fair | (adjective) (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines | - |
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(adjective) free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules | Synonyms: just |
(adjective) very pleasing to the eye | Synonyms: bonnie, bonny, comely, sightly |
(adjective) (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored | Synonyms: fairish |
(adjective) free of clouds or rain | - |
(adjective) gained or earned without cheating or stealing | Synonyms: honest |
(adjective) attractively feminine | - |
(adjective) (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections | Synonyms: clean |
(adjective) not excessive or extreme | Synonyms: fairish, reasonable |
(adjective) lacking exceptional quality or ability | Synonyms: average, mediocre, middling |
(noun) a sale of miscellany; often for charity | Synonyms: bazaar |
(noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: carnival, funfair |
(noun) a competitive exhibition of farm products | - |
(noun) gathering of producers to promote business | - |
(adverb) without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner | Synonyms: evenhandedly, fairly |
(adverb) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating | Synonyms: clean, fairly |
(verb) join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly | - |
fairground | (noun) an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses | - |
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fairish | (adjective) (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored | Synonyms: fair |
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(adjective) not excessive or extreme | Synonyms: fair, reasonable |
fairlead | (noun) a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing | - |
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fairly | (adverb) without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner | Synonyms: evenhandedly, fair |
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(adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat |
(adverb) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating | Synonyms: clean, fair |
fairness | (noun) conformity with rules or standards | Synonyms: equity |
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(noun) the property of having a naturally light complexion | Synonyms: blondness, paleness |
(noun) the quality of being good looking and attractive | Synonyms: beauteousness, comeliness, loveliness |
(noun) ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | Synonyms: candor, candour, fair-mindedness |
fairway | (noun) the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short | - |
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(noun) a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement | - |
(noun) the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters | - |
fairy | (noun) a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers | Synonyms: faerie, faery, fay, sprite |
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(noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
fairyland | (noun) something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) | Synonyms: fantasy world, phantasy world |
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(noun) the enchanted realm of fairies | Synonyms: faerie, faery |
fairytale | (noun) a story about fairies; told to amuse children | Synonyms: fairy story, fairy tale |
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(noun) an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | Synonyms: cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, song and dance |
flair | (noun) distinctive and stylish elegance | Synonyms: dash, elan, panache, style |
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(noun) a natural talent | Synonyms: genius |
(noun) a shape that spreads outward | Synonyms: flare |
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 |
hair | (noun) a filamentous projection or process on an organism | - |
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(noun) cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments | Synonyms: haircloth |
(noun) a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss | - |
(noun) any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal | Synonyms: pilus |
(noun) filamentous hairlike growth on a plant | Synonyms: fuzz, tomentum |
(noun) a very small distance or space | Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker |
hairball | (noun) a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) | Synonyms: hair ball, trichobezoar |
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hairbrush | (noun) a brush used to groom a person's hair | - |
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haircare | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, hairdressing |
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haircloth | (noun) cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments | Synonyms: hair |
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haircut | (noun) the act of cutting the hair | - |
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(noun) the style in which hair has been cut | - |
hairdo | (noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coif, coiffure, hair style, hairstyle |
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hairdresser | (noun) someone who cuts or beautifies hair | Synonyms: hairstylist, styler, stylist |
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hairdressing | (noun) care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | Synonyms: hair care, haircare |
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(noun) a toiletry for the hair | Synonyms: hair grease, hair oil, hair tonic |
haired | (adjective) having or covered with hair | Synonyms: hairy, hirsute |
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hairgrip | (noun) a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place | Synonyms: bobby pin, grip |
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hairiness | (noun) the quality of having hair | Synonyms: pilosity |
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hairless | (adjective) having no hair or fur | - |
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hairlessness | (noun) the quality of not having hair | - |
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(noun) the condition of being void of hair | Synonyms: depilation |
hairlike | (adjective) long and slender with a very small internal diameter | Synonyms: capillary |
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hairline | (noun) the natural margin formed by hair on the head | - |
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(noun) a very thin line | - |
hairnet | (noun) a small net that some women wear over their hair to keep it in place | - |
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hairpiece | (noun) a covering or bunch of human or artificial hair used for disguise or adornment | Synonyms: false hair, postiche |
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hairpin | (noun) a double pronged pin used to hold women's hair in place | - |
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hairsbreadth | (noun) a very small distance or space | Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hair, whisker |
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hairsplitter | (noun) a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions | - |
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hairsplitting | (adjective) developed in excessively fine detail | Synonyms: finespun |
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(noun) making too fine distinctions of little importance | Synonyms: word-splitting |
hairspring | (noun) a fine spiral spring that regulates the movement of the balance wheel in a timepiece | - |
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hairstreak | (noun) small butterflies having striped markings under the wings | Synonyms: hairstreak butterfly |
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hairstyle | (noun) the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) | Synonyms: coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo |
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hairstylist | (noun) someone who cuts or beautifies hair | Synonyms: hairdresser, styler, stylist |
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hairtail | (noun) long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel | Synonyms: cutlassfish, frost fish |
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hairweaving | (noun) the act of interweaving a hairpiece with your own hair | - |
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hairy | (adjective) having or covered with hair | Synonyms: haired, hirsute |
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(adjective) hazardous and frightening | - |
highchair | (noun) a chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray | Synonyms: feeding chair |
