| affray | (noun) a noisy fight | Synonyms: disturbance, fray, ruffle |
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| (noun) noisy quarrel | Synonyms: altercation, fracas |
| airframe | (noun) the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines) | - |
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| bedframe | (noun) the framework of a bed | Synonyms: bedstead |
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| defrauder | (noun) a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud | Synonyms: chiseler, chiseller, gouger, grifter, scammer, swindler |
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| defrayal | (noun) the act of paying money | Synonyms: defrayment, payment |
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| defrayment | (noun) the act of paying money | Synonyms: defrayal, payment |
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| diffraction | (noun) when light passes sharp edges or goes through narrow slits the rays are deflected and produce fringes of light and dark bands | - |
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| disenfranchisement | (noun) the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise | - |
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| disfranchisement | (noun) the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote | - |
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| doorframe | (noun) the frame that supports a door | Synonyms: doorcase |
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| enfranchisement | (noun) the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on | Synonyms: certification |
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| (noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: franchise |
| (noun) freedom from political subjugation or servitude | - |
| fracas | (noun) noisy quarrel | Synonyms: affray, altercation |
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| fracking | (noun) a well-stimulation technique in which rock is fractured by a pressurized liquid | - |
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| fractal | (noun) (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry | - |
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| fraction | (noun) a small part or item forming a piece of a whole | - |
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| (noun) the quotient of two rational numbers | - |
| (noun) a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process | - |
| fractionation | (noun) separation into portions | - |
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| (noun) a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components | Synonyms: fractional process |
| fractiousness | (noun) the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline | Synonyms: unruliness, wilfulness, willfulness |
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| fracture | (noun) the act of cracking something | Synonyms: crack, cracking |
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| (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | Synonyms: break, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift |
| (noun) breaking of hard tissue such as bone | Synonyms: break |
| fradicin | (noun) an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used (as a sulphate under the trade name Neobiotic) as an intestinal antiseptic in surgery | Synonyms: Neobiotic, neomycin |
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| fragility | (noun) quality of being easily damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: breakability, frangibility, frangibleness |
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| (noun) lack of physical strength | Synonyms: delicacy |
| fragment | (noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact | Synonyms: shard, sherd |
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| (noun) an incomplete piece | - |
| (noun) a piece broken off or cut off of something else | - |
| fragmentation | (noun) separating something into fine particles | Synonyms: atomisation, atomization |
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| (noun) the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk | - |
| (noun) the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships | - |
| fragrance | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness |
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| (noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant | Synonyms: aroma, perfume, scent |
| fragrancy | (noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, redolence, sweetness |
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| frail | (noun) a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs) | - |
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| (noun) the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds | - |
| frailness | (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, feebleness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism |
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| frailty | (noun) moral weakness | Synonyms: vice |
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| (noun) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | Synonyms: debility, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, valetudinarianism |
| fraise | (noun) sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes | - |
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| (noun) a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century | - |
| frambesia | (noun) an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions | Synonyms: framboesia, yaws |
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| framboesia | (noun) an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions | Synonyms: frambesia, yaws |
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| framboise | (noun) the common European raspberry; fruit red or orange | Synonyms: European raspberry, Rubus idaeus, wild raspberry |
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| frame | (noun) one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided | - |
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| (noun) a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror | Synonyms: framing |
| (noun) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape | Synonyms: skeletal frame, skeleton, underframe |
| (noun) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses | - |
| (noun) a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film | - |
| (noun) a structure supporting or containing something | Synonyms: framework |
| (noun) the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Synonyms: skeletal system, skeleton, systema skeletale |
| (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
| (noun) a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning | Synonyms: frame of reference |
| (noun) a single drawing in a comic strip | - |
| (noun) an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently | - |
| (noun) (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat | Synonyms: inning |
| framer | (noun) someone who writes a new law or plan | - |
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| (noun) someone who makes frames (as for pictures) | - |
| framework | (noun) a structure supporting or containing something | Synonyms: frame |
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| (noun) the underlying structure | Synonyms: fabric |
| (noun) a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | Synonyms: model, theoretical account |
| framing | (noun) formulation of the plans and important details | - |
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| (noun) a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror | Synonyms: frame |
| franc | (noun) the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 centimes | - |
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| franchise | (noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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| (noun) an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place | - |
| (noun) a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area | Synonyms: dealership |
| francium | (noun) a radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium | Synonyms: atomic number 87, Fr |
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| frangibility | (noun) quality of being easily damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: breakability, fragility, frangibleness |
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| frangibleness | (noun) quality of being easily damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: breakability, fragility, frangibility |
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| frangipane | (noun) pastry with a creamy almond-flavored filling | - |
