| firedrake | (noun) a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings | Synonyms: dragon, European dragon |
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| firefighter | (noun) a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires | Synonyms: fire-eater, fire fighter, fireman |
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| firefly | (noun) nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs | Synonyms: lightning bug |
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| (noun) tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots | Synonyms: fire beetle, Pyrophorus noctiluca |
| fireguard | (noun) a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks) | Synonyms: fire screen |
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| (noun) a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire | Synonyms: firebreak |
| firehouse | (noun) a station housing fire apparatus and firemen | Synonyms: fire station |
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| firelight | (noun) the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace) | - |
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| firelighter | (noun) (a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire | - |
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| firelock | (noun) a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock | Synonyms: flintlock |
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| fireman | (noun) play in which children pretend to put out a fire | - |
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| (noun) a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires | Synonyms: fire-eater, fire fighter, firefighter |
| (noun) a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) | Synonyms: stoker |
| (noun) a pitcher who does not start the game | Synonyms: relief pitcher, reliever |
| fireplace | (noun) an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built | Synonyms: hearth, open fireplace |
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| fireplug | (noun) an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire | Synonyms: fire hydrant, plug |
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| firepower | (noun) (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target | - |
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| fireroom | (noun) (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired | Synonyms: stokehold, stokehole |
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| fireside | (noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | Synonyms: hearth |
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| (noun) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) | Synonyms: hearth |
| firestone | (noun) a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns | - |
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| (noun) a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire | - |
| firestorm | (noun) an outburst of controversy | - |
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| (noun) a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area | - |
| firethorn | (noun) any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries | Synonyms: fire thorn, pyracanth, Pyracantha |
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| firetrap | (noun) a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
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| firewall | (noun) (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust | - |
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| (noun) a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle | - |
| (noun) (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 | - |
| firewater | (noun) any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum) | - |
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| fireweed | (noun) 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 | Synonyms: Epilobium angustifolium, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup |
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| (noun) an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers | Synonyms: Erechtites hieracifolia |
| firewood | (noun) wood used for fuel | - |
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| firework | (noun) (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. | Synonyms: pyrotechnic |
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| firing | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: ignition, inflammation, kindling, lighting |
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| (noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
| (noun) the act of discharging a gun | Synonyms: discharge, firing off |
| (noun) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | Synonyms: fire |
| firkin | (noun) a small wooden keg | - |
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| (noun) a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons | - |
| firm | (noun) the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments | Synonyms: business firm, house |
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| firmament | (noun) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | Synonyms: celestial sphere, empyrean, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin |
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| firmness | (noun) the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place | Synonyms: steadiness |
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| (noun) the trait of being resolute | Synonyms: firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve |
| (noun) the property of being unyielding to the touch | - |
| (noun) the muscle tone of healthy tissue | Synonyms: soundness |
| firmware | (noun) (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory | Synonyms: microcode |
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| first | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) | Synonyms: first base |
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| (noun) the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving | Synonyms: first gear, low, low gear |
| (noun) an honours degree of the highest class | Synonyms: first-class honours degree |
| (noun) the first element in a countable series | Synonyms: number 1, number one |
| (noun) the first or highest in an ordering or series | Synonyms: number one |
| (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
| firstborn | (noun) the offspring who came first in the order of birth | Synonyms: eldest |
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| firth | (noun) a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland) | - |
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| fisc | (noun) a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse | - |
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| fish | (noun) any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills | - |
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| (noun) the flesh of fish used as food | - |
| fishbone | (noun) a bone of a fish | - |
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| fishbowl | (noun) a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept | Synonyms: fish bowl, goldfish bowl |
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| (noun) a state of affairs in which you have no privacy | Synonyms: fish bowl, goldfish bowl |
| fisher | (noun) large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal | Synonyms: black cat, fisher cat, Martes pennanti, pekan |
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| (noun) someone whose occupation is catching fish | Synonyms: fisherman |
| fisherman | (noun) someone whose occupation is catching fish | Synonyms: fisher |
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| fishery | (noun) a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold | Synonyms: piscary |
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| fishgig | (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fizgig, gig, lance, spear |
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| fishhook | (noun) a sharp barbed hook for catching fish | - |
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| fishing | (noun) the act of someone who fishes as a diversion | Synonyms: sportfishing |
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| (noun) the occupation of catching fish for a living | - |
| fishmonger | (noun) someone who sells fish | Synonyms: fishwife |
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| fishnet | (noun) a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in | Synonyms: fishing net |
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| fishpaste | (noun) a paste of fish or shellfish | - |
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| fishplate | (noun) metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams | - |
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| fishpond | (noun) a freshwater pond with fish | - |
