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  • FUNKERnoun4 findersOne who funks, or backs out of something due to cowardice.
  • FUNKIAnounGerman1 finderAny of the plants of the genus Funkia (now Hosta).
  • FUNKILYadverb51 findersIn a funky manner.
  • FUNKSTERnoun1 finderA funk musician.
  • FUNKYadjective128 findersOffbeat, unconventional or eccentric.
  • FUNNYadjective1 finderAmusing; humorous; comical.
  • FUNPLEXnoun2 findersAn amusement park.
  • FUNSTERnoun9 findersA fun person.
  • FURANnoun16 findersAny of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H4O.
  • FURANOSEnoun5 findersany cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton)
  • FURBELOWnoun45 findersA frill, flounce, or ruffle, as on clothing; a decorative piece of fabric, especially one gathered or pleated as into a ruffle, etc.
  • FURBISHverbFrankish32 findersTo polish or burnish.
  • FURBISHERnounMiddle French1 finderSomeone who furbishes.
  • FURCAnounLatin5 findersA forked structure, a fork-like part.
  • FURCATEadjectiveLatin17 findersForked, branched; divided at one end into parts.
  • FURCATELYadverb2 findersIn a furcate manner.
  • FURCATIONnoun13 findersThe act or process of furcating; a forking or branching out.
  • FURCULAnounLatin8 findersA forked process or structure, generally two-pronged.
  • FURIBUNDadjectiveProto-Indo-European6 findersHaving a propensity to be furious; choleric, irate.
  • FURIOSITYnounLatin39 findersfuriousness; fury
  • FURIOSOadverbItalian10 findersRapidly and with passion.
  • FURIOUSadjectiveLatin64 findersFeeling great anger; raging; violent.
  • FURIOUSLYadverbMiddle English71 findersIn a furious manner; angrily.
  • FURLverbOld French49 findersTo lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
  • FURLESSadjective1 finderWithout fur.
  • FURLONGnounProto-Indo-European58 findersA unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
  • FURLOUGHnounDanish76 findersA leave of absence or vacation. Especially one granted to a member of the armed forces, or to a prisoner. Especially one granted to a missionary.
  • FURNACEnounLatin17 findersAn industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
  • FURNISHnounProto-Indo-European39 findersMaterial used to create an engineered product.
  • FURNITUREnounMiddle French1 finderLarge movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
  • FUROREnounLatin1 finderAlternative form of furor.
  • FUROSEMIDEnoun12 findersA diuretic (trademark Lasix) used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and edema.
  • FURPHYnoun11 findersAn erroneous or improbable story; also, a rumour.
  • FURRILYadverb1 finderIn a furry manner.
  • FURRINESSnoun3 findersThe state or quality of being furry.
  • FURROWnounProto-Indo-European1 finderAny trench, channel, or groove; often found on wood or metal. A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
  • FURRYadjective1 finderCovered with fur, or with something resembling fur.
  • FURTHprepositionScots11 findersout or outside
  • FURTIVEadjectiveProto-Indo-European213 findersOf a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
  • FURTIVELYadverbMiddle English221 findersIn a furtive manner.
  • FURUNCLEnounLatin27 findersA boil or infected, inflamed, pus-filled sore.
  • FURYnounLatin25 findersExtreme anger.
  • FURZEnounOld English33 findersA thorny evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers, Ulex gen. et spp., of which Ulex europaeus is particularly common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • FURZIESTadjective5 findersCovered in furze.
  • FURZYadjective10 findersCovered in furze.
  • FUSAINnounFrench4 findersFine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement.
  • FUSARIUMnounLatin4 findersAny of various fungi, of the genus Fusarium, some of which are pathogenic to plants and animals.
  • FUSAROLEnounItalian1 finderSynonym of astragal
  • FUSEnounLatin37 findersA wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar explosive.
  • FUSEEnounLatin12 findersSynonym of fusil, a light musket or firelock.
  • FUSELAGEnounFrench321 findersThe main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long central structure of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates crew and car
  • FUSELIKEadjective7 findersResembling or characteristic of a fuse.
  • FUSIBLEadjectiveLatin43 findersAble to be fused or melted.
  • FUSIBLYadverb8 findersIn a fusible manner.
  • FUSIDICadjective5 findersOf or pertaining to fusidic acid or its derivatives.
  • FUSILnounLatin50 findersA bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
  • FUSILEadjectiveLatin66 findersThat can be melted; meltable
  • FUSILIERnounFrench80 findersAn infantryman armed with a form of flintlock musket.
  • FUSILLADEnounFrench67 findersThe simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
  • FUSILLInounItalian29 findersPasta in the shape of short spirals.
  • FUSILLISnounItalian7 findersPasta in the shape of short spirals.
  • FUSIONnounLatin107 findersThe 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
  • FUSIONALadjective8 findersTending to overlay many morphemes in a manner that can be difficult to segment.
  • FUSIONISTnoun5 findersAn adherent of fusionism or a participant in a political fusion.
  • FUSSnounMiddle Low German1 finderExcessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
  • FUSSERnoun2 findersOne who fusses; a fussy person.
  • FUSSILYadverb24 findersIn a fussy manner.
  • FUSSPOTnoun2 findersA person who makes a fuss, particularly about trivial things.
  • FUSSYadjective1 finderAnxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.
  • FUSTnounProto-Indo-European49 findersA strong musty smell; mustiness.
  • FUSTEDadjective8 findersmouldy; having a bad smell
  • FUSTETnounFrench1 finderA smoke tree (Cotinus coggygria).
  • FUSTIANnounLatin154 findersOriginally, 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
  • FUSTICnounMiddle French26 findersA tropical American tree (Maclura tinctoria), whose wood produces a yellow dye.
  • FUSTIGATEverbLatin3 findersTo hit someone with a club.
  • FUSTILARIANnoun8 findersA low fellow; a stinkard; a scoundrel.
  • FUSTILYadverb51 findersIn a fusty manner.
  • FUSTYadjectiveMiddle English238 findersMoldy or musty.
  • FUSUMAnounJapanese2 findersA vertical rectangular sliding panel, often painted or decorated, used in Japan as a door or movable wall.
  • FUTHARKnoun22 findersThe Germanic runic alphabet; especially specifically the Elder or Younger futhark alphabet (of Scandinavia and the European mainland), as contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon futhorc.
  • FUTHORCnoun10 findersThe Runic alphabet as used to write Old English and Old Frisian.
  • FUTILEadjectiveLatin284 findersIncapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
  • FUTILELYadverb18 findersIn a futile manner.
  • FUTILENESSnoun1 finderfutility
  • FUTILITYnounLatin90 findersThe quality of being futile or useless.
  • FUTONnounMandarin36 findersA thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
  • FUTSALnounPortuguese12 findersA form of soccer played indoors, with five players per team.
  • FUTTOCKnounNorwegian17 findersAny of the curved rib-like timbers that form the frame of a wooden ship.
  • FUTUREnounProto-Indo-European26 findersThe time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
  • FUTURELESSadjective1 finderWithout a future.
  • FUTURISMnoun58 findersAn early 20th century avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions.
  • FUTURISTnoun4 findersAn adherent to the principles of the artistic movement of futurism.
  • FUTURISTICadjective8 findersOf technology, a concept, etc, so far advanced as to appear to be from the future.
  • FUTURITYnoun5 findersThe future.
  • FUTUROLOGYnounGerman7 findersThe scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
  • FUTZnounGerman33 findersAn objectionable woman.
  • FYKEnounMiddle Dutch21 findersA type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.
  • FYLFOTnounMiddle English1 finderA swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.
  • FYNBOSnounAfrikaans16 findersVegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, largely scrub, exceptionally biodiverse, including particularly large numbers of species of Proteaceae, Restionaceae, and Ericaceae.
  • FYRDnounOld English41 findersIn early Anglo-Saxon times, an army that was mobilized from freemen to defend their shire, or from select representatives to join a royal expedition.

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