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| frangipani | (noun) any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers | Synonyms: frangipanni |
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| frangipanni | (noun) any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers | Synonyms: frangipani |
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| frank | (noun) device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced. | Synonyms: franking |
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| (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
| frankfurter | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
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| frankincense | (noun) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation | Synonyms: gum olibanum, olibanum, thus |
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| franking | (noun) device or marking such as postage stamp, printed or stamped impressions, codings, labels, manuscript writings, or any other authorized form of markings affixed or applied to mails to qualify them to be postally serviced. | Synonyms: frank |
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| franklin | (noun) a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth | - |
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| frankness | (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candor, candour, directness, forthrightness |
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| (noun) the trait of being blunt and outspoken | Synonyms: outspokenness |
| frappe | (noun) a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) | Synonyms: ice |
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| (noun) thick milkshake containing ice cream | - |
| (noun) liqueur poured over shaved ice | - |
| frat | (noun) a social club for male undergraduates | Synonyms: fraternity |
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| fraternisation | (noun) associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternization |
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| fraternity | (noun) people engaged in a particular occupation | Synonyms: brotherhood, sodality |
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| (noun) a social club for male undergraduates | Synonyms: frat |
| fraternization | (noun) associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternisation |
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| fratricide | (noun) the murder of your sibling | - |
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| (noun) fire that injures or kills an ally | Synonyms: friendly fire |
| (noun) a person who murders their brother or sister | - |
| fraud | (noun) intentional deception resulting in injury to another person | - |
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| (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: dupery, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on |
| (noun) the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | Synonyms: cheat, rig, swindle |
| (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: fake, faker, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer |
| fraudulence | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: dupery, fraud, hoax, humbug, put-on |
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| (noun) the quality of being fraudulent | Synonyms: deceit |
| (noun) a fraudulent or duplicitous representation | Synonyms: duplicity |
| fraxinella | (noun) Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather | Synonyms: burning bush, Dictamnus alba, dittany, gas plant |
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| fray | (noun) a noisy fight | Synonyms: affray, disturbance, ruffle |
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| frazzle | (noun) a state of extreme exhaustion | - |
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| infraction | (noun) a crime less serious than a felony | Synonyms: infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation |
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| infrared | (noun) the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range | Synonyms: infrared frequency |
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| (noun) electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves | Synonyms: infrared emission, infrared light, infrared radiation |
| infrastructure | (noun) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | Synonyms: base |
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| (noun) the basic structure or features of a system or organization | Synonyms: substructure |
| liebfraumilch | (noun) a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany) | - |
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| mainframe | (noun) (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing | Synonyms: C.P.U., central processing unit, central processor, CPU, processor |
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| (noun) a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room | Synonyms: mainframe computer |
| refraction | (noun) the amount by which a propagating wave is bent | Synonyms: deflection, deflexion |
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| (noun) the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another | - |
| refractiveness | (noun) the physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction | Synonyms: refractivity |
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| refractivity | (noun) the physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction | Synonyms: refractiveness |
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| refractometer | (noun) measuring instrument for measuring the refractive index of a substance | - |
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| refractoriness | (noun) the trait of being unmanageable | Synonyms: recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, unmanageableness |
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| refractory | (noun) lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace | Synonyms: furnace lining |
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| refrain | (noun) the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers | Synonyms: chorus |
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| riffraff | (noun) disparaging terms for the common people | Synonyms: rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail |
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| saffranine | (noun) any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes | Synonyms: safranin, safranine |
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| safranin | (noun) any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes | Synonyms: saffranine, safranine |
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| safranine | (noun) any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes | Synonyms: saffranine, safranin |
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| sassafras | (noun) dried root bark of the sassafras tree | - |
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| (noun) yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America | Synonyms: Sassafras albidum, sassafras tree |
| saxifrage | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga | Synonyms: breakstone, rockfoil |
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| suffragan | (noun) an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese | Synonyms: suffragan bishop |
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| suffrage | (noun) a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment | Synonyms: right to vote, vote |
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| suffragette | (noun) a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century) | - |
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| suffragism | (noun) the belief that the right to vote should be extended (as to women) | - |
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| suffragist | (noun) an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) | - |
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| taffrail | (noun) the railing around the stern of a ship | - |
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| underframe | (noun) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape | Synonyms: frame, skeletal frame, skeleton |
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| wolfram | (noun) a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite | Synonyms: atomic number 74, tungsten, W |
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| wolframite | (noun) a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks | Synonyms: iron manganese tungsten |
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