foreclosure | (noun) the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default | - |
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| forecourt | (noun) the outer or front court of a building or of a group of buildings | - |
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| foredeck | (noun) the deck between the bridge and the forecastle | - |
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| foredge | (noun) the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine | Synonyms: fore edge |
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| forefather | (noun) the founder of a family | Synonyms: father, sire |
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| (noun) person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group | - |
| forefinger | (noun) the finger next to the thumb | Synonyms: index, index finger |
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| forefoot | (noun) a front foot of a quadruped | - |
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| forefront | (noun) the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field | Synonyms: cutting edge, vanguard |
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| (noun) the part in the front or nearest the viewer | Synonyms: head |
| foreground | (noun) (computer science) a window for an active application | - |
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| (noun) the part of a scene that is near the viewer | - |
| foregrounding | (noun) the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system | Synonyms: foreground processing |
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| forehand | (noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) | Synonyms: forehand shot, forehand stroke |
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| forehead | (noun) the part of the face above the eyes | Synonyms: brow |
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| (noun) the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits | Synonyms: frontal bone, os frontale |
| foreigner | (noun) a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country | Synonyms: alien, noncitizen, outlander |
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| (noun) someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group | Synonyms: outsider |
| foreignness | (noun) the quality of being alien or not native | Synonyms: curiousness, strangeness |
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| foreknowledge | (noun) knowledge of an event before it occurs | Synonyms: precognition |
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| forelady | (noun) a woman who is foreperson of a jury | Synonyms: forewoman |
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| foreland | (noun) a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | Synonyms: head, headland, promontory |
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| (noun) land forming the forward margin of something | - |
| foreleg | (noun) the forelimb of a quadruped | - |
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| forelimb | (noun) the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing) | - |
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| forelock | (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | Synonyms: foretop |
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| (noun) a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead | - |
| foreman | (noun) a person who exercises control over workers | Synonyms: boss, chief, gaffer, honcho |
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| (noun) a man who is foreperson of a jury | - |
| foremanship | (noun) the position of foreman | - |
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| foremast | (noun) the mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts | - |
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| foremilk | (noun) milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition | Synonyms: colostrum |
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| foremother | (noun) a female ancestor | - |
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| forename | (noun) the name that precedes the surname | Synonyms: first name, given name |
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| forenoon | (noun) the time period between dawn and noon | Synonyms: morn, morning, morning time |
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| forensics | (noun) scientific tests or techniques used in the investigation of crimes | - |
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| foreordination | (noun) (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) | Synonyms: predestination, predetermination, preordination |
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| forepart | (noun) the side that is forward or prominent | Synonyms: front, front end |
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| forepaw | (noun) front paw; analogous to the human hand | - |
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| foreperson | (noun) the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf | - |
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| foreplay | (noun) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | Synonyms: arousal, stimulation |
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| forequarter | (noun) the front half of a side of meat | - |
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| forerunner | (noun) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | Synonyms: harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor |
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| (noun) a person who goes before or announces the coming of another | Synonyms: precursor |
| (noun) anything that precedes something similar in time | Synonyms: antecedent |
| foresail | (noun) the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel | - |
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| foreshadowing | (noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: adumbration, prefiguration |
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| foreshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg | - |
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| foreshock | (noun) a tremor preceding an earthquake | - |
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| foreshore | (noun) the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark | - |
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| foresight | (noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: foresightedness, foresightfulness |
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| (noun) seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing | Synonyms: farsightedness, prevision, prospicience |
| foresightedness | (noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: foresight, foresightfulness |
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| foresightfulness | (noun) providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: foresight, foresightedness |
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| foreskin | (noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis | Synonyms: prepuce |
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| (noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris | Synonyms: prepuce |
| forest | (noun) the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area | Synonyms: wood, woods |
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| (noun) land that is covered with trees and shrubs | Synonyms: timber, timberland, woodland |
| forestage | (noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) | Synonyms: apron, proscenium |
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| forestalling | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: obviation, preclusion |
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| forestay | (noun) an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast | - |
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| forester | (noun) someone trained in forestry | Synonyms: arboriculturist, tree farmer |
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| forestiera | (noun) any plant of the genus Forestiera | - |
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| forestry | (noun) the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber | - |
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| foretaste | (noun) an early limited awareness of something yet to occur | - |
