futilely | (adverb) in a futile and unproductive manner | - |
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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 | (adjective) yet to be or coming | - |
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(adjective) a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened | - |
(adjective) (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving | Synonyms: next, succeeding |
(adjective) effective in or looking toward the future | - |
(noun) bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date | - |
(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 |
futureless | (adjective) having no prospect or hope of a future | - |
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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 | (adjective) of or relating to futurism | Synonyms: futuristic |
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(noun) someone who predicts the future | Synonyms: fantast |
(noun) a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) will be fulfilled in the future | - |
futuristic | (adjective) of or relating to futurism | Synonyms: futurist |
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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 |
fuzzed | (adjective) covering with fine light hairs | Synonyms: fuzzy |
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fuzziness | (noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | Synonyms: blurriness, fogginess, indistinctness, softness |
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fuzzy | (adjective) covering with fine light hairs | Synonyms: fuzzed |
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(adjective) confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out | - |
(adjective) indistinct or hazy in outline | Synonyms: bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, hazy, muzzy |
gainful | (adjective) yielding a fair profit | Synonyms: paid, paying |
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gainfully | (adverb) in a gainful way | - |
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gainfulness | (noun) the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit | Synonyms: lucrativeness, profitability, profitableness |
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gladfulness | (noun) experiencing joy and pleasure | Synonyms: gladness, gladsomeness |
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glassful | (noun) the quantity a glass will hold | Synonyms: glass |
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gleeful | (adjective) full of high-spirited delight | Synonyms: elated, joyful, jubilant |
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gleefully | (adverb) in a joyous and gleeful manner | Synonyms: joyfully, joyously |
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gleefulness | (noun) great merriment | Synonyms: glee, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness |
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gloomful | (adjective) depressingly dark | Synonyms: glooming, gloomy, sulky |
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graceful | (adjective) characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution | - |
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(adjective) suggesting taste, ease, and wealth | Synonyms: elegant, refined |
gracefully | (adverb) in a graceful manner | - |
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(adverb) in a gracious or graceful manner | Synonyms: graciously |
gracefulness | (noun) beautiful carriage | - |
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grateful | (adjective) feeling or showing gratitude | Synonyms: thankful |
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(adjective) affording comfort or pleasure | - |
gratefully | (adverb) in a thankful manner; with thanks | Synonyms: thankfully |
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(adverb) with appreciation; in a grateful manner | Synonyms: appreciatively |
gratefulness | (noun) warm friendly feelings of gratitude | Synonyms: appreciativeness, thankfulness |
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griseofulvin | (noun) a kind of penicillin (a fungicidal antibiotic with the trade name Fulvicin) produced by molds of the genus Penicillium | Synonyms: Fulvicin |
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guileful | (adjective) marked by skill in deception | Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily |
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handful | (noun) the quantity that can be held in the hand | Synonyms: fistful |
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(noun) a small number or amount | Synonyms: smattering |
harmful | (adjective) causing or capable of causing harm | - |
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harmfully | (adverb) in a detrimental manner | Synonyms: detrimentally, noxiously |
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harmfulness | (noun) destructiveness that causes harm or injury | Synonyms: injuriousness |
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(noun) the quality of being noxious | Synonyms: noisomeness, noxiousness |
hateful | (adjective) evoking or deserving hatred | - |
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(adjective) characterized by malice | Synonyms: mean |
hatefully | (adverb) in a hateful manner | - |
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hatefulness | (noun) the quality of being hateful | Synonyms: objectionableness, obnoxiousness |
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hatful | (noun) as many or as much as a hat will hold | - |
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(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
headful | (noun) a covering over the surface of your head | - |
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(noun) the quantity of information that a head will hold | - |
healthful | (adjective) conducive to good health of body or mind | - |
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(adjective) free from filth and pathogens | Synonyms: sanitary |
healthfulness | (noun) the quality of promoting good health | - |
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hedgefund | (noun) a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging | Synonyms: hedge fund |
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heedful | (adjective) taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention | Synonyms: attentive, paying attention, thoughtful |
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(adjective) giving attention | Synonyms: advertent |
(adjective) cautiously attentive | Synonyms: careful |
heedfully | (adverb) in a careful deliberate manner | Synonyms: advertently, mindfully |
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heedfulness | (noun) the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities | Synonyms: mindfulness |
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helpful | (adjective) providing assistance or serving a useful function | - |
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helpfully | (adverb) in a helpful manner | - |
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helpfulness | (noun) the property of providing useful assistance | - |
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(noun) friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition | Synonyms: kindliness |
hopeful | (adjective) having or manifesting hope | - |
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(adjective) likely to turn out well in the future | Synonyms: bright, promising |
