findom | (noun) pejorative term for when a man gives money to a woman | - |
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(noun) a fetish where the submissive is forced to give money to a dominant | - |
fine | (adjective) of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles | - |
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(adjective) characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment | - |
(adjective) minutely precise especially in differences in meaning | - |
(adjective) free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity | - |
(adjective) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition | Synonyms: all right, cool, hunky-dory, o.k., ok, okay |
(adjective) thin in thickness or diameter | - |
(noun) money extracted as a penalty | Synonyms: amercement, mulct |
(adverb) an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence | Synonyms: all right, alright, OK, very well |
(adverb) in a delicate manner | Synonyms: delicately, exquisitely, finely |
(verb) impose a fine on | Synonyms: mulct |
(verb) record a fine as a penalty in a police record | Synonyms: ticket |
fineable | (adjective) liable to a fine | Synonyms: finable |
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finedraw | (verb) sew together very finely | - |
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fineliner | (noun) A felt-tip pen with a thin tip that produces thin lines. | Synonyms: fineliner pen |
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finely | (adverb) in a delicate manner | Synonyms: delicately, exquisitely, fine |
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(adverb) in an elegant manner | - |
(adverb) in tiny pieces | - |
fineness | (noun) the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance | Synonyms: daintiness, delicacy |
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(noun) the property of being very narrow or thin | Synonyms: thinness |
(noun) having a very fine texture | Synonyms: powderiness |
(noun) the quality of being very good indeed | Synonyms: choiceness |
finer | (adjective) (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence | - |
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finery | (noun) elaborate or showy attire and accessories | - |
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finespun | (adjective) developed in excessively fine detail | Synonyms: hairsplitting |
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(adjective) developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety | Synonyms: delicate |
finesse | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness |
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finger | (noun) one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb | - |
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(noun) any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb) | - |
(noun) the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure | Synonyms: digit, finger's breadth, fingerbreadth |
(verb) indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments | - |
(verb) feel or handle with the fingers | Synonyms: thumb |
(verb) search for on the computer | - |
(verb) examine by touch | Synonyms: feel |
fingerboard | (noun) a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers | - |
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(noun) a bank of keys on a musical instrument | Synonyms: clavier, piano keyboard |
(noun) a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger | Synonyms: fingerpost |
fingerbreadth | (noun) the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure | Synonyms: digit, finger's breadth, finger |
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fingered | (adjective) having or resembling a finger or fingers; often used in combination | - |
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fingerflower | (noun) tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock | Synonyms: common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerroot |
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fingering | (noun) touching something with the fingers | - |
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(noun) the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument | - |
fingerless | (adjective) not having or having lost fingers | - |
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fingerlike | (adjective) resembling a finger | Synonyms: digitate |
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fingerling | (noun) a young or small fish | - |
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fingermark | (noun) a smudge made by a (dirty) finger | Synonyms: fingerprint |
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fingernail | (noun) the nail at the end of a finger | - |
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fingerpaint | (noun) paint that has the consistency of jelly | Synonyms: finger paint |
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fingerpointing | (noun) the imputation of blame | Synonyms: finger-pointing |
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fingerpost | (noun) a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger | Synonyms: fingerboard |
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fingerprint | (noun) a smudge made by a (dirty) finger | Synonyms: fingermark |
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(noun) a generic term for any identifying characteristic | - |
(noun) a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations | - |
(verb) take an impression of a person's fingerprints | - |
fingerprinting | (noun) the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification | - |
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fingerroot | (noun) tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock | Synonyms: common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerflower |
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fingerspell | (verb) communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language | Synonyms: finger-spell |
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fingerspelling | (noun) an alphabet of manual signs | Synonyms: finger spelling |
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fingerstall | (noun) a sheath worn to protect a finger | Synonyms: cot |
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fingertip | (noun) the end (tip) of a finger | - |
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finial | (noun) an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis | - |
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finical | (adjective) exacting especially about details | Synonyms: finicky, fussy, particular, picky |
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finicky | (adjective) exacting especially about details | Synonyms: finical, fussy, particular, picky |
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finis | (noun) the concluding part of any performance | Synonyms: close, closing curtain, finale |
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(noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: close, conclusion, finale, finish, last, stopping point |
finish | (noun) the act of finishing | Synonyms: finishing |
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(noun) a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) | Synonyms: coating, finishing |
(noun) (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed) | - |
(noun) designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race) | - |
(noun) the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict) | - |
(noun) event whose occurrence ends something | Synonyms: conclusion, ending |
(noun) the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey) | Synonyms: destination, goal |
(noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, culture, polish, refinement |
(noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: close, conclusion, finale, finis, last, stopping point |
(verb) finally be or do something | Synonyms: end up, fetch up, finish up, land up, wind up |
(verb) come or bring to a finish or an end | Synonyms: complete |
(verb) cause to finish a relationship with somebody | - |
(verb) finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table | Synonyms: eat up, polish off |
(verb) provide with a finish | - |
(verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | Synonyms: cease, end, stop, terminate |
finished | (adjective) ended or brought to an end | - |
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(adjective) (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state | - |
(adjective) brought to ruin | Synonyms: ruined |
(adjective) having a surface coating or finish applied | - |
(adjective) (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected | - |
finisher | (noun) an animal that wins in a contest of speed | - |
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(noun) a race car that finishes a race | - |
(noun) a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process | - |
(noun) a painter who applies a finishing coat | - |
(noun) (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game | Synonyms: closer |
(noun) a racing driver who finishes a race | - |
finishing | (noun) the act of finishing | Synonyms: finish |
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(noun) a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) | Synonyms: coating, finish |
finite | (adjective) bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent | - |
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(adjective) (of verbs) relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person | - |
finitely | (adverb) with a finite limit | - |
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finiteness | (noun) the quality of being finite | Synonyms: boundedness, finitude |
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finitude | (noun) the quality of being finite | Synonyms: boundedness, finiteness |
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fink | (noun) someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police | Synonyms: canary, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
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(verb) confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure | Synonyms: confess, squeal |
(verb) take the place of work of someone on strike | Synonyms: blackleg, rat, scab |
finnan | (noun) haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter | Synonyms: finnan haddie, finnan haddock, smoked haddock |
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finocchio | (noun) aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads | Synonyms: fennel, Florence fennel |
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fiord | (noun) a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway | Synonyms: fjord |
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fipple | (noun) a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder) | - |
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fir | (noun) any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas | Synonyms: fir tree, true fir |
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(noun) nonresinous wood of a fir tree | - |
fire | (noun) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | Synonyms: firing |
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(noun) a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning | - |
(noun) intense adverse criticism | Synonyms: attack, blast, flack, flak |
(noun) the event of something burning (often destructive) | - |
(noun) a severe trial | - |
(noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity | Synonyms: ardor, ardour, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fervour |
(noun) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | Synonyms: flame, flaming |
(noun) fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking | - |
(noun) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile | - |
(verb) bake in a kiln so as to harden | - |
(verb) destroy by fire | Synonyms: burn, burn down |
(verb) start or maintain a fire in | Synonyms: ignite, light |
(verb) become ignited | Synonyms: flame up |
(verb) cause to go off | Synonyms: discharge |
(verb) start firing a weapon | Synonyms: open fire |
(verb) go off or discharge | Synonyms: discharge, go off |
(verb) generate an electrical impulse | - |
(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, kindle, provoke, raise |
(verb) drive out or away by or as if by fire | - |
(verb) provide with fuel | Synonyms: fuel |
(verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate |
firearm | (noun) a portable gun | Synonyms: piece, small-arm |
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fireball | (noun) the luminous center of a nuclear explosion | - |
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(noun) a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) | - |
(noun) a highly energetic and indefatigable person | Synonyms: ball of fire, human dynamo, powerhouse |
(noun) an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) | Synonyms: bolide |
firebase | (noun) an artillery base to support advancing troops | - |
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firebird | (noun) eastern subspecies of northern oriole | Synonyms: Baltimore bird, Baltimore oriole, hangbird, Icterus galbula galbula |
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(noun) the male is bright red with black wings and tail | Synonyms: Piranga olivacea, redbird, scarlet tanager |
(noun) tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage | Synonyms: Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, vermillion flycatcher |
fireboat | (noun) a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront | - |
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firebomb | (noun) a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) | Synonyms: incendiary, incendiary bomb |
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(verb) attack with incendiary bombs | - |
firebox | (noun) a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned | - |
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firebrand | (noun) someone who deliberately foments trouble | Synonyms: inciter, instigant, instigator, provoker |
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(noun) a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning | Synonyms: brand |
firebrat | (noun) lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces | Synonyms: Thermobia domestica |
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firebreak | (noun) a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire | Synonyms: fireguard |
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firebrick | (noun) brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys | - |
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firebug | (noun) a true bug: brightly colored bug that can exude a stain | - |
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(noun) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property | Synonyms: arsonist, incendiary |
fireclay | (noun) a heat-resistant clay | - |
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firecracker | (noun) firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing | Synonyms: banger, cracker |
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fired | (adjective) having lost your job | Synonyms: discharged, dismissed, laid-off, pink-slipped |