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| foretelling | (noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | Synonyms: divination, fortune telling, soothsaying |
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| (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: forecasting, prediction, prognostication |
| forethought | (noun) judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger | Synonyms: care, caution, precaution |
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| (noun) planning or plotting in advance of acting | Synonyms: premeditation |
| foretoken | (noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come | Synonyms: augury, preindication, sign |
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| foretop | (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | Synonyms: forelock |
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| (noun) a platform at the head of a foremast | - |
| forewarning | (noun) an early warning about a future event | Synonyms: premonition |
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| forewing | (noun) either of the anterior pair of wings on an insect that has four wings | Synonyms: fore-wing, fore wing |
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| forewoman | (noun) a woman in charge of a group of workers | - |
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| (noun) a woman who is foreperson of a jury | Synonyms: forelady |
| foreword | (noun) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | Synonyms: preface, prolusion |
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| foreyard | (noun) a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail. | Synonyms: fore-yard |
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| forfeit | (noun) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. | Synonyms: forfeiture, sacrifice |
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| (noun) a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something | Synonyms: forfeiture |
| (noun) something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty | Synonyms: forfeiture |
| forfeiture | (noun) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. | Synonyms: forfeit, sacrifice |
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| (noun) a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something | Synonyms: forfeit |
| (noun) something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty | Synonyms: forfeit |
| forge | (noun) a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering | Synonyms: smithy |
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| (noun) furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping | - |
| forger | (noun) someone who operates a forge | - |
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| (noun) someone who makes copies illegally | Synonyms: counterfeiter |
| forgery | (noun) criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud | - |
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| (noun) a copy that is represented as the original | Synonyms: counterfeit |
| forgetfulness | (noun) tendency to forget | - |
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| (noun) unawareness caused by neglectful or heedless failure to remember | - |
| forging | (noun) shaping metal by heating and hammering | - |
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| forgiveness | (noun) the act of excusing a mistake or offense | Synonyms: pardon |
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| (noun) compassionate feelings that support a willingness to forgive | - |
| forgiver | (noun) a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense | Synonyms: excuser, pardoner |
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| forgivingness | (noun) tendency to be kind and forgiving | Synonyms: kindness |
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| forgoing | (noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) | Synonyms: forswearing, renunciation |
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| forint | (noun) the basic unit of money in Hungary | - |
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| fork | (noun) the act of branching out or dividing into branches | Synonyms: branching, forking, ramification |
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| (noun) a utensil with two or more prongs, used for serving or eating food | - |
| (noun) an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs | - |
| (noun) the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk | Synonyms: crotch |
| (noun) the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches | Synonyms: crotch |
| forking | (noun) the act of branching out or dividing into branches | Synonyms: branching, fork, ramification |
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| (noun) the place where something divides into branches | Synonyms: furcation |
| forklift | (noun) a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them | - |
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| forlornness | (noun) sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned | Synonyms: desolation, loneliness |
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| form | (noun) the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance | Synonyms: shape |
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| (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin |
| (noun) a mold for setting concrete | - |
| (noun) the visual appearance of something or someone | Synonyms: cast, shape |
| (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: configuration, conformation, contour, shape |
| (noun) an ability to perform well | - |
| (noun) a particular mode in which something is manifested | - |
| (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
| (noun) a perceptual structure | Synonyms: pattern, shape |
| (noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | Synonyms: kind, sort, variety |
| (noun) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something | Synonyms: descriptor, signifier, word form |
| (noun) a printed document with spaces in which to write | - |
| (noun) an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse | - |
| (noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, course, grade |
| (noun) (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups | Synonyms: strain, var., variant |
| (noun) (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 | Synonyms: phase |
| formal | (noun) a gown for evening wear | Synonyms: dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gown |
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| (noun) a lavish dance requiring formal attire | Synonyms: ball |
| formaldehyde | (noun) a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol | Synonyms: methanal |
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| formalin | (noun) a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens | Synonyms: formol |
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| formalisation | (noun) the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions) | Synonyms: formalization |
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| formalism | (noun) the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms | - |
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| (noun) (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 | - |
| (noun) the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented | - |
| formalities | (noun) a requirement of etiquette or custom | Synonyms: formality |
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| formality | (noun) compliance with formal rules | - |
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| (noun) a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies | Synonyms: formalness |
| (noun) a requirement of etiquette or custom | Synonyms: formalities |
| formalization | (noun) the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions) | Synonyms: formalisation |
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| formalness | (noun) a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies | Synonyms: formality |
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| formalwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear |
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| format | (noun) the general appearance of a publication | - |
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| (noun) the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) | Synonyms: data format, data formatting, formatting |