Chapter 31

first,a.earliest; foremost,leading,chief, premier; primary, primal, primordial,primitive, primeval, pristine,original, aboriginal, primogenial;elementary,rudimentary, initial.first,adv.primarily, originally.firstborn,n.Associated words: primogeniture, primogenial, primogenitureship.first-formed,a.original, protoplastic.first installment.earnest, handsel.first principles.rudiments, principia.first produce or offspring.firstling.first-rate,a.excellent, first-class.fish,n.fry, alevin (young fish); ichthyolite, monilife, (fossil fish). Seefishes.fish,v.angle, trawl, troll; poach (fish unlawfully).fish eggs.spawn,roe.fisherman,n.fisher, piscator, angler.fishes,n. pl.Pisces; Piscifauna (fishes of a region),Associated words: ichthyology, ichthyologist, ichthyophagy, ichthyophagist, ichthyography, ichthyolatry, piscatology, pisciculturist, piscary, piscine,shoal, kench,minnow, aquarium, piscivorous, piscatorial, warren,spawn, cauf, creel, kibblings,bait, pisciform, piscinal.fish culture.pisciculture.fish glue.isinglass, ichthyocoll; carlock.fish hawk,n.osprey.fishing,n.angling, trawling, trolling, whiffing, spilletfishing, bultowfishing.fishlike,a.pisciform, ichthyic.fish line.Associated words: snell, snood,leader,sinker,bob,float, boulter.fishskin,n.ichthyosis.fish soup.chowder.fishy,a.fishlike; (Colloq.)extravagant,exaggerated, improbable.fistic,a.pugilistic.fisticuffs,n. pl.boxing, pugilism.fit,n.spasm, paroxysm,convulsion; access,outburst,attack; epilepsy, catalepsy;humor,whim,caprice,fancy.fit,a.meet,becoming,suitable,proper,appropriate, congruous,adequate, expedient, congruent, apposite,qualified, eligible,competent,befitting,apt,convenient.fit,v.adapt,qualify, prepare,equip,accommodate,shape, adjust,trim.fitful,a.variable,capricious,unstable,inconstant,spasmodic,changeable.fitness,n.becomingness, appropriateness,competency,qualification, congruity, eligibility.fitting,a.suitable,proper,fit,befitting.five,n.cinque, quintuplet, quintette; quintuplets.Associated words: quinary, quintuple, quintuplicate, quincunx.five-angled,a.pentagonal.five-angled figure.pentagon, pentahedron.five cents.nickel.fivefold,a.quintuple.five languages.Associated word: pentaglot.five-sided,a.pentagonal, pentahedral.five years.quinquennium, lustrum.Associated words: quinquennial, quinquennially.fir,v.mend,repair,restore, adjust; rivet,fasten;settle,fasten,establish,implant, define.fix,n.(Colloq.)dilemma, predicament,plight,quandary.Antonyms: extrication,release.fixed,a.immovable, established,stable,firm, unchangeablesteadfast, stereotyped.fixings,n. pl.(Colloq.) embellishments, trimmings.fizzle,n.(Colloq.)failure, fiasco.flabbergast,v.(Jocular)astonish,amaze,surprise,dumfound.flabbergastation,n.(Jocular)astonishment,amazement.flabbiness,n.flaccidity, limpness.flabby,a.yielding,limp,soft, flaccid.Antonyms:firm,stiff,rigid.flag,n.colors,standard,banner, gonfalon, pennon, pennant, ensign, guidon,streamer, banderole;iris,fleur-de-luce.Associated words: furl, unfurl.flagrant,a.glowing,flaming,ardent;atrocious,heinous,wicked.flake,n.film,flock, lamina,scale.flame,n.blaze,fire;love,sweetheart.Associated words: lambent, flamineous, flammiferous, flammivomous, flambage.flame,v.blaze.Antonym: smolder.flameless,a.aphlogistic.flaming,a.blazing, afire,flagrant;dazzling,brilliant;ardent,passionate.flare,v.flicker,flutter;dazzle,blaze,glare; flaunt.flare,n.glare, flicker.flare-up,n.(Colloq.)passion,anger,outburst.flash,n.gleam,glare, coruscation.flash,v.glitter,gleam,glisten, coruscate,sparkle.flash,n.instant,moment.flashy,a.dazzling, coruscant;gaudy,tawdry, meretriciousshowy.flask,n.betty, matrass, bolthead.flat,a.level,even, plane,smooth; prostrate, prone;stale, insipid,vapid,tasteless,unsavory, unpalatable,mawkish; peremptory,unqualified,positive; spatulous, spatulate; sonant, vocal.Antonyms:convex,concave,warped, cambered, undulating, protuberant, projecting.flat,n.lowland, champaign;floor,suite.flatboat,n.punt.flatfoot,n.splayfoot.flatfooted,a.splayfooted; (Slang) determined,resolute,unwavering, firmfooted.flatiron,n.sadiron.flatnosed,a.simous.flatter,v.blandish,cajole,wheedle, compliment.flatterer,n.wheedler,sycophant,toady, pickthank,flunky, Jenkins, adulator, blandisher.flattering,a.wheedling, adulatory,alluring, blandiloquent,sycophantic,obsequious.flattery,n.adulation,blandishment,wheedling, flummery, blandiloquence,cajolery.flaunting,a.ostentatious,showy.flavor,n.savor,taste, relish,zest,gusto,race, tang, sapidity.flavorless,a.insipid,vapid, unpalatable, savorless,tasteless.flavorous,a.sapid, palatable,savory, gustable.flaw,n.defect,fault,blemish,imperfection.flawless,a.faultless,perfect.flawy,a.defective,faulty.flay,v.skin, excoriate.fleece,v.plunder,swindle, despoil,strip.fleet,n.squadron, navy, flotilla, armada.fleeting,a.impermanent,transient, transitory, evanescent, ephemeral,fugitive,temporary.flesh,n.meat, carnage; pulp (of fruit); carnality, sensual appetites; carrion (decaying flesh).Associated words: incarnate,incarnation, excarnate, excarnation, carnate, carneous, trichina, trichinosis, carnassial, carnification, carnify.flesh-eaters,n. pl.Carnivora.flesh-eating,a.carnivorous, sarcophagous.--n.sarcophagy.flesh-eating animal.carnivore, sarcophagan, sarcophile.fleshiness,n.corpulence, obesity, plumpness,embonpoint.Seefatness.fleshliness n.carnality,sensuality.fleshly,a.carnal,sensual,sensuous.fleshy,a.corpulent,fat,portly, obese,plump.flexibility,n.pliability, pliancy, suppleness, litheness, ductility,compliance.flexible,a.pliable,supple, flexile, pliant, lithe,limber;compliant,yielding.Antonyms:inflexible, incompliant.flight,n.flying; exodus, hegira; fleeing, absconding.flighty,a.volatile,capricious, mercurial,giddy,fickle.flimflam,n.trick,deception,lie.--v.trick,deceive.flimsy,a.superficial, unsubstantial,weak,feeble,shallow,frivolous.flinch,v.shrink,wince,recoil,blench,withdraw.flinders,n. pl.splinters, fragments.flinty,a.unimpressible,impenetrable, adamantine,unyielding.flippant,a.voluble,glib,fluent;pert, malapert,forward.flirt,n.coquette,jilt,jill.--v.coquet, philander.flirtation,n.coquetry.flirtatious,a.coquettish.float,n.raft; buoy.floating,n.flotation, flotage, supernatation.--a.supernatant.flock,n.covey,herd,bevy,drove,pack,lot,group,brood,litter.Associated words: gregarious, gregal, gregariously, gregariousness.flog,v.Seewhip.flood,n.deluge, inundation,overflow, cataclysm, freshet.Associated words: antediluvial, antediluvian, diluvial, diluvian, alluvium, alluvial, alluvion.flood,v.inundate, deluge,overflow,submerge.flood-gate,n.sluice-gate.floor,v.prostrate, fell,overthrow;embarrass,nonplus.floor,n.planching, pavement;story, loft.floor timber.joist.floral ornament.anthemion, boughpot, palmette.florid,a.flushed,rubicund. Seered.florist,n.floriculturist.flounce,n.ruffle,furbelow,frill.--v.flounder.flour,n.Associated words: farinaceous, farina, gluten,meal, aleurometer, aleuromancy, stive, dredge,bolt.flour box.dredgingbox.flourish,v.thrive;wave, brandish.flourish,n.embellishment;curlycue, paraph; fanfare,call;parade,show,display; brandishing, waving.flout,v.mock,jeer,gibe,sneer,deride.flow,v.circulate; proceed, emanate,issue.Antonyms: stagnate,ebb.flower,n.blossom,bloom; floret, floweret (little flower).Associated words: floral, floricultural, floriculture,florist, floriculturist, florilege, florification, floriferous,botany, botanical,botanist, botanize, inflorescence, estivation, anther, petal, calyx, corolla, sepal, anthesis, anthography, anthoid, antholite, anthology, anthomania, anthophagous, anthophilous, anthotaxy,bouquet, bract, corona, corymb, cyme, chloranthy, efflorescence, Flora, perianth, pistil, pistillate, staminate, pollen, prefloration raceme, reflorescence, pollinate, pollination, stamen, stigma, umbel, verticil, verticillate, whorl, spadix, spathe, floriated, floriation.flower beds.Associated words: parterre, platband,terrace.flowering,a.phænogamous, phænogamian.--n.inflorescenceflowering plants.Phænogamia.flowerless,a.cryptogamous.flowerless plants.Cryptogamia.flower pot.Associated words: cachepot, girandole.flowery,a.florid,ornate,figurative.flowing,a.running, gliding,fluent, cursive.Antonym:stagnant.flowing back.refluent,ebbing.