fieriness | (noun) the heat or the color of fire | Synonyms: red heat |
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(noun) a passionate and quick-tempered nature | - |
fiery | (adjective) like or suggestive of fire | Synonyms: igneous |
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(adjective) passionate or quick-tempered | Synonyms: flaming |
(adjective) characterized by intense emotion | Synonyms: ardent, fervent, fervid, impassioned, perfervid, torrid |
fiesta | (noun) an elaborate party (often outdoors) | Synonyms: feast, fete |
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fifties | (noun) the time of life between 50 and 60 | Synonyms: mid-fifties |
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(noun) the decade from 1950 to 1959 | Synonyms: 1950s |
fiftieth | (adjective) the ordinal number of fifty in counting order | Synonyms: 50th |
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(noun) position 50 in a countable series of things | - |
financier | (noun) a person skilled in large scale financial transactions | Synonyms: moneyman |
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(verb) conduct financial operations | - |
flier | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
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(noun) someone who travels by air | Synonyms: flyer |
(noun) someone who operates an aircraft | Synonyms: aeronaut, aviator, flyer |
flies | (noun) (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains) | - |
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floozie | (noun) a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | Synonyms: floozy, hooker, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker |
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folie | (noun) (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness | Synonyms: disturbance, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder |
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follies | (noun) a revue with elaborate costuming | - |
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foodie | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, gastronome, gourmet |
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forestiera | (noun) any plant of the genus Forestiera | - |
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formalities | (noun) a requirement of etiquette or custom | Synonyms: formality |
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forties | (noun) the time of life between 40 and 50 | Synonyms: mid-forties |
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(noun) the decade from 1940 to 1949 | Synonyms: 1940s |
fortieth | (adjective) the ordinal number of forty in counting order | Synonyms: 40th |
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(noun) position 40 in a countable series of things | - |
fortified | (adjective) secured with bastions or fortifications | Synonyms: bastioned |
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(adjective) having something added to increase the strength | - |
freebie | (noun) something that is free (usually provided as part of a promotional scheme) | Synonyms: freebee |
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frenzied | (adjective) excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion | Synonyms: frantic, frenetic, phrenetic |
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(adjective) affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason | Synonyms: manic |
frenziedly | (adverb) in a frenzied manner | Synonyms: hectically |
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fried | (adjective) cooked by frying in fat | Synonyms: deep-fried |
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friedcake | (noun) small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat | - |
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friend | (noun) a person you know well and regard with affection and trust | - |
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(noun) a person with whom you are acquainted | Synonyms: acquaintance |
(noun) an associate who provides cooperation or assistance | Synonyms: ally |
(noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter |
friendless | (adjective) excluded from a society | Synonyms: outcast |
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friendlessness | (noun) being without friends | - |
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friendliness | (noun) a friendly disposition | - |
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(noun) a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company | - |
friendly | (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a friend | - |
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(adjective) of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally | - |
(adjective) easy to understand or use | - |
(adjective) inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile | Synonyms: well-disposed, well disposed |
(noun) troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces | - |
friendship | (noun) the state of being friends (or friendly) | Synonyms: friendly relationship |
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friendzone | (verb) To treat as a friend although the other party has romantic feelings | - |
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frier | (noun) A kitchen appliance for deep frying; its size depends on intended use. | Synonyms: deep fat fryer, deep fryer, fryer, fryolator |
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(noun) flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying | Synonyms: fryer, pullet |
fries | (noun) strips of potato fried in deep fat | Synonyms: chips, french-fried potatoes, french fries |
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frieze | (noun) a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap | - |
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(noun) an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice | - |
frontier | (noun) an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development | - |
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(noun) a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country | - |
(noun) an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary | - |
frontiersman | (noun) a man who lives on the frontier | Synonyms: backwoodsman, mountain man |
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frontierswoman | (noun) a woman who lives on the frontier | - |
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frontispiece | (noun) front illustration facing the title page of a book | - |
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(noun) an ornamental facade | - |
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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furrier | (noun) someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments | Synonyms: cloakmaker |
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fusilier | (noun) (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket | - |
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gaiety | (noun) a gay feeling | Synonyms: merriment |
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(noun) a festive merry feeling | Synonyms: playfulness |
garnierite | (noun) a green mineral consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate; a source of nickel | - |
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gasfield | (noun) a region where there is natural gas underground | - |
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gasified | (adjective) converted into a gas or vapor | Synonyms: vaporized, vapourised, volatilised, volatilized |
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gaucherie | (noun) a socially awkward or tactless act | Synonyms: faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism |
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(noun) the quality of being rustic or gauche | Synonyms: rusticity |
gendarmerie | (noun) French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively | Synonyms: gendarmery |
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genie | (noun) (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | Synonyms: djinn, djinni, djinny, jinnee, jinni |
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geordie | (noun) the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | - |
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ghillie | (noun) a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep | Synonyms: gillie |
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gillie | (noun) a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep | Synonyms: ghillie |
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(noun) a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief | - |
