| furosemide | (noun) commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema | Synonyms: Lasix |
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| furrier | (noun) someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments | Synonyms: cloakmaker |
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| furring | (noun) strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard | Synonyms: furring strip |
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| (noun) a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue | - |
| furrow | (noun) a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) | - |
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| (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, line, seam, wrinkle |
| fursuit | (noun) A full body animal suit | - |
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| furtherance | (noun) the advancement of some enterprise | Synonyms: forwarding, promotion |
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| (noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Synonyms: advancement, promotion |
| furtiveness | (noun) a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously | Synonyms: sneakiness, stealthiness |
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| furuncle | (noun) a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus | Synonyms: boil |
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| furunculosis | (noun) acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles | - |
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| fury | (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness |
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| (noun) a feeling of intense anger | Synonyms: madness, rage |
| (noun) state of violent mental agitation | Synonyms: craze, delirium, frenzy, hysteria |
| furze | (noun) very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe | Synonyms: gorse, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, whin |
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| fusain | (noun) a stick of black carbon material used for drawing | Synonyms: charcoal |
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| fuse | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming |
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| (noun) an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded | Synonyms: electrical fuse, safety fuse |
| fusee | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fuse, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming |
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| (noun) a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind | Synonyms: fuzee |
| (noun) a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains | Synonyms: fuzee |
| (noun) a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring | Synonyms: fusee drive |
| fuselage | (noun) the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo) | - |
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| fusil | (noun) a light flintlock musket | - |
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| fusilier | (noun) (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket | - |
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| fusillade | (noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | Synonyms: burst, salvo, volley |
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| fusion | (noun) the act of fusing (or melting) together | - |
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| (noun) correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization | Synonyms: spinal fusion |
| (noun) the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept | Synonyms: optical fusion |
| (noun) an occurrence that involves the production of a union | Synonyms: merger, unification |
| (noun) a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy | Synonyms: nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction |
| (noun) the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words | - |
| (noun) the state of being combined into one body | Synonyms: coalition |
| fuss | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, hustle, stir |
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| (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff |
| (noun) an angry disturbance | Synonyms: bother, hassle, trouble |
| (noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: dither, flap, pother, tizzy |
| fussiness | (noun) unnecessary elaborateness in details | - |
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| (noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: choler, crossness, fretfulness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
| fusspot | (noun) thinks about unfortunate things that might happen | Synonyms: fuss-budget, worrier, worrywart |
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| fustian | (noun) a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap | - |
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| (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing | Synonyms: blah, bombast, claptrap, rant |
| futility | (noun) uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result | - |
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| futon | (noun) mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame | - |
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| future | (noun) bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date | - |
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| (noun) a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future | Synonyms: future tense |
| (noun) the time yet to come | Synonyms: futurity, hereafter, time to come |
| futurism | (noun) the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future | - |
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| (noun) an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age | - |
| futurist | (noun) someone who predicts the future | Synonyms: fantast |
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| (noun) a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future | - |
| futuristics | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futurology |
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| futurity | (noun) the quality of being in or of the future | - |
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| (noun) the time yet to come | Synonyms: future, hereafter, time to come |
| futurology | (noun) the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions | Synonyms: futuristics |
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| fuze | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fuse, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming |
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| fuzee | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fuse, fusee, fuze, primer, priming |
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| (noun) a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind | Synonyms: fusee |
| (noun) a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains | Synonyms: fusee |
| fuzz | (noun) the first beard of an adolescent boy | - |
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| (noun) a hazy or indistinct representation | Synonyms: blur |
| (noun) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman | Synonyms: bull, cop, copper, pig |
| (noun) filamentous hairlike growth on a plant | Synonyms: hair, tomentum |
| fuzziness | (noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | Synonyms: blurriness, fogginess, indistinctness, softness |
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