--n.refluence,ebb.flowing in.influx.--a.influent, incurrent.flowing out.efflux, effluxion, effluence.--a.effluent, excurrent.flowing round.circumfluent.fluctuate,v.vacillate,waver,oscillate, whiffle,swerve.Antonyms: continue,persist, adhere,abide,remain, standfast.fluctuation,n.vacillation,wavering, oscillation, instability.fluent,a.flowing, gliding;voluble.fluid,n.liquid, liquor,solution.flunk,v.(Colloq.)fail,back out.--n.failure.flunky,n.lackey,footman,servant;snob,toady,sycophant.flunkyism,n.toadyism,sycophancy.flurried,a.agitated,excited,perturbed, confused.flurry,n.squall,breeze,wind;agitation,excitement,commotion.flush,n.blush, glow; thrill; rosiness, redness.flush,a.liberal,prodigal,free,lavish;even, plane,level,flat; prolific, fecund,exuberant; affluent.fluster,v.perturb, discompose,confuse, disconcert,embarrass,agitate.fluster,n.perturbation, discompose,confusion,agitation.flustrate,v.(Colloq.)fluster,agitate.flustration,n.(Colloq.)agitation,fluster,perturbation,confusion.fluted,a.chamfered, channeled,grooved.flutter,v.tremble, palpitate; hover;oscillate,fluctuate,vacillate,waver.flutter,n.tremor,agitation, palpitation;confusion,disorder,commotion.fly,a.(Slang)wide-awake,knowing.fly,v.wing, soar, flit,mount, hover; decamp, abscond, flee.flyaway,a.flighty,giddy,unrestrained,volatile.flying,a.awing, volant, volitant, soaring.flying,n.aviation,flight.flying machine.aëroplane, aërodrome, biplane, monoplane.Associated words: hangar, aviator, aërodynamics, aviatrix.foam,n.froth, spume, spumescence.--v.froth, spume.foamy,a.frothy, spumy.fodder,n.provender, forage, stover; ensilage.Associated words: silo, ensile.foe,n.antagonist,enemy,adversary,opponent.fog,n.haze,mist,vapor, brume; confusion (of the mind).fog,v.befog,obscure,confuse.foggy,a.misty,hazy, brumous,vaporous; beclouded, confused,obscure.fogy,n.(Colloq.) fogram, mossback.foil,v.baffle,frustrate,thwart, circumvent.foist,v.interpolate.fold,n.doubling,plait, convolution; sheep-pen, cote; embrace.fold,v.double; embrace, infold,clasp.folding stool.faldstool.foliage,n.leafage,leaves.folks,n. pl.(Collog.)people, persons.follow,v.succeed,chase, pursue, tag;dodge;result, proceed,flow, ensue,spring,issue; pursue,practice, engage in;trace,track,trail.follower,n.pursuer;attendant, retainer, henchman;disciple,partisan,advocate, adherent,votary;imitator,copier.following,n.pursuance, pursuing, pursuit;sequence, consecution,succession; adherents, dependents,retinue; vocation,trade,profession,business.following,a.succeeding, ensuing, consecutive, pursuant.folly,n.foolishness, fatuity,indiscretion, unwisdom,absurdity, imprudence.foment,v.encourage, instigate,nurse; stupe.fond,a.indulgent, over-affectionate, doting;affectionate,loving;baseless,vain,unfounded.fondle,v.caress,pet,coddle, cosset,indulge,humor.fondness,n.indulgence, doting; affection,devotion,love;partiality,liking, preference, predilection, propensity,appetite.food,n.aliment,nutriment,nourishment, pabulum,nutrition, fare, diet,bread,meat, rations, victuals, subsistence, commons, provisions, viands, regimen,finding, sustenance, eatables, refreshments, comestibles, trencher, ambrosia, broma, manna.Associated words: bromatology, bromatologist, alimental, alimentary, pabular,appetite, alimentation,nutrition, superalimentation, pantophagist, pantophagous, pantophagy, polyphagous, polyphagy, bromography, dietary, regimen, dietarian, dietetics, dieter, dietist, asitia,cater,caterer, sitology,chyle,chyme, victualer,steward, cibation, sitophobia, omnivorous, delicatessen, proteid,nitrogen, protein, commissariat, commissary.food for cattle.feed,fodder, provender, forage, pasturage.food room.larder, buttery,pantry, spence.fool,n.idiot,imbecile,natural;simpleton, dolt,dunce, defective, witling, dotterel,driveler,blockhead, beetlehead, ninny,ignoramus,numskull,booby, clodpate,nincompoop,ass,wiseacre, dunderhead, halfwit, oaf, dullard,coot, mooncalf;zany, harlequin, buffoon,jester, merry-andrew,droll,clown, scaramouch.Associated words: stultify, stultification.

