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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

five spice powder
noun Chinese seasoning made by grinding star anise and fennel and pepper and cloves and cinnamon

five-hitter
5-hitter noun a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits

five-hundredth
500th adjective the ordinal number of five hundred in counting order

five-lobed
adjective having five lobes

five-membered
5-membered adjective of a chemical compound having a ring with five members

five-needled
adjective of conifers having five needles

five-petaled
five-petalled adjective (of flowers) having five petals

five-pointed
adjective having five points

five-sided
adjective having five sides

five-spot
noun a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips

five-year-old
adjective five years of age

fives
noun a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls

fix
set up 2 ready verb make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; `Get the children ready for school!`; `prepare for war`; `I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill`

fix up
verb find (something or someone) for; `I`ll fix you up with a nice girl`

fix up
verb make arrangements for; `Can you arrange a meeting with the President?`

fixate
settle on verb become fixed (on); `Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon`

fixate
verb make fixed, stable or stationary; `let`s fix the picture to the frame`

fixation
noun (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body

fixative
noun a varnish dissolved in alcohol and sprayed over pictures to prevent smudging

fixed
frozen adjective incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. `frozen prices`; `living on fixed incomes`

fixed intonation
noun the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer

fixed phagocyte
noun a phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc.

fixed-combination drug
noun drug containing fixed amounts of two or more ingredients

fixed-income
adjective (financial) of investments that pay a constant rate of return; `fixed-income investments do not protect an investor in times of rising inflation`

fixed-point notation
fixed-point representation system noun a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is fixed by convention

fixedly
adverb in a fixed manner; `he stared at me fixedly`

fixedness
fixity noun the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment

fixer-upper
noun a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price)

fixings
trimmings noun the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity); `an elaborate formal dinner with all the fixings`; `he bought a Christmas tree and trimmings to decorate it`

fixture
noun a object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)

fizgig
noun a firework that fizzes as it moves

fizgig
noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

fizz
noun an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic)

fizzing
fizzy adjective hissing and bubbling

flab
noun loose or flaccid body fat

flabbergast
boggle verb overcome with amazement; `This boggles the mind!`

flabbily
adverb in a flabby manner; `the old man`s muscles were sagging flabbily`

flabbiness
noun a flabby softness

flaccid
lax adjective lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; `flaccid muscles`; `took his lax hand in hers`; `gave a limp handshake`; `a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know` G.K.Chesterton; `a slack grip`

flaccidity
noun a flabby softness

flag
signal flag noun a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device

flag
noun stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones

flag down
verb signal to stop; `Let`s flag down a cab--it`s starting to rain`; `The policeman flagged down our car`

flag waving
jingoism noun an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions

flagellate
flagellated adjective having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)

flagellated cell
noun any cell or one-celled organism equipped with a flagellum

flagellum
noun a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)

flageolet
treble recorder noun a small fipple flute with four finger holes and two thumb holes

flagfish
American flagfish noun a fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida

flagging
noun a walk of flagstones; `the flagging in the garden was quite imaginative`

flagon
noun a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)

flagpole
flagstaff noun a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised

flagrantly
adverb in a flagrant manner; `he is flagrantly disregarding the law`

flagship
noun the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag

flagstone
noun stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones

flail
noun an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing

flair
noun a natural talent; `he has a flair for mathematics`; `he has a genius for interior decorating`

flake off
flake verb come off in flakes or thin small pieces; `The paint in my house is peeling off`

flakiness
noun having or breaking into thin crisp flakes

flaky
flakey adjective made of or easily forming flakes

flambe
verb pour liquor over and ignite (a dish)

flambeau
noun a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)

flamboyance
floridness noun extravagant elaborateness; `he wrote with great flamboyance`

flamboyant
unrestrained adjective richly and brilliantly colorful

flamboyantly
showily 1 flashily adverb in a fancy colorful manner; `he dresses rather flamboyantly`

flame
verb criticize harshly, on the e-mail

flame cell
noun organ of excretion in flatworms

flame durrajong
Brachychiton acerifolius noun south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers

flame fish
flamefish noun a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters

flame flower
noun plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots

flame tokay
noun purplish-red table grape

flame tree
Brachychiton acerifolius noun south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers

flame-colored
flame-coloured adjective having the brilliant orange-red color of flames

flame-flower
noun plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots

flame-out
noun the failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion

flameflower
noun plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots

flamenco
gypsy dancing noun a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet

flameproof
flame-retardant adjective resistant to catching fire

flamethrower
noun a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards

flamingo
noun large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes

Flaminian Way
noun an ancient Roman road in Italy built by Gaius Flaminius in 220 BC; extends north from Rome to cisalpine Gaul

flammability
inflammability noun the quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly

flammable
inflammable adjective easily ignited

flan
noun open pastry filled with fruit or custard

flange
noun a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object

flank
noun the side between ribs and hipbone

flank steak
noun a cut of beef from the flank of the animal

flannel
flannel fabric noun a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing

flannelette
noun a cotton fabric imitating flannel

flap
noun any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; `he wrote on the flap of the envelope`

flap
flutter 1 fluttering noun the motion made by flapping up and down

flap down
verb throw violently; `He slammed the book on the table`

flapping
flutter 1 fluttering noun the motion made by flapping up and down

flaps
noun a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag

flare
noun (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield

flare out
flare verb become flared and widen, usually at one end; `The bellbottom pants flare out`

flare pass
noun a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines; `he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss`

flare path
noun an airstrip outline with lights to guide an airplane pilot in landing

flare up
verb ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; `the fire flared up and died down once again`

flare up
flare 1 break open verb erupt or intensify suddenly; `Unrest erupted in the country`; `Tempers flared at the meeting`; `The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism`