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Fabricate

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v. To invent fancifully or falsely

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Fabulous

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adj. Incredible

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Facet

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n. One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem

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Facetious

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adj. Amusing

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Facial

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adj. Pertaining to the face

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Facile

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adj. Not difficult to do

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Facilitate

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v. To make more easy

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Facility

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n. Ease

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Facsimile

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n. An exact copy or reproduction

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Faction

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n. A number of persons combined for a common purpose

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Factious

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adj. Turbulent

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Fallacious

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adj. Illogical

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Fallacy

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n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning

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Fallible

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adj. Capable of erring

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Fallow

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n. Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest

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Famish

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v. To suffer extremity of hunger or thirst

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Fanatic

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n. A religious zealot

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Fancier

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n. One having a taste for or interest in special objects

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Fanciless

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adj. Unimaginative

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Fastidious

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adj. Hard to please

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Fathom

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n. A measure of length, 6 feet

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Fatuous

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adj. Idiotic

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Faulty

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adj. Imperfect

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Faun

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n. One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet

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Fawn

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n. A young deer

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Fealty

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n. Loyalty

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Feasible

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adj. That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable

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Federate

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v. To league together

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Feint

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n. Any sham, pretense, or deceptive movement

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Felicitate

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v. To wish joy of happiness to, especially in view of a coming event

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Felicity

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n. A state of well-founded happiness

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Felon

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n. A criminal or depraved person

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Felonious

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adj. Showing criminal or evil purpose

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Felony

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n. One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment

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Feminine

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adj. Characteristic of woman or womankind

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Fernery

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n. A place in which ferns are grown

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Ferocious

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adj. Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature

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Ferocity

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n. Savageness

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Fervent

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adj. Ardent in feeling

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Fervid

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adj. Intense

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Fervor

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n. Ardor or intensity of feeling

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Festal

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adj. Joyous

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Festive

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adj. Merry

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Fete

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n. A festival or feast

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Fetus

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n. The young in the womb or in the egg

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Feudal

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adj. Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal

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Feudalism

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n. The feudal system

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Fez

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n. A brimless felt cap in the shape of a truncated cone, usually red with a black tassel

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Fiasco

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n. A complete or humiliating failure

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Fickle

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adj. Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose

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Fictitious

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adj. Created or formed by the imagination

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Fidelity

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n. Loyalty

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Fiducial

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adj. Indicative of faith or trust

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Fief

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n. A landed estate held under feudal tenure

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Filibuster

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n. One who attempts to obstruct legislation

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Finale

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n. Concluding performance

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Finality

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n. The state or quality of being final or complete

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Finally

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adv. At last

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Financial

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adj. Monetary

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Financier

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n. One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations

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Finery

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n. Subtle contrivance used to gain a point

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Finite

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adj. Limited

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Fiscal

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adj. Pertaining to the treasury or public finances of a government

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Fishmonger

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n. One who sells fish

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Fissure

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n. A crack of crack-like depression

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Fitful

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adj. Spasmodic

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Fixture

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n. One who or that which is expected to remain permanently in its position

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Flag-Officer

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n. The captain of a flag-ship

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Flagrant

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adj. Openly scandalous

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Flamboyant

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adj. Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste

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Flatulence

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n. Accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels

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Flection

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n. The act of bending

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Fledgling

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n. A young bird

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Flexible

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adj. Pliable

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Flimsy

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adj. Thin and weak

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Flippant

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adj. Having a light, pert, trifling disposition

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Floe

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n. A collection of tabular masses of floating polar ice

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Flora

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n. The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district

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Floral

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adj. Pertaining to flowers

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Florid

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adj. Flushed with red

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Florist

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n. A dealer in flowers

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Fluctuate

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v. To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another

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Fluctuation

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n. Frequent irregular change back and forth from one state or degree to another

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Flue

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n. A smoke-duct in a chimney

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Fluent

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adj. Having a ready or easy flow or words or ideas

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Fluential

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adj. Pertaining to streams

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Flux

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n. A state of constant movement, change, or renewal

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Foggy

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adj. Obscure

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Foible

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n. A personal weakness or failing

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Foist

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v. To palm off

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Foliage

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n. Any growth of leaves

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Folio

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n. A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once

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Folklore

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n. The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people

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Fondle

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v. To handle tenderly and lovingly