first,a.earliest; foremost,leading,chief, premier; primary, primal, primordial,primitive, primeval, pristine,original, aboriginal, primogenial;elementary,rudimentary, initial.

first,adv.primarily, originally.

firstborn,n.Associated words: primogeniture, primogenial, primogenitureship.

first-formed,a.original, protoplastic.

first installment.earnest, handsel.

first principles.rudiments, principia.

first produce or offspring.firstling.

first-rate,a.excellent, first-class.

fish,n.fry, alevin (young fish); ichthyolite, monilife, (fossil fish). Seefishes.

fish,v.angle, trawl, troll; poach (fish unlawfully).

fish eggs.spawn,roe.

fisherman,n.fisher, piscator, angler.

fishes,n. pl.Pisces; Piscifauna (fishes of a region),Associated words: ichthyology, ichthyologist, ichthyophagy, ichthyophagist, ichthyography, ichthyolatry, piscatology, pisciculturist, piscary, piscine,shoal, kench,minnow, aquarium, piscivorous, piscatorial, warren,spawn, cauf, creel, kibblings,bait, pisciform, piscinal.

fish culture.pisciculture.

fish glue.isinglass, ichthyocoll; carlock.

fish hawk,n.osprey.

fishing,n.angling, trawling, trolling, whiffing, spilletfishing, bultowfishing.

fishlike,a.pisciform, ichthyic.

fish line.Associated words: snell, snood,leader,sinker,bob,float, boulter.

fishskin,n.ichthyosis.

fish soup.chowder.

fishy,a.fishlike; (Colloq.)extravagant,exaggerated, improbable.

fistic,a.pugilistic.

fisticuffs,n. pl.boxing, pugilism.

fit,n.spasm, paroxysm,convulsion; access,outburst,attack; epilepsy, catalepsy;humor,whim,caprice,fancy.

fit,a.meet,becoming,suitable,proper,appropriate, congruous,adequate, expedient, congruent, apposite,qualified, eligible,competent,befitting,apt,convenient.

fit,v.adapt,qualify, prepare,equip,accommodate,shape, adjust,trim.

fitful,a.variable,capricious,unstable,inconstant,spasmodic,changeable.

fitness,n.becomingness, appropriateness,competency,qualification, congruity, eligibility.

fitting,a.suitable,proper,fit,befitting.