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firedamp | (noun) a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air | - |
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firedog | (noun) metal supports for logs in a fireplace | Synonyms: andiron, dog-iron, dog |
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firedrake | (noun) a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings | Synonyms: dragon, European dragon |
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firefighter | (noun) a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires | Synonyms: fire-eater, fire fighter, fireman |
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firefly | (noun) nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs | Synonyms: lightning bug |
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(noun) tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots | Synonyms: fire beetle, Pyrophorus noctiluca |
fireguard | (noun) a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks) | Synonyms: fire screen |
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(noun) a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire | Synonyms: firebreak |
firehouse | (noun) a station housing fire apparatus and firemen | Synonyms: fire station |
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firelight | (noun) the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace) | - |
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firelighter | (noun) (a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire | - |
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firelock | (noun) a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock | Synonyms: flintlock |
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fireman | (noun) play in which children pretend to put out a fire | - |
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(noun) a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires | Synonyms: fire-eater, fire fighter, firefighter |
(noun) a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship) | Synonyms: stoker |
(noun) a pitcher who does not start the game | Synonyms: relief pitcher, reliever |
fireplace | (noun) an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built | Synonyms: hearth, open fireplace |
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fireplug | (noun) an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire | Synonyms: fire hydrant, plug |
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firepower | (noun) (military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target | - |
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fireproof | (adjective) impervious to damage by fire | - |
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(verb) make resistant to fire | - |
fireroom | (noun) (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired | Synonyms: stokehold, stokehole |
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fireside | (noun) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace | Synonyms: hearth |
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(noun) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room) | Synonyms: hearth |
firestone | (noun) a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns | - |
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(noun) a piece of flint that is struck to light a fire | - |
firestorm | (noun) an outburst of controversy | - |
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(noun) a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area | - |
firethorn | (noun) any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries | Synonyms: fire thorn, pyracanth, Pyracantha |
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firetrap | (noun) a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
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firewall | (noun) (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust | - |
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(noun) a fireproof (or fire-resistant) wall designed to prevent the spread of fire through a building or a vehicle | - |
(noun) (computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet | - |
firewater | (noun) any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum) | - |
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fireweed | (noun) tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant | Synonyms: Epilobium angustifolium, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup |
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(noun) an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers | Synonyms: Erechtites hieracifolia |
firewood | (noun) wood used for fuel | - |
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firework | (noun) (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | Synonyms: pyrotechnic |
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firing | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: ignition, inflammation, kindling, lighting |
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(noun) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismission, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
(noun) the act of discharging a gun | Synonyms: discharge, firing off |
(noun) the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy | Synonyms: fire |
firkin | (noun) a small wooden keg | - |
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(noun) a British unit of capacity equal to 9 imperial gallons | - |
firm | (adjective) unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause | Synonyms: fast, loyal, truehearted |
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(adjective) securely fixed in place | Synonyms: fast, immobile |
(adjective) strong and sure | Synonyms: strong |
(adjective) not soft or yielding to pressure | Synonyms: solid |
(adjective) possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue | - |
(adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | Synonyms: steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
(adjective) securely established | - |
(adjective) not subject to revision or change | - |
(adjective) (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling | - |
(adjective) not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall | Synonyms: steady, unfluctuating |
(noun) the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments | Synonyms: business firm, house |
(adverb) with resolute determination | Synonyms: firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly |
(verb) become taut or tauter | Synonyms: tauten |
(verb) make taut or tauter | Synonyms: tauten |
firmament | (noun) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | Synonyms: celestial sphere, empyrean, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin |
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firmamental | (adjective) relating to the firmament or upper regions | - |
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firmly | (adverb) with firmness | Synonyms: hard |
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(adverb) with resolute determination | Synonyms: firm, steadfastly, unwaveringly |
(adverb) in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger | Synonyms: securely |
firmness | (noun) the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place | Synonyms: steadiness |
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(noun) the trait of being resolute | Synonyms: firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve |
(noun) the property of being unyielding to the touch | - |
(noun) the muscle tone of healthy tissue | Synonyms: soundness |
firmware | (noun) (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory | Synonyms: microcode |
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