furthest
1: (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of sp...
furtive
1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"...
furtively
1: in a furtive manner; "the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night" [syn: {on the sly}]
furtiveness
1: a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously [syn: {sneakiness}, {stealthiness}]
furuncle
1: a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core [syn: {boil}]
furunculosis
1: acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles
fury
1: a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [syn: {rage}, {madness}] 2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: {craze}, {delirium}, {frenz...
furze
1: very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe [syn: {gorse}, {whin}, {Irish gorse}, {Ulex europaeus}]
fusain
1: a stick of black carbon material used for drawing [syn: {charcoal}]
Fusanus
1: quandong trees [syn: {Eucarya}, {genus Eucarya}, {genus Fusanus}]
Fusanus acuminatus
1: Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed [syn: {quandong}, {quandang}, {quandong tree}, {Eucarya acuminata}]
Fuscoboletinus
1: a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae [syn: {genus Fuscoboletinus}]
Fuscoboletinus paluster
1: an edible fungus with a pinkish purple cap and stalk and a pore surface that is yellow with large angular pores that become like gills in maturity
fuscous
1: having a dusky brownish gray color [syn: {taupe}]
fuse
1: electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded [syn: {electrical fuse}] 2: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: {fuze}, ...
fused
1: joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school" [syn: {amalgamate}, {amalgamated}, {coalesced}, {consolidated}]
fusee
1: a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring [syn: {fusee drive}] 2: a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains [syn: ...
fusee drive
1: a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring [syn: {fusee}]
fusel oil
1: a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors
fuselage
1: the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
fusible
1: capable of being melted and fused
fusible metal
1: an alloy with a low melting point and used as solder and in safety plugs and sprinkler fuses
fusiform
1: tapering at each end [syn: {spindle-shaped}, {cigar-shaped}]
fusil
1: a light flintlock musket
fusilier
1: (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
fusillade
1: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn: {salvo}, {volley}, {burst}] v : attack with fusillade
fusion
1: an occurrence that involves the production of a union [syn: {merger}, {unification}] 2: a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energ...
fusion bomb
1: a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium [syn: {hydrogen bomb}, {H-bomb}, {thermonuclear bomb}]
fusion cooking
1: cooking that combines ingredients and techniques and seasonings from different cuisines
fusion reactor
1: a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fusion to generate energy [syn: {thermonuclear reactor}]
fuss
1: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: {dither}, {pother}, {tizzy}, {flap}] 2: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss";...
fuss-budget
1: thinks about unfortunate things that might happen [syn: {worrier}, {fusspot}, {worrywart}]
fussily
1: in a fussy manner; "he spoke to her fussily"
fussiness
1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: {irritability}, {crossness}, {fretfulness}, {peevishness}, {petulance}, {choler}] 2: unnecessary elaborateness in details
fusspot
1: thinks about unfortunate things that might happen [syn: {worrier}, {fuss-budget}, {worrywart}]
fussy
1: perversely irritable [syn: {crabbed}, {crabby}, {cross}, {grouchy}, {grumpy}, {bad-tempered}, {ill-tempered}] 2: overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design" [syn: {bus...
fustian
1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: {bombast}, {rant}, {claptrap}, {blah}] 2: a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
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fusty
1: stale and unclean smelling [syn: {musty}, {frowsty}] 2: old-fashioned and out of date [syn: {standpat(a)}, {unprogressive}, {nonprogressive}] [also: {fustiest}, {fustier}]
futile
1: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" [syn: {ineffectual}, {otiose}, {unavailing}] 2: unproductive of suc...
futilely
1: in a futile and unproductive manner
futility
1: uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
futon
1: mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame
future
1: yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him" [ant: {past}, {present(a)}] 2: effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities" 3: co...
future day
1: yet to come; "coming generations"; "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay" [syn: {coming(a)}]
future perfect
1: a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "`I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect" [syn: {future perfect tense}]
future perfect tense
1: a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "`I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect" [syn: {future perfect}]
future progressive
1: a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future; "`I will be running' is an example of the future progressive" [syn: {future progressive tense}]
future progressive tense
1: a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future; "`I will be running' is an example of the future progressive" [syn: {future progressive}]
future tense
1: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future [syn: {future}]
futureless
1: having no prospect or hope of a future
futures contract
1: an agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated future date; the contract can be sold before the settlement date
futures exchange
1: a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded [syn: {futures market}, {forward market}]
futures market
1: a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded [syn: {futures exchange}, {forward market}]
futurism
1: an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age 2: the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future
futurist
1: of or relating to futurism; "futurist art" [syn: {futuristic}] n 1: a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) will be fulfilled in th...
futuristic
1: of or relating to futurism; "futurist art" [syn: {futurist}]
futuristics
1: the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions [syn: {futurology}]
futurity
1: the time yet to come [syn: {future}, {hereafter}, {time to come}] [ant: {past}] 2: the quality of being in or of the future [ant: {pastness}, {presentness}]
futurology
1: the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions [syn: {futuristics}]
fuze
1: any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant [syn: {fuse}, {fusee}, {fuzee}, {primer}, {priming}]
fuzee
1: a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains [syn: {fusee}] 2: a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind [syn: {fusee}] 3: any igniter that is used to in...
fuzz
1: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn: {hair}, {tomentum}] 2: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: {bull}, {cop}, {copper}, {pig}] 3: a hazy or indistinct representation;...
fuzzed
1: covering with fine light hairs; "his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed" [syn: {fuzzy}]
fuzziness
1: the quality of being indistinct [syn: {indistinctness}, {blurriness}, {fogginess}] [ant: {distinctness}]
fuzzy
1: covering with fine light hairs; "his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed" [syn: {fuzzed}] 2: indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shap...
fuzzy logic
1: a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between 0 and 1
FWS
1: an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife andtheir habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric...
Fyodor Dostoevski
1: Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881) [syn: {Dostoyevsky}, {Dostoevski}, {Dostoevsky}, {Feodor Dostoyevsky}, {Fyodor Dostoyevsky}, {Feodor D...
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1: Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881) [syn: {Dostoyevsky}, {Dostoevski}, {Dostoevsky}, {Feodor Dostoyevsky}, {Fyodor Dostoyevsky}, {Feodor D...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
1: Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881) [syn: {Dostoyevsky}, {Dostoevski}, {Dostoevsky}, {Feodor Dostoyevsky}, {Feodor Dostoevski}, {Fyodor Do...
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski
1: Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881) [syn: {Dostoyevsky}, {Dostoevski}, {Dostoevsky}, {Feodor Dostoyevsky}, {Fyodor Dostoyevsky}, {Feodor D...
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
1: Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881) [syn: {Dostoyevsky}, {Dostoevski}, {Dostoevsky}, {Feodor Dostoyevsky}, {Fyodor Dostoyevsky}, {Feodor D...
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky
1: Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881) [syn: {Dostoyevsky}, {Dostoevski}, {Dostoevsky}, {Feodor Dostoyevsky}, {Fyodor Dostoyevsky}, {Feodor D...
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