abound | (verb) be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities | - |
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(verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: bristle, burst |
abounding | (adjective) existing in abundance | Synonyms: galore |
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aboveground | (adjective) on or above the surface of the ground | - |
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abundance | (noun) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply | Synonyms: copiousness, teemingness |
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(noun) (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million | - |
(noun) (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present | - |
abundant | (adjective) present in great quantity | - |
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abundantly | (adverb) in an abundant manner | Synonyms: copiously, extravagantly, profusely |
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aground | (adjective) stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float | - |
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(adverb) with the bottom lodged on the ground | - |
alundum | (noun) a substance made of fused alumina | - |
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around | (adverb) in circumference | - |
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(adverb) in the area or vicinity | Synonyms: about |
(adverb) from beginning to end; throughout | Synonyms: round |
(adverb) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | Synonyms: about, approximately, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some |
(adverb) used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction | Synonyms: about |
(adverb) by a circular or circuitous route | - |
(adverb) in a circle or circular motion | - |
(adverb) all around or on all sides | Synonyms: about |
(adverb) to a particular destination either specified or understood | - |
(adverb) in or to a reversed position or direction | Synonyms: about |
arundinaceous | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling reedlike plants of the genus Arundinaria | - |
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astound | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astonish |
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astounded | (adjective) filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock | Synonyms: amazed, astonied, astonished, stunned |
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astounding | (adjective) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm | Synonyms: astonishing, staggering, stupefying |
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(adjective) bewildering or striking dumb with wonder | Synonyms: dumbfounding, dumfounding |
asunder | (adjective) widely separated especially in space | - |
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(adverb) into parts or pieces | Synonyms: apart |
background | (noun) scenery hung at back of stage | Synonyms: backcloth, backdrop |
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(noun) (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear | Synonyms: desktop, screen background |
(noun) a person's social heritage: previous experience or training | - |
(noun) the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground | Synonyms: ground |
(noun) information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem | Synonyms: background knowledge |
(noun) extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured | Synonyms: background signal |
(noun) relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation | - |
(noun) the state of the environment in which a situation exists | Synonyms: scope, setting |
(verb) understate the importance or quality of | Synonyms: downplay, play down |
backgrounder | (noun) a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy | - |
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backgrounding | (noun) the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system | Synonyms: background processing |
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barramundi | (noun) a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats | Synonyms: Asian seabass, giant perch, giant seaperch, Lates calcarifer, white seabass |
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barunduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baranduki, baronduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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battleground | (noun) a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought | Synonyms: battlefield, field, field of battle, field of honor |
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bedground | (noun) an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night | Synonyms: bed-ground, bed ground |
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belowground | (adjective) underneath the ground | - |
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(adjective) under the level of the ground | Synonyms: underground |
bloodhound | (noun) a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking | Synonyms: sleuthhound |
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blunder | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: bloomer, blooper, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall |
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(verb) utter impulsively | Synonyms: blunder out, blurt, blurt out, ejaculate |
(verb) make one's way clumsily or blindly | Synonyms: fumble |
(verb) commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | Synonyms: boob, drop the ball, goof, sin |
blunderbuss | (noun) a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle | - |
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blunderer | (noun) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | Synonyms: botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler |
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boarhound | (noun) large hound used in hunting wild boars | - |
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bound | (adjective) confined by bonds | - |
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(adjective) secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form | - |
(adjective) held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union | - |
(adjective) confined in the bowels | - |
(adjective) headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students' | Synonyms: destined |
(adjective) bound by an oath | - |
(adjective) covered or wrapped with a bandage | Synonyms: bandaged |
(adjective) bound by contract | Synonyms: apprenticed, articled, indentured |
(adjective) (usually followed by `to') governed by fate | Synonyms: destined |
(noun) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | Synonyms: bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring |
(noun) the greatest possible degree of something | Synonyms: boundary, limit |
(noun) the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something | Synonyms: boundary, bounds |
(noun) a line determining the limits of an area | Synonyms: boundary, edge |
(verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: confine, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel |
(verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
(verb) move forward by leaps and bounds | Synonyms: jump, leap, spring |
(verb) form the boundary of; be contiguous to | Synonyms: border |
boundary | (noun) the greatest possible degree of something | Synonyms: bound, limit |
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(noun) the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something | Synonyms: bound, bounds |
