fuchsia | (noun) a vivid purplish-red color | - |
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(noun) any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti | - |
fuck | (noun) slang for sexual intercourse | Synonyms: ass, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shag, shtup |
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(noun) Strongly and emphatically all of something | - |
fucker | (noun) a stupid despised man | - |
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fuckhead | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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fuckhole | (noun) A hole that can be used for sexual intercourse | - |
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fucking | (noun) slang for sexual intercourse | Synonyms: ass, fuck, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shag, shtup |
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fuckup | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall |
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(noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler |
fucoid | (noun) any of various algae of the family Fucaceae | Synonyms: fucoid algae |
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(noun) a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales | - |
fucus | (noun) any member of the genus Fucus | - |
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fuddle | (noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: clutter, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter |
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fudge | (noun) soft creamy candy | - |
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fuel | (noun) a substance that can be consumed to produce energy | - |
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fueling | (noun) the activity of supplying or taking on fuel | Synonyms: fuelling, refueling |
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fuelling | (noun) the activity of supplying or taking on fuel | Synonyms: fueling, refueling |
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fug | (noun) (British informal) an airless smoky smelly atmosphere | - |
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fugaciousness | (noun) the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts) | Synonyms: fugacity |
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fugacity | (noun) the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts) | Synonyms: fugaciousness |
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(noun) the tendency of a gas to expand or escape | - |
fugitive | (noun) someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice | Synonyms: fugitive from justice |
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(noun) someone who flees from an uncongenial situation | Synonyms: fleer, runaway |
fugleman | (noun) a leader and organizer and spokesman (especially a political leader) | - |
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fugu | (noun) a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous | - |
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fugue | (noun) a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement | - |
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(noun) a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days | - |
(noun) dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state | Synonyms: psychogenic fugue |
fuji | (noun) shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms | Synonyms: fuji cherry, Prunus incisa |
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fulcrum | (noun) the pivot about which a lever turns | - |
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fulfillment | (noun) the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc) | Synonyms: fulfilment |
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(noun) a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires | Synonyms: fulfilment |
fulfilment | (noun) the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc) | Synonyms: fulfillment |
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(noun) a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires | Synonyms: fulfillment |
full | (noun) the time when the Moon is fully illuminated | Synonyms: full-of-the-moon, full moon, full phase of the moon |
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fullback | (noun) (American football) the position of a back on a football team, generally larger in size than halfbacks | - |
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(noun) (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team | - |
fuller | (noun) a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living | - |
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fullerene | (noun) a form of carbon having a large molecule consisting of an empty cage of sixty or more carbon atoms | - |
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fullness | (noun) greatness of volume | Synonyms: voluminosity, voluminousness |
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(noun) the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing | Synonyms: mellowness, richness |
(noun) the condition of being filled to capacity | - |
(noun) completeness over a broad scope | Synonyms: comprehensiveness |
fulmar | (noun) heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions | Synonyms: fulmar petrel, Fulmarus glacialis |
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fulminate | (noun) a salt or ester of fulminic acid | - |
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fulmination | (noun) the act of exploding with noise and violence | - |
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(noun) thunderous verbal attack | Synonyms: diatribe |
fulsomeness | (noun) smug self-serving earnestness | Synonyms: oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction, unctuousness |
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(noun) excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm | Synonyms: smarm, unction |
fumble | (noun) (sports) dropping the ball | Synonyms: muff |
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fumbler | (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, sad sack, stumbler |
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fume | (noun) a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas | Synonyms: smoke |
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fumeroot | (noun) delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: Fumaria officinalis, fumewort, fumitory |
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(noun) herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers | Synonyms: Corydalis solida, fumewort |
fumes | (noun) gases ejected from an engine as waste products | Synonyms: exhaust, exhaust fumes |
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fumewort | (noun) delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: Fumaria officinalis, fumeroot, fumitory |
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(noun) herb of northern Europe and Asia having erect racemes of red flowers | Synonyms: Corydalis solida, fumeroot |
fumigant | (noun) a chemical substance used in fumigation | - |
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fumigation | (noun) the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it | - |
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fumigator | (noun) a device that generates a gas for the purpose of disinfecting or eradicating pests | - |
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(noun) someone whose job is to fumigate | - |
fumitory | (noun) delicate European herb with greyish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: Fumaria officinalis, fumeroot, fumewort |
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fun | (noun) activities that are enjoyable or amusing | Synonyms: merriment, playfulness |
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(noun) violent and excited activity | - |
(noun) a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement | Synonyms: playfulness |
(noun) verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) | Synonyms: play, sport |
funambulism | (noun) walking on a tightrope or slack rope | Synonyms: tightrope walking |
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funambulist | (noun) an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope | Synonyms: tightrope walker |
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function | (noun) the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | Synonyms: office, part, role |
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(noun) what something is used for | Synonyms: purpose, role, use |
(noun) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program | Synonyms: procedure, routine, subprogram, subroutine |
(noun) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people | Synonyms: affair, occasion, social affair, social function, social gathering, social occasion |
(noun) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony | - |
(noun) (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) | Synonyms: map, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function |
(noun) a relation such that one thing is dependent on another | - |
functionalism | (noun) a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment | - |
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(noun) any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose | - |
functionalist | (noun) an adherent of functionalism | - |
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functionality | (noun) capable of serving a purpose well | - |
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functionary | (noun) a worker who holds or is invested with an office | Synonyms: official |
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functioning | (noun) process or manner of functioning or operating | Synonyms: operation, performance |
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fund | (noun) a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies | Synonyms: investment company, investment firm, investment trust |
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(noun) a reserve of money set aside for some purpose | Synonyms: monetary fund |
(noun) a supply of something available for future use | Synonyms: stock, store |
fundament | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
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(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
(noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, groundwork |
fundamental | (noun) the lowest tone of a harmonic series | Synonyms: first harmonic, fundamental frequency |
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(noun) any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business | - |
fundamentalism | (noun) a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth | - |
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(noun) the strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc. | - |
fundamentalist | (noun) a supporter of fundamentalism | - |
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(noun) an adherent of fundamentalist principles | - |
fundamentalness | (noun) The state or condition of being fundamental; essential importance. | - |
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fundamentals | (noun) principles from which other truths can be derived | Synonyms: basic principle, basics, bedrock, fundamental principle |
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funday | (noun) Sunday as a day for relaxing and having fun | - |
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funding | (noun) the act of financing | Synonyms: financing |
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(noun) financial resources provided to make some project possible | Synonyms: backing, financial backing, financial support, support |
fundraiser | (noun) a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money | - |
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(noun) someone who solicits financial contributions | - |
funds | (noun) assets in the form of money | Synonyms: cash in hand, finances, monetary resource, pecuniary resource |
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fundus | (noun) (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening | - |
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funeral | (noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated | Synonyms: obsequy |
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funfair | (noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: carnival, fair |
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(noun) a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement | Synonyms: amusement park, pleasure ground |
fungibility | (noun) the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange | Synonyms: exchangeability, interchangeability, interchangeableness |
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fungible | (noun) a commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation | - |
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fungicide | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent |
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fungus | (noun) an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia | - |
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funicle | (noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed | Synonyms: funiculus |
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funicular | (noun) a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars | Synonyms: cable railway, funicular railway |
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funiculitis | (noun) inflammation of a funiculus (especially an inflammation of the spermatic cord) | - |
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funiculus | (noun) any of several body structure resembling a cord | - |
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(noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed | Synonyms: funicle |
funk | (noun) an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar | - |
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(noun) a state of nervous depression | Synonyms: blue funk |
funkiness | (noun) (US, slang) The property of being original, offbeat, unconventional or eccentric. | - |
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funnel | (noun) (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship) | - |
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(noun) a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth | - |
(noun) a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends | Synonyms: funnel shape |
funnies | (noun) a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book | Synonyms: cartoon strip, comic strip, strip |
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funniness | (noun) a comic incident or series of incidents | Synonyms: clowning, comedy, drollery |
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funny | (noun) an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line) | Synonyms: funny remark, funny story, good story |
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funrun | (noun) a footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity) | Synonyms: fun run |
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fur | (noun) dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel) | - |
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(noun) a garment made of animal pelts or synthetic fur | - |
(noun) the dressed hairy coat of a mammal | Synonyms: pelt |
furan | (noun) a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon | Synonyms: furane, furfuran |
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furane | (noun) a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon | Synonyms: furan, furfuran |
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furbelow | (noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: flounce, frill, ruffle |
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furcation | (noun) the place where something divides into branches | Synonyms: forking |
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furcula | (noun) a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds | - |
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furfural | (noun) a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent | Synonyms: furfuraldehyde |
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furfuraldehyde | (noun) a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent | Synonyms: furfural |
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furfuran | (noun) a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon | Synonyms: furan, furane |
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furiousness | (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness |
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furket | (noun) A forked pole, about four feet in length, used as a support for muskets. | Synonyms: musket rest |
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furlong | (noun) a unit of length equal to 220 yards | - |
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furlough | (noun) a temporary leave of absence from military duty | - |
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furnace | (noun) an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. | - |
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furnishing | (noun) the act of providing a house or room with furniture and other removable items such as shelves, carpets, appliances, etc. | - |
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(noun) (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable | - |
(noun) (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel | Synonyms: trappings |
furniture | (noun) furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy | Synonyms: article of furniture, piece of furniture |
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furor | (noun) a sudden outburst (as of protest) | Synonyms: furore |
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(noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: craze, cult, fad, furore, rage |
furore | (noun) a sudden outburst (as of protest) | Synonyms: furor |
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(noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: craze, cult, fad, furor, rage |