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full dress a set or style of clothes customarily worn for formal or ceremonial occasions, usu. including black tailcoats for men and long dresses for women.
fuller1 one who fulls cloth.
fuller2 a partly rounded tool that blacksmiths use to hammer grooves into iron. [2 definitions]
fullerene any of a class of carbon molecules having a roughly spherical or tubular shape.
fuller's earth a very absorbent clay used esp. in fulling woolen cloth and also as a filter, dusting powder, catalyst, and the like.
full-fashioned knitted so as to follow the lines of the body closely, as sweaters or stockings.
full-fledged completely developed; mature. [2 definitions]
full-frontal of nudity or presentation of the human form, revealing the entire front of the naked body. [2 definitions]
full-grown having attained full physical size and maturation; adult; mature.
full house in poker, a hand that contains three of a kind and a pair, such as three aces and two sixes.
full-length of the standard or normal length. [3 definitions]
full moon the moon when it is on the side of the earth opposite the sun, and visible as a bright full circle. [2 definitions]
full nelson in wrestling, a hold in which both arms are pushed under the arms of the opponent from behind and both hands then pressed against the back of the opponent's neck.
full of beans (informal) vigorous or energetic; active. [2 definitions]
full professor a teacher of the highest rank at a college or university.
full sail the total number of sails a ship's masts can carry. [3 definitions]
full-scale of a copy or model, having the same dimensions as the original; not reduced. [2 definitions]
full-size of the standard size, rather than smaller. [2 definitions]
full stop a punctuation mark (.) used to indicate the end of a sentence or abbreviation.
full-time involving or working the standard number of working hours per week, typically forty hours in the U.S.
fully thoroughly or completely; totally. [2 definitions]