(noun) an ambitious and aspiring young person | Synonyms: aspirant, aspirer, wannabe, wannabee |
hopefully | (adverb) with hope; in a hopeful manner | - |
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(adverb) it is hoped | - |
hopefulness | (noun) the feeling you have when you have hope | - |
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(noun) full of hope | - |
houseful | (noun) as many as a house will accommodate | - |
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hurtful | (adjective) harmful to living things | Synonyms: deleterious, injurious |
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(adjective) causing hurt | - |
ianfu | (noun) a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II | Synonyms: comfort woman |
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infundibulum | (noun) any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk) | - |
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infuriate | (verb) make furious | Synonyms: exasperate, incense |
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infuriated | (adjective) marked by extreme anger | Synonyms: angered, enraged, furious, maddened |
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infuriating | (adjective) extremely annoying or displeasing | Synonyms: exasperating, maddening, vexing |
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infuriation | (noun) a feeling of intense anger and impatience | Synonyms: enragement |
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infuscate | (verb) darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings | - |
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infuse | (verb) introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes | - |
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(verb) let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse | Synonyms: steep |
(verb) fill, as with a certain quality | Synonyms: impregnate, instill, tincture |
(verb) undergo the process of infusion | - |
(verb) teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions | Synonyms: inculcate, instill |
infusion | (noun) (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force) | - |
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(noun) the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality | - |
(noun) the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water) | - |
(noun) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) | Synonyms: extract |
infusorian | (noun) any member of the subclass Infusoria | - |
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insectifuge | (noun) a chemical substance that repels insects | Synonyms: insect repellant, insect repellent |
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insightful | (adjective) exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception | - |
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insightfulness | (noun) shrewdness shown by keen insight | Synonyms: acumen |
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ireful | (adjective) feeling or showing extreme anger | Synonyms: irate |
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irrefutable | (adjective) impossible to deny or disprove | Synonyms: incontrovertible, positive |
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jarful | (noun) the quantity contained in a jar | Synonyms: jar |
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joyful | (adjective) full of or producing joy | - |
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(adjective) full of high-spirited delight | Synonyms: elated, gleeful, jubilant |
joyfully | (adverb) in a joyous and gleeful manner | Synonyms: gleefully, joyously |
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joyfulness | (noun) the emotion of great happiness | Synonyms: joy, joyousness |
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jugful | (noun) the quantity contained in a jug | Synonyms: jug |
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kegful | (noun) the quantity contained in a keg | Synonyms: keg |
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kerfuffle | (noun) a disorderly outburst or tumult | Synonyms: commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, to-do |
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kettleful | (noun) the quantity a kettle will hold | Synonyms: kettle |
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lactifuge | (noun) any agent that reduces milk secretion (as given to a woman who is not breast feeding) | - |
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lapful | (noun) the quantity that can be held in the lap | - |
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lawful | (adjective) conformable to or allowed by law | - |
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(adjective) authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law | Synonyms: legitimate, licit |
(adjective) having a legally established claim | Synonyms: rightful, true |
(adjective) according to custom or rule or natural law | Synonyms: rule-governed |
lawfully | (adverb) by law; conforming to the law | Synonyms: de jure, legally |
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(adverb) in a manner acceptable to common custom | Synonyms: legitimately, licitly |
lawfulness | (noun) the quality of conforming to law | - |
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lucifugal | (adjective) light-avoiding | Synonyms: lucifugous |
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lucifugous | (adjective) light-avoiding | Synonyms: lucifugal |
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lustful | (adjective) vigorously passionate | Synonyms: concupiscent, lusty |
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(adjective) characterized by lust | Synonyms: lubricious, prurient, salacious |
(adjective) driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires | Synonyms: lascivious, lewd, libidinous |
lustfully | (adverb) in a lustful manner | - |
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lustfulness | (noun) a strong sexual desire | Synonyms: lecherousness, lust |
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malfunction | (noun) a failure to function normally | - |
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(verb) fail to function or function improperly | Synonyms: misfunction |
malfunctioning | (adjective) not performing or able to perform its regular function | Synonyms: nonfunctional |
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manful | (adjective) possessing qualities befitting a man | Synonyms: manlike, manly |
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(adjective) characteristic of a man | Synonyms: male, manlike, manly, virile |
manfully | (adverb) in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man | Synonyms: manly |
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manfulness | (noun) the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male | Synonyms: manliness, virility |
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masterful | (adjective) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | Synonyms: consummate, masterly, virtuoso |
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masterfully | (adverb) in a skillfully masterful manner; with the skill of a master | - |
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meaningful | (adjective) having a meaning or purpose | - |
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meaningfully | (adverb) in a meaningful manner; so as to be meaningful | - |
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meaningfulness | (noun) the quality of having great value or significance | - |
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