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 |
formation | (noun) the act of fabricating something in a particular shape | Synonyms: shaping |
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(noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: constitution, establishment, organisation, organization |
(noun) creation by mental activity | - |
(noun) a particular spatial arrangement | - |
(noun) an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit | - |
(noun) (geology) the geological features of the earth | Synonyms: geological formation |
(noun) natural process that causes something to form | - |
formative | (noun) minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function | - |
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formatting | (noun) the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) | Synonyms: data format, data formatting, format |
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former | (noun) the first of two or the first mentioned of two | - |
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formicary | (noun) a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest | Synonyms: anthill |
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formication | (noun) hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin; a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines | - |
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formidability | (noun) impressive difficulty | Synonyms: toughness |
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formol | (noun) a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens | Synonyms: formalin |
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formula | (noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: convention, normal, pattern, rule |
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(noun) (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems | Synonyms: rule |
(noun) a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement | Synonyms: expression |
(noun) a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle | - |
(noun) directions for making something | Synonyms: recipe |
(noun) a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements | Synonyms: chemical formula |
(noun) a liquid food for infants | - |
formulary | (noun) (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation | Synonyms: pharmacopeia |
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formulation | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualisation, conceptualization |
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(noun) the style of expressing yourself | Synonyms: expression |
(noun) a substance prepared according to a formula | Synonyms: preparation |
fornication | (noun) voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other | - |
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(noun) extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations | Synonyms: adultery, criminal conversation |
fornicator | (noun) someone who commits adultery or fornication | Synonyms: adulterer |
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fornicatress | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: adulteress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop |
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fornix | (noun) an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies | Synonyms: trigonum cerebrale |
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(noun) generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space) | - |
forsaking | (noun) the act of giving something up | Synonyms: abandonment, desertion |
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(noun) the act of forsaking | Synonyms: giving up |
forswearing | (noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) | Synonyms: forgoing, renunciation |
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forsythia | (noun) any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers | - |
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fort | (noun) a fortified defensive structure | Synonyms: fortress |
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(noun) a fortified military post where troops are stationed | Synonyms: garrison |
forte | (noun) the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible | - |
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(noun) an asset of special worth or utility | Synonyms: long suit, metier, speciality, specialty, strength, strong point, strong suit |
(noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed loudly | - |
forthcomingness | (noun) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon | Synonyms: imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency |
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forthrightness | (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candor, candour, directness, frankness |
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forties | (noun) the time of life between 40 and 50 | Synonyms: mid-forties |
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(noun) the decade from 1940 to 1949 | Synonyms: 1940s |
fortieth | (noun) position 40 in a countable series of things | - |
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fortification | (noun) the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food) | - |
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(noun) defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it | Synonyms: munition |
(noun) the art or science of strengthening defenses | - |
fortissimo | (noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed very loudly | - |
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fortitude | (noun) strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage | - |
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fortnight | (noun) a period of fourteen consecutive days | Synonyms: two weeks |
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fortress | (noun) a fortified defensive structure | Synonyms: fort |
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fortuitousness | (noun) the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance | - |
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fortuity | (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | Synonyms: accident, chance event, stroke |
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fortune | (noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another | Synonyms: chance, hazard, luck |
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(noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome | Synonyms: luck |
(noun) a large amount of wealth or prosperity | - |
(noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fate, lot, luck, portion |
fortuneteller | (noun) a person who foretells your personal future | Synonyms: fortune teller |
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fortunetelling | (noun) the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment) | - |
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forty | (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four | Synonyms: 40, XL |
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forum | (noun) a public facility to meet for open discussion | Synonyms: assembly, meeting place |
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(noun) a public meeting or assembly for open discussion | - |
forward | (noun) a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team | - |
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(noun) the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey | - |
forwarding | (noun) the act of sending on to another destination | - |
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(noun) the advancement of some enterprise | Synonyms: furtherance, promotion |
forwardness | (noun) prompt willingness | Synonyms: eagerness, readiness, zeal |
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(noun) an advanced stage | - |
(noun) offensive boldness and assertiveness | Synonyms: bumptiousness, cockiness, pushiness |
foryml | (noun) (chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes | - |
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fossa | (noun) largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets | Synonyms: Cryptoprocta ferox, fossa cat |
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(noun) a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression) | Synonyms: pit |
fosse | (noun) ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water | Synonyms: moat |
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fossil | (noun) the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil | - |
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(noun) someone whose style is out of fashion | Synonyms: dodo, fogey, fogy |
fossilisation | (noun) becoming inflexible or out of date | Synonyms: fossilization |
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(noun) the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone | Synonyms: fossilization |
fossilist | (noun) a specialist in paleontology | Synonyms: palaeontologist, paleontologist |
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fossilization | (noun) becoming inflexible or out of date | Synonyms: fossilisation |
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(noun) the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone | Synonyms: fossilisation |
fossilology | (noun) the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains | Synonyms: palaeontology, paleontology |
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fosterage | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
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(noun) encouragement; aiding the development of something | Synonyms: fostering |
fostering | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
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(noun) encouragement; aiding the development of something | Synonyms: fosterage |
fosterling | (noun) a child who is raised by foster parents | Synonyms: foster-child, foster child |
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fothergilla | (noun) any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains | Synonyms: witch alder |
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foul | (noun) an act that violates the rules of a sport | - |
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foulard | (noun) a light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design) | - |
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foulmart | (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | Synonyms: fitch, foumart, Mustela putorius, polecat |
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foulness | (noun) the attribute of having a strong offensive smell | Synonyms: fetidness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness |
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(noun) (of weather) the badness of the weather | Synonyms: raininess |
(noun) a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse | Synonyms: filth, filthiness, nastiness |
(noun) disgusting wickedness and immorality | - |
foumart | (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | Synonyms: fitch, foulmart, Mustela putorius, polecat |
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found | (noun) food and lodging provided in addition to money | - |
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foundation | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination |
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(noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
(noun) a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body | Synonyms: foundation garment |
(noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: base, basis, cornerstone, fundament, groundwork |
(noun) education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge | Synonyms: grounding |
(noun) an institution supported by an endowment | - |
(noun) the basis on which something is grounded | - |
founder | (noun) a person who founds or establishes some institution | Synonyms: beginner, father, founding father |
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(noun) a worker who makes metal castings | - |
(noun) inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse | Synonyms: laminitis |
foundering | (noun) (of a ship) sinking | Synonyms: going under |
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founding | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination |
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foundling | (noun) a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown | Synonyms: abandoned infant |
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foundress | (noun) a woman founder | - |
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foundry | (noun) factory where metal castings are produced | Synonyms: metalworks |
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fount | (noun) a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water | Synonyms: fountain |
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(noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family | Synonyms: case, face, font, typeface |
fountain | (noun) a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water | Synonyms: fount |
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(noun) an artificially produced flow of water | Synonyms: jet |
(noun) a structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises | - |
(noun) a natural flow of ground water | Synonyms: natural spring, outflow, outpouring, spring |
fountainhead | (noun) an abundant source | Synonyms: well, wellspring |
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(noun) the source of water from which a stream arises | Synonyms: head, headspring |