five,n.cinque, quintuplet, quintette; quintuplets.Associated words: quinary, quintuple, quintuplicate, quincunx.

five-angled,a.pentagonal.

five-angled figure.pentagon, pentahedron.

five cents.nickel.

fivefold,a.quintuple.

five languages.Associated word: pentaglot.

five-sided,a.pentagonal, pentahedral.

five years.quinquennium, lustrum.Associated words: quinquennial, quinquennially.

fir,v.mend,repair,restore, adjust; rivet,fasten;settle,fasten,establish,implant, define.

fix,n.(Colloq.)dilemma, predicament,plight,quandary.Antonyms: extrication,release.

fixed,a.immovable, established,stable,firm, unchangeablesteadfast, stereotyped.

fixings,n. pl.(Colloq.) embellishments, trimmings.

fizzle,n.(Colloq.)failure, fiasco.

flabbergast,v.(Jocular)astonish,amaze,surprise,dumfound.

flabbergastation,n.(Jocular)astonishment,amazement.

flabbiness,n.flaccidity, limpness.

flabby,a.yielding,limp,soft, flaccid.Antonyms:firm,stiff,rigid.

flag,n.colors,standard,banner, gonfalon, pennon, pennant, ensign, guidon,streamer, banderole;iris,fleur-de-luce.Associated words: furl, unfurl.

flagrant,a.glowing,flaming,ardent;atrocious,heinous,wicked.

flake,n.film,flock, lamina,scale.

flame,n.blaze,fire;love,sweetheart.Associated words: lambent, flamineous, flammiferous, flammivomous, flambage.

flame,v.blaze.Antonym: smolder.

flameless,a.aphlogistic.

flaming,a.blazing, afire,flagrant;dazzling,brilliant;ardent,passionate.

flare,v.flicker,flutter;dazzle,blaze,glare; flaunt.

flare,n.glare, flicker.

flare-up,n.(Colloq.)passion,anger,outburst.

flash,n.gleam,glare, coruscation.

flash,v.glitter,gleam,glisten, coruscate,sparkle.

flash,n.instant,moment.

flashy,a.dazzling, coruscant;gaudy,tawdry, meretriciousshowy.

flask,n.betty, matrass, bolthead.

flat,a.level,even, plane,smooth; prostrate, prone;stale, insipid,vapid,tasteless,unsavory, unpalatable,mawkish; peremptory,unqualified,positive; spatulous, spatulate; sonant, vocal.Antonyms:convex,concave,warped, cambered, undulating, protuberant, projecting.

flat,n.lowland, champaign;floor,suite.

flatboat,n.punt.

flatfoot,n.splayfoot.

flatfooted,a.splayfooted; (Slang) determined,resolute,unwavering, firmfooted.

flatiron,n.sadiron.

flatnosed,a.simous.

flatter,v.blandish,cajole,wheedle, compliment.

flatterer,n.wheedler,sycophant,toady, pickthank,flunky, Jenkins, adulator, blandisher.

flattering,a.wheedling, adulatory,alluring, blandiloquent,sycophantic,obsequious.

flattery,n.adulation,blandishment,wheedling, flummery, blandiloquence,cajolery.

flaunting,a.ostentatious,showy.

flavor,n.savor,taste, relish,zest,gusto,race, tang, sapidity.

flavorless,a.insipid,vapid, unpalatable, savorless,tasteless.

flavorous,a.sapid, palatable,savory, gustable.

flaw,n.defect,fault,blemish,imperfection.

flawless,a.faultless,perfect.

flawy,a.defective,faulty.

flay,v.skin, excoriate.

fleece,v.plunder,swindle, despoil,strip.

fleet,n.squadron, navy, flotilla, armada.

fleeting,a.impermanent,transient, transitory, evanescent, ephemeral,fugitive,temporary.

flesh,n.meat, carnage; pulp (of fruit); carnality, sensual appetites; carrion (decaying flesh).Associated words: incarnate,incarnation, excarnate, excarnation, carnate, carneous, trichina, trichinosis, carnassial, carnification, carnify.

flesh-eaters,n. pl.Carnivora.

flesh-eating,a.carnivorous, sarcophagous.--n.sarcophagy.

flesh-eating animal.carnivore, sarcophagan, sarcophile.