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horsehair | (noun) a fabric made from fibers taken from the mane or tail of horses; used for upholstery | - |
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(noun) hair taken from the mane or tail of a horse | - |
impair | (verb) make worse or less effective | - |
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(verb) make imperfect | Synonyms: deflower, mar, spoil, vitiate |
impaired | (adjective) diminished in strength, quality, or utility | - |
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(adjective) mentally or physically unfit | Synonyms: afflicted |
impairer | (noun) an agent that impairs | - |
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impairment | (noun) damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality | - |
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(noun) the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) | Synonyms: constipation, deadening, stultification |
(noun) the occurrence of a change for the worse | Synonyms: damage, harm |
(noun) the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness | Synonyms: disability, disablement, handicap |
(noun) a symptom of reduced quality or strength | Synonyms: deterioration |
lair | (noun) the habitation of wild animals | Synonyms: den |
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laird | (noun) a landowner | - |
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legionnaire | (noun) a soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion) | Synonyms: legionary |
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luminaire | (noun) an electrical device used to create artificial light by use of an electric lamp; all light fixtures have a fixture body and a light socket to hold the lamp and allow for its replacement | Synonyms: light fitting, light fixture |
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maidenhair | (noun) any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds | Synonyms: maidenhair fern |
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midair | (noun) some point in the air; above ground level | - |
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millionaire | (noun) a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars | - |
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millionairess | (noun) a woman millionaire | - |
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mohair | (noun) fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat | - |
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naira | (noun) the basic unit of money in Nigeria | - |
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nonhairy | (adjective) without hair | - |
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pair | (noun) two people considered as a unit | - |
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(noun) a set of two similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: brace |
(noun) a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value | - |
(noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, span, twain, twosome, yoke |
(verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: copulate, couple, mate |
(verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: couple, match, mate, twin |
(verb) arrange in pairs | Synonyms: geminate |
(verb) occur in pairs | Synonyms: geminate |
(verb) form a pair or pairs | Synonyms: couple, pair off, partner off |
paired | (adjective) of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem | Synonyms: opposite |
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(adjective) occurring in pairs or as a pair | Synonyms: mated |
(adjective) matched for breeding | - |
pairing | (noun) the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes | Synonyms: conjugation, coupling, mating, sexual union, union |
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(noun) the act of grouping things or people in pairs | - |
prairie | (noun) a treeless grassy plain | - |
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pushchair | (noun) a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around | Synonyms: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pusher, stroller |
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questionnaire | (noun) a form containing a set of questions; submitted to people to gain statistical information | - |
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repair | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation |
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(noun) a frequently visited place | Synonyms: hangout, haunt, resort, stamping ground |
(noun) a formal way of referring to the condition of something | - |
(verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, revive, revivify, vivify |
(verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | Synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, restore, touch on |
(verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: amend, rectify, remediate, remedy |
(verb) move, travel, or proceed toward some place | Synonyms: resort |
(verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: compensate, indemnify, recompense |
repairer | (noun) a skilled worker who mends or repairs things | Synonyms: fixer, mender |
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repairman | (noun) a skilled worker whose job is to repair things | Synonyms: maintenance man, service man |
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secretaire | (noun) a desk used for writing | Synonyms: escritoire, secretary, writing table |
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solitaire | (noun) a card game played by one person | Synonyms: patience |
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(noun) a dull grey North American thrush noted for its beautiful song | - |
(noun) extinct flightless bird related to the dodo | Synonyms: Pezophaps solitaria |
(noun) a gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself | - |
stair | (noun) support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway | Synonyms: step |
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staircase | (noun) a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | Synonyms: stairway |
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stairhead | (noun) platform at the top of a staircase | - |
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stairs | (noun) a flight of stairs or a flight of steps | Synonyms: steps |
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stairway | (noun) a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | Synonyms: staircase |
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stairwell | (noun) a vertical well around which there is a stairway | - |
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taira | (noun) long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America | Synonyms: Eira barbara, tayra |
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unaired | (adjective) lacking fresh air | Synonyms: airless, close, stuffy |
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unairworthy | (adjective) not fit to fly | - |
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unfair | (adjective) not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception | Synonyms: unjust |
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unfairly | (adverb) in an unfair manner | Synonyms: below the belt |
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unfairness | (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: iniquity, injustice, shabbiness |
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(noun) injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards | Synonyms: inequity |
(noun) partiality that is not fair or equitable | - |
unimpaired | (adjective) not damaged or diminished in any respect | - |
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unpaired | (adjective) of the remaining member of a pair | Synonyms: odd, unmatched, unmated |
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unrepaired | (adjective) unserviceable because necessary repairs have not been made | - |
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upstair | (adjective) on or of upper floors of a building | Synonyms: upstairs |
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upstairs | (adjective) on or of upper floors of a building | Synonyms: upstair |
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(noun) the part of a building above the ground floor | - |
(adverb) on a floor above | Synonyms: on a higher floor, up the stairs |
(adverb) with respect to the mind | - |
wheelchair | (noun) a movable chair mounted on large wheels; for invalids or those who cannot walk; frequently propelled by the occupant | - |
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wirehair | (noun) a terrier with wiry hair | Synonyms: wire-haired terrier, wirehaired terrier |
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zaire | (noun) the basic unit of money in Zaire | - |
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