| affusion | (noun) the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head | - |
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| circumfuse | (verb) spread something around something | - |
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| confusable | (adjective) so similar as to be easily identified for another thing | Synonyms: mistakable |
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| confuse | (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, obnubilate, obscure |
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| (verb) mistake one thing for another | Synonyms: confound |
| (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
| (verb) assemble without order or sense | Synonyms: jumble, mix up |
| (verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: disconcert, flurry, put off |
| confused | (adjective) mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently | - |
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| (adjective) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion | Synonyms: broken, disordered, upset |
| (adjective) lacking orderly continuity | Synonyms: disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected |
| (adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | Synonyms: at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, lost, mazed, mixed-up |
| (adjective) having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity | Synonyms: disoriented, lost |
| confusedly | (adverb) in a confused manner | - |
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| confusedness | (noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior | Synonyms: confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness |
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| confusing | (adjective) causing confusion or disorientation | - |
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| (adjective) lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | Synonyms: perplexing, puzzling |
| confusingly | (adverb) in a bewildering and confusing manner | Synonyms: bewilderingly |
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| confusion | (noun) a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another | Synonyms: mix-up |
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| (noun) an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended | - |
| (noun) a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior | Synonyms: confusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness |
| (noun) a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused | Synonyms: discombobulation |
| (noun) disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably | - |
| defuse | (verb) remove the triggering device from | - |
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| defusing | (noun) the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb) | Synonyms: deactivation |
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| diffuse | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffused, soft |
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| (adjective) spread out; not concentrated in one place | - |
| (adjective) lacking conciseness | - |
| (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
| (verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle |
| (verb) move outward | Synonyms: fan out, spread, spread out |
| diffused | (adjective) (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected | Synonyms: diffuse, soft |
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| (adjective) (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material | - |
| diffusely | (adverb) in a diffuse manner | - |
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| diffuseness | (noun) the spatial property of being spread out over a wide area or through a large volume | - |
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| diffuser | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
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| (noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffusor |
| diffusing | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusive, dispersive, disseminative |
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| diffusion | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: dispersal, dispersion, dissemination |
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| (noun) the property of being diffused or dispersed | Synonyms: dissemination |
| (noun) the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another | - |
| (noun) (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration | - |
| diffusive | (adjective) spreading by diffusion | Synonyms: diffusing, dispersive, disseminative |
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| diffusor | (noun) optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly | Synonyms: diffuser |
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| (noun) baffle that distributes sound waves evenly | Synonyms: diffuser |
| doofus | (noun) a stupid incompetent person | Synonyms: dimwit, half-wit, nitwit |
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| effuse | (verb) give out or emit (also metaphorically) | - |
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| (verb) flow or spill forth | Synonyms: flow out |
| (verb) pour out liberally | Synonyms: pour out |
| effusion | (noun) flow under pressure | - |
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| (noun) an unrestrained expression of emotion | Synonyms: blowup, ebullition, gush, outburst |
| effusive | (adjective) extravagantly demonstrative | Synonyms: gushing, gushy |
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| (adjective) uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm | Synonyms: burbling, burbly, gushing |
| effusively | (adverb) in an effusive manner | - |
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| effusiveness | (noun) a friendly open trait of a talkative person | Synonyms: expansiveness, expansivity |
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| fusain | (noun) a stick of black carbon material used for drawing | Synonyms: charcoal |
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| fuscous | (adjective) of something having a dusky brownish grey color | Synonyms: taupe |
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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 |
| (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, immix, meld, merge, mix |
| (verb) make liquid or plastic by heating | - |
| (verb) become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat | - |
| (verb) equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse | - |
| fused | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated |
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| 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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| fusible | (adjective) capable of being melted and fused | - |
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| fusiform | (adjective) tapering at each end | Synonyms: cigar-shaped, spindle-shaped |
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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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| (verb) attack with fusillade | - |
| 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 |
| (verb) worry unnecessarily or excessively | Synonyms: fret, niggle |
| (verb) care for like a mother | Synonyms: mother, overprotect |
| fussily | (adverb) in a fussy manner | - |
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| 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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| fussy | (adjective) overcrowded or cluttered with detail | Synonyms: busy |
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| (adjective) annoyed and irritable | Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered |
| (adjective) exacting especially about details | Synonyms: finical, finicky, particular, picky |
| 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 |
| fustigate | (verb) strike with a cudgel | Synonyms: cudgel |
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| fusty | (adjective) old-fashioned and out of date | Synonyms: nonprogressive, standpat, unprogressive |
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| (adjective) stale and unclean smelling | Synonyms: frowsty, musty |
| 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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| obfuscate | (verb) make obscure or unclear | - |
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| obfuscation | (noun) the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered | Synonyms: mystification |
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| (noun) darkening or obscuring the sight of something | - |
| (noun) confusion resulting from failure to understand | Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, puzzlement |
| perfuse | (verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across | Synonyms: suffuse |
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| (verb) force a fluid through (a body part or tissue) | - |
| perfusion | (noun) pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels) | - |
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| profuse | (adjective) produced or growing in extreme abundance | Synonyms: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, riotous |
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| profusely | (adverb) in an abundant manner | Synonyms: abundantly, copiously, extravagantly |
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| profuseness | (noun) the property of being extremely abundant | Synonyms: cornucopia, profusion, richness |
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| profusion | (noun) the property of being extremely abundant | Synonyms: cornucopia, profuseness, richness |
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| refusal | (noun) a message refusing to accept something that is offered | - |
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| (noun) the act of refusing | - |
| refuse | (noun) food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) | Synonyms: food waste, garbage, scraps |
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| (verb) show unwillingness towards | Synonyms: decline |
| (verb) not accept as true | Synonyms: decline, pass up, reject, turn down |
| (verb) refuse to let have | Synonyms: deny |
| (verb) refuse entrance or membership | Synonyms: reject, turn away, turn down |
| (verb) elude, especially in a baffling way | Synonyms: defy, resist |
| (verb) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ | Synonyms: reject, resist |
| subfusc | (adjective) devoid of brightness or appeal | - |
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| suffuse | (verb) to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light | - |
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| (verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across | Synonyms: perfuse |
| suffusion | (noun) the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance | Synonyms: permeation, pervasion |
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| suffusive | (adjective) spreading through | - |
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| transfuse | (verb) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin | Synonyms: cup |
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| (verb) give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to | - |
| (verb) pour out of one vessel into another | - |
| (verb) impart gradually | Synonyms: instill |
| transfusion | (noun) the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery | Synonyms: blood transfusion |
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| (noun) the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another | - |
| unconfused | (adjective) not perplexed by conflicting situations or statements | Synonyms: unbaffled |
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