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Foolery

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n. Folly

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Foot-Note

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n. A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column

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Foppery

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n. Dandyism

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Foppish

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adj. Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners

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Forebearance

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n. Patient endurance or toleration of offenses

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Forby

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adv. Besides

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Forcible

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adj. Violent

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Forecourt

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n. A court opening directly from the street

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Forejudge

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v. To judge of before hearing evidence

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Forepeak

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n. The extreme forward part of a ship’s hold, under the lowest deck

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Foreshore

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n. That part of a shore uncovered at a low tide

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Forebode

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v. To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil

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Forecast

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v. To predict

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Forecastle

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n. That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds

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Foreclose

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v. To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property

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Forefather

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n. An ancestor

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Forego

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v. To deny oneself the pleasure or profit of

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Foreground

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n. That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator

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Forehead

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n. The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair

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Foreign

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adj. Belonging to, situated in, or derived from another country

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Foreigner

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n. A citizen of a foreign country

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Foreknowledge

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n. Prescience

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Foreman

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n. The head man

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Foreordain

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v. To predetermine

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Foreordination

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n. Predestination

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Forerun

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v. To go before as introducing or ushering in

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Foresail

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n. A square sail

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Foresee

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v. To discern beforehand

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Foresight

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n. Provision against harm or need

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Foretell

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v. To predict

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Forethought

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n. Premeditation

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Forefeit

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v. To lose possession of through failure to fulfill some obligation

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Forfend

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v. To ward off

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Forgery

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n. Counterfeiting

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Forgo

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v. To deny oneself

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Formation

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n. Relative disposition of parts

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Formidable

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adj. Difficult to accomplish

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Formula

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n. Fixed rule or set form

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Forswear

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v. To renounce upon oath

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Forte

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n. A strong point

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Forth

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adv. Into notice or view

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Forthright

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adv. With directness

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Fortify

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v. To provide with defensive works

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Fortitude

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n. Patient courage

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Foursome

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adj. Consisting of four

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Fracture

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n. A break

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Fragile

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adj. Easily broken

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Frailty

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n. Liability to be broken or destroyed

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Fragile

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adj. Capable of being broken

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Frankincense

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n. A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes

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Frantic

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adj. Frenzied

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Fraternal

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adj. Brotherly

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Fraudulence

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n. Deceitfulness

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Fraudulent

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adj. Counterfeit

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Fray

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v. To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads

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Freemason

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n. A member of an ancient secret fraternity originally confined to skilled artisans

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Freethinker

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n. One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion

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Free Trade

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n. Commerce unrestricted by tariff or cusoms

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Frequency

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n. The comparative number of any kind of occurrences within a given time or space

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Fresco

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n. The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings

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Freshness

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n. The state, quality, or degree of being fresh

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Fretful

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adj. Disposed to peevishness

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Frightful

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adj. Apt to induce terror or alarm

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Frigid

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adj. Lacking warmth

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Frigidarium

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n. A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc…

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Frivolity

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n. A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice

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Frivolous

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adj. Trivial

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Frizz

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v. To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to

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Frizzle

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v. To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair

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Frolicsome

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adj. Prankish

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Frontier

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n. The part of a nation’s territory that abuts upon another country

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Frowzy

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adj. Slovenly in appearance

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Frugal

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adj. Economical

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Fruition

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n. Fulfillment

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Fugacious

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adj. Fleeting

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Fulcrum

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n. The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns

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Fulminate

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v. To cause to explode

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Fulsome

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adj. Offensive from excess of praise or commendation

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Fumigate

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v. To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially for disinfection

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Functionary

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n. An official

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Fundamental

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adj. Basal

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Fungible

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adj. That may be measured, counted, or weighed

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Fungous

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adj. Spongy

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Fungus

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n. A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom

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Furbish

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v. To restore brightness or beauty to

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Furlong

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n. A measure, one-eighth of a mile

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Furlough

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n. A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer

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Furrier

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n. A dealer in or maker of fur goods

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Further

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adj. More distant or advanced

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Furtherance

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n. Advancement

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Furtive

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adj. Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief

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Fuse

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v. To unite or blend as by melting together

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Fusible

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adj. Capable of being melted by heat

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Futile

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adj. Of no avail or effect

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Futurist

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n. A person of expectant temperament

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