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| fishwife | (noun) someone who sells fish | Synonyms: fishmonger |
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| fishworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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| fission | (noun) a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy | Synonyms: nuclear fission |
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| (noun) reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts | - |
| fissiparity | (noun) the tendency to break into parts | - |
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| (noun) reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish | - |
| fissiped | (noun) terrestrial carnivores having toes separated to the base: dogs, cats, bears, badgers, raccoons | Synonyms: fissiped mammal |
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| fissure | (noun) (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | - |
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| (noun) a long narrow cleft | Synonyms: cleft, crack, crevice, scissure |
| (noun) a long narrow depression in a surface | Synonyms: chap, crack, cranny, crevice |
| fist | (noun) a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting) | Synonyms: clenched fist |
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| fistfight | (noun) a fight with bare fists | Synonyms: fisticuffs, slugfest |
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| fistful | (noun) the quantity that can be held in the hand | Synonyms: handful |
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| fisticuffs | (noun) fighting with the fists | Synonyms: boxing, pugilism |
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| (noun) a fight with bare fists | Synonyms: fistfight, slugfest |
| fistmele | (noun) 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) | - |
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| fistula | (noun) an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface | Synonyms: sinus |
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| (noun) a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse | Synonyms: fistulous withers |
| fit | (noun) a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Synonyms: burst |
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| (noun) the manner in which something fits | - |
| (noun) a sudden uncontrollable attack | Synonyms: convulsion, paroxysm |
| (noun) a display of bad temper | Synonyms: conniption, scene, tantrum |
| fitch | (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | Synonyms: foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius, polecat |
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| fitfulness | (noun) the quality of being spasmodic and irregular | Synonyms: jerkiness |
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| fitment | (noun) any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture) | - |
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| fitness | (noun) the quality of being suitable | Synonyms: fittingness |
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| (noun) the quality of being qualified | - |
| (noun) good physical condition; being in shape or in condition | Synonyms: physical fitness |
| fitspiration | (noun) something that inspires you to exercise | - |
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| fitspo | (noun) an image of promoting proper exercise and diet | - |
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| fitter | (noun) someone who fits a garment to a particular person | - |
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| fitting | (noun) putting clothes on to see whether they fit | Synonyms: try-on, trying on |
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| (noun) a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system | - |
| (noun) (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | Synonyms: appointment |
| (noun) making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances | Synonyms: accommodation, adjustment |
| fittingness | (noun) the quality of being suitable | Synonyms: fitness |
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| five | (noun) a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips | Synonyms: five-spot |
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| (noun) a team that plays basketball | Synonyms: basketball team |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, cinque, fin, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
| fivepence | (noun) a coin worth five cents | - |
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| fiver | (noun) a United States bill worth 5 dollars | Synonyms: five-spot, five dollar bill |
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| fives | (noun) a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls | - |
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| fivesome | (noun) five people considered as a unit | Synonyms: quintet, quintette |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, cinque, fin, five, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
| fix | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation |
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| (noun) an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear | - |
| (noun) a determination of the place where something is | Synonyms: localisation, localization, locating, location |
| (noun) something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug | - |
| (noun) informal terms for a difficult situation | Synonyms: hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle |
| fixation | (noun) (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body | Synonyms: fixing |
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| (noun) the activity of fastening something firmly in position | - |
| (noun) an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone | Synonyms: obsession |
| (noun) an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely | Synonyms: arrested development, infantile fixation, regression |
| fixative | (noun) a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging | - |
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| (noun) a compound (such as ethanol or formaldehyde) that fixes tissues and cells for microscopic study | - |
| fixedness | (noun) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | Synonyms: fastness, fixity, fixture, secureness |
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| (noun) the quality of being fixed and unchangeable | Synonyms: unalterability |
| (noun) remaining in place | Synonyms: immobility, stationariness |
| fixer | (noun) synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction | Synonyms: dolophine hydrochloride, methadon, methadone, methadone hydrochloride, synthetic heroin |
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| (noun) someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee) | Synonyms: influence peddler |
| (noun) a skilled worker who mends or repairs things | Synonyms: mender, repairer |
| (noun) a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image) | Synonyms: fixing agent |
| fixing | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation |
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| (noun) the sterilization of an animal | Synonyms: altering, neutering |
| (noun) (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body | Synonyms: fixation |
| (noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place | Synonyms: fastener, fastening, holdfast |
| fixings | (noun) the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity) | Synonyms: trimmings |
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| (noun) food that is a component of a mixture in cooking | Synonyms: ingredient |
| fixity | (noun) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | Synonyms: fastness, fixedness, fixture, secureness |
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| (noun) the quality of being incapable of mutation | Synonyms: immutability, immutableness |
| fixture | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, mend, mending, repair, reparation |
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| (noun) an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household) | - |
| (noun) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | Synonyms: fastness, fixedness, fixity, secureness |
| (noun) a regular patron | Synonyms: habitue, regular |
| fizgig | (noun) a firework that fizzes as it moves | - |
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| (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fishgig, gig, lance, spear |
| fizz | (noun) an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic) | - |
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| fizzle | (noun) a complete failure | Synonyms: bust, flop |
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| (noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: hiss, hissing, hushing, sibilation |