fleshiness,n.corpulence, obesity, plumpness,embonpoint.Seefatness.

fleshliness n.carnality,sensuality.

fleshly,a.carnal,sensual,sensuous.

fleshy,a.corpulent,fat,portly, obese,plump.

flexibility,n.pliability, pliancy, suppleness, litheness, ductility,compliance.

flexible,a.pliable,supple, flexile, pliant, lithe,limber;compliant,yielding.Antonyms:inflexible, incompliant.

flight,n.flying; exodus, hegira; fleeing, absconding.

flighty,a.volatile,capricious, mercurial,giddy,fickle.

flimflam,n.trick,deception,lie.--v.trick,deceive.

flimsy,a.superficial, unsubstantial,weak,feeble,shallow,frivolous.

flinch,v.shrink,wince,recoil,blench,withdraw.

flinders,n. pl.splinters, fragments.

flinty,a.unimpressible,impenetrable, adamantine,unyielding.

flippant,a.voluble,glib,fluent;pert, malapert,forward.

flirt,n.coquette,jilt,jill.--v.coquet, philander.

flirtation,n.coquetry.

flirtatious,a.coquettish.

float,n.raft; buoy.

floating,n.flotation, flotage, supernatation.--a.supernatant.

flock,n.covey,herd,bevy,drove,pack,lot,group,brood,litter.Associated words: gregarious, gregal, gregariously, gregariousness.

flog,v.Seewhip.

flood,n.deluge, inundation,overflow, cataclysm, freshet.Associated words: antediluvial, antediluvian, diluvial, diluvian, alluvium, alluvial, alluvion.

flood,v.inundate, deluge,overflow,submerge.

flood-gate,n.sluice-gate.

floor,v.prostrate, fell,overthrow;embarrass,nonplus.

floor,n.planching, pavement;story, loft.

floor timber.joist.

floral ornament.anthemion, boughpot, palmette.

florid,a.flushed,rubicund. Seered.

florist,n.floriculturist.

flounce,n.ruffle,furbelow,frill.--v.flounder.

flour,n.Associated words: farinaceous, farina, gluten,meal, aleurometer, aleuromancy, stive, dredge,bolt.

flour box.dredgingbox.

flourish,v.thrive;wave, brandish.

flourish,n.embellishment;curlycue, paraph; fanfare,call;parade,show,display; brandishing, waving.

flout,v.mock,jeer,gibe,sneer,deride.

flow,v.circulate; proceed, emanate,issue.Antonyms: stagnate,ebb.

flower,n.blossom,bloom; floret, floweret (little flower).Associated words: floral, floricultural, floriculture,florist, floriculturist, florilege, florification, floriferous,botany, botanical,botanist, botanize, inflorescence, estivation, anther, petal, calyx, corolla, sepal, anthesis, anthography, anthoid, antholite, anthology, anthomania, anthophagous, anthophilous, anthotaxy,bouquet, bract, corona, corymb, cyme, chloranthy, efflorescence, Flora, perianth, pistil, pistillate, staminate, pollen, prefloration raceme, reflorescence, pollinate, pollination, stamen, stigma, umbel, verticil, verticillate, whorl, spadix, spathe, floriated, floriation.

flower beds.Associated words: parterre, platband,terrace.

flowering,a.phænogamous, phænogamian.--n.inflorescence

flowering plants.Phænogamia.

flowerless,a.cryptogamous.

flowerless plants.Cryptogamia.

flower pot.Associated words: cachepot, girandole.

flowery,a.florid,ornate,figurative.

flowing,a.running, gliding,fluent, cursive.Antonym:stagnant.

flowing back.refluent,ebbing.--n.refluence,ebb.

flowing in.influx.--a.influent, incurrent.

flowing out.efflux, effluxion, effluence.--a.effluent, excurrent.

flowing round.circumfluent.

fluctuate,v.vacillate,waver,oscillate, whiffle,swerve.Antonyms: continue,persist, adhere,abide,remain, standfast.

fluctuation,n.vacillation,wavering, oscillation, instability.

fluent,a.flowing, gliding;voluble.

fluid,n.liquid, liquor,solution.

flunk,v.(Colloq.)fail,back out.--n.failure.

flunky,n.lackey,footman,servant;snob,toady,sycophant.

flunkyism,n.toadyism,sycophancy.