(noun) a line determining the limits of an area | Synonyms: bound, edge |
bounded | (adjective) having the limits or boundaries established | Synonyms: delimited |
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boundedness | (noun) the quality of being finite | Synonyms: finiteness, finitude |
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bounden | (adjective) morally obligatory | - |
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bounder | (noun) someone who is morally reprehensible | Synonyms: blackguard, cad, dog, heel, hound |
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(noun) someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition) | Synonyms: leaper |
bounderish | (adjective) (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace | Synonyms: ill-bred, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish |
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boundless | (adjective) seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent | Synonyms: limitless, unbounded |
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boundlessly | (adverb) without bounds | Synonyms: immeasurably, infinitely |
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boundlessness | (noun) the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit | Synonyms: infiniteness, infinitude, limitlessness, unboundedness |
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bounds | (noun) the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something | Synonyms: bound, boundary |
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brassbound | (adjective) having trim or fittings of brass | - |
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(adjective) inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable | Synonyms: ironclad |
bundle | (noun) a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing | Synonyms: sheaf |
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(noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | Synonyms: package, packet, parcel |
(noun) a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit) | Synonyms: big bucks, big money, megabucks, pile |
(verb) sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed | Synonyms: practice bundling |
(verb) make into a bundle | Synonyms: bundle up, roll up |
(verb) compress into a wad | Synonyms: compact, pack, wad |
(verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster | Synonyms: bunch, clump, cluster |
bundling | (noun) the act of binding something into a bundle | - |
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(noun) the act of shoving hastily | - |
(noun) a onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing | - |
burgundy | (noun) a dark purplish-red to blackish-red color | - |
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burunduki | (noun) terrestrial Siberian squirrel | Synonyms: baranduki, baronduki, barunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus |
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campground | (noun) a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | Synonyms: bivouac, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment |
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carborundum | (noun) an abrasive composed of silicon carbide crystals | - |
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cofounder | (noun) one of a group of founders | - |
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compound | (adjective) composed of more than one part | - |
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(adjective) consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts | - |
(adjective) composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony | Synonyms: colonial |
(noun) an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) | - |
(noun) a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts | - |
(noun) a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes. | Synonyms: compound word |
(noun) (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight | Synonyms: chemical compound |
(verb) put or add together | Synonyms: combine |
(verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: deepen, heighten, intensify |
(verb) combine so as to form a whole; mix | Synonyms: combine |
(verb) create by mixing or combining | - |
(verb) calculate principal and interest | - |
compounded | (adjective) combined into or constituting a chemical compound | - |
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compounding | (noun) the act of combining things to form a new whole | Synonyms: combination, combining |
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confound | (verb) mistake one thing for another | Synonyms: confuse |
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(verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
confounded | (adjective) perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | Synonyms: at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up |
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confoundedly | (adverb) in a perplexed manner | Synonyms: perplexedly |
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confounding | (adjective) that confounds or contradicts or confuses | Synonyms: contradictory |
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conundrum | (noun) a difficult problem | Synonyms: brain-teaser, enigma, riddle |
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coonhound | (noun) any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons | - |
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corundom | (noun) very hard mineral used as an abrasive | Synonyms: corundum |
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corundum | (noun) very hard mineral used as an abrasive | Synonyms: corundom |
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crowdfunding | (noun) Funding from a large number of small backers | - |
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cummerbund | (noun) a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo | - |
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dachshund | (noun) small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows | Synonyms: badger dog, dachsie |
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decompound | (adjective) of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound | - |
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deerhound | (noun) very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland | Synonyms: Scottish deerhound |
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deskbound | (adjective) restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity | Synonyms: desk-bound |
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downbound | (adjective) heading in any direction that is conventionally down | - |
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dumbfound | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
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dumbfounded | (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck |
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dumbfounding | (adjective) bewildering or striking dumb with wonder | Synonyms: astounding, dumfounding |
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dumfounded | (adjective) as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise | Synonyms: dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck |
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dumfounding | (adjective) bewildering or striking dumb with wonder | Synonyms: astounding, dumbfounding |
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dunderhead | (noun) a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead |
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earthbound | (adjective) confined to the earth | - |