girlfriend | (noun) a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved | Synonyms: girl, lady friend |
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(noun) any female friend | - |
glacier | (noun) a slowly moving mass of ice | - |
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glazier | (noun) someone who cuts flat glass to size | Synonyms: glass-cutter, glass cutter, glassworker, glazer |
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glockenspiel | (noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers | Synonyms: orchestral bells |
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glorified | (adjective) accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | Synonyms: canonised, canonized |
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goalie | (noun) the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring | Synonyms: goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper |
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(noun) the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal | Synonyms: goalkeeper, goaltender, netkeeper, netminder |
goldfield | (noun) a district where gold is mined | - |
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goldfields | (noun) small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; often cultivated | Synonyms: Lasthenia chrysostoma |
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gondolier | (noun) a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola | Synonyms: gondoliere |
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gondoliere | (noun) a (Venetian) boatman who propels a gondola | Synonyms: gondolier |
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goonie | (noun) a variety of albatross with black feet | Synonyms: black-footed albatross, Diomedea nigripes, gooney, gooney bird, goony |
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gradient | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | Synonyms: slope |
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(noun) a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension | - |
grainfield | (noun) a field where grain is grown | Synonyms: grain field |
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grandniece | (noun) a daughter of your niece or nephew | Synonyms: great-niece |
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grannie | (noun) the mother of your father or mother | Synonyms: gran, grandma, grandmother, granny, nan, nanna |
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gratified | (adjective) having received what was desired | - |
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grazier | (noun) a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market | - |
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greenbrier | (noun) a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries | Synonyms: briar, brier, bullbrier, catbrier, horse-brier, horse brier, Smilax rotundifolia |
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grenadier | (noun) deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail | Synonyms: rattail, rattail fish |
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(noun) an infantryman equipped with grenades | Synonyms: grenade thrower |
grief | (noun) something that causes great unhappiness | Synonyms: sorrow |
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(noun) intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death) | Synonyms: brokenheartedness, heartache, heartbreak |
grievance | (noun) a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action | - |
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(noun) an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice | - |
(noun) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | Synonyms: grudge, score |
grieve | (verb) feel grief | Synonyms: sorrow |
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(verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: aggrieve |
griever | (noun) a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) | Synonyms: lamenter, mourner, sorrower |
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grieving | (adjective) sorrowful through loss or deprivation | Synonyms: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, mourning, sorrowing |
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grievous | (adjective) causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | Synonyms: dangerous, grave, life-threatening, serious, severe |
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(adjective) shockingly brutal or cruel | Synonyms: atrocious, flagitious, monstrous |
(adjective) of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought | Synonyms: grave, heavy, weighty |
(adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish | Synonyms: heartbreaking, heartrending |
grievously | (adverb) in a grievous manner | - |
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grotesquerie | (noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion | Synonyms: grotesqueness, grotesquery |
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groupie | (noun) an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around) | - |
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gumshield | (noun) (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth | Synonyms: mouthpiece |
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hacienda | (noun) the main house on a ranch or large estate | - |
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(noun) a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries | - |
haematopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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haematopoietic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematogenic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic |
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haemopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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haemopoietic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematogenic, haematopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic |
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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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halberdier | (noun) a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty) | - |
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handkerchief | (noun) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | Synonyms: hankey, hankie, hanky |
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hankie | (noun) a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory | Synonyms: handkerchief, hankey, hanky |
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harried | (adjective) troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances | Synonyms: annoyed, harassed, pestered, vexed |
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harrier | (noun) hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals | - |
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(noun) a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits | - |
(noun) a persistent attacker | Synonyms: harasser |
haulier | (noun) a haulage contractor | Synonyms: hauler |
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hayfield | (noun) a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay | Synonyms: meadow |
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headpiece | (noun) a protective helmet for the head | - |
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(noun) the band that is the part of a bridle that fits around a horse's head | Synonyms: headstall |
healthier | (adjective) improved in health or physical condition | Synonyms: fitter |
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hematopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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hematopoietic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematogenic, haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hemopoietic |
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hemiepiphyte | (noun) a plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life | Synonyms: semiepiphyte |
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hemopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, sanguification |
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hemopoietic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematogenic, haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic |
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hie | (verb) move hurridly | Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it |
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hiemal | (adjective) characteristic of or relating to winter | Synonyms: brumal, hibernal |
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