flurried,a.agitated,excited,perturbed, confused.

flurry,n.squall,breeze,wind;agitation,excitement,commotion.

flush,n.blush, glow; thrill; rosiness, redness.

flush,a.liberal,prodigal,free,lavish;even, plane,level,flat; prolific, fecund,exuberant; affluent.

fluster,v.perturb, discompose,confuse, disconcert,embarrass,agitate.

fluster,n.perturbation, discompose,confusion,agitation.

flustrate,v.(Colloq.)fluster,agitate.

flustration,n.(Colloq.)agitation,fluster,perturbation,confusion.

fluted,a.chamfered, channeled,grooved.

flutter,v.tremble, palpitate; hover;oscillate,fluctuate,vacillate,waver.

flutter,n.tremor,agitation, palpitation;confusion,disorder,commotion.

fly,a.(Slang)wide-awake,knowing.

fly,v.wing, soar, flit,mount, hover; decamp, abscond, flee.

flyaway,a.flighty,giddy,unrestrained,volatile.

flying,a.awing, volant, volitant, soaring.

flying,n.aviation,flight.

flying machine.aëroplane, aërodrome, biplane, monoplane.Associated words: hangar, aviator, aërodynamics, aviatrix.

foam,n.froth, spume, spumescence.--v.froth, spume.

foamy,a.frothy, spumy.

fodder,n.provender, forage, stover; ensilage.Associated words: silo, ensile.

foe,n.antagonist,enemy,adversary,opponent.

fog,n.haze,mist,vapor, brume; confusion (of the mind).

fog,v.befog,obscure,confuse.

foggy,a.misty,hazy, brumous,vaporous; beclouded, confused,obscure.

fogy,n.(Colloq.) fogram, mossback.

foil,v.baffle,frustrate,thwart, circumvent.

foist,v.interpolate.

fold,n.doubling,plait, convolution; sheep-pen, cote; embrace.

fold,v.double; embrace, infold,clasp.

folding stool.faldstool.

foliage,n.leafage,leaves.

folks,n. pl.(Collog.)people, persons.

follow,v.succeed,chase, pursue, tag;dodge;result, proceed,flow, ensue,spring,issue; pursue,practice, engage in;trace,track,trail.

follower,n.pursuer;attendant, retainer, henchman;disciple,partisan,advocate, adherent,votary;imitator,copier.

following,n.pursuance, pursuing, pursuit;sequence, consecution,succession; adherents, dependents,retinue; vocation,trade,profession,business.

following,a.succeeding, ensuing, consecutive, pursuant.

folly,n.foolishness, fatuity,indiscretion, unwisdom,absurdity, imprudence.

foment,v.encourage, instigate,nurse; stupe.

fond,a.indulgent, over-affectionate, doting;affectionate,loving;baseless,vain,unfounded.

fondle,v.caress,pet,coddle, cosset,indulge,humor.

fondness,n.indulgence, doting; affection,devotion,love;partiality,liking, preference, predilection, propensity,appetite.

food,n.aliment,nutriment,nourishment, pabulum,nutrition, fare, diet,bread,meat, rations, victuals, subsistence, commons, provisions, viands, regimen,finding, sustenance, eatables, refreshments, comestibles, trencher, ambrosia, broma, manna.Associated words: bromatology, bromatologist, alimental, alimentary, pabular,appetite, alimentation,nutrition, superalimentation, pantophagist, pantophagous, pantophagy, polyphagous, polyphagy, bromography, dietary, regimen, dietarian, dietetics, dieter, dietist, asitia,cater,caterer, sitology,chyle,chyme, victualer,steward, cibation, sitophobia, omnivorous, delicatessen, proteid,nitrogen, protein, commissariat, commissary.

food for cattle.feed,fodder, provender, forage, pasturage.

food room.larder, buttery,pantry, spence.

fool,n.idiot,imbecile,natural;simpleton, dolt,dunce, defective, witling, dotterel,driveler,blockhead, beetlehead, ninny,ignoramus,numskull,booby, clodpate,nincompoop,ass,wiseacre, dunderhead, halfwit, oaf, dullard,coot, mooncalf;zany, harlequin, buffoon,jester, merry-andrew,droll,clown, scaramouch.Associated words: stultify, stultification.


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