ferry | (noun) transport by boat or aircraft | Synonyms: ferrying |
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(noun) a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule | Synonyms: ferryboat |
ferryboat | (noun) a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule | Synonyms: ferry |
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ferrying | (noun) transport by boat or aircraft | Synonyms: ferry |
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ferryman | (noun) a man who operates a ferry | - |
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fertilisation | (noun) creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilization, impregnation |
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(noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: dressing, fecundation, fertilization |
fertiliser | (noun) any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile | Synonyms: fertilizer, plant food |
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fertility | (noun) the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth | Synonyms: prolificacy, rankness, richness |
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(noun) the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring | Synonyms: fecundity |
(noun) the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year | Synonyms: birth rate, birthrate, fertility rate, natality |
fertilization | (noun) creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, impregnation |
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(noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: dressing, fecundation, fertilisation |
fertilizer | (noun) any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile | Synonyms: fertiliser, plant food |
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ferule | (noun) a switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children | - |
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fervency | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervidness, fervor, fervour, fire |
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fervidness | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire |
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fervor | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervour, fire |
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(noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | Synonyms: excitation, excitement, fervour, inflammation |
fervour | (noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fire |
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(noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | Synonyms: excitation, excitement, fervor, inflammation |
feryaz | (noun) a broad kaftan with long sleeves, worn by the nobility in Russia in the 16th and 17th centuries. | - |
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fescue | (noun) grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns | Synonyms: fescue grass, Festuca elatior, meadow fescue |
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fess | (noun) (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield | Synonyms: fesse |
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fesse | (noun) (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield | Synonyms: fess |
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fester | (noun) a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus | Synonyms: suppurating sore |
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festering | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: ichor, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration |
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(noun) (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus | Synonyms: maturation, suppuration |
festination | (noun) involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease) | - |
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festival | (noun) an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) | Synonyms: fete |
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(noun) a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration | - |
festivity | (noun) any joyous diversion | Synonyms: celebration |
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festoon | (noun) flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration | Synonyms: festoonery |
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(noun) an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work | - |
(noun) a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves | - |
festoonery | (noun) flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration | Synonyms: festoon |
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festschrift | (noun) a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar | - |
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fetch | (noun) the action of fetching | - |
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fete | (noun) an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) | Synonyms: festival |
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(noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: feast, fiesta |
feterita | (noun) a Sudanese sorghum having exceptionally large soft white grains | Synonyms: federita, Sorghum vulgare caudatum |
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fetich | (noun) excessive or irrational devotion to some activity | Synonyms: fetish |
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(noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | Synonyms: fetish, hoodoo, juju, voodoo |
fetichism | (noun) sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs) | Synonyms: fetishism |
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(noun) a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish) | Synonyms: fetishism |
feticide | (noun) the act of destroying a fetus | Synonyms: aborticide |
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fetidness | (noun) the attribute of having a strong offensive smell | Synonyms: foulness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness |
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fetish | (noun) excessive or irrational devotion to some activity | Synonyms: fetich |
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(noun) a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers | Synonyms: fetich, hoodoo, juju, voodoo |
(noun) a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body | - |
fetishism | (noun) sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs) | Synonyms: fetichism |
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(noun) a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish) | Synonyms: fetichism |
fetishist | (noun) one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) | - |
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fetlock | (noun) projection behind and above a horse's hoof | - |
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(noun) the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern | Synonyms: fetlock joint |
fetology | (noun) the branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus | Synonyms: foetology |
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fetometry | (noun) measurement of a fetus (especially the diameter of the head) | Synonyms: foetometry |
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fetoprotein | (noun) any of several antigens that occur naturally in the fetus and sometimes in adults with cancer | Synonyms: foetoprotein |
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fetor | (noun) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | Synonyms: foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench, stink |
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fetoscope | (noun) a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat | Synonyms: foetoscope |
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fetoscopy | (noun) prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood | Synonyms: foetoscopy |
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fetter | (noun) a shackle for the ankles or feet | Synonyms: hobble |
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fetterbush | (noun) showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel | Synonyms: fetter bush, Lyonia lucida, shiny lyonia |
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(noun) ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: mountain andromeda, mountain fetterbush, Pieris floribunda |
fettle | (noun) a state of fitness and good health | - |
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fettuccine | (noun) pasta in flat strips wider than linguine | Synonyms: fettuccini |
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fettuccini | (noun) pasta in flat strips wider than linguine | Synonyms: fettuccine |