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(adjective) lacking wit or imagination | Synonyms: pedestrian, prosaic, prosy |
eastbound | (adjective) moving toward the east | Synonyms: eastward |
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elkhound | (noun) breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk | Synonyms: Norwegian elkhound |
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expound | (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, flesh out, lucubrate |
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(verb) state | Synonyms: exposit, set forth |
expounder | (noun) a person who explains | Synonyms: expositor |
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expounding | (noun) a systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic | Synonyms: exposition |
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fairground | (noun) an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses | - |
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fecund | (adjective) capable of producing offspring or vegetation | - |
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(adjective) intellectually productive | Synonyms: fertile, prolific |
fecundate | (verb) introduce semen into (a female) | Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize, inseminate |
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(verb) make fertile or productive | Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize |
fecundation | (noun) creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant | Synonyms: fertilisation, fertilization, impregnation |
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(noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: dressing, fertilisation, fertilization |
fecundity | (noun) the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth | Synonyms: fruitfulness |
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(noun) the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination | Synonyms: fruitfulness |
(noun) the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring | Synonyms: fertility |
flounder | (noun) any of various European and non-European marine flatfish | - |
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(noun) flesh of any of various American and European flatfish | - |
(verb) walk with great difficulty | Synonyms: stagger |
(verb) behave awkwardly; have difficulties | - |
fogbound | (adjective) enveloped in fog | - |
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foreground | (noun) (computer science) a window for an active application | - |
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(noun) the part of a scene that is near the viewer | - |
(verb) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent | Synonyms: highlight, play up, spotlight |
foregrounding | (noun) the execution of a program that preempts the use of the processing system | Synonyms: foreground processing |
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found | (adjective) come upon unexpectedly or after searching | - |
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(noun) food and lodging provided in addition to money | - |
(verb) use as a basis for; found on | Synonyms: base, establish, ground |
(verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: constitute, establish, institute, plant |
(verb) set up or found | Synonyms: establish, launch, set up |
foundation | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, founding, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination |
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(noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
(noun) a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body | Synonyms: foundation garment |
(noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: base, basis, cornerstone, fundament, groundwork |
(noun) education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge | Synonyms: grounding |
(noun) an institution supported by an endowment | - |
(noun) the basis on which something is grounded | - |
founder | (noun) a person who founds or establishes some institution | Synonyms: beginner, father, founding father |
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(noun) a worker who makes metal castings | - |
(noun) inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse | Synonyms: laminitis |
(verb) break down, literally or metaphorically | Synonyms: break, cave in, collapse, fall in, give, give way |
(verb) sink below the surface | - |
(verb) stumble and nearly fall | - |
(verb) fail utterly; collapse | Synonyms: fall flat, fall through, flop |
foundering | (noun) (of a ship) sinking | Synonyms: going under |
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founding | (noun) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new | Synonyms: creation, foundation, initiation, innovation, instauration, institution, introduction, origination |
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foundling | (noun) a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown | Synonyms: abandoned infant |
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foundress | (noun) a woman founder | - |
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foundry | (noun) factory where metal castings are produced | Synonyms: metalworks |
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foxhound | (noun) medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes | - |
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fund | (noun) a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies | Synonyms: investment company, investment firm, investment trust |
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(noun) a reserve of money set aside for some purpose | Synonyms: monetary fund |
(noun) a supply of something available for future use | Synonyms: stock, store |
(verb) furnish money for | - |
(verb) place or store up in a fund for accumulation | - |
(verb) convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds | - |
(verb) accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability | - |
(verb) invest money in government securities | - |
(verb) provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest | - |
fundament | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
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(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
(noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, groundwork |
fundamental | (adjective) being or involving basic facts or principles | Synonyms: rudimentary, underlying |
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(adjective) serving as an essential component | Synonyms: cardinal, central, key, primal |
(adjective) far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something | Synonyms: profound |
(noun) the lowest tone of a harmonic series | Synonyms: first harmonic, fundamental frequency |
(noun) any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business | - |
fundamentalism | (noun) a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth | - |
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(noun) the strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc. | - |
fundamentalist | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents | Synonyms: fundamentalistic |
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(adjective) of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism | Synonyms: fundamentalistic |
(noun) a supporter of fundamentalism | - |
(noun) an adherent of fundamentalist principles | - |
fundamentalistic | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents | Synonyms: fundamentalist |
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(adjective) of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism | Synonyms: fundamentalist |