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fatuous.adjective
vacuously,
smugly, and unconsciously foolish; delusive;
unreal
fatuously.adverb
fatuousness.nouns
fauna.noun
the animals of a given region or period considered
as a whole. Compare
flora
faunal.adjective
favor.noun
a gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is
freely granted (do someone a favor);. friendly or favorable regard; approval
or support (God had favor towards; looked with favor on the plan); advantage;
benefit (sailed under favor of cloudless skies);a state of being held in
such regard (a style currently in favor); something given as a token of
love, affection, or remembrance; favoritism; a privilege or concession;
a small decorative gift given to each guest at a party
favor, favored,
favoring,
favors.verbs
transitive
verb senses.to perform a kindness
or service for; oblige; to treat or regard with friendship, approval, or
support; to be partial to; indulge a liking for (favors bright colors);
to be or tend to be in support of; to make easier or more possible; facilitate
(darkness favored their escape); to treat with care; be gentle with (favored
a wounded leg); to resemble in appearance (she favors her father)
intransitive
verb senses.to resemble another
in appearance (she and her father favor)
in
favor of.idiom;
in support of; approving (we are in favor of his promotion to president;
to the advantage of (the court decided in favor of the plaintiff; inscribed
or made out to the benefit of (a cheque in favor of a charity)
favorer.noun
favoringly.adjective
favoritism.noun
the showing of special favor; partiality; the
state or fact of being a favorite
feasible.adjective
capable of being done or carried out; possible;
probable
feasibility.noun
feeble.adjective
weak; not strong; without force or effectiveness;
easily broken; frail
feebly.adverb
in a feeble manner
feeble minded.adjective
mentally weak or deficient;
subnormal in intelligence; irresolute
feel.verb
inflected
form(s).felt,
felt,
feeling
transitive senses-to
have one's sensibilities markedly affected by; to be conscious of an inward
impression, state of mind, or physical condition; to have a marked sentiment
or opinion (feels strongly about it)
feeling.noun
susceptibility
to impression; sensitivity (the remark hurt her feelings)
as an.adjective-feeling
sentient, sensitive; easily moved emotionally;
expressing emotion or sensitivity
feelingness.noun
feelingly.adverb
feign,
feigned,
feigning,
feigns.transitive
verbs
well turned words designed to fabricate
falsities; to give a false appearance of (feign sleep); to represent falsely;
pretend to (feign authorship of a novel); to imitate so as to deceive (feign
another's voice); to fabricate (feigned an impression)
upon them)
synonyms.pretend,
assume, affect, simulate, fake, counterfeit
felicitous.adjective.(pronunciation
'fell is it us')
very well suited or expressed; apt.(a
felicitous remark); pleasant; delightful
felicitousness.noun
felicitously.adverb
synonym.fit
fellowship.noun
the condition of sharing similar interests, ideals,
or experiences, as by reason of profession, religion,
or nationality; the companionship of individuals in a congenial atmosphere
and on equal terms; a close association of friends or equals sharing similar
interests; friendship; comradeship
fend, fended,
fending,
fends.verbs
transitive senses.fend
off – to ward off; fend for oneself
– to get along without the help of others (fend off the cold); like a fender
which fends off or protects something else
intransitive senses.to
make an effort to resist (fend against the cold); to attempt to manage
without assistance (the children had to fend for themselves while their
parents worked)
fermion.noun.(quantum
mechanics)
a fundamental.particle
of matter of one
half integral spin; electrons, protons and neutrons are fermions; a
fermion cannot occupy the same quantum state because 2 fermions in a system
would have their wave functions altered, or to put it another way, not
more than one in a set of identical particles may occupy a particular quantum
state; fermions make up matter and bosons.comprise
a particle's forces.
ferocious.adjective
extremely savage; fierce; marked by unrelenting
intensity; extreme
ferociously.adverb
ferociousness.noun
ferritin.noun
an iron containing protein complex, found principally
in the intestinal mucosa, spleen, and liver, that functions as the primary
form of iron storage in the body
fervor.noun
intensity
of feeling or expression; intense heat; implies
a warm and steady emotion (read the poem aloud with great fervor)
fervency.noun
intense devotion
fervent.adjective
great warmth of feeling; intense
devotion or earnestness; intense;
ardent
synonyms.passion,-passionate
fickle.adjective
characterized
by erratic changeableness or instability,
especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious
fickleness.noun
fickly.adverb
form.noun
the shape and structure of an object; the body
or outward appearance of a person or an animal considered separately from
the face or head; figure; the essence
of something (was the form of the letter kindly?); the mode
in which a thing exists, acts, or manifests itself; kind (a form of animal
life; a form of speaking); a ceremony; a formula; a document with blanks
for the insertion of details or information (application forms); manners
or conduct as governed by etiquette, decorum, or custom; behavior according
to a person's unique expression); proven ability to perform (a musician
at the top of her form); a mold for the setting of concrete; a linguistic
form
form, formed,
forming,
forms.verbs
transitive use.to
give form to; shape (form clay into figures); to develop in the mind; conceive.(form
an opinion); to shape or mold (dough, for example) into a particular form
intransitive use.to
become formed or shaped; to come into being by taking form; arise; to assume
a specified form, shape, or pattern
formability.noun
formable.adjective
formation.noun
the act or process of forming something or of
taking form; something formed (beautiful cloud formations);
the manner or style in which something is formed; structure (the distinctive
formation of the human eye)
formational.adjective
formal.adjective
relating to or involving outward form or structure;
being or relating to essential form or constitution (a formal principle);
following or being in accord with accepted forms, conventions, or regulations
(had little formal education; went to a formal party); carried out, or
done in proper or regular form: a formal complaint; a formal document);
characterized
by strict or
meticulous
observation of forms; methodical (very formal in their business transactions);
stiffly ceremonious (a formal manner; a formal greeting; a formal bow to
the monarch)
formal.noun
something, such as a gown or social affair, that
is formal in nature (a formal dress; a formal function)
formally.adverb
formalness.noun
formality.noun,.plural.formalities
the quality or condition of being formal;
rigorous
or ceremonious adherence to established forms, rules, or customs; an established
form, rule, or custom, especially one followed merely
for the sake of procedure or decorum
figurehead.noun
a person given a position of nominal leadership
but having no actual authority; a carved figure on the prow of a ship
feudal
relating to lands held in fee or to the holding
of such lands
feudalism.noun
a political and economic system of Europe from
the 9th to about the 15th century, based on the holding of all land in
fief or fee and the resulting relation of lord to vassal and characterized
by homage, legal and military service of tenants, and forfeiture; a political,
economic, or social order resembling this medieval system
feudalist.noun
feudalistic.adjective
forbid,
forbade,
forbidden,
forbidding,
forbids.transitive
verbs
to command someone not to do something (I forbid
you to go); to command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit.(forbid
smoking on buses); to have the effect of preventing; preclude.(discretion
forbids a reply)
forbiddance,
forbidder.nouns
forbidding.adjective
tending
or threatening to impede progress
(forbidding rapids); unpleasant; disagreeable (a forbidding scowl) having
a menacing.aspect.(forbidding
thunderclouds
forbiddingly.adverb
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