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fetus | (noun) an unborn or unhatched vertebrate in the later stages of development showing the main recognizable features of the mature animal | Synonyms: foetus |
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feud | (noun) a bitter quarrel between two parties | - |
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feudalism | (noun) the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war | Synonyms: feudal system |
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feudatory | (noun) a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord | Synonyms: liege, liege subject, liegeman, vassal |
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fever | (noun) a state of nervous excitement | - |
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(noun) a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection | Synonyms: febricity, febrility, feverishness, pyrexia |
feverfew | (noun) bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: Chrysanthemum parthenium, Tanacetum parthenium |
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feverishness | (noun) a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection | Synonyms: febricity, febrility, fever, pyrexia |
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(noun) A state of wildly excited activity or emotion. | - |
feverroot | (noun) coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers | Synonyms: horse gentian, tinker's root, Triostium perfoliatum, wild coffee |
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few | (noun) a small elite group | - |
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fewness | (noun) the quality of being small in number | - |
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fez | (noun) a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown | Synonyms: tarboosh |
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fiance | (noun) a man who is engaged to be married | Synonyms: groom-to-be |
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fiancee | (noun) a woman who is engaged to be married | Synonyms: bride-to-be |
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fiasco | (noun) a sudden and violent collapse | Synonyms: debacle |
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fiat | (noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Synonyms: decree, edict, order, rescript |
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fib | (noun) a trivial lie | Synonyms: story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle |
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fibber | (noun) someone who tells lies | Synonyms: fabricator, storyteller |
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fibbing | (noun) a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear | Synonyms: paltering |
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fiber | (noun) a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth | Synonyms: fibre, vulcanized fiber |
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(noun) the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | Synonyms: character, fibre |
(noun) any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) | Synonyms: fibre |
(noun) coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis | Synonyms: fibre, roughage |
(noun) a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn | Synonyms: fibre |
fiberboard | (noun) wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets | Synonyms: fibreboard, particle board |
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fiberglass | (noun) a covering material made of glass fibers in resins | Synonyms: fibreglass |
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fiberoptics | (noun) the transmission of light signals via glass fibers | Synonyms: fiber optics, fibre optics, fibreoptics |
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fiberscope | (noun) a flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs | - |
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fibre | (noun) a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth | Synonyms: fiber, vulcanized fiber |
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(noun) the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | Synonyms: character, fiber |
(noun) any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) | Synonyms: fiber |
(noun) coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis | Synonyms: fiber, roughage |
(noun) a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn | Synonyms: fiber |
fibreboard | (noun) wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets | Synonyms: fiberboard, particle board |
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fibreglass | (noun) a covering material made of glass fibers in resins | Synonyms: fiberglass |
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fibreoptics | (noun) the transmission of light signals via glass fibers | Synonyms: fiber optics, fiberoptics, fibre optics |
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fibril | (noun) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Synonyms: filament, strand |
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fibrillation | (noun) act or process of forming fibrils | - |
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(noun) muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination | - |
fibrin | (noun) 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 | - |
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fibrinase | (noun) in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot | Synonyms: factor XIII |
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fibrinogen | (noun) a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots | Synonyms: factor I |
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fibrinolysin | (noun) an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots | Synonyms: plasmin |
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fibrinolysis | (noun) a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots | - |
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fibrinopeptide | (noun) peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood | - |
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fibroadenoma | (noun) benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast; common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen | - |
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fibroblast | (noun) a cell from which connective tissue develops | - |
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fibrocartilage | (noun) cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue | - |
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fibroid | (noun) benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus) | Synonyms: fibroid tumor |
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fibroma | (noun) nonmalignant tumor of connective tissue | - |
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fibromyositis | (noun) local inflammation of muscle and connective tissue | - |
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fibrosis | (noun) development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ | - |
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fibrositis | (noun) inflammation of white fibrous tissues (especially muscle sheaths) | - |
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fibrosity | (noun) the quality of being fibrous | Synonyms: fibrousness |
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fibrousness | (noun) the quality of being fibrous | Synonyms: fibrosity |
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fibula | (noun) the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle | Synonyms: calf bone |
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fice | (noun) a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog | Synonyms: feist |
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fichu | (noun) a lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman | - |
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fickleness | (noun) unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous | Synonyms: faithlessness, falseness, inconstancy |
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fiction | (noun) a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact | - |
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(noun) a deliberately false or improbable account | Synonyms: fable, fabrication |
fictionalisation | (noun) writing in a fictional form | Synonyms: fabrication, fictionalization |
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(noun) a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction | Synonyms: fictionalization |
fictionalization | (noun) writing in a fictional form | Synonyms: fabrication, fictionalisation |
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(noun) a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction | Synonyms: fictionalisation |