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- FRUSTUMA cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base.
- FRUTESCENTImperfectly resembling a shrub.
- FUCOSEThe aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides
- FUELSubstance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
- FUEROA code; a charter; a grant of privileges.
- FUGACIOUSFleeting, fading quickly, transient.
- FUGACITYA measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape.
- FUGITIVEA person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to
- FULCRUMThe support about which a lever pivots.
- FULGENTShining brilliantly; radiant.
- FULGIDScintillant, coruscant; marked by fleeting flashes of radiant light.
- FULGORSplendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.
- FULGURALOf or related to lightning, particularly in reference to its use in divination.
- FULGURATETo flash or emit flashes like lightning.
- FULGURATIONA flash of lightning
- FULGURITEGlass formed by a lightning strike melting sand or other material.
- FULIGINOUSPertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky.
- FULMINATETo make a verbal attack.
- FULMINETo thunder or lightning.
- FULMINEOUSfulminous; of or pertaining to thunder.
- FULVIDFulvous; tawny-coloured.
- FULVOUSTawny-colored.
- FUMAGEHearth tax.
- FUMAGESHearth tax.
- FUMBLETo handle nervously or awkwardly.
- FUMETA type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.
- FUMIDSmoky or vaporous.
- FUMIGATETo disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals.
- FUMIGATIONThe act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
- FUMITORYAny plant of the taxonomic genus Fumaria of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.
- FUMOUSOf or resembling fumes or smoke.
- FUNAMBULISTA tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.
- FUNDA sum or source of money.
- FUNDAMENTFoundation.
- FUNDUSThe large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially: The top, hollow portion of the uterus. The back, interior part of the eye, accommodating the retina and ass
- FUNEBRIALPertaining to a funeral or funerals; funereal.
- FUNERARYOf or relating to a funeral.
- FUNEREALOf or relating to a funeral.
- FUNESTCausing death or disaster; fatal, catastrophic; deplorable, lamentable.
- FUNGISpongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
- FUNGIBLEAble to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.
- FUNGICPertaining to, or obtained from, mushrooms or fungus.
- FUNGISTATICThat inhibits the growth and reproduction of fungi but does not kill off their population.
- FUNGOUSOf or pertaining to fungi.
- FUNGUSA eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Fungi typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
- FUNICLESynonym of funiculus.
- FUNICULAROf, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
- FUNKFoul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.
- FURCAA forked structure, a fork-like part.
- FURCATEForked, branched; divided at one end into parts.
- FURCULAA forked process or structure, generally two-pronged.
- FURIOSITYfuriousness; fury
- FURIOUSFeeling great anger; raging; violent.
- FURNACEAn industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
- FUROREAlternative form of furor.
- FURUNCLEA boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.
- FURYExtreme anger.
- FUSARIUMAny of various fungi, of the genus Fusarium, some of which are pathogenic to plants and animals.
- FUSEA wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar explosive.
- FUSEESynonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock.
- FUSIBLEAble to be fused or melted.
- FUSILA bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
- FUSILEThat can be melted; meltable
- FUSIONThe act of merging separate things, or the result thereof. A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy. A style of
- FUSTIANOriginally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, whic
- FUSTIGATETo hit someone with a club.
- FUTILEIncapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
- FUTILITYThe quality of being futile or useless.
- GABIONA cylindrical basket or cage of wicker which was filled with earth or stones and used in fortifications and other engineering work (a precursor to the sandbag).
- GALEAA Roman helmet.
- GALENAA mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead.
- GALLERYAn institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
- GALLIUMA chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.
- GAMBThe leg or shank, typically of an animal, especially of a lion, on a coat of arms, crest, etc.
- GAMBOGEAny of several species of trees of the genus Garcinia found in South and Southeastern Asia, especially Garcinia xanthochymus.
- GAMUTA (normally) complete range.
- GANTRYA framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
- GAOLDated spelling of jail.
- GARBOILDisorder; uproar.
- GARGOYLEA carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
- GARNERA granary; a store of grain.
- GASTRULAA stage in the development of embryos of most animals consisting of a three-layered sac of ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm.
- GAUDEAMUSA students' merrymaking.
- GAZPACHOA cold soup of Spanish origin, made with olive oil, vinegar, bread and raw vegetables such as tomatoes, garlic, onion, cucumber and sweet peppers.
- GEALTo congeal.
- GELATINISEAlternative spelling of gelatinize.
- GELATINIZETo cause to become gelatinous.
- GELATINOIDResembling gelatin; gelatinous.
- GELATIONThe formation of a solid by cooling; freezing.
- GELCAPa pill where the medicine is held inside gelatin capsules
- GELIDVery cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
- GEMELA twin (also attributively).
- GEMINALDescribing identical atoms or groups attached to the same atom in a molecule
- GEMINATEForming a pair.
- GEMINOUSdouble; appearing or growing in pairs
- GENAThe cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
- GENALOf or relating to the cheeks
- GENDERClass; kind.
- GENERAplural of genus
- GENERALIncluding or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal.